Bronze Reporter [Volume: 8, Issue: 12]

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~ Flint Muslins

Thousands of Muslins and none
Muslins were on hand Sunday,
August 27th, at the 369th Armory |
at 142nd and 5th Avenues,: New'
York City, to hear Mr. Elijah~
Muhammad, the Spiritual Leader
of the fastest growing group of
so-called Negroes in America, deliver his speech on SEPARATION
AND SOME OF THIS EARTH
THAT WE CAN CALL OUR

OWN OR DEATH.~ Mr. Muham-.

mad told his audience, that integration of our people with the
white people will cause us to be
destroyed. He pointed out that
if we integrate, 20 or 25 years
from now there would not be any
dark people on this earth.

He said, ~the white man at one
time did not want to integrate,
but now he wants to put on a

Bowling Alleys
Bar. Negroes ~

Floyd McCree, 3rd Ward Commissioner, told the B. R. of his
concern over, a number of complaints received recently,
that local bowling alleys refuse
to accept Negroes for team bowling. One local alley refused Mr.
Jimmy Jones, pres. of a men~s
bowling team, and 15 minutes
later accepted a white team. Their
explanation was that in the interim another team dropped out.

Mr. Jones has made a complaint
to the Prosecutors Office and
Mr: McCree plans to bring the
~matter to the floor of the City
Commission,. Bowling alleys are
licensed by the City.

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false front of integration, but
why?~ Then he pointed out that
~the white man see~s a sign, the
| sign of Lazarus returning to. the
bosom of Abraham, and the rich
man. being. destroyed.- which
means the black people in unity
and power and the white people
being destroyed and just as the

rich man wanted Lazarus to re-|

turn to him so it is with the rich
man today.~ He said ~every since
~we have been here in America
all we have ever had is a job,
but now we must have something
that we can call our own, we
need some land that we can call
our own, we need a home that
We can call our own,~ he ~said,
~so we can be independent like
other people.~ ~

There are many very important
things he pointed out. One other
tning he pointed out was the
fact that our women have not
been protected, He said ~our
women are the most important
jewels we have and shouid be
protected like a farmer protects
nis crop.~

Mr. Muhammad said ~if a farmer protects his fruit and vegetables so they will produce, should
not our women be more important
than plants to us?~

There were visitors from as
far away.as Monroe, Louisiana;
Atlanta, Georgia; Columbia, South
Carolina; New. Jersey; Cleveland,
Onio; Chicago; Grand Rapids;
Detroit; Lansing and Flint, Michigan. Among those who attended
from Flint were Bro.. Dan X.,
Bro. Clarence X., Brother George
X., Bro. Richard X., Sis. Josie X.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Luther G,. X.
(Jones.)

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PARIS, FRANCE ~ Except for that ~segregation of non-whites
racial segregation, metropolitan differs drastically from any other

7 Howard University in 1907.

Detroit neighborhoods have resi- '
dents with @iverse personal backgrounds, religious preferences,
and educational experience, a University of Michigan researcher
reported here Tuesday, Sept. 5.

Leslie Kish (Phd), professor of

sociology and program director |
at the U-M Survey Research Cen- |

ter, presented his findings at
the 33rd session of the International Statistical Institute.
Using data obtained by the U-M
Detroit Area~Study, Kish found

Canaan Baptist
Church News

By Johnson Buchannon
Approved by the Comm. for Re_ligious Principles and Democratic

Action
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I have been reliablely informed
that some members of Canaan
Baptist Church denied the truth
of the article in last week~s issue of the ~Bronze Report~r~
which pointed out that the members are tied hand and feet.

Now let~s take inventory. When
a document has been presented
and adopted it becomes the property of all the members of that
organization and there-just can~t
be anything secret about it. The
document will speak for itself.
Do the members of Canaan Baptist Church have a copy of that
document now?
ber judge for himself. We, the
committee, have offered to debate the issue before the public
and we renew that offer.

One more fact. The New Constitution provides for the Pastor
to appoint a ~Political Committee.~ Perhaps you can see which
way we are going.

Let each mem-|

characteristic~ of residential

| areas.

While Detroit has several nationality groups, some of~ which
|are largely Catholic, ~the segregation of Catholics in census
tracts and residential blocks appears unexpectedly.low,~ he added.

~Within dwelling, however,
there is great ~homogeneity. Catholics tend to marry,each other
and, to a lesser extent, live with
other adults of the same religious -preference.

~Persons born outside
U. S. show few signs of segregation, either in census tracts
or residential blocks.~

Segregation is even less marked between native Detroiters
and those born outside the metropolitan area.

While young couples (under 30)
and older ones (over 50) don~t
often live together. under the
same roof, there are no sharp
age distinctions between neighborhoods, Kish continued.

People with similar education,
occupation, and income show a
~surprisingly low~ tendency to
live in the same neighborhood,
he added.

~Beyond the theoretical and: social value of the data if uncovered, this research illustrates
ja statistical method of wide potential applicability in the social
sciences,~ Kish said. ~Other popu~lations, greater or smaller and
other kinds of characteristics,
biological or social, can be studied
Simutarty.~

Kish directs the Survey Research Center's sampling section.
His trip to Paris was financed
by a grant from the Social Science
nesearch Council.

With a Ford Foundation Grant,
he has ~accepted invitations to
lecture at the Universities of
Zagred, Ljubljana, and Belgrade,
Yugoslavia and at the University

of Istanbul, Turkey.

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Rites Held For
Dr. Thompson

Funeral services for Dr. H. E.
Thompson, 2212 Clinton, a resident of Detroit for over 24 years,
were held at Scott Methodist
church last Thursday, Aug. 31.
Burial was in Elmwood Cemetary.

Dr. Thompson died of a heart
attack in his home Sunday, Aug.
27.

A native of South Carolina, Dr.

Dr. Thompson~ practiced in
Newton, Ga. where he built the
first Negro hospital. Later he
moved to Detroit.

Surviving are his wife, Rosa,
three nephews, Joseph B., who
owns the ~thompson funeral
nome; Louis and Cifford Thompson; two nieces, Naomi and Mary
ihompson.

McCurdy Named
U.S. Attorney

President John F. Kennedy~s
nomination of Merle M. McCurdy
ut Gieveiand, Unio, aS Unsteu
States Attorney tor the Nortnern
wistrict of Onio won acclaim trom
Vemocratic leaders all aCruss tue
country this week.

McCuray is the second Negro
in hisyory to be named vu. 3.)
Attorney. The first, cecil Poole
of San Francisco, was appoinred
oy President nenneay two montns
ago.

~ne appointment of McCurdy,
accurding to Louis Martin, Veputy
Ciairman of the veinucrauc ivatuonai Committee, is ~~~anotner
~Magnificent itustratian of tne
Presiaents beet tnat only merit
and aoility, not skin~ color, count
iM choosing men tor important
positions in his administration.~

ime +#~-year-vid Cieverand lawis a graduate of Adeipert Uoltege
ana western HKeserve Universi.y
echool of Law. He served as
Assistant County vrosecutor of
Cuyahoga County trom 1~Yaz to
4~0U waoen he pecame Attorney
in Charge of the Legal Aid vefender~s Office of the Legal Aid!
Society of Cleveland. MeCurdy |
is married and has two children.

1-4. CORE

' the nation. Plan:
| projects in v
~employment; ho

CORE Holds 19th
Convention inD. C

CORE~s 19th
Annual Conv was held in
Washington D om September

said the Con
thrust of the F
new fiélds in +
for direct action
registration,
ing and public

accomodations

Novelist Lillian Smith aiddtens!
ed the CORE delegation Saturday
on the ~Significance of the Freedom Rides.~ Revs Gardner Taylor,
President of the~ National Baptist Convention, Inc. U. S. A.
spoke at the opening session
Sept 1.

Poland Ambassador
To Speak Here

Ambassador Bogdan Lewandowski, erivoy of Poland to the United
Nations, will speak on Poland,
Peace and the UN in the Colonial Room of the Detroit-Leland
Hotel, Cass and Bagley, it is
announced by ~a committee of |

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MR. EDWARD TURNER, president of the Detroit NAACP, and
MR. ARTHUR L. JOHNSON, executive secretary of the Detroit
NAAE~P, entertained a group from Brazil at a luncheon Friday,
September 1, at the Park Shelton Hotel. From left are Mr. Adair
Ribeiro, Carlos F. Sauto, Mr. Edward Turner, president, NAACP;
Mr. Leopoldom M. Reis and Mr. Francisco Amante.

NAACP Hosts Brazilian
Visitors At Luncheon

The Detroit Branch of the ~There are 70 million Braizians
NAACP sponsored a luncheon | and 60 out of every 100 are dark
last- Friday at the Shelton Hotel | skinned,~ Sauto said.
for a noted group.of well known| Among those attending the

people. from Brazil.: lunchean: were:
Santo, f sad the other vst | ee Cee wv ie

a lace were amazed at. the progress.
Chairman. Croket# announced the United States has made. He
that there will be a musical~pro- said the Brazilian constitution
gram in addition to Ambassador; was written so that there would

~(lie Brazilians) Edward M. Tar.

ner, president of the Detroit
NAACP; Arthur L. Johnson,

Lewandowski~s address.

NAACP evecutive secretary; Mrs.

be no racial discrimination. B. E. Ellington, general manager

Interracial Group Ask
For Release of Riders

Release of imprisoned ~free-.
dom riders~~in Jackson, Miss., is
suught py the National Conterence fur Interracial Justice in
en appeal to President Kennedy.

in a convention resoiuuon Aug.
2& tne cunterenee argued that
ine riders should be freed because ~they are unjustly contined and have acted entirely
within tneir constitutuonal rights.~

The conference also asked President Kennedy in another resolution to issue a presidential execuuve oraer Daniuing dscriminauon in ait housing wich receives
federal aid or _mortgage quarantees. It urged governors in
states. without lair nousing pracuce laws to imitiate sucn tezissalon, and asked the At'L-CiU
to end racial segregation in local
ubloas and, to stup aiscriminauen
in union-controited apprenticesbip programs.

Bishop Victor J. Reed of Oklahoma City'and Tulsa said that a
Christian can take only one attitude toward racial injustice ~
condemnation. Speaking at mass,
be said that a policy of silence
is indefensible..

~Our country is today the
world~s leader,~ he said; ~Her
failure affects others than herself...Her public image is being
maliciously distorted py her
enemies as a result al racial seg
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NEW ORLEANS, La.~CORE Freedom Rider John Dolan points
to sealp wound on George Blevins and bruise on Frank Nelson
caused by beatings while in police custody. The white Freedom
Riders were arrested while in a private home in New Orleans and
but charges of assault were filed after the riders were beaten

charged with 1

by the police. Fifteen members of Liew Orictan CORE wore later:

arrested in a protest sign-in at

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-|make it permanent.~

Detroit Tribune;, Miss JoAnn
Donaldson; Walter Kline, executive director Jewish~ Community
Council; Mrs. Beatrice Lapslay;
Dr..J. J. McClendon; Mrs. Beatrice Johnson, realtor; Richard V.
Marks, and others.

Before the luncheon the visiting Brazilians were presented
lifetime NAACP membership
pins.

6,708 Received B.A.
Degrees In June

NEW YORK. ~ An NAACP
spot survey released. this week
indicates that 6,708 Negro youth
received, bachelor degrees last
spring from the 50 institutions
participating in the tally.

Total enrollment for the participating colleges and universities
is. 68,184 according to the 50th
annual educational survey in the
August-September issue of Crisis,
off ~ial NAACP organ.

The study includes information
frout wegru cotieges only, since
~mixed schools~ no longer keep
official records of their students
by race.

Additional graduates received

regation difficulties... With
SuCv.ar.sm trying to seize leadersip and seeking to interpret I:fe
on every side, tne church cannot deiay. Her mission in the

world is not to foiiow but to

~Last winter the photograph of
a Catnolic priest being carried
out of a public restaurant by two
policemen appeared on the front
pages of newspapers ail over this
nation and in other parts of the
world. The incident took place
in my own Oklahoma City.~

Secretary of Labor Arthur J.
Goldberg said that U.S. churches
must fight racial discrimination
or be faise to their mission.

~lhe mission of a church or
synagogue,~ he said, ~becomes a
svefile one unless it seeks to
apply the law of God to everyday happenings and. to take a
strong position against discrimination and in support of social
and economic justice for all men.
Certainly no other group has
done more to bring the ideal of | 435 various master~s degrees and
equality in this country to ful-' 210 doctorates. Of these, Howard
fillment than has the Catholic} University. awarded 91. master~s
church.~ and 132 doctorate degrees.

NAACP Says Dems Fail
To Keep Rights Pledge

WASHINGTON. ~ Ine NAACP, The NAACP leader reminded
charged that Senate Majority Lea-| the President that the Democratic
der Mike Mansfield (J. Mont.) controlled Senate, in adding two
turned his back on the party ~s' years to the Commission, made a
platform pledge, thus paving the. ~politically gratuitous submission
way this week for the Senate's to a minority~ of its members.

|NEGRO GROUPS
MAKE APPEAL

Chrysler Corporation, Ford
Motor Co., and General Motors
Corporation have been. asked by
three Negro groups in Detroit to
ban job discrimination based
on race, creed, religion or national
origin. In a joint telegram to the
~big three, the Detroit Branch
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the
Detroit People, the Detro:t interdenuminational ~ Ministerial. Ailiance and the ~irade Union Leadership Council told the big three
automobile Companies that ~widespread racial aiscrimination im
turing, upgrading and apprenticeship training, and the increasiilg
adverse effects of automation are
graveiy impairing the sr ya
security and well-being of Negr

\workers.~ The group also aed

that continuing raciai Job bias 15
a threat to the national security
and further noted the recent
statement by Secretary of State
Dean Rusk to the effect that racial prejudice and discrimination
in America constitute the biggest
single unnecessary burden which
America shouiders in its dipiomatic relations with other nations
in the world.

Lead of American Motors Cited
~the special appeal to the big
three was signed on half of the

three Negro organizations by
Willie L.. r, Vace-Fresident -
1 Datector Of vil. ~-for the
~Trade Union Couneil;

~The Rev. Stephen P. Bpottewood:
Vice-Chairman ofthe Public Affairs Committee of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance;
and Edward M. Turner, President
~of the Detroit Branch. National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People. In the appeal,
the big three were challenged to
follow the lead of American
Motors Corporation in meeting
their ~responsibility to America
and its minority group citizens
to end racial - job discrimination~.
In the contract negotiations between American Motors and the
UAW which were successfully
concluded on last Saturday, the
Company and the union piedged
to work for the effective elimination of job discrimination.

Text of the telegram to Chrys
ler, Ford and General Motors is
as follow:
Lovis Seaton, Vice-President,
Personnel ~

General Motors Corporation
General Motors Building
Cass & West Grand Biva.
Detroit, Michigan

~On behalf of the Detroit Branch
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,
the Ministers Interdenominational
Alliance, and the Trade Union
Leadership Council, we respectfully urge that a compelling necessity tor inclusion in the con-.
tract now being negotiated between the General Motors Company and the United Automobiie
Workers of America is an expiicit provision barring discrimination in hiring, upgrading and apprenticeship training, and the
increasing adverse effects of automation are gravely impairing the
economic security and weil-being
of Negro workers in Detroit and
the rest of the nation. The Can.
cer-ime aspects of this problem
of job discrimination is aiso a
threat to the national security,
and as Secretary of Sfate Dean
Rusk has just recently reported,
racial bias and discrimination is.
the biggest singie vu
burden America shouiders in its
aipiomatic relations with other
nations in the wroid. The need

decision to extend the Civil ~

Gommission for only two years.' ~The~Senate voted 70 to 19 in
The Democratic platform, favor of the two year period. |

adopted last July in Les Angeles, __r urty-one Vemucrats and 29 Re
promised, ~The new Democratic publicans voted in favor, 18.

administration will broaden. the vemocrats (ali Southern) ana one.

scope and strengthen the powers Repuplican (Young af N. D.)
of the present commission and voted against even the two year
term.

NAACP Executive Secretary
Wilkins wired President

that he would move to table, and

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The Association~s ~position is
that ~the Southerners won this
fight, hke so many others, by
a ~poo!~ ~ without firing a shot.~

~If Senator Mansfield will lay

for positive, effective action is
therefore clear and urgent. We
trust that General Motors Co.
~will join with American Motors
im acting now in the current
negotiations to meet its respons:bility to America and its minor-'
ity group citizens to end racial -
job discrimination.;

Willie L. Baxter, Vice- President - Director of Civil Rights,
Trade Union Leadership Council

expect from Democratic leader
Interdenominational.

Senator Mansfields assertion this agency, what can Negroes. Ministerial Alliance

Edward M. Turner, President

when the chips are really Detroit Branch National Associain an honest-to-goodness,

fight?~

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