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News-Review August 26, 1971 >*«**•••*•••*••*•■*** THE NEWS-REVIEW PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 930 Gwinnett Street - Augusta, Georgia Mallory K. Millender Editor and Publisher Mailing Address: Box 953 Augusta, Ga. Phone 722-4555 Application to mail at Second Class postage rates is pending at Augusta, Ga. 30901 I SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance One Year in Richmond County $2,50 tax incl. One Year elsewhere $3.00 tax incl. • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Classified Advertising Deadline 12 noon On Tuesday , Display Advertising Deadline 12 noon On Tuesday Office Hours - 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon. thru. Fri. "GOING ( PLACES” > Philip Waring / PLAUDITS FOR REV. N.T. YOUNG Blacks and liberal whites should warmly congratulate the Rev. N.T. Young on his forthright positions taken while serving as a member of the Richmond County School Board! We now hear all kinds of complaints about orders from the Federal Courts will mean “inconveniences to children and partents, extra expenses, etc.” Almost no mention is made of the fact that had we not had unfair and illegal segregation and discrimination down through the decades since the end of the Civil War, we would not have needed the Federal Courts to correct this situation. No mention is made of what segregation and disiscrimination did to the psychological and social development of little Black children over the years. We must constantly remind our white friends of these unpleasant facts. So to the Rev. N. T. Young and others of like points of view, we “Right On!” BLACKS HAVE PAID THEIR NATIONAL DUES The 1970 Census highlighted the tremendous growth of our Negro population, expansion of our purchasing power, and further increase of our daily, monthly and annual taxes to support local, state and Federal governmental bodies. During the past six years our Black young men have compiled a tremendous record of bravery, high numbers wounded and killed fighting for this Republic in Viet Nam. In other words, Black Americans have again “Paid Their Dues.” Our Viet Nam casualty rate is over 18 per cent. BLACKS NEEDED IN HIGHER LOCAL SCHOOL JOBS A look at scores of Southern school districts and you will find that they have upgraded Blacks to system-wide supervisory positions. Many are now assistant superintendents. Augusta now has over 30,000 citizens of color and this means we are now over fifty per cent. There is a huge number of Black students in the county system. Augusta Black educators should be immediately upgraded. With Paine College as an excellent training base over the years, Augusta now has, man for man, woman for woman, one of the finest corps of well trained, experienced and dedicated Black educators in the nation. Special planned action by some civic group, such as the NAACP, should start on this. Local Black educators must also cooperate, as very few good things come to Black people without them making the head start themselves. (I understand some have applied but not given consideration). MORE BLACKS NEEDED ON BOARD OF EDUCATION Standing up like a sore thumb, amidst the huge local Black population and student body, is the fact that we have only two Black members on the Board. This in itself is very unfair and undemocratic. Here again some type of social action must be started to bring about change. Political action will be the base line. Out the window old practices. We must adopt the credo of the Black Congressional Caucus: “Not the MAN, but the PLAN”. “Not the RAP, but the MAP”. Political planning together by Park : rd -j ;'J JX It ®mHF ■ tatfjfcifi mbsE |T w-t** 8 m c >- CQ7 CQ*Total Electric Central Air *Carpet n A * Appliances *2 Bedrooms *V/z Baths Per Month EAST BOUNDARY -< " 2_ /* MOW jO <*/ It's a whole new ball game! You get MORE apartment for LESS money.* Rental Dent. Mr. Rigsby, Resident Mgr. 722-5571 724-1616 Page 2 Walking WITH DIGNITY BY Al IRBY (AN UNGRATEFUL GENERATION OF BLACK SOPHISTICATES TEND TO DISCREDIT THE N.A.A.C.P.) The present generation of ultra-militant Blacks are turning their hearts, and backs against the Civil Rights organization that led them out of the labyrinth of serfdon and hopelessness. These mal-contents are dull of a comprehensible grasp of the danger and sacrificial dedication this great organization has endured to make it possible for Black folks to enjoy a relative degree of freedom. Agents of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People slipped into the backwood towns of the Deep South, risking their lives to gather evidence that rarely resulted in prosecutions, but reporting these shameful atrocities to a concious-stricken world brought grudging results. Now more than 60 years later with mob murder a thing of the past, Blacks can hold their heads with dignity. This bastion of freedom is faced with an angry generation of loud-mouth street fighters, yelling “Black-Power”, and the NAACP has to get them out of jail. The risk of Black Nationalism in recent years is a damnable sophism, and intelligent young Blacks should shum this defeatist ideology like poison-ivy. Federal Judge William H. Hastie made this perspicacious statement at the recent NAACP convention: “I state categorically that this trend toward sophistry of Black Nationalism must be halted, for it can only lead to greater bitterness and frustration, and to even more inferior status.” All of the adult leadership are certain that the Association is on the right track; but they all have their own theory facing the years to come. Despite its tremendous accomplishments, the largest and most powerful civil rights organization in the world finds itself on the defensive,of all places,in Black America. (YOUTH COUNCILS ARE REBELLING) Integration is what the NAACP is all about. It has led the battle to open America’s institutions, factories and neighborhoods for Blacks. The Youths of the Association want cojnmunity control. They want their own schools in. their neighborhoods, teachers with whom they have an affinity. Since the disorders of the 1880’s, black nationalism has been on the rise in-the United States. Many Blacks,' once firm believers in integration, have shifted to the concept of “Black nationhood.” The idea that Blacks should control the institutions and communities in which they predominate. The top echelon are men and women of impeccable stature and can present valid argument that the impatient youths can not easily refute. Herbert Hill, the articulate labor director, declares that “the Black Community is approaching disaster, because of unemployment.” Economist Andrew F. Brimmer, member of the Federal Reserve Board, reported “that he fears a dangerous schism between those blacks who are making good and those who Black folks should produce a master map. Then start dealing with others. NAACP SHOULD LOOK AT AIRLINES As I travel around this nation I always observe closely their use of brothers and sisters of color. We must always remember and be able to properly interpret to them that Black pilots performed courageously flying American military aircraft over the skies of Europe during World War 11, in Korea during the 1950’s and in Viet Nam. Black ground crewmen - mechanics, etc. ■ kept the planes repaired and in good service. Yet, as James C. Evans (former Black Dept, of Defense official) often said the American airlines don’t want to use this valuable source of manpower which has kept our nation free. We still have only a handful of pilots. Black people have paid their dues in battle with the Air Force. We must now insist that American private airlines fully utilize these Black men who also helped keep our nation free. WE NOW HAVE CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS TO HELP Both North and South, we must keep our eyes on the airlines. Recently I’ve noticed in Charlotte, Atlanta and Washington wider use of Blacks as ticket clerks, ramp agents, baggage representatives, skilled and semi-skilled workers who service and repair aircraft. In Augusta at Bush Field, however, almost none, I am told. Yet, hundreds and hundreds of Blacks use the airlines there each and every day. If no action is taken, these jobs will consolidate as “lily white jobs”. Remember what happened with the railroads, Re: the engineers, conductors, etc. We now have all kinds of tools - the Civil Rights Acts, Government Contracts (the airlines fly mail and work for the government,etc.) and test cases can be started here just as has been done in other cities. It is good to note an occasional charming brown stewardess, but not nearly enough. Action isneeded here also as well as for further openings for ex-Air Force pilots. * Hftk H Register W B B B Vote B fc><_ V fiten iffiMl ' ":■ I f Grady's V UPHOLSTERY SHOP u»uno q>Sws 914 FENWICK ST. PHONE 724-6717 SPECIALIZING IN HOME & AUTO REPAIRS: FURNITURE, AUTO SEATS, BOAT TOPS - AUTO TOPS OF ALL KINDS - DOOR, GLASS, HEATERS & SPEAKERS - ALSO AUTO CLEANING: POLISHING. " GRADY EVANS, Mgr. FRANK EVANS, Asst. Mgr. KNOW YOUR BLACK HISTORY by Larry Thompson Did you know that the Africans created the art of making cosmetics? “By the year 3,800 B.C. the Egyptians were producing decorated pottery, stone vessels, bone and ivory utensils of many varieties and instruments for grinding cosmetics, beads, and other items of personal adornments.” The Black women of the Ancient African civilization of Ghana as well as the Black women of Egypt and Ethiopia used cosmetics to make themselves more feminine. Many historians also tell us that the Africans created the science of Chemistry. The Egyptians learned early how to use metallic oxides and produced different colors which they applied to their glass and porcelain, and cloths. They used numerous drugs and made medicinal uses of the herbs which grew in the deserts. The science of medicine was also created by the Africans. Their development in the field was so thorough that a doctor was allowed to practice in only one specific branch. There were oculists who studied and dealt only with the diseases of the eyes; others were retricted to treating the intestines, others the head and so on until there were specialists to treat every part of the body and no so called general practitioners. Those who wished to become doctors received salaries from the public treasury for studying the knowledge preserved from the experience of those before them. Afterwards they were allowed to practice. As a means of providing protection for the people, if a doctor’s treatment was contrary to the Established system, and if one of their patients died the circumstances of the death was carefully examined, if the doctor was the cause it was a capital offense. If he had tried every possible cure they were blameless. It is said that Greece and Rome got their knowledge of medicine from an Egyptian, Imhotep of Ancient Egypt, who lived about 2,300 B.C. Imhotep living 2,000 years before Hippocrates was the real “Father of Medicine” The origin of the making of alcoholic beverages can be traced back to ancient Egypt. Beer was the favorite beverage, and breweries were important parts of their estates. The Egyptians mastered the act of spinning and weaving cloth. They produced fine linen, embroidered works, yarn and wool cloths. In fact, the weaving of cloth originated with them. The Africans were creators of architecture. In Ancient Egypt buildings of reeds and plastered mud were erected. Great monuments and tombs were built in the early history of Africa, most of the construction work was done by the women. The Science of Dentistry had its beginning in ancient Egypt. At a very early time the Egyptians developed the practice of stuffing teeth with gold. The first makers of shoes were Africans. Theydeveloped a method of stretching and bending leather over a form; they had a specific stone for polishing the leather. A cutting table, beading forms were a few of the tools of their trade. Such a large industry did the Africans create from the making of shoes that they had to import- leather from foreign countries to supply their needs. are left in poverty. The same condition that existed between the educated class and the illiterate before the forces of Black power chased the arrogant educated Blacks under-ground and made their voices irrelevant. James Jones, a noted labor expert and law professor at the University of Wisconsin, told the Convention that if he was given enough resources, that he could bring the employment situation around in favor of Blacks in five years. The dynamic June Alexander, director of education for the NAACP, threw out this firery indictment: “We will no longer accept the defeatist fallacy of cultural deprivation as a reason that Black Children aren’t learning. She emphatically made it known that her indictment included both white and black teachers.” White instructors can take underpriviledged kids from the Ghetto of Watts (California) and develop them to the point that they can challenge, and defeat some of the best Chess players in America. The game of Chess calls for the highest type of mental concentration, and these 10 and 12 the senfl I hi V.'.Ki 2' issue of ' - I ii 1.0 h MedlC >1 - HA.' '■ them ■ I. The Egyptian people were the first people of the ancient world to store books of portable materials, creating the first library. They wrote, read, possessed and loved books. They kept a library of the most varied character: scientific, secular and religious. It contained moral and educational treatises, state papers, tales, fables, poems, love-songs, essays, hymns, prayers and the religious formula known as the Book of the Dead. Time span for these works extends over five thousand years, including writings that are older than the pyramids, others as recent as the time when Egypt became a Roman province. As you see, the Black man has a heritage to be proud of and provides an impetus for us today. But also the creations of the Black race have been of utmost importance to the entire world. £ SUBSCRIBE I TODAY NEWS-REVIEW Kjj ’ SUBCRIBER ■T | ADDRESS " J CITY One >ear (in county) $2.50 ■nr/ One year (out of county) . . . .$3.00 r a 5 years (in County) .$12.50 5 years (out of county). . . $15.00 "THE COMPANY THAT CARES" WE TRY A LITTLE HARDER— B -r-BECAUSE WE ARE BLACK !!! SERVING YOU WITH THE BEST IN— U •EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT ft ft ‘RETIREMENT INCOME •FAMILY INCOME •MORTAGE REDEMPTION •CONVERTIBLE TERM ftft ft •ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS ftg 2? ’HOSPITAL AND SURGICAL BENEFIT -’’.rf •BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL •HOME PROTECTION THE PILGRIM HEALTH ft and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY YOUR COMPANY SINCE 1898