New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00721

ee- ■ — jjggR ^■WRwyriUfirrf J*" - ■R "’•w v 14 • N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat, Sept. 7, IMS \ If TO BIRDLAND: Menard Fer­ guson brings his bigband into Birdland on Thursd^ s<>pt 5th for a 2-week en^ement opposite hot saxman Kin,Curtis and his jazz combo. FROM EUROPE: Linda Biggs, social worker, recently returned from a European Tour. She was met at Idlewild Airport by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Biggs, friends and relatives. BACK HOME: Catherine Stew­ art, Junior Bacteriologist in the New York City Health De­ partment, has just arrived from a European tour. She was wel­ comed at Idlewild by her father. Mr. Leon Stewart, her grand­ mother, Mrs. Catherine Spoon­ er and a friend. Miss Cynthia Burke, a school teacher. The following article was written by two members of the Amesterdam News’ ediorial staff who do not get paid for writing but for pe/orming other duties. The editors think this report m the March by our editorial receptionist, Anne Woodly and our editorial librarian Laureen Greene presents t good look at the March from a layman’s point of vie^ By LAUREEN GREENE bus, the Inn ntart and ANNE WOODLEY , ed up than L stopped around “The bus is leaving at 5 a.m„ tbe corner in fr£t of the office* so be here on time” were the of the New York,ranch NAACP, words that so many of us heard where a large «.x>wd of New at the Amsterdam News, Tues- Yorkers were stadiwg on the day evening, August 27, the night sidewalk. before the big “March.” They had bought v-kets from Many of us went home so key- the branch for a ba ride to ed up and excited that sleep was Washington, but sosntoyw the tie farthest thing from our bus company had not aen etmngb buses. These people, wn haa minds At 4 a.m., the Amsterdam stayed up all night cookin and , I i I i / By DAVE HEPBURN Some of the performers who attended the March on Washington are talking about boycotting theaters in the South which discriminate against Negroes. The idea If being pushed by Marlbn Brando and Charlton Heston Wflo shape up as two of the most militant of the integration theipe. We had a chance to speak to many of these performers in Washington and we were most impressed with their sincerity. Many of them had flown in from Hollywood, as part of the Holly- y T7 ) wood Committee, with their secretary Eave Pollock. Others had come from whatever place they happened to have been working. ''"’h’jfc Paul Newman There was Marlon Brando who told HEPBURN us: “My presence alone attests to my feelings”; I bearded Paul Newman who called it “ the greatest sight I have seen;” Burt Lancaster who dramatically threw a roll of names garnered in Paris down the marble steps of the Lincoln Memorial; Tony Franciosa; James Garner, handsomer than any" picture; Robert Ryan who said: “I came to support Negro-Americans so that they can be full Americans;” Charlton Heston, serene and poised as one of his Bible readings; Irene Martin and Richard Lepore; Rita Moreno spoke mov­ ingly and with feeling: “I am a Puerto Rican and I want to feel that I speak for my people when I say that I wanted to be here more than anything else in the world. I support the Civil Rights Bill but with reservations; I protest the omission of police brutality in it.” It is interesting that this particular idea, almost identical, was part of John Lewis’ (SNC) speech and was deleted when Archbishop O’Boyle objected to it. Bobby Darin who appeared at the Washington Monument and then had to dash for a plane to make a recording, with his managers Walter Rain and Nick Venet, spoke out to us. Said he: “I was bom at 135th and Cypress in the Bronx; how else can I feel about Negroes? The only way to know who is on your side is for them to be at your side. I am here; I wanted to be. You’ve got to be able to count heads." \ Singing Anyway AA«re went through the Lin­ coln <nnel the bus echoed with the vA)eS of the riders singing “We Shtj Overcome" from song- sheets wtph had been passed to jus. Althou^ many of us couldn’t carry a ts^ we carried the spirit of "Fi»dom Now." Our first ret *top was at the Charter Buses Restaurant on the New Jersey Tuf*,*e. They were prepared for us. we descend­ ed from the bus were met with the sight of ioO portable toilets. 50 waterfOqtains and i accommodations for «(/) buses. I Sandwiches and coffee vere dis- I patched with a minimum of de- Again we were on our Count Heads Count heads! He was right. The white performers are showing their mettle, even at the expense of their popularity. But we expected more Negro performers to be there. They have everything to gain, nothing to lose. There was Lena Home, Frank Silvera, Diahann Carroll, Ivan Dixon, Sidney Poitier, Josh White, Sam­ my Davis Jr., Harry Belafonte who spoke for the group, Brook Benton and Dick Gregory. Josephine Baker flew all night to make it from Paris, and as she said: “I have waited all my life for a day like this.” But where were Nat Cole, conspicuous by his absence in this fight generally; Eartha Kitt, Louis Armstrong, the great Ella Fitzgerald, who ought to know what discrimina­ tion means; Billy Eckstine; if Sammy could fly from Detroit without sleep, he could Jiave left his golf clubs; Sarah Vaughn; Gloria Lynn; Billie Daniels, who nearly starved to death for years because of discrimination; Nipsey Russell; Pearl Bailey; Leontyne Price; William Warfield,. Claudia McNeill and loads of others. Where were they? They say that people have short memories. Some of them obviously do. About this time many of the pas- 1 engers caught a mid-morning J nap and the bus settled into re- | lative quiet. Only to be awaken- 1 ed by the ringing voice of Na- • thaniel Young, an advertising i salesman for the Amsterdam fews, who wanted to have a re- *val meeting songfest. f *n to Maryland we went laugh- . inKsnd singing, with excitment * fillip the air. Finally we made ' our lat stop at • little diner on 1 Route q in Maryland, but only j ■ to have door locked in our ( I faces. Thfcg was no shouting, no I anger, no Se spoke a word. We , I returned to iUr bus and began , I to sing "We ShaH Overcome.” ' I At that momen and on that sol- l emn day of Aufagt 28th. it was I impossible to ha» Our fellow . I man. \ . Thrills The remainder of thetrlp went ' I off without incident. On. of the I greatest thrills that we -vp^rt. I enced in our lifetime wa the I sight of hundreds of buses 1.^. I ing for Washington. But if i^ 200,000 persons who demonstra. " ed down Pennsylvania Avenw " and at the Washington Monu- ie ment and the Lincoln Monument _ mean anything "our people” .» “Will Overcome.” S? 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BILL COSBY JORGE MOREL irt i«-r. «HU« Wn ....... mimw 7 BACK TO BLACKS: Cicely Tyson of the original cast of "The Blacks” which returned to the hit Genet drama at the St. Marks Playhouse on Tuesday (September 3 k. .Vir- tually the entire original com­ pany is returning to the show, persuading the producers to keep the play running indef­ initely—after it was scheduled to close. ’Z,UUU,UUU PROGRAM! NEW reading enjoyment... NEW convenience for YOU! STARTING THIS SUNDAY AT APOLLO: Oscar Peterson, who is one of the truly great jazz pianists, will appear with his trio in Mort Fega's Jazz Revue at the Apollo Theatre during the week beginning Fri­ day. September 6th. Plan Tribute To Mrs. Roosevelt Four committees of ti e Elea­ nor Roosevelt Memorial Founda­ tion planning an "International Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt" will meet September 5 to map final arrangements for the event. Ambassador Adlai E. Steven­ son is chairman and Mrs. John F. Kennedy is honorary chair­ man of the “Tribute” which will take place October 21 at the Lincoln Center Philharmonic Hall. Mrs. John A. Roosevelt Is chairman of -the arrangements committee. Other committee chairmen are Mrs. Arnold Grant (Bess Myerson), program; Mrs. David A. Gurewitsch, art exhibit and Miss Nina Roosevelt, young people's committee. Among those attending will be Mrs. Harold Bache, Miss Kitty Carlisle, Mrs. Clifton Daniel. Mrs. Dorothy Due as, Miss Faye Emerson, Miss Emily Genauer, Mrs. Jay Gorney, Mrs. Averell Harriman, Mrs. Sidney Hillman, Mrs. Robert E. Kintner, Miss Myrna Loy, Mrs. Philip*' Mich­ aels, Mrs. D. Ives Rogers, Mrs. Harold Rome, Mrs. Roy Wilkins and Mrs. Trude W. Lash. Club Les Coronettes D'Or Pions Luncheon Members of Club Les Coron­ ettes D'Or will give a Luncheon for the benefit - of the Forest Neighborhood House, September 28th. at Wells’ Upstairs Room. Miss Constance Curtis, direc­ tor of Rheingold Women's Bur­ eau will be mistress of cere­ monies. 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