DICK GREGORY RETURNING TO ATLANTA
TO PROTEST RESTAURANT RACIAL BARS
PREGNANT WIFE, 2 OTHERS
REFUSE BAIL FROM JAIL
BY ALBERT R. SAMPSON
I will return to the ATLANTA that is worst than BIRMINGHAM.
These are the words not from Dick Gregory’s comical nature
but from the nature of a man that cried ’DEPLORABLE.”
Thus southern justice was shown to Dick Gregory in "LOVELY
ATLANTA.”
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Dick Gregory famed Comed
ian and author of several books
flew to Atlanta this week to be
vd± his pregnant wife
arrested at the Toddle House
Restaurant a few days ago for
desiring to eat. Mrs. Lillian
Gregory who is 6 months pre
gnant and the mother of two
girls Michelle four and Lynne
2 was arrested along with Mis
ses Roberta Yancey and Prathia
HalL Attorney Howard Moore
defended the ladies in a very
representative procedure mat
ched with wit and preparation.
This Trial depicted another
turning point in the history of
the movement across the na
tion as well as organizations
because the three arrested per
sons were stock owners in the
particualr restaurant corpora
tion. Miss Roberta Yancey
who hasn’t eaten since her ar
rest along with Miss Hall testi
fied that they couldn’t partici
pate nor cooperate with the
police department when the sys
tem that attempts to turn right
into eviL Mrs. Lillian Gregory
a stock owner along with the
other two ladies felt an un
just act had been committeed
by their not being served. As
was pointed out during the trial
that "An employee had infact
evicted the owners.
Dick Gregory felt this was no
laughing matter when the come
dian heard the judge state that
the case would be bound over
to the criminal court. Prior
to the trial Dick said, “It’s
hard to understand how they can
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pass an anti-trespass law and
can’t enforce a public accom
odations bill.”
After the trial Dick Gre
gory blasted the judiciary sys
tem as a “discredit to the
judiciary profession, it is worse
in Atlanta than Birmingham and
Mississippi.” The world re
nowned comedian pointed out
that at least the opponent would
put up some fight but this was
an open and shut case and the
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K inquirer Christmas
I Arinas 2/ amities
■ Through the generous gifts of Inquirer readers, twenty
■ one needy families were able to share some of the joys of
■ Christmas this year. More than $400.00 was received and
B spent for these families according to their needs. A complete
B report of these spendings and the final total will appear
■ in the next issue of the Inquirer. We wish to extend our
>1 deepest thanks to those of you who cared enough to GIVE TO
B THE NEEDIEST.
I Mrs Isabel G. Webster Mrs. Margaret D Bowen.
■ M 1 Chairman Co-cha.rman
I Atlanta Life Employees
I Dr. Clinton Warner
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B Mrs. C. H. Gibson .* * W ’ s'no
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■ Extra Point Club, Inc ’
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I Thomas & Diane Alexander
B Lottie Watkins
I Cameo Social & Savings Club
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TLANTA INQUIRER
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VOL. 3 NO. 70
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SMBRMY, DECEMBER 211N3
CfauniLy.
Jimh ^Laee JH&M
In response to an Atlanta Inquirer’s story of last week, Mrs.
Asnle B. Hall and her five children did not have to spend a bleak
Bold, and hungry Christmas outdoors.
Negro Kentucky Judge To Be
Emancipation Speaker Here
Dr. C. Miles Smith, president
Mt flke Atlanta branch NAACP,
■■aounced this week that Judge
J, Earl Dearing of Louisville,
Kentucky will be the principal
■peaker for the annual Emanci
patiou Proclamation rally on
January 1, 1964. The rally,
which always draws an over
flow crown, will be held at 11:00
a.m. at the spacious and beauti
ful edifice of the Union Baptist
Church at Hightower and Simp
son Roads, N.$V. where Rev. J.
A. Wilborn is pastor.
Judge Dearing is a former
president of the Louisville
branch NAACP and former pre
sident of the Kentucky State con
ference of Branches. He is
oresentlv a judge of the Louis
ville Municipal Night Court.
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Judge J.E. Dearing
KI^PI?>Y
CAPS AND RECAPS
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GOVERNMENT HAS NO AUTHORITY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - A spokesman for the Department of
Justice has told a California senator the government “has no
authority” to intercede in the case of a 67-year-old white minister
held in jail here since August 28. The elderly minister. The
Rev. Ashton B. Jones, a native of Georgia is being held under
$20,000 bail on charges growing out of a protest demonstration
at an all-white church here this summer. Since Jones conviction
is being appealed, his time behind bars is “dead time” and dosen’t
count against his sentence. The letter was written by Burke Mar
shall, Assistant Attorney General to senator, Thomas Kuchel
(R-Cal.).
3 NEGRO YOUTHS ATTEMPT SUICIDE
MIAMI, FLA. — One tried to swallow bobby pins; another
attempted to hang herself, and a third tried to electrocute herself
by sticking her finger in an electric socket ranging from the ages
of 14 to 16. Judge Sheppard said, “We are caught in the middle
with nowhere to send them’’.
PAUL WILLIAMS TO D. C.
CHICAGO, 111. - 34 year old Paul Williams will become in
ternational administration officer for the Bureau of International
Organization Affairs of the Department of State leaving the city’s
director of finance of the Department of Urban Renewal.
URBAN LEAGUE APPOHTMENT
MEW YORK - Theodore C. Jackson last week was appointed
assistant vice president by the Bowery Savings Bank where he
started 22 years ago as a messenger.
100 NEGROES HIRED
MIAMI, FLA, - Dade post offices under JFK’s Equal Job Op
portunity prgoram hired 100 Negroes and upgraded some from
janitorial work to carrier and distributor positions.
By Jondelle Johnson
Mr. Otelius Shellman, pre
sident of the Scotts Crossing
Civic League, who spearheaded
the drive to help the family re
ports over whelming response
to the plea made by this re
porter.
Mrs. Shellman stated that
Mrs. Elizabeth Carter heard
about the plight of the family
and called him last Monday
night. The next morning (Tues
day) at 10;00 she called and
said that she had secured a
four room house through Wil
son Realty Company for
the family. Thanks to Mrs.
Carter the family was moved
by Mr. Shellman and his group
Tuesday afternoon to 42 Jones
Avenue, N.W.
Since the newspapers hit the
streets, Mr. Shellman and the
Inquirer’s office have been
swamped with callsfrom people
wanting to do something to help
the unfortunate family. Many
were crying and all were
concerned.
Mr. Shellman indicated that
many ministers promised to se
cure the help of their congre
gations. Many people want to
help redeem the house among
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