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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Paine College Campus AN OPEN FORUM FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE Volume 5 Actress Diahann Carroll Marries Former Augustan Despite alleged “skepticism”, actress-singer Diahann Carroll and Jet Managing Editor Robert DeLeon appear to be two happy love birds following their marriage last Sunday in New York. DeLeon left T.W. Josey High School here after the tenth grade and went to Morehouse College as a 15-year-old early admissions student. The couple was quietly married *at the Columbia University Chapel and immediately flew back to Miss Carroll’s home in Los Angeles. In an exclusive telephone interview yesterday with the Defender, both Miss Carroll and DeLeon said they couldn’t be more “happy” about the event. “We love each other,” said Miss Carroll and “we intend to make it work.” DeLeon, who was divorced from his former wife. Barbara, just two weeks prior to his marriage to Miss Carroll said, “Things couldn’t be better, and I couldn't be happier.” The 25-year-old DeLeon said he Rev. Jesse Jackson Urges 5 E’s At Savannah State Commencement The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sunday called on the graduating class at Savannah State College to practice the five E’s -- be ethnic, ethical, economic, excellent and eternal, he said. Prior to delivering the commencement address, Jackson was presented the Award of Excellence in the Humanities. The recipient of more than 15 honorary degrees, Jackson is the founder and president of People United to Save Humanity (PUSH). He voiced strong opposition to efforts to do away with Black colleges through integration. “No one questions the Jewishness of Brandeis or Blacks Who Helped Build Augusta i( <ptv Part VIH BLACKS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION By James E. Carter 111 The Medical College of Georgia was founded in 1828 by an act of the State Legislature, establishing the Medical Academy of Georgia as the first school of Medicine in the state. The course of instruction was to be for one year, with the school having the right to confer the bachelor of medicine degree. During those very early days, it was customary for a person to attend two courses of lectures at a school and to spend a specified time of study with a practicing physician before being granted the M.D. degree. Thus, the first seven students entered the Medical College of Georgia on October 1,1829. The college coasted along through turbulent times for many years, but survived long enough to see the first two Black medical students enter for the study of medicine for the first time in 1967. Mr. Frank Rumph, a graduate of Fort Valley State College and holder of a Masters Degree in Biology from Atlanta University, and Mr. John Harper, a graduate of Morehouse College were the two young men who came into the Medical College for the study of medicine. These first two men graduated with their class in the year 1971. . Medical Education was not opened to Blacks in Georgia before this time so those who wanted to study medicine or dentistry had to go to such schools as Howard University, Meharry Medical College Shaw Medical College, and other predominantly white universities located in the Northern and Western states. The state of Georgia even provided subsidies for these students, so that they would not make attempts to enter the state sponsored Medical University. . e Dr. Stoney was the first Black physician in the city ot Augusta Physicians who have practiced in Augusta, and there have been many, since that time have practically all been graduates of predominantly Black medical schools. The Pioneer Black Dentists in Augusta before 1905 were ■■ "he Ik i ROBERT De LEON that Notre Dame is catholic. Blacks may attend, but everyone knows who is in control. We must not lose our ethnicity for our Blackness is real. “They want to eliminate Savannah State College and the Atlanta University Center. It’s the kind of merger that never allows the Black president to remain president. It is an effort to absorb us.” Blacks have never received a fair share of the fruits of American life, he said. “In the name of integration, the ability to count our share has been lost. There are 73,676 students in medical schools in this country, but only 4.5% are P. O. Box 953 Black. I just want our share. Only 3.9% of the law students are Black. Black Ph. D’s make up only eight tenth of one per cent. All I’m saying is we want our share.” Past generations of Blacks found strength in religion, Jackson said. But today’s youth have gone from willpower to pill power and from hope to dope. “Young Blacks spend too much time on romance and not enough time on finance. “Only excellence and remaining necessary is protection against genocide. White colleges find it necessary to recruit Black athletes because Black athletes are usually trained by white dentists, and upon completion of a specified period of training, they were recommended by their mentors to take the State Board Examination, and upon passing this examination, were issued a license to practice dentistry. Dr. James E. Carter Sr. was among this early group of pioneer dentists and practiced in Augusta for just over fifty years. The early training of nurses in Augusta began with the Nursing School opening in conjunction with Haines Institute and the University Hospital. Nurse training began in the year 1892, when Ms. Lucy Craft Laney and others set the wheels in motion for the establishment of courses in nurse training. Ten young ladies were sent from Haines by Mrs. Laney in 1893 to form the first class. Ms. Virginia Bowden was the first teacher, and this marked the beginning of nurse training in the city of Augusta for Blacks. The first graduating class in 1896 had five students, and the second graduating class in 1807 had eight students. These individuals went on to render valuable service to the Augusta community in those early days. The name of the nursing school was the Lamar School of Nursing and operated up until the middle 60’s, when it was finally integrated and combined with the Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing- As of this writing, there are presently one hundred twenty-one Black nursing students studying at the Medical College of Georgia for the bachelors degree, and thirteen Black graduate students studying for the masters degree. The first three Black dental students entered the School of Dentistry at the Medical College in September of 1970 and granduated in September of 1973. Among the sometimes overlooked facts in medical education, we fail to cite medical educators who worked so diligently in trying to train Black health care professionals. The Medical College of Georgia has used three such individuals on its teaching faculty in the School of Dentistry and Medicine. Dr. Allen Brown See “BWHBA SERIES” Page 6 knew there would probably be a “lot of gossip” about their marriage, “but it really doesn’t matter. We did what made us happy and 1 think that’s the only thing that counts.” Miss Carroll, who has been married twice before, echoed her new husband’s comments. “Happiness is one of life’s true rewards. I’m happy, Bob is happy and we’d both like to think that everyone else is happy for us.” The couple said they plan to remain in Miss Carroll’s West Coast residence for a couple of weeks and then move to Chicago. They did not indicate whether or not they would take a honeymoon before moving east. The couple’s marriage came as a surprise to many Chicagoans most of whose comments were positive although a few did indicate some “doubt”. Neither Miss Carroll or DeLeon have any doubts about the happy outcome of their marriage. “We’re happy,” repeated DeLeon, “and that’s the only thing that counts.” excellent. But we must make ourselves excellent in all areas. Jackson urged Blacks to compete for the mind of America. “WE must be prepared to be world citizens. We want to share in the creation of its ideas, ideals, premises, and presup positions.” Lastly, he turned to the spiritual, urging students to be eternal. “Life is rational” he said, “but there’s a God somewhere and he helps in a time of need.” “We went to Selma (Ala.) with no Black mayors, now we have 120. We went there with no Black voters, now we’ve got 7 million. There’s a God somewhere.” Augusta, Georgia ■RKL ■ ./i nr I \ V M' I 1 \ T J* MISS PAMELA GRIER PAM GRIER PROCLAIMED SEX GODDESS OF THE 70’s One of filrndom’s most talented and studious actresses, Pam Grier, has a new title and a new name starting with her next picture. Ihe highly respected New York magazine calls Miss Grier the “Sex Goddess of the Seventies”. With changing her name to Pamela she is about to go through an image transformation. She hopes to do fewer “tough mamma” movies. She’s more interested in doing things like “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “A Woman Under the Influence”. After seeing her in “Sheba Baby” everyone thinks I have an Eldorado. I have a Jeep. Eldoradoes are for fools; they waste too much gas.” Freedom Day Speaker DR. ROBERT PENN The Rev. Dr. Robert Penn will be the Freedom Day speaker for the Augusta Chapter of the NAACP at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1223 Gwinnett St., June 9th at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Penn is a graduate of Clark College and Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga. He has served churches in June 5, 1975 No. 11 Georgia, Kansas and his most recent pastorate was the First Baptist Church, Gary, Indiana. He is presently director of field education at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Ga. The public is invited to attend. Half Os Augusta’s New Black Cops Don’t Stick Fifty per cent of the Blacks hired since Federal Judge Anthony Alaifno issued a court order - in 1973 - are no longer with the department, according to Affirmative Action Officer Hansel Johnson. The court order called for one Black to be hired for every white until the department is racially 50-50. The reasons for the high rate of turnover are many. “Some find that they can’t take orders from a rebel. Some refuse to cut their mustaches at the lip or their sidebums at the ear lobe. Others were released for academic failure, lateness and being drunk on duty. Still others have found that the police department is not their cup of tea.” Johnson said. But none of the reasons could be blamed on race, the Black lieutenant said, “I don’t feel any have been persecuted because of color. The one’s that have fallen by the wayside have simply self-destructed. “Where public safety is concerned, we don’t have the time to train substandard individuals. Persons who don’t know how to read, write and relate to the public just can’t cut it down here. Peace officers iiave tremendous power - power to arrest, power to cany a weapon.” Salary is still a problem is attracting desirable applicants. “We don’t have the kind of package that would allow me to go out and pull in college students. The requirements for becoming an officer far out-weigh the advantages of being one.” Lt. Johnson expressed disappointment that the Black percentage in the police department has not increased more rapidly. At the time of the 1973 court order, Blacks including, matrons and janitors - made up 18% of the department. Today Blacks - a ,j, »ii ijghgngijt inn.1 1 \ kW ■ K • U W X/a./.tmbe Jfc. < ■: 1 ' W* 1 ’’ 1 lGw | 13L j S.W. Walker 11, Mrs. Elizabeth Bates and Mrs. Lottie Evans Photo by Frank Bowman Mrs. Elizabeth Bates has been selected “Miss Pilgrim 1975” by the companie’s employes. She has been with Pilgrim for 35 years. Mrs. Bates is currently working as a clerk in the underwriting and issuing department, in addition to including record room personnel, matrons, janitors and the affirmative action officer - make up 24%. “I would have thought by June of 1975 we would have had at least 30-35%.” But affirmative action, he said, goes beyond a court order. It is everybody's responsibility. The chief, the civil service commission, the mayor, the county commission all should try to find ways of doing a little bit more - willful compliance.” Johnson said he would like to see a timetable for equalizing the police department. But he emphasized that he felt the police department is complying with the court order. Another concern that the lieutenant raised was that of the white officer. “You can't overlook that there are an awful lot of innocent non-minorities. 1 may be off key, but 1 feel that there are an awful lot of innocent whites who are non prejudicial who are caught up in this thing. For that reason, I feel that the timetable should not come as a shock.” There is a hiring free, e that doesn't help speed up the process. “If I had a hundred qualified Black men willing to work right now, there isn't a damn thing I could do with them, Johnson lamented. When the hiring freeze is lifted, Johnson urges persons interested in a law enforcement career to contact his office with the understanding that he is primarily interested in people who want a career in law enforcement. This applies to whites, too, he said. If Blacks don’t plan on a law enforcement career, we’ll have Blacks without seniority and will never get to the higher positions, and we’ll be at the back of the bus again. 'Miss Pilgrim’ reigning over the company as Queen for one year, Mrs. Bates will receive an all expense paid trip to the National Insurance Association Convention which will be held in Memphis, Tenn. During the brief ceremony in Pilgrim’s Civic Room, last year’s Queen, Mrs. Lottie Evans crowned Mrs. Bates, Ms. Pilgrim For 1975. 2(K