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Dr. King Arouses Conscience Of Nation In
Coast To Coast Call For "Freedom Now”
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The U. S. sth Circuit Court of Appeals Friday ordered the
Savannah school system to submit a grade-a - year plan for
desegregating its schools. The three-member federal panel
overturned a lower count’s ruling which denied Negro parents a
desegregation in junction two weeks ago. Attorneys of this civil
rights victory are seen above discussing the count’s ruling here in
Atlanta. They are (seated) Attorney Constance Baker Motley,
(standing, 1 to r. ) NAACP state president W. W. Law, Savannah
attorneys E. H. Gaston and B. C. Mayfield.
For Progressive Atlanta ■■■■■■■■■■
"Open Doors To All” C. Of C.
"Pools Open To All” ■ Allen
Atlanta is preparing to meet
her racial problems head-on if
actions this week by the Cham
ber of Commerce and Mayor
Allen are true omens.
At a Wednesday morning
HONOR AT UNIV. OF GA.
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See Happy Ending
Many of Atlantans are expected to flock to Athens Sat
urday to witness the graduation of Charlayne Hunter and Hami
lton Holmes. The pioneering duo survived the slings and arrows
of outrageous fortune, took academic arms against their troubles,
and won - won the right to be the first members of their race to
study at the University of Georgia.
PICTURE ABOVE WAS TAKEN SHORTLY AFTER FEDERAL COURT
ORDERED THEIR ADMISSION TO THE UNIVERSITY JANUARYI96I.
H TLANT fINQU IRER
* ’ "To seek out the Truth and report it without Fear or Favor'
press conference, Mayor Allen
announced that all city pools
and parks will open at 9:00
a.m. on June 12 to all citizens
of Atlanta without regard to
race. “ I hope that the citizens
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY,JONE 1,1963
Speech Requests Flood King
35,000 Hear Him In L. A.
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA — Dr. M. L. King, Jr., has so ef
fectively dramatized the Negroes struggle for freedom in his
Birmingham campaign that he has aroused the conscience of the
nation such as it has never been before, or at least since the
Infamous days of slavery.
The successful Birmingham
movement led by King and his
chief aides, all top officials
of the Southern Christian Lead
ership Conference, Rev. Ralph
Abernathy, Rev. WyattT. Walk
er and Rev. F.W. Shuttlesworth
has brought strong reactions
from the White House, Negro
leaders North and South, Con
gressional leaders, high church
officials and world capitals.
King moved 95% of his SCLC
staff to Birmingham, the city
considered the nation’s strong
est fortress of segregation.
WHITE HOUSE ACTS
The Kennedy Administration
for the fist time since the pres
idential election is positively
and definitely considering
of Atlanta will continue to en
joy their park facilities as they
have in the past, “Mayor Allen
said. (Albany’s pools were
listed for sale and Jadkson
vllle’s closed when faced with
desegregation.)
Earlier Wednesday, the board
of directors for die Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce called
upon all businesses in Atlanta
licensed to serve the public
to open their doors to all per
sons without regard to race.
Mayor Allen congratulated
the chamber’s board “for hav
ing the courage to face up to
the obvious problem’’ of racial
discrimination in public places,
and added a word of his own.
“Over the past eight years,
tim e and time again, the fed
eral courts have indicated some
very strong feelings’* against
discrimination based on race,
Allen remarked.
Pointing out that Sourthern
cities have had to make a choice
between two courses of action
that of defiance and that of
acceptance of the Inevitable and
progress,** the Mayor declared,
“Atlanta has consistently cho
sen the latter. ** He urged
city-wide support of the Cham
ber’s stand.
Students representing the
Committee On Appeal For Hu
man Rights have been observing
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strong meaningful civil rights
legislation.
Next week the President is
expected to call upon Congress
to enact legislation to outlaw
racial discrimination in stores
and restaurants that sell pro
ducts that move across state
lines. He is also expected to
ask for legislation to prohibit
discrimination In hotels, and to
empower the Justice depart
ment to file suits on behalf of
citizens whose civil rights are
violated. He and his brother,
Attorney General Robert Kenn
edy, are also scheduling face
to face meetings with southern
leaders on the problems.
U.S. PRESTIGE DAMAGED
In Wa shlngton top government
officials were shaken into action
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CAPSAND RECAPS
RACIST IS SENTENCED
ANNISTON ... An Anniston service station owner was convicted
of firing shotgun blasts into 2 Negro homes and a Negro Church
on Mothers Day. Kenneth Adam^ 42, received a 540 day jail term
and a $3OO fine for the crime. After posting a $9OO bond, he was
released. Adams, an avowed racist, has the following record:
involvement in the burning of a Greyhound bus filled with freedom
riders; intimidating two women on a highway; attacking Nat Cole
during one his 1956 Birmingham appearance. The five service
stations which Adams owns cany the sign “We serve white cus
tomers only",
FIRST NEGRO RiTERN AT GRADY
ATLANTA . . .Dr. William Paul Sapp, a Morehouse graduate, has
been accepted as Grady Hospital’s first Negro intern. Two other
appointees are Marshall Stinson and Robert Jones, seniors at
I. T. C. The latter two will serve as hospital chaplains. Both
are Baptists.
SAVANNAH PROFESSOR OVERRULED
SAVANNAH . . . Attorney General Eugene Cook, at the request
of University System chancellor Harmon Caldwell, ruled on the
appeal of Savannah State’s Dr. Cleveland Christophe. Dr. Chris
tophe is the professor whose dismissal touched off a wave of
student demonstrations. Atty. Cook ruled that a 90-day notice
was not necessary for Dr. Christophe to be dismissed.
CONVENTION HALL COMMITTEE FORMED
ATLANTA .... Mayor Ivan Allen has appointed his twelve man
citizens' committee to suggest the site, design, and architect
for construction of the $9 million auditorium-convention hall.
Included among the twelve are Warren Cochrane, executive sec
retary of the Butler Street Y. M. C. A. and L. D. Milton, pre
sident of Citizens Trust Company.
STATE APPOINTMENTS MADE
NASHVILLE . . . Tennessee’s first Negro member of the State
Board of Education is Dr. llarold West, president of Meharry
Medical College. Dr. West’s appointment was the second note
worthy one. Earlier Gov. Frank Clement appointed Willard
Bowden to the Stat? Pardons and Parole Board.
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