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Civil Rights Attorneys And
Investigators To Be In
Boston For School Opening
WASHINGTON-Assistant
Attorney General J. Stanley
Pottinger, in charge of the Civil
Rights Division, announced
that a task force of
Department of Justice
personnel, including U.S.
Marshals and FBI agents, will
be assigned to the Boston area
to assist local authorities in
carrying out responsibilities in
connection with the
court-ordered desegregation of
that city’s schools.
Division attorneys, who will
report in Boston during the
latter part of August, will
handle any grand jury
investigations and prosecutions
that might result from
violations of the Federal Civil
Rights statutes.
Excursion To The State Capitol
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Photo by Michael Carr (See related photos page 3)
Shown are James Brown’s daughter, Denna Brown, Gov. George Busbee, another
daughter, Yamma Brown, and Brown’s father, Joe Brown.
By Michelle Gray and Michael Carr
On Tuesday, morning,
August 12, thirty-one kids
accompanied by six chaperones
departed from Augusta for an
excursion in the State Capitol,
Atlanta, Georgia. The excursion
was sponsored by several
merchants and Goodwill
Enterprises. Upon arrival in
Atlanta, the group was met at
the Capitol by two Atlanta FBI
agents and later joined by Mrs.
James Brown, her two
daughters Denna and Yamma,
a family friend Ms. Sylvia
Williams from New York, and
Julian (Cannonball)
Adderley, 46, one of the jazz
world’s best known
saxophonists, died last Friday,
nearly one month after he had
suffered a stroke that left him
paralyzed.
Adderley’s wife, singer Olga
James, his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A.C. Adderley, and his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Nat
Adderley, were at his bedside
when he died at 8:25 a.m.
Adderley was felled by a
stroke while visiting friends in
the northwest Indiana city of
Gary on July 13.
The popular alto
saxophonist was between
engagements when he suffered
the stroke in a Gary case.
Although his breathing was
supported mechanically, the
family believed he was
improving enough to allow his
brother Nat to leave Gary on
The Justice Department’s
Community Relations Service
will continue the important
role it has performed over the
past year by providing its
traditional conciliation
assistance to the community
and by assisting the court as its
special monitor.
FBI agents will act as
observers at a number of
selected schools to provide
on-the-scene information and
to investigate possible
violations of federal law.
The U.S. Marshals Service
will place marshals at key
locations to observe the
desegregation process and to
identify violations of federal
law and arrest those violators
when appropriate.
Mr. Joe Brown, who flew in by
plane. They were police
escorted from the Municipal
airport in a chauffeur driven
limousine to the capitol.
The activities for the day
~ included a tour and brief
historical introduction of the
State Capitol. Special emphasis
was placed on the only two
Black portraits, of Ms. Lucy C.
Laney and Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr., hanging in the capitol.
The tourguide, Terri, was well
versed on Ms. Laney and Dr.
King's historical contributions
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Nat, a fellow musician, was
in Berkeley, Calif. Thursday
night finishing up an album
entitled “Big Man, The Legend
of John Henry,” which the
Adderleys hoped would evolve
into a Broadway musical.
Hundreds of fans had
followed the illness of the
stocky saxophonist and music
radio stations in several cities
had conducted prayer sessions
for his recovery.
“Musicians were calling my
Oldest Black Baptist Church Celebrates Bicentennial
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by Michelle Gray
The Springfield Baptist
Church, Twelfth and Reynolds
Streets celebrated its 188th
church anniversary on Friday,
August 8, at 8:00 p.m. with a
play entitled, “The Old
CAPITOL TO CITY HALL...
At City Hall the group was
met and given a warm welcome
to Atlanta and City Hall by the
charismatic Mayor Maynard
Jackson. The mayor took a few
minutes out of his busy
schedule to answer questions
and take pictures with the
group.
The next stop was Burger
King and from their the group
returned to the State Capitol
to meet and be welcomed to
Atlanta by Governor Busbee.
Before returning to Augusta,
the group visited Dr. Martin
AN OPEN FORUM FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE
office from all over the
country asking his condition,”
said Charles Suber, publisher of
Downbeat magazine. Suber
called him one of the best alto
players in recent years and a
composer whose talent was just
being recognized.
“My friends call me Julian,”
Adderley used to say, recalled
Suber, “But actually they
called him Ball or Cannon.”
He was bom in Tampa, Fla.,
the son of a jazz cornetist. He
Church”. Members of the
church and the public took
part in the play by wearing old
clothes and bringing oil lamps
and latems.
Speakers for the occassion
Luther King’s gravesite. Out of
all the historical people and
places, the gravesite proved the
most significant, next Mayor
Jackson and of course Burger
King.
“WHAT HISTORICAL PLACE
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Rangel Blasts USDA For
South African Beef Deal
Congressman Charles B.
Rangel (D-N.Y.) expressed his
outrage about the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s
decision to establish credit up
to SI million to finance export
sales of U.S. beef and dairy
breeding cattle to ranchers in
the Republic of South Africa.
The program also designates
the Standard Bank of South
Africa, Ltd., and other eligible
banks as the guarantor to make
it easier to finance the export
sales.
In a letter to Earl Butz,
Secretary of the Department,
the New York Democrat said,
“1 deplore such encouragement
in light of South Africa’s
apartheid policies. While the
rest of the world has rejected
South Africa’s policies and has
voiced to the UN their support
for a total embargo against the
racist regime, the U.S.
government persists in its
Augusta, Georgia
took up the alto saxophone
and formed the first of his
many jazz groups at
Tallahassee. High School
in 1948. His nickname.
Cannonball, was derived from
“Cannibal,” which he had been
dubbed by high school
classmates because of his
hearty appetite.
Cannonball made his New
York debut at Case Bohemia in
1955, and with his brother,
Nat, organized a band for tour
were Travis Barnes, chairman
of the Augusta Richmond
County Bicentennial
Committee, and Phillip Waring,
executive secretary, Urban
League, St. Louis.
The Anniversary activities
Coalition Head Cautious
About Mayor’s Response
The Rev. Michael McCoy,
chairman of the Martin Luther
King Jr. Survival Coalition,
held a press conference
Wednesday and expressed
caution over Mayor Lewis A.
efforts to further trade,
thereby promoting the policies
of the immoral South African
regime. Encouragement of this
sort communicates the U.S.’s
approval of such a system and
only serves to weaken any
attempt to improve our
relations with other African
nations. Rather than
exacerbating the problem of
racial inequality throughout
the world, our goal should be
one of ameleorating the problem
in every mode and method
possible.”
Rangel said, “if the U.S.
government continues to
exhibit such friendliness
toward the racist government,
then any possible negotiations
to alter the apartheid policies
will be seriously jeopardized.”
Rangel has urged the
Agriculture Department to
reconsider its action and
revoke the offer.
the same year. In 1957, he
joined the Miles Davis group
and two years later became a
member of George Shearing’s
band. He had appeared with
Lionel Hampton, J.J. Johnson
and Woody Herman.
Adderley received numerous
awards. His albums included
“Black Messiah,” “Country
Preacher,” “Fiddler on the
Roof,” “Walk Tall” and “Quiet
Nights.” His latest album was
“Phoenix” on Fantasy
Records.
(See related photos page 5)
were climaxed with a sermon
delivered by the Rev. Clyde
Hill, Sr., pastor of Mount
Calvary Church. And music
was rendered by the Mount
Calvary choirs. Dinner was
served following the services.
Newman’s referring the
Coalition’s demands to the
Human Relations Commission.
Although the Mayor said he
and a representative would
meet with the Commission,
according to Rev. McCoy.
The Coalition presented
thirty demands to civic and
business leaders last week and
called for a written response
within seven days.
The Rev. McCoy said he
received a letter from the
mayor last Saturday stating
that he had discussed the
demands with several members
of city council and the director
of the Human Relations
Commission regarding all items
dealing with city and county
government and possible
solutions.
The young minister said he
was pleased that the mayor
responded within seven days,
but added we recognize that
the Human Relations
Commission “can not solve any
of these demands alone. The
Human Relations Commission
can only recommend,” he said.
Representatives of the
Coalition did meet with HRC
Director Charles Walker
Tuesday and will continue to
meet “with anyone sincere in
bringing about solutions,” the
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4 August 14, 1975 No. 20
EDITORIAL
Will Black Community
Accept Chronicle’s Insults
We believe that Black people and all people of sound
mind should be offended by the recent editorials in the
Augusta daily newspapers regarding Dr. Ralph
Abernathy.
We speak specifically of the editorial that appeared in
the Sunday Chronicle-Herald that termed zYbemathy as
a “rabble-rouser,” and of the editorial in Tuesday’s
Chronicle entitled "Peas in a Pod.” In the latter
editorial, the successor to Martin Luther King, the
Prince of non-violence, was likened to the leader of the
Ku Klux Klan. What an insult!
If one were to compare the violence initiated by the
Ku Klux Klan to that of Abernathy or the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference, the Klan would win
by a score of thousands to NONE!
It is interesting that the Chronicle did not print the
article it received announcing that Abernathy would
speak here last week; Presumably it wanted no part in
contributing to the success in that rally. However, we
note that during the last few weeks the Chronicle has
run front page and sometimes lead stories on Ku Klux
Klan rallies and their drives for greater membership.,
Think about that. It tells you a whole lot about the
Chronicle.
We have been informed that there will be a major
effort on the part of the power structure to split the
Black community on the issue of the Martin Luther King
Jr. Survival Coalition, and of course, the Chronicle is
leading the way as usual. No one can be surprised at
such tactics. However, everyone who is concerned about
justice and truth should be aware of what the power
structure game plan is.
We hope that no Black person will allow himself to be
duped by such tactics. And we hope that as a people, we
will not allow our leaders to be slung around like mud
while we sit idly by and accept it. We must not be
deceived. And we must recognize who our enemy is.
The Chronicle did make one statement with which we
agree-that there are enough Black leaders in the city
and the county to solve our problems “if they would
but exert themselves.”
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BLACK U.S. BISHOPS, Honored recently at the
second annual Gold Medallion Award dinner, sponsored
by the Pittsburgh, Penn., Black Catholic Ministries and
Laymen’s Council were above Bishops Harold Perry,
New Orleans, La. (seated); Joseph Howze,
Natchez-Jackson, Miss, (left) and Eugene Marino,
Washington, D.C. (right).
Rev. McCoy commented.
Paine College President and
Human Relations Committee
member, Dr. Julius S. Scott Jr.
told the News-Review Monday
he thinks it is a healthy thing
when people “crystalize their
points of view” in a document
such as presented by the
Coalition. “It is unhealthy
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when they (the points of view)
are allowed to fester.
A spokesman for “We Want
Our Share” said that group had
suspended picketing of selected
downtown stores in light of the
efforts of the Coalition.
“We Want Our Share” will
probably back whatever action
taken by the Coalition, he said.