New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00536

f I • N Y AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat, July IS, 1G63 I J X V* * - Muhammad's Son At Rally Saturday the young- ious lender has promised to hi* uni Lender Harlem audience the impact that rix sons, Is the Muslim religion Is having up- nt a mass on the people of Africa. His talk f at USth is billed as a “Special Report on enue Satur- Africa For The People of Har­ lem." door rally, During vacation periods from itertainment his Islamic religious studies at Al- rom 1 p.m. Azhar, he senes as a part time, overseas correspondent for Mu- ind his wife hammad Speaks Newspaper, tra- back in this veling throughout the African-As- arents, Mr. Ian World. In this unique capac- rnrnad. The ity (for an American - born so- > last week called Negro) he attended the re- far stay In cent summit conference of Afri- s a student can leaders at Addis Ababa in nee at Al- Ethiopia. airo, Egypt. Akbar Muhammad graduated >st universi- from the Muhammad University isidered the of Islam in Chicago, and later at- lamictheol- tended both Depaul and Chicago Universities in that same city, rid. rt While be and his wife were both the “good- students at Queens College in >und In the Long Island, he doubled as pro- n,” the 24- fessor of Arabic at the New York uslim relig- City Mosque No. ---------- - Say "Ring Of Killers Stalk In Mississippi ATLANTA, Ge. — The Civil t Rights Commission was “urgent- < ly" requested t<f—A‘hold a full ' scale hearing on civil rights in J Mississippi immediately," in a , .telegram sent by SNCC, follow- i ing the killing of three Negroes in i the last six weeks in Mississippi. I The telegram said the murder I of Medgar Evers, Field Secre- ' tary of the NAACP “strongly supports the theory that a ring of killers operates out of Green­ wood with an official wink from the police and other law enforce­ ment agencies." Robert Moses, SNCC field worker in Mississippi said three Negroes have been killed by Mis­ sissippi police. Moses said Wil­ lie J. Lovett, 20, was shot by W. O. Moore, a deputy in Holmes County. In Panola County, Fos­ ter Sanders was shot by Shorty Watts, a highway patrolman, and in Tallatchie, County Sheriff De- gan shot a Negro who was sit­ ting in his car. The telegram charged that the commission had an obligation "to expose the full range of Miss­ issippi’s contempt for the laws of the country.” "You cannot," the telegram continued, "without selling out your responsibility to I Congress, the President, and the Country, delay a full scale hear- | ing by the Commission any long­ er." _ Linking Mississippi's “contempt —Swift, for the laws of the country," to 116TH STREET RALLY — Malcolm X. Muslim leader, (In top photo) addresses rally at 116th Street and Lenox Ave. where crowd of 2,000 shown Kennedy's trip to Europe and below, beard him, undaunted was critical of Dr. Martin by the rain which umbrellas Luther King and Roy Wilkins, indicate. He scored President (Gilbert Photos) Bronx Rally Friday Night Author Louis Lomax. James Un Leadership Farmer of the Congress of Racial James Forman Coor Equality and Cleveland Robinson of District 65 will be principal speakers at a rally Friday even- lad­ ing of this week at Evander Childs, pnan ______ High School, Gun Hill Road and philosophers Barnes Ave., the Bronx, it wis . ' a disclosed this week. , c The Freedom Rally Committee- ambling in mb sponsored meeting also will foe of ttie great; « addressed by the Rev. George al may be com Lawrence of the Southern Christ- politic. 'cuncuca,. > Woolworth Points With Pride At Samuel Powell Samuel L. Powell of 461 Van Buren Street, Brooklyn, is an assistant manager of the F. W. Woolworth Co. Store 108 at 2925 3rd Avenue in the Bronx where he jointly is in charge of store operations with an organization of 50 employees. Married to the former Lucy Toussaint, he is a ..product of Baltimore. Maryland schools and the Pan American School of Art. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force before starting to work as a stock man in the F. W. Woolworth Co. Store at Kings Highway in Brooklyn. Rising through the Woolworth ranks, his career with the chain is one of continhous promotions, one coming immediately behind the other. In recognition of his outstanding chkracter and lead­ ership abilities he was promoted to the Woolworth Store at 4318 13th Avenue, Brooklyn as a floor man. He wasn't in this slot very long before superiors again promoted and transferred him to the firm’s store at 1244 Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Qualify Him His top performances in that position qualified him for his present, top managerial post F. W. Woolworth Co. top ex­ ecutives said of Powell: “This company considers Mr. Powell a valuable employee in the executive branch of store operations and through the con­ tinued application of his abilit­ ies. he will progress in this ex­ panding company." 125TH STREET RALLY — Mrs. Vera Plgee, who worked with the late Medger W. Evers as board member of Missis­ sippi NAACP, is greeted by attorney Charles Ranegall at the Mississippi-Alabama Southern Relief Committee ral­ ly at 125th St. and Seventh Ave. Mess Plgee told the crowd that she had been beaten and jailed in Mississippi and faced trial on a trumped up charge shortly after the NAACP con­ vention in Chicago. At right is Lewis Michaux, president of the African Nationalist Move­ ment. Sen. Watson On TV Drug Panel Democratic State Sen. James L. Watson will chair a televised Legislative Hearing on narcotics Saturday, from 2 to 2:30 p.m., on ABC-TV, Channel 7. The Rev. Oberia D. Dempsey, pastor of Harlem’s Upper Park Avenue Baptist Church and direc­ tor of the Anti - Crime and Anti- Narcotics Committee; Manhat­ tan Assistant District Attorney Richard Kuh; and Assemblyman Paul J. Curran and Murray Le- wtnter will take part in the video hearing, produced by the pablle affairs department of the Ameri­ can Broadcasting Company. The Messenger of Allah to America's 20 million so-called Negroes, who has boon missioned by the God of aur forefathers to separate our people (the symbolic lost sheep of the Bible) and land us to a land of our own ... The Promised Land. Mass Outdoor Muslim Rail] AT LENOX AVENUE & 116th STREET SATURDAY, JULY 13th, 1963-1 P.M. to 5 P.M SPECIAL REPORT ON AFRICA TO THE PEOPLE OF HARLEM in the Brotherhood of Islam AKBAR Graduate of th* University ef Islam in Chicago, Illinois Student nt Al Azhar University in Africa The Oldest University In the World MANY SURPRISE GUESTS BUYER FOR ALEXANDER'S — Edward A. Wilson, a former market assistant In men’s wear, is now buyer of the camera, film and acces­ sories department of Alexand­ er's Department Stores. Mr. Wilson, a graduate of the Un­ iversity of Detroit, joined the organization five years ago and served as department manager and assistant buyer before he came into his new position. One of America's leading authors Louis Lomax J. Horn Hires First Trainee Leroy J. Baylor, a Manhattan College graduate, has been hired by the J. Horn Furniture Com­ pany, 254 W. 116th St., as the first person in the new training program developed by the store. Mr. Baylor’s title is assistant manager of collections, and he is part of jha Executive Man­ agement Training Program. A native New Yorker, Baylor graduated from Resurrection grade school, Cardinal Hayes High, and Manhattan College. His college major was Market­ ing. Baylor's social activities cov­ er the Squires Limited Club, member of CYO staff, and a worker with the Remedial Read­ ing Program of the Urban Civil Rights Rally Set In Hackensack HACKENSACK, N. J. - Mrs. S. T. Porter, president of the Hackensack Business and Pro­ fessional Women’s Club, has an­ nounced that a committee from members of several religious, civic and fraternal organizations is sponsoring a Civil Rights Rally on Sunday, July 14 at 2:30 p.m. on the Hackensack High School Athletic Field. In caae of rain the rally will be held in the high school auditorium. The speakers are Rev. George Lawrence of the Southern Calif­ ornia Leadership Conference Le­ roy D. Clark of the NAACP Legal Fund and Tsaac Reynolds of CORE. With Air Control BEAUFORT. 8.C. - Marine Lance Corporal Richard F. Leo, aon of Mr. and Mr*. Geirard Leo of 985 Amsterdam Ave., New York, is on duty here with the recently activated Marine A1r Control Squadron Six. Meyer Author Louis Lomix spells out the very heart of America's Negro problem, In an eye-opening series, starting Sunday in the Journal- American. Learn just how the fight for freedom hat shifted from the courts to the streets ... how mass demonstrations are organ­ ized ... and why many Negroes are asking: "If we did this twenty years ago would our children be free today?" Don't jpiss Louis Lomax' frank and fearless story of the American Negro's fight for first class cltlzanship. See Sunday's JOURNAL AMERICAN Untitled Document file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Desktop/hello.html2/18/2007 11:01:03 AMThomas M. Tryniski 309 South 4th Street Fulton New York 13069 www.fultonhistory.com