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SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1960
Latin Oration Delivered by
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (ANPI —
The 309th commencement of 324
year-old Harvard university be-,
came Davis, history when N. Gregson j
19, of St. John’s Antigua, 1
West Indies, who earned his A.;
B; degree in classics •Latin*!
magna cum laude, electrified
15,000 persons assembled In
the famous Harvard Yard with j
an eloquent delivery of the tra-
ditional Latin salutatory dis- j
sertatlon.
Davis was the first colored
student in address ever at to deliver Harvard the Lat- j
a com-'
mencement. The brilliant graduate j |
young
breathed a 20th century spirit
in 1 so-called dead language in |
a
choosing for his topic. ‘ On
Harmony Among Men.” j
His subject was pertinent in
a world which is steadiiy wit- ■
nessing the swing of the polit¬
ical and diplomatic fulcrums to¬
wards the darker peoples of the
world.
In Davis’ audience were U. S.
/Secretary ) of State Christian A. |
Herter, Charles E. Bohlen,
f ' -i - I
First Class
Citizenship
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mounted the rostrum. Mr.
fighter, presently holds the
sition of a biologist with the
Department of Agriculture
serves as the chairman of
Withhold Patronage
People often mistakenly
bigness with sluggishness, but
Mr. Cooper seized the
“Complete Freedom
one knew that this was not
be another slick
speech, and that positive
for himself and all Negroes
thfs jman’s guidepost.
The audience was -enjoined
the-FpeakAr to visualize th'at‘
struggle fyr full, recognition
acceptance by Savannah ,
was but a speck in the
restless sea of colored
throughout the world. In a
tic union that linked
sit-down students with thAse of !
soqn-to-be-free Belgian Congo,’
eoiilit' see the coming end of
domiriatitfnMthe end of
tion and public hUmiliatifnV
ly bfcause of the pigmentation
one’<P skin. * '*■'« '
In - • r. *»t ;
Shifting the audience’s •
point slightly, Mr. Cooper
gested that the complacent
here in Savannah start doing
about freedom than just
about it and then hoping.
reason for this complacency
laid to the fact that rigid
gation laws are intrinsically
signed to make the Negro feel
ferior and for this reason we
tinue to ride the back of
here, acting as robots,
a conditioned reflex instilled
most from birth, Feeling
we are inferior.
Mr. Cooper went on to
how fellow citizens in the
4 munity limit their participation in
the drive for equality to
ing the actions and
of those who attend the
meetings, yet continue to purchase
segregation for themselves by
shopping on Broughton Street and
in the various shopping centers.
When humane treatment starts
downtown and Negroes are no
longer shuttled into dismal and
dark basements for meals, when
Savannahians are forced no longer
to drink “colored” water, when
adults are addressed as Mr. and
Mrs., then these same few com¬
placent figureheads will say, “Look
what we have done.”
Ezra Johnson was the next
speaker to address the Mass Meet¬
ing. The representative of the
Savannah Tribune introduced to
the audience Attorney Nathan B.
Young. Attorney Young, who
holds the distinction of being one
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Llewellyn El Thompson. Russia; U. S.
Ambassador to Paul
Henrfc-Speak, secretary general
of the North. Atlantic Treaty
Organization; Dr. Tjibert G.
M^nzies, prime minister o£ Aus-
trgiia, as well as presidential
hopefuls, U. S Senator John P.
Kennedy and Gov. Nelsgn Rock-
efieller, whose son was a class-
mate of the’scholarly Davis,
while Davis, was making
history at Harvard, Ceciiq Da-
vis, his 21 year old sister was
serving as ’president and first
marshal of hir senior class at
Rgdcliffq Qolfege, the sister
schoo i of Harvard,
It is believed that Jt i§ the
first time in history that a
brotijer-sister team has scored
academic honors simultaneous-
ly as undergraduates. Both re
ceived their degrees with hon¬
ors.
Davis will return to Antigus
where he will teach Latin for
a year prior to coming back to
Harvard to work on a graduate
degree. , ,
-~rrn ~rt 0—-TT-- V ' V
of the two prosecuting lawyer*
for the city of' St. Loujs, is also
the editor of the St. Louis Ameri-
an newspaper.
Attorney iiYouilg’s > initial ad¬
dress concerned the importance of
being register^ .voters. Describ¬
( ing Conditions AP S^t. L^pis, where
therq are Negro magistrates and
kldeijmen on 1 the dity board of di¬
rectors, this gifted lawyer could
foresee tfie i same‘ , bpportunfties for
Savannah once the sluggish ma¬
jority Has been aroused and
enough people registered to make
their, presence felt downtown. Ope
specific new area of "this important
duty was stressed was the
very important duty of^supporting
the Negro press. Each group re¬
quires its designs own voice of- expression
and the pud- pspirations
of Savannahians are most aeeuV
aiUm. ,
h P^alleIlMfe‘<'»f#. YburegM view- :
YimVts Vv^rie” tlioAt* evjiressed by*
Wi^yiants, chaitWAP of the
fVotfers.iiRegistration- (Committee, f
and next to speak. “At jpTesent,”,
limit stated Mr. Voting WMHams, to choosing “wj must be ;
our
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three candidates for Georgia State
Vef$*‘iWkddifilrig' LN& fence
closing
the schools, whether or not to
ment with the Sibley VHT Committee
report. However in no circum¬
stances was there any wavery re¬
marks oh fence sfraddling con¬
cerning the candidates’ attitude
toward the colored raice. Ail are
down on record as being anti-
Negro, against any progress and
advancement that does not fit the
old pattern of what the Negro’s
place should be.
After the 'Completion of Mr.
Williams’ address, Mr. Theodore
Roberts, Vice presklent of the Sa¬
vannah NAACP; arose irnd began
the reading, pf people w,hq have
been discourteous to individuals
who phone and urged the rigid
continuation, of ( no buying on
Broughton, Street or shopping cen¬
ters. This particular type list of
names waiT SonTething new and a
departure from the favorite ' Un-
cle Tom buyers list. People in
the audience are adept at per-.,
ceiving that some of the Negro
educators are more interested in
being suavely dressed in, front of
the classrooms than in equality,
but were a'fa loss to understand
why individuals find it necessary
to be abusive to people over the
telephone, especially to people who
are trying to'instruct them oh the
most basic and elementary princi¬
ples- of democracy.
The Rev. C. *A. Wilhite, assist¬
ant pastor of.,Ai-bury Methodist
Church, made, the • appeal t for
funds. The money , 'gathered at
these Sup4g,y Mass. Me^tipgs is
used for maintenance of, • the
NAACP office, attorney fees and
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court costs, all of which are
essary and expensive items in
drive for first-class
without qualification. During
appeal, Mrs. Nora O. Y.
who now resides in Jersey
N.J., presented the local
with a check for $25.00.
Fant, who is already the
of a $500.00 lifetime
gave probably the most
extemporaneous address that
ular attendants have yet to
Speaking without notes,
sincerely and not merely to
press, Mrs. Pant’s voice
out the true and now awak¬
ened designs for the “New Ne¬
gro.”
The writer believes that from
people such as Mrs. Fant seem¬
ingly must come the leadership
• and inspiratio/i to guide the Ne-
as history hurtles him to his
rightful destiny. Those trained
to actually do the job, the for-
mally educated, some with many
degrees, some of the medical pro¬
fession, have become so engrossed
in a'mad dash for material wealth,
have become so spiritually bank¬
rupt, and have been so hell-bent
pn establishing petty, meaning¬
less, artificial “society” cliques,
that those least, equipped to do
the job have had to pick up the
reips. Is there any wonder why
“ccunmpn man” views the
--culled intellectual intellect egghead with
deep suspicion?
Closing the meeting was NAACP
Attorney Clarence Mayfield.
Bringing the audience up to date
on the pending legal affairs, and
the situation in general, Mr. May-
field stated that all cases were
directed towards the one goal of
forever destroying every vestige
if segregation in all forms. The
litigation against Mayor Mingle-
dorff’s ordinance, the suit result¬
ing from the sit-ins at the bus
station are all designed to get
the Negro only what is
his under the Constitution, and
regardless of any unfavorable de-
cision the lower courts may ren
der, the U.S. Supreme Court will
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be the final deciding body, if nec¬
essary.
Next Sunday, July 3, the
NAACP Mass Meeting will be held
at First African Baptist Church,
Montgomery and St. Julian streets,
starting at 4 p.m. This is a
change in the announcement that
Bethlehem Baptist Church was to
be next Sunday’s host. A large
j turnout is expected as the NAACP
1 officials attending the national
j convention will be making their
report to Savannh, and also be¬
j cause Ezell Blair, .Jr., of Greens-
j tion, N.C., a student that partici-
in the United States, will be the
main speaker.
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Mrs. Ellie Bivens
Funeral services were held fori
Mrs. Celia Golden Saturday af¬
ternoon at Skidaway Baptist
church. The Rev. L. W. Ste¬
vens delivered the eulogy. In¬
terment was in Old Church cem¬
etery' with the Sidney A. Jones
Funeral Home in charge.
Mrs. Annie M. Maxwell of
Thomas Ave., who was taken to
Memorial hospital last Sunday
is improving at home.
Harry Drayton and Thomas
Drayton entertained a few of
their friends on last Monday
night with a joint birthday
I party at their home given by
j their parents, M!r. and Mrs. Au¬
gustas Drayton.
Mrs. Lois Droyton observed
her birthday on Thursday,
June 23.
Richard Golden Wright of
Blackshear was home to attend
; the funeral of his grandmother,
I Mrs. Celia Golden.
Speedwell Sunday School is
carrying its annual picnic to
Hilton Head, Bradley Beach, on
Wednesday, July 13. Joseph
Harris Is superintendent, Rev.
C. W. Ponder is pastor.
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White Rock Baptist Church, a
member of the Board of Directors
of Scarborough Nursery School,
Algonquin Club. Durham Commit¬
tee on Negro Affairs, Special Dep¬
uty Grandmaster of the M >--t
Worshipful Prince Hail Grand
Lodge FA-A.M. of North Carolina,
Secretary of the National It) uir-
ancc Association, 3Trd degree Ma¬
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.,
Pa-1 President of the Talladega
College General Alumni Associa¬
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lie is married to the for m e r
Miss Josephine Dobbs of Atlanta,
Ga., and there are five children!
Mrs. Alexine C. Jackson of Wash¬
ington, D.C., William Alexander,
Wesley Dobbs, Atthur John and
Kathleen Ophelia; and twin grand-
children.
NAACP
Youth
Delegates I I i
•Tnnbniien from ra>re nnp) I
Democrats turn to Symington in |
Las Angeles," Mitchell added. The I
association is officially nbiipaitl-
s:fn, ••" '
“We thhYk that Serf. John F.
Kennedy ‘ CD -Mass.) and Vice
President Nixon have gone along,
the most part, with the civil
rights program Symington NAAGP has has been ail-1
i
us 9!) per cent of the time,” (
Mitchell.
“I hope colored people aren’t,
601 in SSC
Ben Ingersoll, registrar at j
Savannah State College, an-:
nounces the enrollment of 601j
students for the I960 summer ,
session, with 55 in the Depart- j
mant of Trades and Industries
for a total of 656.
These students are studying:
in a variety of areas from Gen-
eral Fi’ucatlon to ‘pedal work--;
s'jxps’ ,for in-service teachers
as well as students pursuing
dmree courses in biology, build-
ing construction, business ad-
going to support candidates this
Year merely by their party label,”
M't-he'l said.
“We must take a more sophis-
th'ut ’d attitude and not permit
ourselves, especially in the South
where the ballot is new to so
many of ns, to be sweet talked by |
glib men.” |
The courage and dedication of j
the Southern student sit-in dem- j
operators were were praised by Dr.
Robert C. Weaver in an address
it the onening session.
In h ; s first anpearanoe at an
NAACP convention as chairman of
the association's board of direc¬
tors, Dr. Weaver hailed “the
"owngeous and effective direct ]
irtion of Negro college students
n connection with the sit-ins. We
applaud their actions, rejoicing
that they have evidenced an np-
preciation for, and dedication to,
real functioning democracy.”
Selective use by Negroes of their
economic power to overcome racial
barriers in both North and South
was urged by Henry Lee Moon,
NAAGP director of public rela-
tlons. He said in a talk before
n workshop of delegates that such I
US) , „f economic power to secure
..j v il rights objectives is supported
i,y court rulings,
Moon said the withholding of
patronage should be used not only
to gain jobs and obtain serviees
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ministration, business education
chemistry, child development,
clothing and textiles, econom-
{CS) elementary education, En»-
]j s h, foods nutrition and infitlg
tut.lon management, general
lienees industrial arts, indus-
ria * education, mathemat-
Ic* music, s e c r e t a r i a 1
sciences, social sciences, tech-
nica! sciences, trades and irv-
dustries, health an dphysical
education, and library science.
hut also to express disapproval of
anti-Negro acts and attitudes of
tore ownpis, and, in stepped-up
form, to end racial discrimination.
Prof. Mlaherti. Njisanei, a po¬
litical refugee who taught at the
University of Natal, Durban,
South Africa, appealed to the eon-
vention to support the African
Nat onal Congress and the Pan-
Amiran Congress in the Union of
^°uth Africa. . *
“Your struggle Is our strug¬
gle; our struggle is your strug¬
gle,” he declared.
A proposal for a new line of
Negro protests this summer and
fall, growing out of student sit-in
movements, was placed hefore the
vouth and college section by Her¬
bert J,. Wright, the association's
youth work secretary.
A summer “wade-in” campaign
at public beaches from Virginia
to Texas was also discussed.,, It
would be used to dramatize jhKi-
elusion of Negroes from t^aae
public facilities, Wright said. „ \
Wright said 13 arrests in Bal¬
timore last week brought to 1,203
the total since the current vygve.
student lunch-counter sit-ins be-
gan Feb. 1 in Greensboro, N.U.
He said that the NAACP,;h»d,
nut up hail bonds totaling
720 for them. Fines totaling'fyMn'
have been paid liv the NAA'£JP
in sit-in eases, he said.