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The Augusta News-Review - February 22, 1973, With the local P.O.W.’s flying in to Bush Field at C.T. Walker Elementary School, the idea was introduced to the children to consider just what they would like to do to express their feelings to the locally returning P.O.W.’s. Since the Army is such a large part of the area, many of the children immediately wanted to personally become involved in welcoming the released men. The result of their enthusiasm is a huge wall mural, displaying contributions by well over 100 students filled with personal letters, pictures, a scrapbook, and Welcome Posters. The mural is the culmination of several days’ work involving lively current events discussions, vicarious emotional and direct language experiences, humanitarian involvements, opinion canvassing, and expressive art. The Jesse L Brown J1 ■1 ■ ■ M fl t t ■ *.yp’Vu K(A ® --T- K > ? 1 x m-w l'i x The destroyer escort Jesse L. Brown is prepared for commissioning ceremony at Boston Naval Shipyard. It’s named in honor of Ensign Jesse Leßoy Brown, the Navy’s first black flier and the first black naval officer to die in the Korean War. A native of Hattiesburg, Miss., and a graduate of Ohio Stale University, Brown, 24, died jidtetrhisTilane waSshuL.down in 1950. H. Rap Brown. 3 Others Identified By Chef New York -- (NBNS) -- Roger Jenkins, the Chef and co-owner of the Red Carpet Lounge, has identified H. Rap Brown and three co-defendents as the ones who held up the Lounge Oct. 16, 1971. Pointing to Brown, Jenkins said, “and that man -- the man with the cap - he kicked him.” - TOPS IN TALL APPAREL One Stop Shopping For All Tall Girls 1018 Broad Street Phone 722-0035 9 * ;;'< III '.i SfF *j ||| .. ..... <..:• hu& ' ** *** •. wife W ■ Jr' ' 'JHEF 1L ■ '** ... J**izzQwiß ■■' C.T. Walker Welcomes POW’S i I ■ ilßl® ill a EK9I The entire student body at Walker School wants very rr-ich to have their work placed at the Welcoming proceedings at Brown and three co-defendants, Levi Valentine, Samuel Petty, and Arthur Young, all from St. Louis, are charged with armed robbery, illegal possession of weapons and the attempted murder of several policemen in a gunfight that followed the robbery. i Jenkins, the prosecution’s first witness to make Page 2 Ft. Gordon; they are presently (with some adult assistance) trying to contact the appropriate officials to receive courtroom identifications of all four defendants, told the jury last week that the holdup men ordered everyone in the bar to “hit the floor” and to empty their pockets and purses and hand over rings and watches. He also said that he handed over a $1,500 diamond ring, a watch and $97 in cash from a box he kept in the kitchen as well as $350 from his wallet. After the holdup, Jenkins testified, he viewed line-ups at the District Attorney’s office and at Bellevue hospital, where Brown, who was seriously wounded in the gunfight was hospitalized. In an attempt to impugn the credibility of the prosecution witness, defense attorneys brought out that Jenkins had once been convicted of illegal entry. •- " I| ML* ®M| permission to hang their contributions in the hospital halls at Fort Gordon. Co-ordinators for the C.S.R.A. Business Bits By Gwen Loftlin President of the C.S.R.A. Business League, S.W. Walker, 11, Chairman of the Board, J.H. Ruffin, and Executive Director Harvey L. Johnson recently attended the first Mini Conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the Mini Convention was to continue revanping the organizational structure of the National Business League. As a result of that meeting, the National Business League will present to the National Body in September, a complete revamped program in which the National Business League can be of more service to its constituents. At the Mini Convention, S.W. Walker was sworn in as Regional Vice President for the National Business League. In a conversation with the National President, Berkeley G. Burrell, he said “the National Business League was fortunate to have among its members a man of S.W. Walker’s caliber, and that the C.S.R.A. Business League was even more fortunate to have him on a local scene.” It is certain that the members of the C.S.R.A. Business League and its Board and the members of Augusta congratulate Mr. Walker on being elected to such a distinguished position. ********** Effective February 1, 1973, the C.S.R.A. Business League will offer “Special Services” to the public and members of the Business League. Any persons desiring a particular service, commodity or merchandise of any sort may call the Business League and ask for “Special Services.” The number is 722-0996. The Special Services Department will research and find out who has the item and refer them to you. More than 8 million Blacks aren’t registered. Are you part of the problem or part of the solution? DANIELS - WHERE YOU ALWAYS GET THE BEST OEALI Brand New 1973 Comet s 2247°° \ As Little As ■ <- ’7 : **f S 1 Q 70(H *~/ z 2 j ,wn . r $ 68 3 s |\V "BIG 6° 2 Door Sudan WMF Pt Month E .BnS hAßiici e /TAt* —UANIPLa time price 52648.32 - plus sales tax if applicable - credit life Wr r*|"|*insurance optional «» ■HHHI 1111/»niM fel|wVV*|w Home of Satisfied Customer & Quality Service program are Mrs. J. Pinsell, Mrs. Alda Lott, and Mrs. Peggy Stanley. Mr. E.H. Thurmond is the principal. Black Legacy Richard Allen 1760-1831 Richard Allen, born a slave, had to buy his freedom for S2OOO. Ironic as it may be, it was the city of Brotherly Love that helped to shape his career with its prejudices and religious discrimination. He was the first Black American to help his people help themselves. It was Richard Allen’s Free African Society that helped Philadelphia survive the cholera epidemic of 1793. When everyone who could were leaving the city, the Free African Society remained to give aid to all who needed it. With other Black Americans, in 1794, Richard Allen started the first independent church. By 1816 he established a national organization of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was it’s first Bishop. Richard Allen just another part of our Black Legacy. Teacher Examinations The National Teacher Examinations will be administered on April 7 at Augusta College which has been designated as a test center. According to Julian S. Heyman, director of testing, many college seniors preparing to teach and teachers applying for certification, licensure, or those seeking positions in school systems which encourage or require the NTE will be taking the tests. In addition, the designation of Augusta College as a test center for these examinations will give prospective teachers in this area an opportunity to compare their performance on the examinations with candidates throughout the country who take the tests. If you hove token the time to read this small print, couldn't you take 5 minutes to register to vote? act,( ?lne CRIME FIGHTING CAMPAIGN STEPPED UP IN TUCKEGEE Tuskegee, Ala. -- (NBNS) -- Following a weekend terror in which an elderly woman was slain and her two sisters severly beaten and stabbed, Johnny Ford, the first black mayor ever elected in this predominantly black city of 11,000, has promised to step up the activities of his recently-created Crime Commission. A 24-year-old ex-convict, David Lee Goode, has been charged in the incident. NBNS GROWS TO 68 WITH ADDITION OF SIX BLACK NEWSPAPERS Washington -- (NBNS) - The addition of six black newspapers brings to 68 the total number of subscribers to National Black News Service, Paul H. Wyche, Jr., its president, announced this week. The new papers are the CHARLESTON (S.C.) CHRONICLE, THE BEAUMONT (TEXAS) ADVOCATE, THE AKRON (OHIO) REPORTER, THE CHARLOTTE (N.C.) METROLINIAN, THE AUGUSTA (GA.) NEWS-REVIEW, AND THE CAROLINA (N.C.) TIMES. “During the past 11 months, with the increased support of the black newspaper publishers and editors, we have continued to grow at an extremely rapid pace,” he continued. At the same time, Wyche announced that within 60-90 days NBNS will begin offering a photo service to its subscribers as part of “our ongoing commitment to increase the services of NBNS to our newspaper subscribers.” DELLUMS, BURKE TO PROBE KITTY HAWK RIOTS Washington - (NBNS) -- Reps. Ronald Dellums and Yvonne Burke announced last week that they will conduct their own investigation of disturbances aboard two aircraft carriers which a House subcommittee concluded were not caused by racial discrimination. The California democrats have directed staff assistants to talk with sailors from USS Constellation and the USS Kitty Hawk to obtain first-hand information about the incidents which occured last year. 12 EXECUTED IN UGANDA KAMPALA - (NBNS) - Twelve men were executed here before thousands of Ugandans in the first public killings in this country’s history. Reports from here said that some 7,000 Ugandans watched the executions by army firing squads of 11 men for guerilla activities and robbery. SWEDEN LIFTS BOYCOTT OF SOUTH AFRICAN PRODUCTS STOCKHOLM - (NBNS) - The Swedish government has decided to abandon its seven year stand of boycotting South African wines and liquors and has already put them back on sale here. "Can They Do These Things Share To Us?” •!! Gwen f would like to thank Adrienne Perry, who is an educator with the Richmond County Board of Education, and James Perry, associate with the Augusta Legal Aid Society, Inc., for sharing a report by Dr. Arthur E. Thomas on a program for school reform. The report, is entitled “Can They Do These Things To Us?” It offers ten proposals to begin to repair the damage done to Black and minority group children by racist administrators and insensitive teachers. No. 1. Prove it isn’t so. “School official and government officials must effectively communicate in every way possible to the Black, poor, and oppressed that the question of genocide is not a reality. Not only must this be communicated, it must be proven. There is a growing concern among Black educators and community leaders that, since there is no more cotton to pick and there are no more ditches to dig, Blacks as a people are no longer necessary to this country.” No. 2. Premeditated failure. “Black and other minority children come to school ready and eager to learn, yet they continue to graduate from high schools able to read only at an eighth grade level. This doesn’t happen because Black children are inferior. It happens because if they were taught to read at the proper levels, they would be able to compete for the same jobs as white children and the society wants to avoid that. -- One way to deal with this problem is to take those individuals responsible for the institutional racism of public schools to the courts where they will be held accountable for their policies.” No. 3. “I am Black. America should be proud.” “I have found that if you show children that you love them, trust them and respect them, they will respond with love, trust, and respect. If you believe in them, they will learn to believe in themselves. --- Until you teach a child that he is somebody, and until you get him to believe this, you’re wasting your time trying to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. -- Self-image should be one of the chief things taught in school.” A child should know more at three o’clock in the afternoon than he knew at eight o’clock that morning. He should know more in June than he knew in the previous September. A child should certainly know more in 1971 than he knew in 1967. Measures for holding school administrators accountable should deal specifically with these questions: Does the student know more at 3 p.m. than he did at 8 a.m.? Does he know more in June than in the previous September? The traditional attitude holds the child accountable for his progress or failure. The school’s contribution to that success or failure should be measured, and the administrators responsible for failure held accountable.” No. 5. Who else knows the right questions? “A series of national and local student fact-finding commissions should be established. These student commissions would have access to lawyers and other research personnel. Potential areas for discussion and presentation of position papers could include the following topics: suspension and expulsion, freedom of expression, school security, guidance and corporal punishment. Who knows more about classroom injustice than its victims?” No. 6. Give the consumers a voice. “Young people are asking to be listened to, to be made a part of the things that affect their daily lives. School boards.should be expanded by at least four members, and those members should be between the ages of 7 and 21. The young members should be entitled to all of the privileges and responsibilities accorded school board members, and they should share equally in the decision-making. We must not only listen to our children, we must also give them the power to help themselves, and by doing so, help us all.” No. 7. Cut out the middle man. “It is imperative to quickly begin federal funding of programs created by and administered by and for students. Think of a Head Start program completely nn s e 1 A— ♦an r»l-»« r» nr l/AltnnPr sianea ana run ay siuucnib - viuci siuuvnw ivav»u« 6 students. Think of student-run recreation programs.” No. 8. We’re all in the same boat. “I cannot call a man prejudiced when he wants his child to go to a school nearest him. Black people want their kids to go to neighborhood schools, too. It is wrong, and grossly unfair on the part of middle class Blacks and Whites to state that poor Whites are racists because the Whites do not want their children to go to school in a Black community -- when that Black school is, in fact, an inferior school because of a school system’s racist policies. No. 9. Integration in reverse. “Black students and parents and teachers working together can make Black schools among the best, rather than the worst, in the city. If, a Black school had the best facilities, the best staff, the best textbooks, supplies, equipment, then integration would be meaningful. It would be, for the first time in history, a two way street. As it is now, the typical situation is the Black child supposedly improving himself by association with Whites and White educational institutions. But if the reverse were also true, a whole new world opens up, a world of creative exchange between equals.” , No. 10. I saw it on the tube. “Student run cable TV could affect the quality of life in school. Programs instructing students about what they can do when a teacher or administrator violates their rights can show students ways to beat the system rather than giving in to it. Because of the length of this report it was impossible to bring it to you in its entirety. However, I hope you found it as interesting and enlightening as I did. Copies of this report are available free by writing: Center for Study of Student Citizenship, Rights and Responsibilities; 1145 Germantown Street; Dayton, Ohio 45408. Please request as many as you need -for individual use or for group discussions. Thank you Mr. and Ms. Perry.