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Inquirer Takes Stand On Bond Issue" 2;
ON GUARD
For Human Rights
24 Hours A Day
VOL. 3 NO. 38
50-YEAR-OLD NEGRO
MAN CHARGE BEATING
BY ATLANTA POLICE
An Open Letter
To The Citizens Of Atlanta
In spite of the great interest
in the NAACP in the city of At
lanta I can still envision far
greater participation in the or
ganization that has fought con
sistently for over fifty years
for the rights of Negroes. The
NAACP continues this fight in
behalf of you, in behalf of me.
Yet, there are those of us
that are still aloof from the
organization that has dedicated
its time, energies and monies
to the abolition of racial dis
crimination and segregation in
Atlanta and throughout the
United States.
It is extremely difficult for me to imagine why some of us
are reluctant to become affiliated with the NAACP when the re
turns for such a minute membership fee are so great. I do feel,
however, that a vast majority of us simply don’t know what the
organization is all about. In view of this I feel that I should relate
to you some of the activities of the NAACP.
Membership in the NAACP helps:
1, Protect your civil rights.
2. Insure the future of your children
3. Enlarge your economic and cultural opportunities
4. Level segregation barriers in all aspects of public life.
5. Strenghten democracy in the United States of America
6. Secure the rights of your fellow Americans.
7. Make America truly “the land of the free”
I have listed only a few of the tasks that your NAACP under
takes to do. It is only possible to do these things if you become
actively interested in the organization. It is your organization.
EVERYONE IS FREE TO BECOME’ A MEMBER.
You don’t have to be a lawyer. School teacher, or doctor to join.
If you are an American interested in first-class citizenship, you
are elgible to be a member of the NAACP. So, when you are
approached to become a member don’t hesitate sign and join the
fight for your freedom.
Leon Cox,
Executive Secretary
Atlanta Branch NAACP
First Negro Priest Of Atlanta Diocese
To Be Ordained Here On May 25
Deacon William Edward Cal
houn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Calhoun, 135 Griffin St., N.W.
will become Atlanta’s first Ne
gro to be ordained priest in the
Roman Catholic Church. Arch
bishop Paul J. Hallinan will ad
minister the Holy Rites on May
25th at Christ The King Cathe
dral on Peachtree Road, N.E.
Deacon Calhoun is a product
of the Atlanta Public School Sys
tem. He attended E. R. Carter
Elementary School and gradu
ated with honors from Wash
ington High School in 1949. He
was a student atMorehouse Col
lege for three and one half years
before enlisting in the Air
Force.
0 tlantHnquirer
’ "To seek out the Truth and report it without Fear or Favor
LEON COX
BY LOUISE BRADLEY
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W.E. CALHOUN
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MAY 4.1963
FRANK ELEY
(See Story Page 3)
Read Your
Inquirerscope
Weekly (Page 12)
Freedom Fund
Dinner May 17
The 1963 annual Freedom Func
Fund Dinner of the Atlanta
branch NAACP will be held
Friday night, May 17, at Union
Baptist Church at 8 o’clock
The featured speaker will be
Rep. John Dingell of Michigan.
Donations will be $lO. The af
fair will bon on the 9th anniver
sary of the Supreme Court de
cision against school segrega
tion.
Most of Deacon Calhoun’s
service career was spent with
the 10th Air Troop Carrier,
Rhein Main Air Base in Ger
many.
Deacon Calhoun began his
studies for the priesthood after
his discharge from the armed
services. He received his B.S.
in Theology from Saint Mary*s
University, Baltimore, Mary
land, and is completing his
studies for the priesthood at
Saint Mary’s Seminary.
Deacon Calhoun will be or
dained along with another for
mer Atlantan, Deacon Mathew
Kemp. Both young priests will
begin their duties in the Arch
diocese of Atlanta.
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“If It Takes Three Years”
SNCC Executive Secretary James Formantalkswith “Freedom
Marchers” in Chattanooga from his Atlanta office before the
start of the walk to Mississippi which Forman vowed will be
completed.
SNCC, Core On March Of
Slain Freedom Fighter
(See Story Page 12)
Qaps And Recaps
POLICE ARREST STUDENTS AT RESTAURANT
ATLANTA . . .SeveralAtlante restaurants were targets of sit-in
attempts Saturday. Johnny Reb’s, Davis Brothers, Ship Ahoy,
Little Italy, Lebs, and the S&W Cafeteria were all visited by stu
dents, members of the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights.
In some instances, they gained admittance but were not served;
in others they were turned a wav at the door. On Tuesday seven
students were arrested at Davis Brothers andShlpAhoy. The stu
dents pledged to continue their visits.
"X”, WITNESS FOR COBB OR STATE?
MILLEDGEVILLE. . Preston Cobb based his plea for a new trial
on the fact that his first confession of guilt was made out of fear.
To support his claim that he was not the killer of the elderly
jfarmer, Frank Coleman Dumas, Cobb, through his attorney, pre
sented an affidavit in which Willie Jackson admits having heard
Dumas’son, Joseph, make a death-bed confession of guilt.
Jackson was driving a truck which collided with Joseph Dumas’
vehicle last winter. In the accident, Dumas was fatally injured,
but is reported to have made the statement of guilt as he lay on
the highway.
Jackson, an illiterate, has since placed his X on a contradictory
affidavit. Before Cobb supporters could recover from this
blow, Jackson did an about-face and hinted that the second af
fidavit was given the State because of pressure. Now (believe it
or not), before most of the public can be apprised of the third
document, a fourth has been issued. The latest one states that
Cobb’s Attorney misled him (Jackson) into believing that sign
ing the third one would clear up everything.
SAVANNAH STUDENTS STAGE STRIKE
SAVANNAH. . After the failure of Savannah State College of
ficials to renew the contract of Economics Professor C. A.
Chriostophe, about 700 students signed a petition of protest.
The leaders of the protest movement, James Brown (Sr.)
president of the State Conference of NAACP Youth* and Bobby
Hill (Sr.), president of the student body, were permanently ex
pelled for reportedly giving false information concerning the
incident to the press.
According to the college administrators, Dr. Christophe s
contract was not renewed for the following reason: he has not
published during his 2 years at the college; he refused to teach
a course in Current Economics; he is uncooperative in working
with the Division Chairman of the Business Administration De
partment. However, his supporters think that his militant spirit
led to the termination of his contract.
Expulsion of the two students has caused widespread signs of
protest in their behalf. It is reported that 1000 of the 1146 students
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