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The latest from the greatest
Commissioner Ed Mclntyre chats with heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali at
party in Washington, I). C. Ali hosted the party for a select group of Black elected
officials.
News-Review backs Andy Young
GUEST EDITORIAL
By
Tyrone L. Brooks, SCLC
We wish to congratulate you on doing a very outstanding job
to represent and articulate the views and aspirations of Black and
right thinking white Americans.
Your outspokenness, frankness, and not being afraid to speak
out brings to the State Department and the United States
Government a healthy freshness that is long overdue.
We particularly want to commend you on your vie.w regarding
the illegitimacy of the South African government. There is no
question that this racist regime is legally constituted according to
the laws of apartheid but the fact that it keeps millions of our
brothers and sisters under bondage and in slavery attest to its
illegitimacy.
There are many highly elected and appointed officials
throughout the world who support your views and statements on
this particular issue but there are very few if any who have the
courage and guts to voice them publicly as you are doing.
It is encouraging to see vice-president Mondale speak out in
support of you because we were beginning to wonder whether the
administration had cast you out as the wayward bastard or the
black sheep of the family. All praise to brother Mondale, We have
always felt sincerely that his heart and his head were in the right
places.
Your performance is very significant and encouraging to
Africans in the United States of America and on our Mother
continent of Africa, you must stay on the case and keep up the
good work because the struggle continues.
We are reminded of the words of the honorable Jose M.
Chaves, Grenada’s United Nations Ambassador, he says “you
represent the best tradition and the generous spirit of American
democracy and the United States. Your utterances must be taken
in the context of freedom and equality.” And we agree 100
percent.
Former Augustan directs law library
William James, director of
the University of Kentucky
College of Law Library, says he
knew at an early age what his
profession would be.
“I decided when I was in
grammar school that I wanted
to study law.” he said.
Bill James graduated from
high school in Augusta, Ga.,
and obtained his under
■ graduate degree from
Morehouse College in Atlanta
in 1967. He entered law school
at Howard University and was
drafted into the Army after
two years. He served two years
of military service and then
returned to Howard to
graduate from law school in
1972.
“After getting out of law
school, I worked at the Federal
Trade Commission for three
months before enrolling at
Atlanta University for further
study. I received a master’s
degree in library science from
there in 1973. My fust job in a
library was at the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville where I
was assistant law librarian for
one year. I came to UK as
director of the law library in
1974.”'The UK law library
contains about 149,000
volumes, making it seventh in
size in the Southeast and in the
upper one third in the nation,
James said. It is adding about
6,000 volumes annually.
Additional library space will be
acquired when the planned
expansion of the law college is
completed within the next few
years.
The law library will soon
acquire a computerized
rexarch terminal to be
P.O. Box 953
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of legal bibliography for fust
year law students, James said.
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Sherrod dismissed
by Sheriff Beck
Deputies Edwin Sherrod and
Charles McJunkin were
dismissed from the Richmond
County Sheriff Department
last week for failing to follow
up on a robbery and assault
investigation, according to
Sheriff James G. Beck.
The sheriff hired Sherrod
who was dismissed from the
Sheriffs Department last year
by former Sheriff William A.
Anderson following a prison
escape. Sherrod ran
unsuccessfully against
Anderson last summer in an
effort to become the
Republican nominee for
sheriff.
WILLIAM JAMES
As described by Bill James, a
typical day in the life of a
director of a law college library
Augusta, Georgia
NAACP holds historic convention
The 68th annual convention,
which will be held at the St.
Louis Gateway Convention
center, promises to be one of
the most significant in the
history of the NAACP.
Roy Wilkins, who has led
the NAACP as executive
director since 1955, will be
retiring. Serveral observances in
honor of his historical
contributions to the civil rights
cause will be highlights of the
week-long event.
The chairman of the NAACP
Board of Directors Mrs.
Margaret Bush Wilson, will
deliver the keynote address on
the first business day, while the
newly appointed executive
director designate, Benjamin L.
Hooks, will cap the convention
as the principal speaker at the
concluding Freedom Awards
banquet.
Mr. Wilkins will be replaced
by Mr. Hooks who assumes
office on Augusta 1.
This will be the third
keynote address given by Mrs.
Wilson. Particularly significant,
Verlyn Bell enters ministry
Verlyn C. Bell, executive
director, Bethlehem
Community Center (BCC)
1336 Conklin Avenue, will
leave that post to enter into
ministry of the United
Methodist Church, effective
Auguwta 15. Bell, head of BCC
since Sept. 1971, made the
announcement at a recent
meeting of that agency’s board
of directors.
Bell said he has mixed
emotions about leaving BCC.
“I have a lot of ambivalence
about leaving the center,” he
commented. Adding, “I hope
the board of directors will take
into consideration the progress
that has been made over the
last six years, in employing a
replacement.”
The progress Bell alluded to
includes the establishment of A
Child Development (Day Care)
project; Seniors Citizens
Nutrition Program;
is varied and busy. “One of the
things I was recently involved
with was the planning of a
seminar for legal secretaries
presented as part of the
College's continuing legal
education pregram.
“I try to answer
correspondence early in the
day and then make my calls to
publishers’ representatives. I go
through the new books and
also see how long it takes us to
get the materials we’ve ordered.
When I see material of special
interest to a particular
faculty member I see that it is
brought to his attention. Part
of my duties include contact
with faculty members to see'
that they get the library
materials they need.
“1 keep up with expenditures
to see that the budget doesn’t
get out of line; we hold weekly
staff meetings; I walk through
the library to see if books are
put back in their proper places
within a reasonable amount of
time; I have committee
assignments in both the UK
Library system and the College
of Law, and at the present time
I am working on an annotated
bibliography of law and
psychiatry.”
James and his wife, Maria,
have two sons, Kevyn, 4. and
Christopher, 16 months.
“1 don’t pursue a particular
hobby, but I like sports and I
plan to do more outdoor
activities such as camping and
hiking when my sons get older.
1 play tennis and once in a
while I go to the golf course. 1
don’t consider myself a golfer,
but 1 try, with varying degrees
of success.”
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is that the convention is being
held in the city of her birth,
which is the place where Mr.
Wilkins also was born.
Mrs. Wilson’s speech will be
geared to the convention
theme, “Our New Day Begun.”
She will highlight the
Community Outreach Services;
Job Development and
Placement Services; Youth
Services; remodeling of the
main building, to include
installation of a sprinkler
and
Black church survey to be released next week
A first-of-its-kind
“Economic Survey of
Augusta-Area Black Churches”
will be released next week in
the June 9 edition of the
News-Review.
It will highlight the
thousands of dollars spent by
Black churches and their
faithful members to repair,
upgrade and maintain
properties and services during
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’°Seron<l row - Pasts Scott, Harriel Kessler. Frances llillsman. Gladys Johnson. Mor.ella Fryer, Ann Goode, Clyde
Jacobs. Dorothv Bryd, Nellie Williams. Margaret Beard, Bettye Stokes. Willie Bell Thomas. Doris Lanham, Anne
Third row, Marv Gantt. Rubv Robinson, Rosa (Jeinons. Juanita W. Taylor. Dons Bargainer, Betty Bennett.
Fourth row, Irene O'Bryant' Ethel McClerklin, Doris Brown. Edna I pshaw, Clyrnonteen Jones.
Nurses organize sorority chapter
Chi Eta Phi Sorority Inc., an
organization of registered
nurses and student nurses,
organized a charter chapter of
34 registered nurses at the
Omega House, Saturday, May
21.
The purpose of the sorority
is to elevate the plane of
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significant difference between
the civil rights struggle of
today and that of the past.
The address by Mr. Hooks will
also be within that context.
In addition to sparking his
address with his highly
arousing oratorv, he will be
a new multi-purpose
community building.
He will enter seminary
school this fall at the Chandler
School of Theology, Emory
University, or the Wesley
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the period 1965-1976. (It does
not concern personnel fiscal
matters of the church)
It will identify and highlight
this tremendous money flow
which has had such a
constructive thrust and major
contribution toward the
economy of the Augusta-area
and CSRA sectors.
The Augusta survey will also
nursing and increase interest in
the field of nursing, an official
said.
Chi Eta Phi’s service to
humanity has spread over the
United States and into Africa.
There are 60 chapters in 21
states and the District of
Columbia.
Present for the initiation
setting the tone for his
administration. He will note
the complexities of the struggle
for equal right and
opportunities for minorities
and launch his drive to enlist
the support of NAACP
members and the nation in
what he views as one of the
most challenging endeavors in
the history of Americans of
African descent.
Mrs. Wilson is a practicing
attorney and the principal
partner in the St. Louis firm,
Wilson. Smith, Wunderlich and
Smith. She was the first female
president of her hometown
NAACP branch and was
brought up in the work of the
Association by her late parents,
James T. and Bernice Bush Sr.,
also of St. Louis.
Mr. Hooks is currently a
commissioner of the Federal
Communications Commission.a
post to which he was sworn in
on July 5, 1972. He was bom
in Memphis, Tenn., and
practiced law in the city for
several years. He is also
licensed Baptist minister.
He also advised anyone
wanting information
concerning criteria in applying
for the executive directors slot
at the center to contact Ms.
Beulah J. Butler, administrative
undergird factors of church
expenditures resulting in some
of the most beautiful and
well-appointed churches
throughout the South.
A special invitation is
extended to all local churches
to participate.
The deadline for copy and
advertising for tire survey is
Monday June 6.
were: Supreme Basileus
Verdella Bellamy of Atlanta,
Ga., national organizer Hilda
Williams of New Orleans, La.,
Regional Director Warreina
Turpin of Tuskegee, Alabama
and Tamias Mabie Hawkins of
Baltimore, Md.
The officers of the local Phi
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Alex Haley
to receive
Spingarn
Award
Alex Haley, author of the
best seller “Roots,” has been
named winner of the 62nd
Spingam Medal. The award will
be presented during the Youth
Night program on Wednesday,
June 29, at the annual
convention in St. Louis. The
Convention will be held from
June 27 - July 2 at the new
Exhibition and Convention
Center.
In accounting the selection,
Mrs. Margaret Bush Wilson,
chairman of the NAACP
National Board of Directors,
noted that Mr. Haley is being
cited for, among other things,
“liis unsurpassed effectiveness
in portraying the legendary
story of every American of
African descent.” The rest of
the NAACP citation lauds him
for providing a “graphic
perspective to historic Black
white relationships,” his
“narrative power” and “his
role in presenting the survival
story of the Black American
family for the inspiration of
Bb ; k vonth
enhghtenment ot the general
public."
The Spingarn Medal was
established in 1914 by the late
Joel E. Spingarn, then
chairman of the NAACP
Board. He supported the award
financially until his death in
1939. A fund, which was
established by his will, has
subsequently continued “to
perpetuate the lifelong interest
of my brother, Arthur B.
Spingam, of my wife, Amy E.
Spingam, and of myself in the
achievements of the American
Negro.”
Chi Chapter are Sorors Mary
Jones, basileus; Clyde Jacobs,
anti-basileus; Rosa Clemons,
grammateus; Nellie Williams,
tamias; Gladys Johnson,
epistoleus; Margaret Beard,
historian; Dorothy Byrd,
parliamentarian; Bettye Stokes,
sergeant-at-arms; and Juanita
W. Taylor, reporter.