The Augusta news-review. (Augusta, Ga.) 1972-1985, July 17, 1975, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextGtORf sl,f Amwta Nma-taW Volume 5 James Brown Gives Airlines 30 Days to Hire Black Ticket Agents Entertainer James Brown last week gave airlines serving Augusta 30 days to hire Black ticket agents. “Either they are going to have to ride Black or we may have to ride another way.” By riding Black, Brown said he meant “letting us ride on that same freedom train so that we can feed our kids, so we can do things for ourselves. We’ve got people qualified. Why should we go to school if we can’t get a job?” Brown made the comments in an emotional editorial broadcast over his radio station, WRDW. The editorial, which had an Sickle Cell Victim Dies Mrs. John (Nancy Cobb) Young died Wednesday, July 9th in Detroit, Michigan. Funeral services were held Monday, July 14 in Detroit. Mrs. Young, a native Augustan, last visited Augusta in February 1974 when she presided at the official opening of the Augusta Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center’s lodging facility named in her honor - Nancy Cobb House, located at Nation Os Islam, SCLC Omitted From Leadership List The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Nation of Islam were left off the list of National Black leaders and organizations, by the business magazine. Black Enterprise. Tyrone Brooks, National Communications Director for the Southern Christian Editorial Time To Take A Stand The News-Review backs James Brown one hundred per cent in his effort to have Blacks employed at Bush Field as ticket agents. We feel Blacks and other minority groups should be hired at all levels. James Brown had an experience at the airport which forced him to stop and look injustice square in the eye, and he was motivated to do something about it. Rosa Parks had an experience with injustice in Montgomery and her confrontation witn injustice led to a civil rights movement that changed tne course of history. In a conversation witli Mr. Brow n this week, we asked him what he thought it would take to arouse the community to the point of doing something about injustice. He replied, “You and I, The News-Review and WRDW.” He went on to say that he wanted people to know that “our relationship didn't start as peaches and cream. We had to evaluate each otner.” He was referring to some of the disagreements that we had had. But the point is significant. While we have had some bitter disagreements, out they were settled in private. We did evaluate each other and came out of the experience with a sense of mutual respect and love. We urge people to become involved in t.iis effort because it affects all of us. All of us won't get jobs at the airport. All of us don’t fly. But all ot us tace injustice. And we can't afford to wait until each of us is the victim before we become involved. In too many instances, the problems that exist in Augusta exist because Black people allow them to exist. We nave a majority of the population here and we could get rid of officials who perpetuate injustice, it we registered and voted. Most stores in Augusta are dependent upon tne dollars of Black people for ttieir very existence. And we could get rid of merchants who refuse to give our people justice, if we witheld our dollars. Tne future of Black Augusta is in tiie hands of Black people. But as long as the oppressor knows that we won’t stick together and will allow him to pit us against one another, ne nas nothing to worry about. equally emotional version of “Let My People Go” playing in the background, called for whites, Chinese and other nationalities to “join in this crusade for freedom and equality.” “I’ve fought and did everything 1 can for this country and for this city. I’ve preached America and I’ve preached goodness. And I’ll be dammed if I’m going to stay here any longer and accept some of the things I’ve been accepting, he continued. “I didn’t see it, and I did see it. 1 guess it didn’t register,” he said of the lack of Black ticket agents at the airport. 1518 Gwinnett Street. Mrs. Young was one of the last surviving members with sickle cell anemia of the first family studied by the late Dr. Virgil P. Sydenstricter of the Medical College of Georgia. Mrs. Young worked for many years in various departments at the University Hospital prior to moving to Detroit in 1967. She was a member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church. Leadership Conference took issue with Earl Graves, publisher and editor when he listed several Black leaders and organizations but omitted two of the most powerful and respected groups in the nation, The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Nation of Islam. Brooks P. O. Box 953 Brown said that 35-40% of the riders that leave this city are Black. The money is leaving our community and it’s not coming back. Black people spend money out there but we’re not good enough to sell tickets. This is not a race case. Brown said, it’s a case of right and wrong. Interviewed at his home Monday, Brown said that if the airlines are smart they will meet the timetable. “If they are ignorant, they’ll try to fight it.” Augusta is served by Delta, Eastern and Piedmont. While acknowledging that In addition to her husband, John Young, she is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Precious Wallace and a sister, Mrs. Lila Carter, all of Detroit. In lieu of flowers, the family requested that contributions be made in her name to the Nancy Cobb House Fund, Sickle Cell Center, Medical College of Georgia. pointed out that both groups have made tremendous contributions toward the development of Black America and that the SCLC has a membership of over one million. He further stated that even though he did not know the membership for the Nation of Islam, the numbers and Hit ’ll ■■■■ rrS Hili ■ J| AI BhSk i \j Ml ‘ I \ ‘I W B£- L VI ... FULL GENERAL - Lieutenant General Daniel James. Jr. of the United States Air Force, a graduate of Tuskegee Institute, has been nominated for promotion to four-star General. Secretary ot Defense James R. Schlesinger announced last week. I he appointment it approved, becomes etteethe September I and Janies will become the first Black officer to achieve four-star rank in the history of the U.S. Armed Forces. He will be assigned Commanded-in Chief. North American Air Defense Command with headquarters al Ent Air Force Base. Colorado Springs, Colorado. General James. 55, is a former tighter pilot with 101 combat missions in Korea and 78 more in North Vietnam. AN OPEN FORUM FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE Eastern has one Black ticket agent, Brown said the airport management itself is very, very far off key. “Because they haven’t changed nothing for the past 25 years. They may have one line boy, and he’s late at night. That airport itself is a drag. But we are going to change that. “Every city in this whole state has changed but Augusta; We are the only one that hasn’f changed.” Asked how he would explain the lack of change in Augusta. Brown said the people who are in office in Augusta are “very comfortable being where they are. And the man is more Sen. Julian Bond Atlanta, Ga. -- State Senator Julian Bond announced that he concrete work that the Nation has carried on warrants inclusion in the article entitled National Black Leaders. He said that the exclusion was an insult to Black Americans and all persons who read Black Enterprise. Augusta, Georgia comfortable than they are because he knows that they aren't going to bring about any changes. They don't intend to bring about no changes. “I have to exclude Mrs. Carrie Mays, and Mr. (Ed) Mclntyre has done some good.” What will it take to make Augusta concerned about discrimination and injustice? Brown said, “First, it’s going to take The News-Review and WRDW. After the local City Fathers see that we are not playing, that we are really serious, that we’re just as serious as cancer, they are going to take notice. Julian Bond Quits Presidential Race would not be a candidate for President in 1976. “It’s simply a matter of not having the money,” Bond said. “In spite of the hundreds of people who have written expressing their support and those who worked long, hard hours trying to build a base of Financial support, we just couldn’r raise enough cash,” Bond said. “Unfortunately,” he added, “none of the remaining I XX M3 f r~~~ zT'r . j ’ / -r Bl I I EEL-. i— ' / \ I / Black Mayors Meet With Ford’s Aides A delegation from the Southern Conference of Black Mayors called recently on aides to the President to explain needs and concerns at the White House. They later visited the Congress and various departments. The Black mayors endorsed the continuation of federal revenue sharing and asked for assistance in a number of areas, ranging from jobs to housing, and including fire trucks, water, and sewage. Participants in the White House meeting were: William J. Baroody Jr., assistant to Lie President;; Stanley S. Scott, special assistant to the President; John Calhoun, deputy special assistant to the President; Richard Parsons, associate director, The Cosmetic Council; James Falk, associate director, the Domestic Council; Patrick Delaney, Bernard I orche, executive director •, Southern Conference of Black Mayors; Mayor A.J. Cooper, Pritchard, Alabama: Mayor Clarence Lightner, Raleigh, North Carolina; Earl Lucas, Mound Bayou, Mississippi; Lelia Foley, Taft, Oklahoma; Mayor Johnny Ford, Tuskegee, Alabama; Bennie Thomson. Bolton, Mississippi, and Rev. Judge Stringer, Hobson, Alabama. Employment Test Not Job Related Are Unlawful New York. N.Y. - The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that Blacks who suffer lost wages as a result of employment discrimination should ordinarily recover those wages in the form of "back pay." The Court also ruled that employment tests which restrict the opportunities of Blacks and which are not “job related” according to established professional standards are unlawful. This important decision arose out of a lawsuit involving the Albemarle Paper Company “Blacks have just never been concerned. If they were concerned, they were concerned inwardly. But we are going to let it be outwardly.” The changes, he said, have to be made by whites because the power structure is white. But Blacks can let them know that we are ready for changes to be made. “In the final analysis, it doesn’t mean Blacks banding together, it means citizens banding together. This, “he concluded” is why I appeal to all races to let’s bring this (racial discrimination) to an end right away... It’s going to be brought to an end.” candidates seem likely to promote the radical political and economic changes so badly needed to insure redistribution of wealth in America and common control of our resources and our future.” “I am more than grateful to the local corps of volunteers,” he added, “who worked without pay to keep us going until now.” Bond said he would not support any other candidate. and Local 425, United Papermakers and Paperworkers. Brought in 1966 by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Inc., Albemarle Paper Company V. Moody concerns the application of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal law designed to end discrimination in employment. Julius Chambers, a North Carolina attorney. now President of the Fund, argued the case before the Supreme Court. The Fourth Circuit Court of LESS THAN 75% ADVERTISING | Inside This Issue: Woman Shot for $lO PAGE 5 Arthur Ashe and Wimbledon PAGE 4 Police Dep’t Recruits Black Applicants PAGE 5 Appeals had held that the defendants had discriminated and ordered that back pay be awarded to the class of Black workers and that discriminatory testing practices be halted. Although the Supreme Court also determined that the defendants discriminated and that a remedy was required, the Court articulated the standards for awaiting relief differently from the Fourt Circuit. The Supreme Court made clear that the courts will order full relief, including monetary awards, for Julv 17, 1975 No. 17 all the consequences of racial discrimination. Jack Greenberg, the Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund, stated that “The decision is of tremendous practical importance, since companies and unions now know that if they discriminate they will be liable for substantial back pay awards. This fact should cause many companies and unions to cease discriminating and to take effective measures to provide equal employment opportunity.”