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totaling $35)000 were beingoffered here this week forthe bombing to death ofWharlest Jackson, a NachezNegro civil rights worker,when his truck was blownapart Monday night. Thecity of Natches is offering$25,000 and the ArmstrongTjre and Rubber Company,where Jackson workedSIO,OOO for the arrest ofthose responsible for thedeath dealing explosionGov. Paul B. Johnsonbranded the killingof Jack-son as "heinous and sense-less murder." The Governoradded: "The citizenry ofMississippi abhors this actof savagery ,which stainsthe honor of our state."

Jackson, 36, and the fa-ther of six children, hadonly last week been pro-moted by the Tire and Rub-ber Company to a job former-ly held by a white man. Hewas killed as he drove homefrom work. His wife saidshe could not understandthe crime since civil rightsactivity had died down inNatchez.

Said Mrs. Jackson further:"It was dirty white peoplehere in Natchez, that's all.It was evil because hedidn't bother nobody. Ididn't know his job wasthat important that someonehad to kill him."

Back in 1965 a similarexplosion badly injuredGeorge Metcalf, presidentof the Natchez branch ofthe National Associationfor the Advancement ofColored People. Jacksonwas treasurer of the Nat-chez NAACP until last

The slaying of Jacksonhas precipitated protests

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VOLUME 14 -No. 9 DURHAM, N. C. - SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1967 PRICE: 20c

Dr. A. D. Moseley ToHead Durham NAACP

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J. A. CARTER (center) PRESENTS CERTIFICATE TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS

Mount GileadMin. SucceedsRev. J. Brown

JULIAN BOND AT A. AND T.?Julian Bond, right, a mem-

ber of the Georgia State Leg-

I islature, speaks informally ata coffee hour prior to his de-

| livering the main address last

week at A. and T. College inobservance of Men's Week.

Last Rites For PublisherHeld At Baltimore, Wed.Rev. A. D- Moseley, pastor |

of Mt. Gilead Baptist Churchhere, has been recently elect-ed president of the DurhamBranch of NAACP.

In accepting the office, Rev.Moseley lauded Rev. J. ABrown and Rev W M Fuller,past presidents, and pledgedWs services toward continuingthe strides made in the fightfor freedom, justice, and equal-ity ?>

The new president has an-

nounced the appointment ofAlexander Barnes as Member-ship Chairman in the on-com-ing drive for 2000 membersthis year ,

The Honorable W. BakerLewis, NAACP National Treas-urer will be the main speakerat the drive's "kick-off to beheld March 9, at GethsemaneBaptist Church.

In ordpr to make the drive'«'wccnw, my, is tflprgently calling for the coopera-tion of persons from all posi-tions and occupations. In com-plimenting the youth on theiraccomplishments in the fightfor freedom, Rev. Moseley slid,"Every barrier of freedom,

justice, and equality mustcome down."

Plans are in the making fcrrcntive action on equal em-ployment, housing, health, po

DR. MOSELEY

litktl action and the War ondesegregation,

and job opportunities.Rev. Moseley is asking that

special attention be called toTitle IV, Section 405 of Public jLaw 88-352, The Civil Rights jActs of 1964, as it regards tech-nical assistance authorized by Ithe Commissioner of Education.Financial assistance is available ifor the planning and achieving \

of school integration, when jsuch assistance is asked for. I

Dr. Carl Murphy, 78, chair-man of the Board of Directorsof the AFROAMERICANNewspapers, died 6:30 a.m.Saturday in Johns HopkinsHospital where he had besnconfined since Feb. 19.

He entered Hopkins fortreat-ment of a slipped disc andsuffered a stroke early Sat-urday.

Dr. Murphy, a native Balti-morean, was president of theAFRO Newspapers from 1922until 1961 when he becamechairman of the Board of Di-rectors.

A nationals-prominent pub-lisher, educator, civic andcommunity- leader he residedat 2406 Overland Ave. in Mor-gan Park, near the campusof Morgan State College,where he-was a.<afimSj£r of theBoard of Trustees from 1939until 1953 when he was namedchairman, a position hi heldat the time of his death.

He was a graduate ofHoward University, Class of1911 and was an instructor

and professor of German andhead of the Department ofGerman there from 1913-1918.

The publisher took hismaster's degree from Har-

DR. MURPHY

18 Duke Security OfficersGet First Aid; Certificates vard University in 19'13. He

attended the University of

Jena in Germany in thesummer of that year.

The son of the founder ofthe AFRO, John H. MurphySr. and Mrs. Martha HowardMurphy. Dr. Murphy left hiscollege post in 1918 to jointhe AFRO and succeededhis father as president ofthe newspaper chain at hisdeath in 1922.

Under his direction, tteAFRO became th; largestcolored-owned newspaper inthe nation.

Bishop George W. Baber toPreach at St. Joseph's Sun.

Presentation ofCertificates MadeBy J. A. Carter

Negro Sheriff ofDeep South toProtect All

Eighteen members of (heDuke University Security Divi-sion staff received certificatesof completion of the latestAmerican Red Cross course infirst aid yesterday afternoon.

Presentation of the certifi-cates was made in ceremonieson the campus by James A.Carter, Instructor in the coursewhich began early in January.

According to Duke SecurityChief W. C. A. Bear, the secur-ity force group began trainingin a series of courses relatingto the protection of the univer-sity campus, members of thecommunity and visitors.

In addition to the Red Crossfirst aid training, courses willcontinue until mid-May in suchfunctions as crowd control,note-taking and reporting se-curity violations, laws of search,seizure, and evidence, crime in-vestigation, interviewing of wit-nesses, techniques of arrest,community and human rela-tions, and traffic control.

The courses are being con-ducted by the Durham Techni-cal Institute with instructorsfrom such public agencies as theDurham Police Dept., the StateBureau of Investigation, theN.C. Motor Vehicle Department,and the Federal Bureau of In-vestigation.

Successful graduates of thefirst aid course were W. T.Coble, M. 0. Crittenton, Gard-ner Davis, George Davis, PercyFoy, E. C. Green, H. M, Hatley,Ralph Hutchins, J. B. Jackson,J. R. McClure, H. C. Mcdlin,C. H. Morgan, A. G. Nichols,M. A. Pledger, E. W. Senter,Richard Underwood. H. M.Womack and Herman Yates.

Bishop Ge a W. Baber,

presiding prelate of theSecond Episcopal District ofthe A.M.E. Church, will de-liver the sermon at St.Joseph's A.M.E. Churchhere, Sunday, March 5, at11:00 a.m. It was announcedhere week by Dr. PhillipR. Cousin, pastor.

The occasion of BishopBaber's visit to St. Joseph'swill be in connection withthe mortgage burning programwhich will precede his mes-sage.

Music will be furnished bythe Senior Choir, under thedirection of J.T. Mitchell,choister. Mrs. Minnie Gilmerwill be at the organ.

Bishop Baber is highly re-spected and admired through-out the entire A.M.E. Con-nect ion, as well as the £ Sec-cond Episcopal District.Under his leadership theKittrell College Foundationhas been established withapproximately sss,ooohavingalready been raised*

The plan, which is justgetting underway, calls foran annual minimum donationto Kittrell C dlegeof $lO fromeach member of the SecondEpiscopal District.

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OBSERVE 25THYEAR, MEN'S DAY

The Community BaptistChurch will observe its 25thanniversary and Men's Day,Sunday, March 5. The themefor the occasion is "Fulfil-ling The Christian Dimen-sion,

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ATLANTA, GA., Feb.2l(SCLC)?The first Negro tobe elected sheriff in theDeep South since Recon-struction pledged last nightthat "all persons in ourcounty, regardless of color,will have the protection ofthe law, My staff and Iserve not as oppressors,butprotectors."

Lucius Amerson of MaconCounty, Alabama, the onlyNegro sheriff in the UnitedStates, spoke at a rally ofthe Atlanta affiliate of theSouthern Christian Leader-ship Conference. The meet-ing was called by newly e-lected officers of the At-lanta SCLC to protest a-gainst the slow pace ofschool desegregation, dis-crimination in employment,and slum housing in Atlanta

The sheriff, whose homeis in Tuskegee, told how heovercame numerous obsta-cles in his campaign, andhow he has confrontedthreats since he took office

Jan. 16. He said he couldnot have been elected with-out the support of SCLCand other organizations,and urged Negroes to unitebehind candidates for poli-tical office.

Dr. Ralph David Aberna-thy, national Vice Presi-dent At-Large of SCLC,

? called on the audience tojoin and support theaffiliate and its new officersin "tearing down every ves-tige of segregation and dis-crimination which is still

\u25a0 found here in A'lanta."We have a long way to

go. Employment is at an all-time high in out city, butNegroes are still the' last tobe hired and the first tobe fired. The vast majorityof schools in Atlanta are

still segregated, 13 yearsafter the Supreme Court saidthis was unconstitutional.Atlanta is the home of theBraves, but also the home

of many maladjusted andfrustrated people because

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Weaver Says Charges AgainstU. S. Housing Dept "Unfair"

"cretary Weaver said. "ThisAdministration has taken un-precedented steps to achieveboth. "It has significantly in-creased the supply for moderateand low?income families bydevising new approaches andvigorously utilizing and adapt-ive existing ones."

He asserted that the JohnsonAdministration's espousal ofSection VI of the Civil RightsBill of 1966 (successful in theHouse of Representative)was tangible evidence of itscommitment to equal oppor-tunity in housing. As one who"championed that legislationand opposed efforts to . Wat erit down," Secretary Weaversaid he was "surprised at thefailure of the Committee torecognize President Johnson'scourageous fight for this legis-lation."

WASHINGTON -SecretaryRobert C. Weaver of the U.S.D?>jartment of Housing andUrban Development todaycalled charges thethe Department by the Nation-al Commit tee Against Dis-crimination in Housing "bothinaccurate and unfair."

The Committee at a news

conference held in Washing-ton today accused the U.S.Department 'Housing indUrban Development of failureto do all within its power tosecure compliance' with lawsrequiting nondiscrimination inhousing.

"Equal opportunity in hous-ing involves both an adequatesupply of shelter at rents our

people can afford and freeaccess to that shelter," Se-!

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guerite Pindling, attractivemother of three, laid asideher private life and steppedconfidently into the publicspotlight as she assumedher place as the wife of theColony's Premier.

Urging all Bahamians towork harder and be more

<«eourteous to visitors than

sembly in Colonywide elec-tions in January.

Until then, she was a hard-working assistant in his lawoffices and a steadfast cam-

paign helper in the politicalarena. Now she finds herselfcast in the glare of publiclife and a seemingly endlessdemand for her time as offi-cial functions and public ap-pearances begin to multiply.

ever before, the charming

Mrs. Pindling set a fetching

picture of a devoted motherand political helper as she

chatted informally and posedfor photos with her children.

Mrs. Pindling became the

first Bahamian-born first

lady when her husband's pro-

gressive Liberal Party won

control of the House of As-

Writes Anti-DiscriminationInto Firemen Contracts

MANHASSET, N.Y.? Thetown of North Hempstead,L.1., threatened by civilrights leaders with demon-strations, has written an

anti-discrimination clauseinto contracts wih eight vo-lunteer fite departments onLong Island.

The inability of Negro re-

sidents to gain admission tovolunteer fire companies inNassau County had led to nu-

merous complaints of racialdiscrimination and threatsof demonstrations.

On Jan 17, Gerald Taylor,state president of the Nat-ional Association for theAdvancement of Colored Peo-ple's Youth and College Di-vision, had attended a Hemp-stead Village Board meeting

to protest alleged discrimi-

nation against Negroes in

the volunteer fire units. Tay-

lor and leaders ot other ci-

vil rights groups also an-

plans to stage demonstrationsif restrictions barring quali-fied Negro applicants were

not halted.The turbulent meeting be-

tween the civil rights repre-sentatives and the Boardended abruptly with a warn»

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$90,000 RaisedFor Allen U. atFounder's Day

COLUMBIA, S.C.-Dr. Ben-jamin J. Glover, President ofAllen University, announcedthat $90,000 was raisedduring the 97th Founder'sDay Celebration which endedSaturday, February 18. Thisamount is a portion of the$200,000 goal set by the in-stitution in order to match fe-deral funds for a new sciencebuilding which is presentlyunder construction.

The science building,sche-duled to be completed by Sep-tember, 1967, will hduse thenew Physics Department as

well as the Biology, Chem-istry, and Mathematics De-partments.

Dr. Samuel E. Duncan, Pre-sident of 'Livingstone College

Salisbury, North Carolina de-livered the Founder's Daymessage at eleven o'c)ockSaturday morning .

Speaking from the topic"Some Current and PotsntialContributions of a Predomi-nately Negro Church RelatedInstitution of Higher Learn-ing Deserving Support,"thebrilliant educator said,"Ne-gro church related colleges,

in general, must decide whe-ther theyare to fee accreditedor unaccredited and whetherthey will seek primarily tomeet both the church and thelarger community needs."

Dr. Duncan emphaticallypointed out that "A privateNegro College with a deepreligious atmosphere and lit-tle financial support will notbe sufficient in the days a-

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