Bronze Reporter [Volume: 9, Issue: 41]

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Heroes of Emancipation

A Weekly Feature by The NAACP

BENJAMIN BANNEKER
Benjamin Banneker was born in Maryland in 1730.

His father was an African..
As a student at 4 county school in ~ Marytarid, young:
Banneker was given access to the large library of one
George Ellicott. He mastered Latin and Greek and had a

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good working knowledge of German and French. ~He be-|

came one of the most noted astronomers and mathematicians of his time. He was the first Amrican to make a clock.
From 1792-95 he published one of the first series: of almanacs brought out in the United States. This publication
was very much like POOR RICHARD'~S ALMANAC, published by Benjamin Franklin.

Banneker became so proficient and well known for his
abilities that he was appointed to the commission which
surveyed and laid out Washington, D.C., the new capital
of the young Republic.

He boldly lashed out at the injustices of the age. His
famous letter ef 1701 to Thomas Jefferson reminded the
author of the Declaration. of Independence that words were
one thing and slavery another. ~Suffer me to recall to
your mind that time, in which the arms of the British
-erown were exerted, with every powerful effort, in order
to reduee you ta a state of servitude; look. back, I entreat
you... you were then impressed with proper ideas of the
great violation of liberty... how pitiable it is to reflect that
you should at the same time counteract his (the Father of
Mankind is) in detaining by fraud and violence,
so numerous a part pr my brethren under groaning captivi- }
ty. and cruel oppression, ~haksyou should at the same. time
be found guilty of that most ériminal act, which you professedly detested in others.~

Banneker passionately defended the rights of his people. He could hold himself up as a living example refuting the popularly theory that Negroes were inferior.

Banneker~s achievements made him so prominent that
he was sought and received by some of the most famous
and important men of the United States. Among~ these
were James McHenry, one Vice-President, and Thomas
Jefferson, President of the United States. It was Jefferson
who appointed Banneker to the Commission which sur:
veyed and laid out Washington. The case of Benjamin
Banneker caused Jefferson to conclude that he was wrong
in believing that ~blacks... are inferior to the whites...
He corresponded with Banneker regularly and wrote about
hi enthusiastically to. the Marquis de Condorcet. ~Perhaps,~ Jefferson concluded, ~their (the blacks) want of
talent was after all only a result of their miserable cireumstances.~,

Banneker. was a devoted advoate of emancipation and
was cited in France, in Britain by Pitt, Wilberforce and
Buxton, and by the American Anti-Slavery leaders pany
times as. proof of the equality af the races.

He died Ocdoper 9, 1805 at the age of 75.

~VIC VET SAYS...

should go to the superintendent
of the Matianal Cemetery in
which burial is desired, Any VA
will provide assistance.
Application shovig be made at
fain i lg a
pba tt ary

Q~As a peacetime~or ~cold
war~~veteran, am I entitled to

treatment in a. Veterans Administration outpatient clinic or by
a private doctor and have the
VA pay for it?

~A~You are entitied to out
lodging in the beach area and

ste ea the councilman said:

Where do we start ie: week:

+} So many things pap
w2__.'| wise Around Michigan that we

Notes from. the Segregated ~South
During Religious Emph

By Woodie King, Jr.

Mr. Woodie King, Jr., talented
Detroit actor and Director of the
~oncept T re Club located in
~the. Motor ify, journeyed - =
Father Malcolm Boyd, Episcopa
Chaplain at Wayne State Nateeesity, to Daytona Beach, Florida to
present Chaplain. Boyd~s prize.win
ning ly, ~Study in Color~ to
students who vacation in that winter: riveting ice culeks

Here, then. are the notes written by Mr. King, the Theatre columnist for the Detroit Tribune,
Michigan's: oldest Negro weekly
sig poh concerning his stay in
the South.

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida~
I felt somewhat ill at ease

from-the yery moment I stepped
from the plane in Daytona. I

likewise.
Our first thought, at least mine
after we were met by the local
clergyman. a Fr. Knox Brumby,
wha vanished during our visit,
was' to get~ settled. Our motel,
the only integrated one in the
area. I wag quite a ways outside
of:. Daytona~ Beach. Rev. Boyd
had earlier refused segregated

Daytona, being a very small town,
was aware of this:

No ~oné in our company had
any idea how Daytona would receive us.

Our trip to the beach area
was quite unusual, if net out
~iy funny., for,~one, looked desperately
fea! other Negroes. ~ am sure
Rev. Boyd was as surprised.as
I was, The darkest persons I
was able toa see were those made
dark. by ~Coppertone.~ Coppertone.tans ~are everywhere, on
all the whites. One would think
they were trying to become Negre.
Se? I say, there seemed te be

o Negroes in Daytona but myself and Dick English, Ph. D major from, the University of Mighigan, wha was also: a.member
of our company.

At the press conferences which
were held at the city councilman~s dress shop. and at the
broadcasts (held at a segregated
motel) all~ the whites acted as if
it was quite common to have
Negroes: in their midst.

But gs began to show/
when we tried to find a bongo
player for our play ~Study in
Calor~.

After calling ali the white
musicians, and after all-of them
had refused for one reason or
another, we asked the council
man to call thte music department of Bethune-Cookman College. The councilman asked to
speak to Mr. Moore, the Presi
mt. When Mr. Moore ase

boy! How you going this is Mr.

think Rev. Boyd and the other |: ee
members of our company -felt |. am

_yne nev. Malcolm Boyd
Woodie King, Jr., highlighted
Holy Week in Daytona Beach,
Florida, wih Chaplain Boyd's
prize winning race play, ~Study
in Color.~ More than 50,000
college students from all: part
of the United States. were in

erything. It is a way of nat gettting involved in the race. issue.. The first two nights no- Neg-.

roes attended our play at the;

coffeehouses.. And when~ they
did attend, to my, amazement, it
was. because the owners invited
them. 4

Those invited ere well to do;
bourgouisé naturally. I~ think I
should ~also ~mention that. see | Oe
type. Negroes think exactly~ the

same as the; Daytona Beach, f.
whites.
Day. by day jnore. students

descended from other universities in the segregated., south.
until by Sunday morning, almost
40 thousand had jammed the
little vacation resort..And the
police naturally were not going.
to interfere to any great extent,
Reason: ~They want them back
next year, income from the students to the town range from
3 million up. I think this is, why
so few:Negroes are ~near the
beach area, and why évery bon-go player disappeared after playing only: one show.

~On the Saturday before I was~
ated ~coffeehouse invit
his staff presented a Good
Friday service, an Easter sur| student audiences., hour, daily radio program from

to leave one of the owners of |.

~| fer words to

| will

are at a loss for words~at least,you just what
First of all let's

Coltrane who closed. out placed
night at the Dexter Avenue jazz

t, but we can earnestly hope
thot he won~t book Coltrane
again until he shortens his some- }

what lengthy tunes.

sake of ushering in ~the new
ithing,~ or ~taking jazz into new

Key.
Jimmy Smith, the. incredible,
be bowing in Thursday night

happened jazz- in

to, rele to. i sp
the Minor Key. ve can~t ~hold: directions,~ takes me in new di- F
~frections away from the ~Minor | 5

for 4 days only. Organists have:
| been flooding the city. lately,

Chickensheck! Smith.

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Berry Gordy, Detroit's record:
ing tycoon who, with his~ many
varied interests, seems to dominate. the rhythm and _ blues
charts all over the world, is in
for some very keen competition
in the near future.

Her name is Elnora Franklin,
| Detroit's newest and | prettiest
booking agent.

Elnora, affiliated with the
~| Big D Booking Agency, has a very
logical. business head on her
shoulders filled with the ~wild
dreams~ that I am certain boost
to the

led Berry Gordy from the mass

of plain, ordinary agents into

| the rare atmosphere of being one
| of the nation~s top recording ex| ecutivés with tentacles reaching

all over the world.
The vivacious Miss} Franklin

~is currently:on the lookout for
-[mew and better talent and newer and better~ rooms. in which
~to~ present them. vt

Keep your drooling eyes an

e | this girl because she is.going
i} places~and fagt; Besides, she ig
4a whole lot gs ee than Berry.

Pe

In: a warren-like cluster of

| the south side of Chi-town is

|| Dunbar High, a school which has

=: | sent many of its graduates into
} | the popular music field. Among

them are such notable song styl
fae= jists as Sam Cooke, Dee Clark,
=| and members of the Flamingos.. Chaplain. Boyd

ay for
chaplain.
Boyd also conducted a three
rise service. and the

the beach.
should not have let cere be
~taken ~that far away from Father Boyd and other members of
~dur. company and the ~man
~questioned me about everything
from iritermarriage,. segregation
~and desegregation,;.. He talked
very. slowly as~ # every word
would | be,/his.-last. And when
I vangeges that I intended to
in. their segregated beach,
pa: ally thought they would all, Quickly théy asked the
Fe" ~it thet beach was segregated (as if they didn~t know!) it
was, the maid replied, They lookue 1 ate, waiting. for my reply.
iba aso The maid Fgpreed
and I imagined her smiling the |:
~same way to the four~ boys she
now had te raise alone.
I was take nto my metel,
Exactly what was ee
ed reli rn ae
cerhiat at Perri a date.

8 engagement at mee

} WCHD-FM ~ ~Destination Jazz~

| who, recently so impressed comlie Dick Gregory du

a week's

~but there are those who have
~been waiting for James ~Beck~

Mp.

ward The
yous at
Cahors "abilities and par-;:young man

es crete

4~ Most jazz lovers I know believe |
+in the artist being given: rom
~@'| Opportunity to express
2 ~musi~ally-~be it two or tw:
| two/ choruses, but playing ~ole!
}|song for an hour just. for the

~You head me! Low Rawls, the
man who has created a-mail catastrophe for this column, will

be opening at the 20 Grand
Driftwood. Lounge, Friday, May
3rd, far a too, too short ten-day.
engagement.

Love, popular and; talent.
ed radio personality for WCHB
and~ WCHD-FM will most. like- -
ly have @ big surprise~ for all
the aficionados of Mr. Kelley~s
ae Workshop beginning with

Rawls.

et Kabush, congenial top man
at the 20 Grand, has consented
to allow artists appearing in the |
Driftwood Lounge to make a
set or two over at Kelley~s. Not
only is this a boon to Kelley~s, -
bit a magnificent chance for all
all of Lou~s fans to dig him.

We'll have more on this man
in the Soming weeks.

-* #8:

The Herbie Williams ~Septet,
enhanced by the baritone sax of
Frank Morelli and the mellow
bass lines of Vance tlock,

to
~Kelley's
Chene at G ay.

Herbie, a trumpeter
wart, personal sound i:
by very few, was playing his
~Sayonara~ set in the Motor City.
before hitting. the road again.
He was better than I haye ever
heard him:

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1 have just been shocked by
the revelation that this is a Soler
pletely excellent LP. For those
~of you who haye listened to. my

| show or WCHB-AM ~Music Unlimited~ show recently, lave
Glori "Lyne gr hes 7
oria

was mainly sage Hay to these
itunes from ~End of a
~Love Affair,~ das ie attracted
my attention; ~I'll Buy ~A Star,~

~a tune released on the~ ~ 45

| a most becows tote liege tbe
| LP; and ~Here Today, Gene To| morrow,"-a tune that definite
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umited stings hear Bd"s ~Music Unes eee Sundays, 1 pA J Pp. m.,
in your AM dial

ED LOVE'S
dass Album
of the Week

GLORIA LYNNE ot the Lae veges Thunderbird
EVEREST 5208.

Po:: what I need at this point,
is the best, completely

foo an m that I have ever

-by Gloria Lynne. All the ~
tunes are sung with seemingl ~
realistic warmth by Gloria an

~ Pig: in the background is
ou

The te Foster Trio backs
Gloria and is made. up of veteran
pianist I, who kills me with
the be runs he plays to
fill-in the yocal breaks. Mel

cnieseds bad in all these years, the drummer, a never
and the bassist, Leroy

no matter what the situa 1
always has his own thing going;

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