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SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1960
Ezell Blair
1t§f(fl. ^ /»il wr * *
Speaker
(Contlnuerr trom Page one)
"We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are en¬
dowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty
and the pursuit cf Happiness-—
That to secure these rights, j
Governments are instituted
among Men, deriving their just
powers from the consent oP the
gpverned—That whenever «tny I
form of Government becomes
destructive of these ends, it
is the Right of the People to I
alter or to abolish it, and to,
institute new Government, lay¬
ing its foundation on such prin¬
ciples and organizing its powers
in such form, as to them shall
seem most likely to effect their
Safety and Happiness.”
Although the distinguished
democrat, Thomas Jefferson,
i-ecommends in the Declaration
Af Independence that the peo-
jple should alter or abolish the
government if that “govern- [
ment becomes destructive of :
these in these ends, United the Negro Stats peonle have j
never followed Mr. Jefferson's
advice insofar as abolishing the
government. The NAACP, the
Negro’s most dynamic organi¬
zation, has never advocated the
overthrow of the government in
spite of the fact that the Ne¬
gro people are denied their un¬
alienable rights. The very P res - 1
ence of the thousands of Savan
nah Negroes ac these mass
meeting and the tone of the
dozens of Christian-democratic
speeches are evidence that the
NAACP NAACP and and the the Negroes^ Negroes aims aims
are to extend democracy to the,
Savannah Negro and not cur-
tail democracy. 'The hfstorv history
States is an unswerving history
of loyalty to America from CRis-
pus Attucks in the Aqierifian,
Revolutionary War to Dorrie
Miller in World War II.
Of .great significance to the.
Savannah Negroes whQjwere as-
sembled at this sixteenth week-
ly mass meetings was the re-
port giveh by the deleg^teH,
the 51st Annual NAACP Confer-
ence held recently in St. Paul.
Minn. The *'' Savannah Nfegrc^ given !
Is pro‘J of the acclaim
Mrs. Mercedes A. Wright when
she told the story of the Savanx
nah boycott. The determina-
tion and zeal of the local Ne- 1
gro to obtain first-class citi-'
zenship have staggered the im-i
agination of Negroes through-
out the length and breadth of
this nation. Many NAACP
units around the country have
requested that someone from
the local movement journey to
their communities to tell about
the work of the Savannah Ne-
gro In his quest to extend and
proclaim democracy in the
Coastal Empire. The Savan-
nah Negro must not congratu-
late himself on this national
recognition and rest on his
mrels, he must persistently
Ight on until he destroys every
zestige of segregation in this
^tate and in the nation.
The meeting began with W.
Law, the NAACP branch
president, presiding. He ask¬
ed the audience to sing “We
Will Overcome Someday,” the
song that was sung by the j
youth of Orangeburg and Nash- |
ville when they had water from
the fire hoses and tear gas
thrown on them during their
demonstrations. After the soul
stirring singing, Rev. C .S.
Stripling, pastor of Flipper
Chapel AME church led the
prayer of supplication.
“It is good to be back heme,”
Mr. Law said after attending
the 5Lst annual NAACP conven¬
tion which caused him to miss
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The entire week was centered
* round wjiat you are doing here
regardiug selective economic
pressure Mr. Law said.
then presented the delegates
who were present, Leford Tobias,
Jr., James Brown and Louis
Stell, ill, who represented the
youth council. Mr. Brown was
sponsored by his church, Con¬
ner’s Temple Baptist church.
Five adult delegates attend¬
ed. They were Dr. and Mrs.
pari, R. Jordan, Rev. Curtis J.
Jackfeoh, Mrs. Mercedes Wrright
and President Law.
Mr. Law told of the impact
that Mrs. Wright made on the
convention., jShe radio'appear- made five
spt , eches . Tv and
ances and has been requested
by the National Office and
many branches to make a na-
tion-wide tour of some of the
principal branches interested
in picketing and boycotting.
The crowd gave Mrs. Wright
a great ovation.
Mrs. Wright began her re¬
port by acknowledging her joy
which came from attending the
convention. A comprehensive
report was given by the gracious
lady . Savannah is proud of
^his great woman leader who
has done so much in the fight
'
f or freedom here. ‘ ’’Activities
0 f the 1960 convention center-
P d around two pionts, First, the !
demand of the Negro youth for
freedom now; and second, the
Savannah story, your story,”
the dynamic youhgdadjr stated
Mrs. Wright said that she
was firimly convinced that any¬
body who would deny these
youth their demands for free-
sponsible dom, “must T be mentally Irre-
” The crowd enthu-
siastically applauded Mrs.
Wright. Workshops were held
Mrs.'wrighT'spoke on the economic boycott a/manv and
of
these sessions sessions /tunareos Hundreds of or
persons were lnsplre d bytheef-
- of m lc5cal Ne gro move-
ment Leaflets and other.ma-,
were’'literally taken Irdm
by persons who desired to tqkq
them,b%ck,i tp tjhei^Jipme towns
exhibits,. - »t O J |
Several radi'6 y arid TV ;sta-
tions 'invited Mrs. Wright 'to
tell the''SaiVanriklf fa “Atory. rt The
^ the eyes
of the wortd , are up ^ you . y ou
are _ 0 „ the ^ pot . There is no
c ] ared she said that she
CO u ld ft0t accept the invitations '
speak ' -jn. 1 various ’ septions of
the country unless t*he local
K'egro was, determined to go on.
The audience- gave her an en-
thusiastic and thunderous ap-
plause for her most eloquent
report.
Rev. G. R. Conner, Sr., pas-
tor of First Friendship Baptist
church, Wheaton street, made
remarks. He said that the
ministers- must be a part of
the movement for they are the
leaders. Rev. 9 ormer present-
d $50,00 fpom his church and
$5 00 for himself personally. t*he I
Mr. Law presented boycott!
committee of which Curtis V.
cooper is chairman. He ap-
pealed for the help of others in
persuading more Negro shoppers
to support the boycott. Mrs.
Eleanor Mitchell read the trai-
tors list. . The audience was
then led- in the singing of
“Freedom,” a spirited song in
the tune of the Negro spiritual,
“Amen.”
Ledford Tobias, J;r., a talent¬
ed students of Savannah State
College and a member of the
youth council, NAACP, intro- 1
duced the honored speaker of
the occasion . . eloquently
characterizihg Ezeli A. Blair, Jr.,
A. and T. College student as
the “daddy of sit-in demon¬
strations.”
Mr. Blair, one of the first to
participate in a lunchcounter
sit-in eariy this year when he
and three others took seats at
Woolworth in Greensboro, ex¬
tolled the Negroes of Savan¬
nah for their efforts. “As
Things You Should Know
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as a:; cr.r.::_~R aydleader
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ASSOCIATION OF A- tTf’CA / /, HE DIED IM
CHICAGO ON jvr:E 20/ 1936.. .!* ■« [
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Americans, we are racing a
crisis and a challenge which.
determine whether
will continue to be the
leader of the free world. It
everybody’s job to fight for
the courageous y -u*h
stated.
Continuing, Mr. Blair said
“all over the world people
crying for freedom. The
black man in South Africa is
“freedom ’ He is shot j
because he is only ask-
ing for freedom.”
" The oId Negro is fighting a
battIe against thn Nf w Np “
wh ich j battle among
urselvps Thp L ., P ~
nd 1 „ .. - , ,
to keep their no itlm■«.
... .. . A cov =„.
But We
we
going to demand our rights
Mr. Blair said. The crowd
i a uded enthusiastically,
Mr. Blair discounted many
held bv wh ^e pc; pi ’
Negroes and mahy ■ : '
by Negroes about white
He said many iWhljte.
are picketing 01011“:
Negroes in his h-i ; .
and elsewhere. He then t >H
of " the ” --------‘ beginning ' of ” the non-vl-
olent sit in demostnit’ons iri
Greensboro, N. C., - *
ary 1st. When they “sat-in”
for the first time, they sat for
one and a half hours. They
returned the following day and
were abused by adult Negroes
who were afraid of the youth’s
efforts. On Wednesday, Febru¬
ary 3, the students were joined
by students from the local white
college. Numerous incidents
took place which were abusive
and hideous.
The outstanding youth leader
implored , those , pre n.' to con-
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He told of his associa- i
r n with an interracial musi¬
group which travels through-
the south. Persons ap-
them and asked them
disband but th-e group has
• p, i , . . that N ’.roes
white can unite together
harmony.
Mr. Blair said that his
boro group wrote a letter
the president of Woolworth j
(.New York) and the
ifient replied by saying that
store bowed to local cus¬
Mr. Blair appealed to
audience to stay out of the
that bowed to local cus-
I
Communications broke down :
the Mayor’s
in Greensboro felt
it was not feasible to in-J
Picketing has been
“Twenty-four stu¬
were arrested, in Creeps
All over the south, Np-’
youth hqve gone, to jail. It
honorable to- go. to jail for
rights..” the youth -said.
Mrs. Ruth White
Law, “the courageous
cf 1969"’ award from the
Chi Pi Omega Sorority
his outstanding contribu¬
on to the local community as
of (he NAACP. Alpha
Pi ‘Omega also presented
membership. Mr. Law,
very modest man, humbly
the honor “for all of
one thousand persons pres-
i ii idually*deserve a
Dr. Carl R. Jordan, the NAACP
made the appeal for
funds to support the movement.
contribution of $25.00 was re-
ceived from' Nu Chapter of Iota
Lambda. The branch pres-
announced that Willie
is t.c -new
ffavannah Tribune showing
Negro business is in a good po-
rition to help youth. The
dience was urged to help Mr.
Hidden succeed in his new po¬
sition.
The next meeting will be
held on Sunday, July 10 at the
Butler Presbyterian Church, W.
Victory Drive and Burroughs,
Rev. P. A. Patterson, pastor.
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Damnation At The Door
When we would read of bravery
and courage, at their best with
their hair-raising and blood-ting-
ling concomtiants, we are forced
to turn to the Light Brigade and
its mighty charge at Balaklava,
so dramatically described by
Tenpyson in his “Charge of the
Light Brigade," or Co the Spar¬
tans, who died at the Pass of
Therm opylae.
History contains no accounts of
great bravery that excels the
Charge of the Light Brigade and
the stand of the Spartans at Thor-
mopylae where the Spartans djed
to a man, after being betrayed.
In other words the Spartans
died because of a betrayal
the Light Brigade perished to a
remnant, because it was written
“Someone had blundered.” It was
» betrayal on the one hand and n
i blunder on the other, that meant
Jthe the untimely bravest and useless historical death of
men on
,,ld '
The point being made here is
that, when we read that Cuba has
gone so far communist that
military buses are about to
be established in Cuba, we are
^ ,,dd< "' ilt thp . tr:1 ^ P«"-
sTbilitles of Russia’s latest victory
in the cold war between the dem¬
ocracy of our United States and
the communism of Russia.
i It is sickening to think that
| Russia military bases doors. arc to Why, lie
set up at our very
we ask that this reversal has come
upon us? When World War t wa:
brought to a close the world was
crying for Democracy, even as the
World War l was fought to make,
the world safe for Democracy.
Today have changed? Instead
>f being invited to take over the
I world, D mocracy to.lay i fight-
, ng for our very no e.
I Just as the T ight Brigade charg¬
ed in vain at Balaklava on the
Black Sea because someone had
j the idundcred, tragic probability so we are that fared Russia with
l
I is about to build military bases
under our vr-iy nose because some-
I body among the higher-ups of the
j United Stale -, somewhere down the
| line has blundered. Blunders can
1 lie fatal.
| And so what amounts to earthly
j damnation in the face. stares And ns atom as a warfare nation'
■
from bases in Russia would he
fearful enough; but with cases In
near-by Cuba the prospects are
sickening to contemplate.
j | It wou)(1 hp fut i] p and R j]] y f nr
onr c ,. P!Vt nut ion to attempt, to
i sb rug off what is happening, when
beHlcose Russia is about to ready
military bases in near-bv Cuba.
In very truth we well may say
ihpro is damnation at the door,
The day W ^ not *» r dista,lt
vhp " w< ‘ are called u P nn lo **H««>h**
between slavery and death,
remember reading recently an nr- ,
tje.lc from one who prefers slavery j
to extermination.
That is to say, that when the |
teme comes we mud ehoo-e be- |
‘ween the slavery of eommuni m
) md atomic warfare and it snffer-
ng and miseries, there are those
Trendy resigned to slavery instead
if the annihilation and blight of
atomic warfare.
There are of course those who
vould rather die free men than
ive as slaves.
The testing time may not he too
,'ar in'the dim and uncertain fu-
PAGE SEVAN
ture. Our beloved United Sties
is being fast hurtled into a (iesj|w-
ate choice.
World wars I and II were foudit
on foreign soil; but there are swift
'valenc es that World War III w'H
reach our shores and woe is unto
us unless we are prepared. It
might be well for us if we spent
more political and moral energies
in getting ready for the Russians,
nstead of the dubious objectivA''of
promoting racism in the world.'
What does it profit the nations ihA-
to hold the colored peoples in
iei'Con while losing the world to
Itussian communism.
The time for the so-called ddfn-
ocratic nation to wake up is ftVw!
When llu . in builds military bhsts
■! our very doors, it is time foi
omebody to come up with a jiltln
for democracy’s survival.
The situation is desperate as^of
now, with damnation at the doer.
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