New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00700

W • N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Set., Auf. 31, 1963 "Walker" 20 Get A Ride Samuel Johnson, one of the CORE members who walked to Washington will be given a wel­ come home party Saturday, August SI, 1963 at the Ansonia Bar. 2513 Eighth Ave. The party will be sponsored by the Freedom Fighters, and will start at 10 p.m. Mr. Thomas Thorne is chairman of the group. Forrester Washington Is Buried s» The body of Dr. Forrester B.l Washington, who retired here ini 1954 after 26 years asMean of I the Atlanta University School of I Social Work, was sent to De-I troit this week tor funeral ser-l YMCA Calk The executive committee of the Yo>mg Men’s Christian Associa­ tion has passed a resolution call­ ing on all of the YMCA branches of the city to ‘‘share in Christian conscience in the struggle for equality of opportunity for all persons.*' vices on Friday, August 80. The well-known social workl leader, who had served as a spe-| cial consultant io the National I Urban League since his retire-1 ment, died Saturday morning ini Bird S. Coler Hospital on Wel- fare Island, where he had been! confined for the past two-and-: a-half years. He was 75. A native of Salem, Mass., Dr. Washington was a graduate of( Tufts University, New York School of Social Work, Columbia University, and had worked with the Armstrong Association and the Philadelphia and Detroit Urban I Leagues before* taking over as dean of the Atlanta School of So­ cial Work in 1928. He was active in the field of I African studies and had served DR. FORRESTER B. , WASHINGTON as a consultant to the Harmon Foundation and helped set up the department of African stud­ ies at the New School for Social Research. During the 1930's he served as'director of Negro work for the Federal Emergency Re­ lief Administration. He had re­ sided at 200 W. 90th St, since his retirement , -■ • Bronx Leader Talks On Civil Rights Edmund T. Farrell, regular Democratic candidate for Coun- cilman-at-Large from the Bronx, angrily walked out of the Bronx NAACP political action forum Monday night bitterly objecting to civil rights questions which were being asked of him. Dr. Jackson Chides The "March" CHICAGO — Negro anti-segre­ gation demonstrators here were chided this week by the Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Jackson, presi­ dent of the National Baptist Con­ vention of the U.&.A., for pre­ venting their children from at­ tending school. Farrell, who wu debating with Richard H. Flynn, reform candi­ date for the At-Large designa­ tion, told some 200 NAACP sup­ porters at the St. Augustine’s Church that he would not Join the NAACP, CORE, or the Ur­ ban League, and that if elected, he had no special legislation to help any minority group. Questioners strongly resented Farrell’s remarks and as they continued hurling questions at him, Farrell and his campaign manager told NAACP branch president Bernard Jackson that they were walking out, and did. Dr. Jackson said It was bet­ ter for the youngsters to use all ' educational opportunities avail- ■ able to them, even if those op- i portunities exist in segregated i schools. “Let them he encouraged by the high achievements of Book- ’ er T. Washington, George Wash­ ington Carver and a host of other I who have little, developed much ’ and with limited resources ac- 1 quired major visions and abil- i ity and made their place in the i cultural history of the nation," I said the president of the na- . tion’s largest Negro Baptist group. He said Negroes must be ready , fqr the ‘‘larger opportunities by ■ achieving a better education and i becoming even more creative in i the fie.’d of economics. ‘‘He mast be willing to begin NAACP Seeking Action In Boston School Area NEW YORK - Contributions of both funds and manpower from the NAACP have substantially aided the organization of the March on Washington, Aug. 28. • Thus far the NAACP has con­ tributed $10,000 to help defray the costs of preparation. In addition, five fulj - time professional staff members have been assigned to work on the March, both in Wash­ ington and New York City. Amonb NAACP staff members devoting time to the March are Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins; John A. Morsell, assistant to the executive secretary; Gloster B. Current, director of branches; public relations. with little and organize his cap­ ital to build bigger and better I business,’* he added. Dr. Jackson did not take part in Wednesday’s march to Wash­ ington. He said he couldn’t be­ cause of preparations for the NBC s annual session in Cleve­ land. The session opens for a week, beginning Sept. 3. BOSTON — Insistence by the Boston School Committee that de facto segregation does not ex­ ist in the public schools here has prompted the NAACP to announce plans for protest demonstra­ tions and litigation. At a public meeting last week the School Committee voted to prohibit discussion by the NAACP on de facto segregation. Mrs. Ruth Batson, chairman of the Boston NAACP education com­ mittee, was cut off from speak­ ing by the president of the School Committee. The NAACP has been striving for months to get the School Com­ mittee to take action on its seg­ regated schools. A one-day boy- It's A Boy For The Browns! This time It’s a boy for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beecher Brown, 557 West 141st Street, bom on Fri­ day, August 16, at Doctors Hos­ pital, 87th Street and East End Avenue. The baby weighed five pounds, fourteen ounces at birth and has been named for his fath­ er, an electronics technician with TRG Corporation in Syosset, L.I. The attending obstetrician was Dr. Leonard M. Roberts, who also delivered this couple’s daughter, Bobbie Joanne, twenty months ago at Klingenstein Pavilion, Mt. Sinai Hospital. cott was held this spring to dra­ matize the urgency of the situa­ tion. The Committee did agree to NAACP demands to raise edu­ cational standards but has con­ sistently refused to act on the issue of de facto segregation. After meeting with NAACP General Counsel Robert L. Car­ ter and Miss June Shagaloff, spe­ cial assistant for education, the branch announced plans for pro­ test demonstrations. ‘‘As a further means of express­ ing the extreme dissatisfaction of the Negro community at the segregated schools its children must attend and the ensuing edu­ cational damage, the NAACP calls for the immediate picketing of the School Committee and other forms of protest action,** Ken­ neth Guscott, NAACP branch president, announced. Three hours after the announce­ ment an NAACP picket line was marching before the offices of the School Committee. ‘‘If the School Committee is incapable or unwilling to act with a sense of reality and urgency, they must be held directly re­ sponsible for the educational cris­ is facing the City of Boston,’* Miss Shagaloff said. NAACP Scores Ole Miss .ike a King Drink DRINK LIBBY'S NECTARS APRICOT NECTAR PEAR NECTAR PEACH NECTAR Mrs. Brown is the former Miss Barbara J. Boozer, elder daugh­ ter of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Boozer, 479 West 152d Street. The paternq) grandparents are Mrs. Marjorie W. Brown, 254 Manhat­ tan Avenue, and Philip J. Brown, Sr., 8 Stuyvesant Oval. The maternal grandmother, Mrs. Thelma Berlack Boozer, is Chief of Publications and Reports, New York City Office of Civil De­ fense. The paternal grandfather is an appraiser with the U.S. Cus­ toms Service. Banquet Cites Marcus Garvey A Birthday Celebration Ban­ quet was given in honor of the Late Hon. Marcus Garvey oa Sa­ turday, August 17, 1963 at 1103 Bergen St., Brooklyn, N.Y. by the Brooklyn Unit Universal Ne- So Improvement Association for b benefit of the Marcus Garvey Memorial Educational Founda­ tion. Among the guest speakers were Mrs. Gladys Dickson, wife of thei Chairman of Ghana Supply Com­ mission, Ghana, West Africa and Mrs. Mary Harden Umolu of Ni- | geria. West Africa, who is en- ! gaged in radio and television work while in Nigeria. Mrs. Umolu gave an lnterest- | ing talk of the influences the U.N. LA. meetings had on her during i her childhood of which contribut­ ed greatly to her success in life. She urged the members to con- i tinue in the struggle fo; the rights of black people because the U Jf .1. A. was the first organization to ad- ' vocate civil rights for black peo- I pie and teach them of their Afri- 1 can heritage during the early 1920’s. The other speakers were Mr. Leonard Fraser, President of the , Angolan Refugee Rescue Commit- > tee and a U.N.I.A. member and I Mr. Cleophas T. Jacobs Jr., 2nd ' Vice President, Brooklyn Unit U.N.I.A. The Master of Ceremony h was Mr. A. L. Crawford, Pres- ident, Brooklyn Unit U.N.I.A. REALIME Reconitituted LIME JUICE BORDEN'S 9 0z. INSTANT COFFEE 20c OFF label Reduced Price tl AC River White Rice Carolina Rice River Brown Rice HEINZ . KETCHUP LADDIE BOY DOG FOOD CHUNKS (Horsemen! or i Wex Paper 100 ft White er Colored TTetae 1000's ____ 3/2* i/nc -u. 2/1* J/lSc SIMONIZ rt». 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Wilkins, Evers, and Miss Helen Wilcher were arrested as they led an anti • segregation demonstra­ tion urging people not to buy from merchants on Capitol Street be­ cause of their discriminatory practices. It is the first time the felony charge Is being invoked in the demonstrations in Jackson. A. Greenberg, Inc. 389 Eart 138th St. Bronx, Now York 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