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The Augusta News-Review - April 17. 1975 -
Lecture Series On Nigeria
Augusta College has been
sponsoring a Third World
Lecture Series on Nigeria since
March 27, 1975. It is a project
oriented for college credits,
however, the series is open to
the general public. So far the
Clark
College
Presents...
The Music Department of
Clark College, Atlanta, Ga. will
present Miss Jacquelyn A.
Davis in Senior Piano Recital
Saturday at Davage
Auditorium.
Miss Davis is a graduate of
Lucy Laney High School
where she accompanied the
Lucy Laney High School
Choir. She will graduate from
Clark College May 19, 1975
receiving a B.A. degree in
Music. She is the daughter of
Mrs. Lillie Mae Davis.
Paine
Presents
'Purlie’
The Paine College Dramatic
Club will present Purlie on
April 24-25-26-27 in the
Odeum.
Purlie is a musical comedy
based on the play Purlie
Victorious by Ossie Davis. The
music was written by Gary
Geld and the lyrics by Peter
Udell.
The plot is pivoted around
Purlie Victorious who has
come back to his shabby cabin
to announce that he has come
back for the purpose of
reacquiring the local church
and to ring the freedom bell.
The real fun comes when
Purlie has a wrangle with an
old colonel who can really
swing a mean bull whip. It is in
the dialogue, though, that
makes the event so uproarious.
The production is directed
by J.C. Taylor.
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lecturers have been excellent
sources of information on
Nigeria and the continent of
Africa.
The calendar of events is as
follows: April 29 - Nigerian
Literature; May 1- Film:
Chinua Achebe; May 6 -
Foreign Assistance, & Political
Economy of Nigerian Oil
Industry; May 8 - Film:
African Art, Sculpture, Music;
May 13 - Lecture on Gelede
Dance - Art; May 15 - Film:
Africa’s Gift. The lectures take
place at 12 noon and at 8:15
and films are shown at 8:15
p.m.
Sand Bar
Ferry Features
Fashion
And Talent
Sand Bar Ferry Junior High
School will hold its annual
Talent and Fashion
Extravaganza on Sunday, April
27 at 5 p.m. in the school
gymnasium.
This affair will feature guests
from schools throughout the
CSRA, in addition to students
attending Sand Bar Junior
High.
Tickets are available in the
school office.
Lee N. Beard is principal.
Happy
Birthday
Happy Birthday goes out to
Mrs. Carolyn Crawford and
Miss Dorothy Jones. They both
are the daughters of Mrs. Ola
Mae Reid and the
grand-daughter of Mrs. Ruth
Cody. They all live in Augusta,
and are members of the Mt.
Zion Missionary Baptist
Church.
Society
Challenges
Two A Penny
Two A Penny, a dramatic
and challenging motion
picture, will be shown on
Sunday, April 27 at Elim
Baptist Church. The showing
will begin at 7 p.m.
Two A Penny produced by
World Wide Pictures, the film
ministry of the Billy Graham
organization, is a 65-minute
package of fast action,
absorbing drama, and a
significant challenge to our
society. It has been newly
edited specifically for church
showings.
The Rev. R.L. Boyd is
pastor.
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“EQUAL RIGHTS” from page 1
equal opportunity' at the earliest date possible.
Since this startling maneuver on March 11, no one at the White
House will answer telephone calls for discussion of this summary
rejection by the Ford Administration of the services of one of his
brightest stars in the restricted constellation of Black Republican
leadership.
Seriously enough, a succession of Black Assistant Secretaries
namely: Art Fletcher of Labor, Sam Jackson of HUD, and James
Farmer of HEW have been summarily dismissed, accompanied by
the abrupt departure of the last two chairmen of the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, William Brown and now
John Powell.
It has been rumored without successful denial that agressive
Blacks who merely aspire to enforce federal statutes as they relate
to ending racism against racial minorities are destined to run into
serious trouble. That they face opposition from white
establishment forces when these are called on the respect the
majesty of the law by Black Assistant Secretaries who dare to
reject figurehead, ceremonial status in their respective appointive
positions at the Sub-Cabinet level.
Despite the fact that Dr. Toote, at the request of former
President Richard Nixon, accepted the equal opportunity in
housing post, a full nine months after the vacancy was created by
the departure of Sam Simmons, Dr. Toote, following the high
standard of professional conduct for which she has a reputation,
began to move agressively to establish confidence in
determination and the ability of HUD to implement the law in
efforts to eradicate racial discrimination in the government
financed housing sector of the nation.
We are practically incensed that the Ford Administration is
apparently willing to placate reactionary forces who have vilified
the nation’s fair employment and fair housing statutes, pursuing
their own goals of amassing enormous personal wealth from the
feast at the federal trough.
Fletcher was the victim of the organized building construction
and trades wrath for his attempts to enforce the Philadelphia plan
concept in all building contracts subsidized by federal funds. Bill
Brown was summarily dismissed from the EEO Commission when
he enforced the law against AT&T and other industrial giants who
felt themselves above the law in the area of equal employment
opportunities.
Now Gloria Toote joins that increasing line of high capable,
profoundly dedicated Black Republican Party officeholders who
zealously enforce the law in an effort to demonstrate that the
legal arm of the government will serve as a guardian shield against
victimization by institutional economic racism.
While the Republican Party continues to apply the nostrum of
Black capitalism of Blacks gaining a piece of the action, the
casualty list of Black Sub-Cabinet officeholders has literally
destroyed the faith of politically wise Blacks in the possibilities of
Black ever finding a meaningful decision-making role in the grand
ole party of Lincoln.
To an old student of racism in government, this would seem to
be a very curious situation, where one woman Secretary, the third
ever to be a Cabinet member, would shoot down the highest
ranking Black woman in government. It reeks of racism and also
reverse sexism. How unfortunate for women to allow themselves
to be used as instruments of a racist and chauvinist society.
Gloria Toote has served her nation, her party, and the cause of
equal opportunity in housing well. If the Republican Party allows
this highly capable woman to depart from an effective role of
service in the federal estabslihment, we would suggest that the
GOP will be giving a new meaningful political interpertation to
Dante’s inscription over the gates of hell and sending a message to
Blacks who seek association with their party: “Abandson hope all
ye who enter here!!’
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Paine College President Dr. Julius S. Scott, shows alumni the plans for the new
administration building to replace Haygood Hall. Groundbreaking is expected in
June.
Gospel Program Honors
Reba McKenzie
Kappa Chpater, Tau Gamma
Delta Sorority, Inc. will
sponsor an afternoon of Gospel
Music on Sunday, April 27, at
3 p.m. in the T.W. Josey
Auditorium. Choirs throughout
the Augusta community will
participate.
LWV Announces
State-wide Programs
At the recent state
convention in Athens of the
Georgia League of Women
Voters, attended by four
Augusta delegates, the
following state-wide program
was adopted for study and
action during the next two
years:
1. Support of an equitable,
enforceable election system; a
study of the administrative
structure of the election
system of Georgia.
2. Continued support for
quality public education in
Georgia, with emphasis on the
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I Essay Contest j
A cash prize of $25.00 will be awarded to a Richmond County
student for writing the best essay on Marian Anderson, fame
contralto who became the first Black to sing a major role at the
Metropolitan Opera. r
The essay contest is being sponsored by the Paine College <
Gamma Beta Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. t
Qualifications for the essay contest are as follows:
1. Applicants must be in grades 9 through 12. 1
2. Applicant must attend a Richmond County school. i
3. Applicant must submit essay by May 20th.
4. Applicant must fill out and return the Registration Form. <
5. Essay must be 2,000 words or more. <
REGISTRATION FORM ’
Name—
Address —— l
School '
Parents name
Title of essay
Signature of applicant—
SEND TO: Marian Anderson Essay Contest
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Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Paine College
Augusta, Georgia 30901
Symphony To Conclude
Season Saturday Night
The Augusta Symphony will
present the last of the
Connoisseur Series concerts
Saturday at 8:30 p.m. in the
Augusta College Performing
Arts Theatre. Featured will be
cellist Eugene Eicher and the
Augusta College Choir. James
Connor is the choir director.
Connoisseur Series season
tickets will be honored, and
individual tickets may be
purchased at the box office.
The program will be given in
memory of Miss Reba
McKenzie and proceeds will go
to the Nancy Cobb House of
the Sickle Cell Center. The
Cobb House provides lodging
for patients using the Sickle
Cell Center Clinics and other
implementation of the State
Kindergarten Program.
3. A Georgia Constitution
based on sound, modern
governmental principles.
4. Support for correction of
Georgia laws which
discriminate on the basis of
sex, and a study of the laws
and practices pertaining to
rape.
5. Support of equitable,
enforceable consumer
protection programs for
Georgia.
6. Support of an equitable
system to finance the needs of
the State.
7. Support for State
responsibility in land use,
recognizing the inter
-relatedness of human,
economic, and environmental
needs.
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The Augusta College Choir
will open the concert with a
performance with the orchestra
under the direction of Harry
Jacobs. The selection will be
Arnold Schoenberg’s Friede
auf Erden (Peace on Earth).
Eugene Eicher will perform
Boccherini’s Concerto for Cello
in B Flat. The orchestra will
conclude the concert with a
performance of Brahms’
Symphony No. 2 in D Major.
clinics at the Medical College
of Georgia. Mrs. Lucy O.
Williams, Basileus of the
organization, states that
admission to the program is
free, however there will be a
public offering. Individuals,
organizations, and churches are
asked to please make
contributions towards this
worthwhile project. Persons
desiring further information
may contact Mrs. Williams at
724-5977 or Herman F. Harris,
at the Sickle Cell Center at
828-2171. Donations may be
made payable to the: Nancy
Cobb House Fund.
“JUSTICE”
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women are behind bars in
enormously disproportionate
numbers.
At last count, there were
seventy-one prisoners on death
row in North Carolina, making
that state number one in the
nation in condeming people to
legal death.
North Carolina is the only
state in the country where a
person can be declared an
“outlaw” before trial, giving
any citizen the right to arrest
that person and shoot on sight
if he or she resists. Before
JoAnn Little’s arrest, the
sheriff was planning to initiate
this procedure against her.
When the National Alliance
Against Racist and Political
Repression spearheaded a
national demonstration in
Raleigh last July 4, Rev. Ralph
Abernathy told the
demonstrators that North
Carolina has become “one of
the most, if not THE most,
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’66 Class
Reunion
The T.W. Josey Class of 66
reunites again. Members of the
class met to make plans for
their class reunion in 1976.
The meeting will be held the
fourth Sunday in each month
at 4 p.m. at T.W. Josey High.
The following officers were
elected as follows: class
chairman, Gerald Carswell;'
class secretary, Robert Coter;
correspondent chairman,
Velma Sanders; treasurer,
Joseph Jones, planning
chairman, Lillian Hall; public
relations, Maxine Curtis.
All members are urged to
make plans to attend the
meetings.
Happy Birthday
Belated happy birthday for
Master Michael Joel Jones of
Myrtle Beach, S.C. He was
three years old on April 13. He
is the son of S Sgt. and Mrs.
Melvin Jones, and the
grand-son of Miss Dorothy
Jones of this city.
Preschool Sets
Preregistration
Date
Preregistration for children
entering the preschool program
is scheduled for Wednesday,
April 30 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Students entering the program
must be five (5) years of age by
September 1. A birth
certificate is required on the
day of registration.
Immunization records must be
current and presented on the
first day of school.
The following schools have
been designated as registration
centers: Bayvale, Collins,
Fleming, Floyd, Lake Forest,
Garrett, Hornsby, Jenkins,
Lamar, Milledge, Terrace,
Manor, Sue Reynolds, Levi
White, and Wilkenson Gardens.
Police
Report
By Audrey Frazier
MAN SHOT FROM PASSING
CAR
Gregory Martin Shields of
2026 Second Ave. was shot
Saturday by a passenger in a
passing car.
Officers answered a call to
the 1600 block of Garinton
Ave. where Shields stated that
he had been shot in his right
side. He was taken to
University Hospital by police.
Shields later stated that he
and Robert Davis of 2505
Parkway Dr., were walking
north on the 1600 block of
Garington when a Nova
occupied by three males
slowed down and fired at him,
striking him in the side.
TWO MEN ROBBED
Grady Hunter of 422 Jones
Ave., Waynesboro was robbed
of S3OO Saturday on the
comer of 7th and Greene
Streets.
Hunter stated that an
unknown male pointed a pistol
at him and forced him into a
1972 mustang. The male then
took him to the Fifth St.
Bridge at the boat docks and
took the S3OO.
Also robbed Saturday was
Willie Scott of 1624 North Spy
at Canal Package Shop on the
1700 block of Broad St.
Scott stated that a Willie
Davis and another male robbed
him of $225 using a pistol.
repressive states in the nation.
Many people familiar with
Ben Chavis’ leadership of
grassroots movements in North
Carolina insist that the state
wants to put him behind bars
in order to further paralyze
those movements.
The North Carolina Court of
Appeals has already refused to
grant the Wilmington Ten a
new trial. Presently the defense
attorneys are preparing to take
the case before the Supreme
Court of that state.
There is little hope that the
courts will be willing to
renounce their past repressive
role and grant Rev. Chavis the
justice he deserves. But there is
hope that concerned people in
this country - and Black
people in the first place - can
force the courts to cease their
attacks on Ben Chavis.
If public pressure is strong
enough and sufficiently
organized, then the courts will
certainly feel compelled to free
Ben Chavis and the Wilmington
Ten.
For information on how to
join this effort, contact the
National Alliance Against
Racist and Political Repression,
150 Fifth Avenue, Room 804,
New York, N.Y. 10011 (212)
243-8555.