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Sims Charges
SLAVERY AT GA
SOUTHERN COLLEGE
Reverend Arthur D. Sims,
Pastor of the First Mount
Moriah Baptist Church, told
the News-Review that he has
learned that Black students at
Georgia Southern College are
“tolerated” in order for the
school to remain eligible to
receive federal funds.
Sims said that he was invited
to Statesboro by the
Afro-American Club at Georgia
Southern. He said the (Black)
students “want to get
somebody to lead them in
getting to the administration.
The administration completely
overlooks them and avoids
them.”
The Afro-American Club is
not recognized by the
administration as a legitimate
organization, Sims said.
Sims said that new buildings
are going up on the campus of
Georgia Southern and “if the
Black students were not there
the school would not receive
this money.”
According to Sims there are
77 Black students out of a
total enrollment of 6,000.
The controversial pastor said
that according to Black
students at Georgia Southern,
all Black students have Black
roommates. In instances where
Blacks were placed in the room
with white students, the white
students moved out.
Although his visit to Georgia
Southern was well publicized
through local media, no monies
were appropriated, and the
school’s facilities were not
made available for the series of
lectures Sims was invited to
give. His lectures had to be
given on a lawn, he said.
“Black students have been
forced to form their own
community on campus,” the
pastor noted “The first thing 1
noticed was that all the Black
students were sitting together
in the cafeteria.”
The students Sims said find
it difficult to get appointments
to see the President or the
Dean. They can’t talk to
anybody, (there is) no
counseling and what not. They
are just overlooked, period.”
They feel that they are just
there so that the college can
get the dollar, Sims said.
Sims said the problems
Black students face at Georgia
Mulherin Named To
State's Bicentennial
Commission
ATLANTA (PRN) Four new members have been named to
the Georgia Commission for the National Bicentennial
Celebration, Chairman Ernest D. Key Jr. announced today.
They are Rep. Matthew W.
Mulherin of Augusta; Curtis
Collins, editor and publisher
of Georgia Business News;
Bert H. Hatch, executive
director of the Georgia
Association of Broadcasters,
and George W. Haile Jr. of
Savannah.
The Georgia commission,
established in 1969 by the
General Assembly, is charged
with planning, developing and
coordinating observances to
commemorate the historical
events in Georgia associated
with the American
Revolution.
Southern are not limited to the
campus. He said that there is
not one Black principal in the
whole county or city. He said
that there were previously
approximately six Black
principals, but they had all
been demoted to assistant
principals or to teachers. The
NAACP is fighting the
demotions in court, Sims said.
Asked why the students
chose to attend a school where
they are only tolerated, Sims
stated, “I think it’s easy for
I CSRA Business League’s |
( Annual Banquet I
On Friday night at the
Rainada Inn, the CSRA
Business League held its first
Banquet. The featured speaker
was Mr. Charles Reynolds,
president of Citizens & Trust
Co. Bank, Atlanta, Georgia.
Mr. Reynolds speech
included various ideas of
economic plight that blacks
must become a part of in order
to get a part of the pie.
The business league
presented two awards that will
be standard, said League
Director Harvey Johnson. The
Service award went to John
Radeck of WJBF-Channel 6.
John Radeck also serves on the
Advisory Board of the Business
League. This award was based
on service rendered to the
community and the business
league beyond the call of duty.
Henry Howard, owner of
Howard’s Upholstery, received
the Businessman of the Year
award, based on the
effectiveness of the operation
of Mr. Howard’s business and
the happiness of his customers.
The League director said that
in preparation for this banquet,
membership increased better
than during the membership
drive. More than 15 persons
joined the League during this
affair.
Various dignitaries from
across the state attended the
affair and Mr. Johnson said the
affair was “a real success”.
Rep. Mulherin replaces
former Rep. Jim West lake,
who resigned following his
appointment as regional
administrator for the
Environmental Protection
Agency.
Collins replaces Leodel
Coleman, former co-publisher
of the Bulloch Herald-Times,
Statesboro, who resigned as
the Georgia Press Association
representative on the sale of
his newspaper.
Haile is president of the
Sons of the Revolution in
Georgia and will represent that
organization of the
bicentennial commission.
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them to get grants. These types
of schools go out of their way
to get a Black face. 1 think this
is the bait. Whereas, they (the
Black students) would have a
hard time, let’s say going to
Spellman competing for a
grant, the administration at
Georgia Southern will go out
of their way to get them there
so they (Georgia Southern) can
get X number of dollars. But
its slavery within a system.”
Asked whether the Black
students have tried to call the
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John Radeck Henry Howard
♦ First Black Admitted To ♦
♦ Augusta Bar Association t
Local attorney, John H.
Ruffin, recently learned that
he had been admitted to the
Augusta Bar Association.
Ruffin is the first Black to
be admitted to the local
organization. Asked what was
the significance of Ruffin’s
admission, Augusta Bar
Association president, Sam
Waller said Ruffin’s admission
was “just routine”. All local
lawyers “in good standing” are
usually admitted, Waller said.
When asked if that meant
that Black attorneys James
Hinton and John D. Watkins
were not in good standing.
Waller said that Watkins had
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CHAPLAIN SPEAKS
Maurice S. Cherry, Paine
College Chaplain, spoke
Sunday at the 98th anniversary
celebration of the Williams
Memorial C.M.E. Church on
15th Street. The Rev. Gene
Dean has been pastor of the
church since 1964.
THE PEOPLE’S PAPER
Administrator’s attention to
their grievances, Sims said,
“They’ve tried. They say they
can’t get anywhere. No one
listens. They never see the
President. They say that he is
invisible. And anytime you
mention the word Black or
Afro, that’s all - you can’t
mention that period. They go
talk to somebody, and they get
told what is going to happen,
but it never happens.” “They
(the students) are just there.
never applied. Hinton, Waller
said, had applied some time
ago but he (Waller) was
unaware of the results of the
application.
Hinton told the
News-Review that he and
Ruffin applied for admission
to the law association four
years ago but never received
■Register
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The Mt. Enon Baptist Church
of Evans, Ga. will
celebrate its 102nd
Anniversary, Sunday
November 28, 1971. The Rev.
Steve McCain of N.A.. S.C.will
be the Guest Pastor. Rev.
James Dunn is the Pastor. The
public is invited. Dinner will be
served.
Augusta Ga Phone 722-4555
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Mt. Zion Opens Housing Complex
Groundbreaking ceremonies
were held Sunday for the first
of two new FHA-236
apartment complexes, by the
Mt. Zion A.M.E. Zion Church
Housing Corporation, at the
site of the new 100-unit
complex, on Amsterdam Drive,
near Barton Chapel Road in.
south Augusta.
Floyd C. Greene Jr.,
president of the
an official reply. Watkins was
not available for comment.
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CAUCUS AND AUGUSTA TO HEAR ANDREW YOUNG
The Augusta Caucus has invited Andrew Young to Augusta for
its November Guest Speaker. Rev. Young is a prominent civil
rights leader who has served as executive assistant and close
advisor to the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He is widely
recognized as an articulate advocate of social change and .creator
of ideas and programs for achieving that change. As a theologian,
clergyman, thinker and leader, he has written and spoken
extensively on national and international affairs. Currently among
other tilings he serves as chairman of the City of Atlanta’s
Community Relations Commission.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend the meeting
Tuesday, November 30, 1971 at 8:00 p.m. at Tabernacle on
Gwinnett Street. Paine College’s Gospel Choie & the Walker
Baptist Choir have been invited to supply the music.
church-sponsored non-profit
corporation, said that the 51.3
million project called Mt. Zion
Gardens would provide 1.2,
and 3-bedroom accommo
dations for at least 100 low to
moderate income families.
Bill Sykes, president of the
.Hallmark Apartments, builders
of the black-owned MT. Zion
Gardens, said construction is
scheduled to be completed
within eight months.
Curtis Atkinson, aide to
Georgia’s U.S. Sen Herman
Talmadge, brought
congratulations to the group
from Senator Talmadge,
explaining that the senator’s
office is ‘deeply concerned’
about housing in Georgia, and
that he would lend whatever
assistance he could in helping
to alleviate the housing plight.
Also present at the
ceremonies was Bishop Charles
Foggie of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
presiding bishop of the African
Methodist Episcopal churches
in this area, who lauded the
venture as another first in the
long history of service to
mankind provided by the
A.M.E. church.
Bishop Foggie admonished
the management of the new
project to be mindful of the
housekeeping in the new
apartments. He told the project
leaders to make Mt. Zion
Gardens an example of what
N.A. High Blacks
Petition Governor
The Black Student body at
North Augusta High School has
submitted a petition to South
Carolina’s Governor, John C.
West, for a Black Studies
program to be included into
the Curriculum at North
Augusta High.
A letter was also included
stating the promises which
were made at a meeting with
Area II Superintendent and
other School officials to the
Black Students during School
year ‘7O-‘7l, when there were
“Black Walk Outs”, and other
protests at N.A.H.S.
Below is a list of student
demands:
STUDENTS WOULD LIKE TO
SEE THE FOLLOWING
MINOR CHANGES AND/OR
IMPROVEMENTS MADE AT
NHS
1. We feel that there
should be more books in
the library by Blacks and
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November 24, 1971 No. 36
disadvantaged people,. who
given an opportunity, can
accomplish. ‘
The other FHA-236
apartment complex, Trinity
Manor, owned by The Trinity
C.M.E. Church of Augusta, is
located less than a mile away
-from Mt. Zion Gardens, and is
also scheduled to be completed
in the near future.
Officials say these apartment
complexes, representing over
$2 million, are the largest
black-owned and operated
businesses of their kind in this
area.
about Blacks.
A committee has been
formed to prepare a list
of good books of this
nature.
2. We feel that there
should be more Blacks
on the Student Council
and in other organiza
tions.
3. We feel that plans
should begin now to
come up with an election
system that would allow
more Blacks to win
election.
4. The students would
like for all the Social
Studies teachers to inject
and mention in their
teaching the contribu
tions of Blacks.
5. We would like to see a
new method of selecting
SEE DEMANDS
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