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Patrolling The
Main Stem
By Brick Mason
RIGHTS: The Sunflower Coun
ty of the Magnolia state will find
that all is not roses in the field of
civil rights.. Sunflower County,
Mississippi, the home of Senator
James 0. Eastland, chairman of
the Senate Judiciary Committee,
became the thirty third defendant
in the Justice department’s voting
rights suits. The suit which is the
eleventh in the state of Mississippi
charges that the state and a local
voting registrar with participation
in a discriminatory pattern that
has barred all but one hundred and
fourteen of the county’s more than
thirteen thousand Negroes from
registering as voters while over
one half ©f its white eligible s are
registered. The suit filed in Ox
ford, Mississippi would be trans
ferred to federal court in Green
ville was taken under the civil
rights acts which request to issue
injunctions that would forbid dis
crimination and bar any act that
would make race a criterion for
registration. As head of the Judi
ciary Committee, Senator East
land has been one of the legisla
tive barriers against civil rights
legislation. However, of the thirty
three suits filed seventeen have
already been settled on terms ac
ceptable to the government.
THE STEMWINDER SAYS:
“There’s a lot of things more im
portant than money; only thing
they must be paid for, that costs
money.”
REVERSAL: A change of heart
evidently brought about integra
tion of the staff of a Greensboro,
North Carolina hospital. The hos
pital sued in 1961 by a group of
Negro physicians and dentists for
failure to integrate won the suit
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LOCAL DELTAS CELEBRATE SORORITY’S GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
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In the resplendtly decorated
Frank W. Spencer School Audi
torium, Savannah Alumnae Chap
ter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
gave the community a rare and
sparkling event in celebration of
sorority’s Golden Anniversary.
The invocation by the Rev.
Blanton Black voiced the solem-
HERALD
Vol. 17
HUNDREDS
AT 151st NAACP
MASS MEETING
The beautiful Tremont Temple
Baptist Church was the scene last
Sunday for the one hundred fifty
first N.A.A.C.P. mass meeting.
Several hundred Negroes poured
into the huge church to hear Rut
ledge Pearson, president of the
Jacksonville N.A.A.C.P. Branch
and public school teacher in the
DuVal County School System, de
liver the principal address.
The former professional baseball
player and civil rights leader,
praised the Savannah movement
and stated that the fight waged
here “has been an inspiration to us
in Jacksonville . . . and we don’t
intend to stop until all discrimina
tion is ended.” The fearless lead
er continued: “we must forget
progress and determine where
we’re going in the future . . . we’ve
heard too much about progress al
ready.” Mr. Pearson indicated
that he had been warned to quit
the fight for freedom or receive
reprisals. He said “the only thing
I’ve received is respect . . . and I
can’t measure that.” The rights
strategist discussed the crusade
for jobs in establishments where
Negroes never worked before. He
listed several establishments where
Negroes had been recently employ
ed. Mr. Pearson concluded his
rousing address by saying “let’s
continue our struggle and some
how we will arrive at victory.”
Prior to Mr. Pearson’s address,
W. W. Law, local and State presi-
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nity of the occasion, while flowers
and congratulatory messages from
Greek-letter and social organiza
tion indicated the felicity of the
occasion.
Community service, a segment
of the sorority’s Five Point Pro
gram, was identified when the
chapter’s Projects Committee cit-
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1963
PRESIDENT BACKS JAMES MEREDITH
perishes In School Fire
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Miss Elnora Brannen, a teacher
of the Dickerson Training School
of Vidalia, Georgia perished in a
fire which swept through the
building a few minutes after she
reported to work on Friday morn
ing. Miss Brannen reported for
ed wife Savannahians who have
distinguised themselves through
their community leadership. Shown
in the above picture receiving the
citations from Mrs. Robertia G.
Webb, Projects Committee Chair
man,, were Mayor Malcolm Mac
lean, Westley W. Law, Comm.
Frank W. Spencer, Mrs. Helen D.
Miss Elnora Brannen
work early, as was her custom,
to organize her work and be ready
for her students. After helping
a part of the students who had ar
rived early to safety she return-
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Weathers, Hosea L. Williams and
Mrs. Dorothy B. Taylor, an or
ganizer and charter member of
Savannah Alumnae Chapter, and
chairman of the Golden Anniver
sary Committee, who was present
ed a bouquet and citation by Mrs.
Dorothy B. Campbell.
Music for the program was pre-
Number 35
President John F. Kennedy saidE
Thursday that the University of
Mississippi would be the loser if
James H. Meredith leaves, and de
clared “This country cannot sur
vice if the United States Govern
ment and the Executive Branch
does not carry out the decisions of
the court.”
The President also criticized the
neglect of the citizens of the Dis
trict of Columbia in answering a
question at his press conference
about the Thanksgiving Day riot
at D. C. Stadium.
He said: “I think what we ought
to do is realize that the riot of
that day highlighted a very bad
situation in the District of Colom
bia, that a good many of our young
people are neglected, that they are
not counseled . . . the District
doesn’t pay as much attention to
them, the funds are inadequate and
Congress has probably limited the
appropriations too greatly, and
the Executive Had not paid enough
attention to it.”
Concerning James H. Meredith,
the President told his press con
ference "I would be sorry if Mr.
Meredith leaves. College is dif
ficult enough under any conditions.
He has been subjected to a good
deal of harassment, and anyone;
who has gone through his exper-i
ience in college would find it diffi
cult to continue. I hope he con
tinues. If he doesn’t, that is a
loss not only to Mr. Meredith, but
I think the University of Miss
issippi.”
sented by Mrs, Willa A. Johnson,*
a charter member of Savannah
Alumnae Chapter, Mrs. Willie M.'
Patterson, and Miss Joyce B.
Young.
The subdued and melodious ar
rangements of the Claude Roberts
Trio Plus One, created a convivial
atmosphere for the reception.
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