Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1963-06-22 J. A. Beauchamp Humiliation, Ridicule Used To Break Morale The fire hose and police dog tactics of Birmingham's vanquished police commissioner, Eugene "Bull" Connor, are not being employed here. The fire department has lots of high pressure hose and there's plenty of water available. The police here also have dogs, clubs and guns. But these are not the chief weapons used to defend the status quo. Instead the technique of humiliation is being used. Everything is being done to crush the spirits of the Negro demonstrators by treating them with contempt and disdain. The local press, particularly the insulting, pro-segregationist Jackson Daily News and its rabid editor, Jimmy Ward, is also working hard to undermine the confidence of Jackson Negro citizens in their national leaders, particularly the Rev. Martin Luther king, Jr., and Roy wilkins, NAACP executive secretary. Wilkins was arrested here recently for picketing a local store during anti-segregation demonstrations and charged with restraint of trade. Also arrested on the same charge was Medger Ever, local NAACP, field representative. He was killed Tuesday night. As an example of the technique of disdain and humiliation, the white police refuse to touch Negroes. Instead, they are using Negro convicts borrowed from the local prisons to feed protestors into vehicles that carry them to a place of detention. When any of the protestors is bulky, it's the Negro convicts who do the lifting.' Also, everytime a demonstrator is seen with an American flag, the flag is confiscated. Some observers see this as a move by officials to indicate a feeling that Negroes are not American citizens. Instead of using paddy wagons or buses, as has been done elsewhere, police here are using garbage trucks to transport those arrested. Most of those arrested recently are carried to a makeshift compound at the Fairgrounds, referred to sarcastically as the "fairgrounds motel." The place, however, is no picnic ground to the Negro proasters quartered there, who induce youths from Tougaloo ChrisJan college. There was a report of police brutality there, as one of those being held complained that a fellow demonstrator was forced against a wall and "hit on the arms" Officials quickly denied the charge. The humiliation is not restricted to Negroes. The Negro convicts are used to haul away whites' as well as they did In the case of Barbara Masser, a white woman from Concord, Mass. She was pulled away by two of the husky cons after she picketed city hall. She was with three Negro pickets. All four were arrested Everything is being done to give the convicts assisting the police an aura of respectability, suggestions have been made that they be financially compensated for their "valuable services" and it was even proposed that they be deputized. The Impression is clear that a law breaker who cooperates with the whites can command more respect than a law abiding Negro who seeks his constitutional rights. FAIRGROUNDS MOTE The fire hose and police dog tactics of Birmingham's vanquished police commissioner, Eugene "Bull" Connor, are not being employed here. The fire department has lots of high pressure hose and there's plenty of water available. The police here also have dogs, clubs and guns. But these are not the chief weapons used to defend the status quo. Instead the technique of humiliation is being used. Everything is being done to crush the spirits of the Negro demonstrators by treating them with contempt and disdain. The local press, particularly the insulting, pro-segregationist Jackson Daily News and its rabid editor, Jimmy Ward, is also working hard to undermine the confidence of Jackson Negro citizens in their national leaders, particularly the Rev. Martin Luther king, Jr., and Roy wilkins, NAACP executive secretary. Wilkins was arrested here recently for picketing a local store during anti-segregation demonstrations and charged with restraint of trade. Also arrested on the same charge was Medger Ever, local NAACP, field representative. He was killed Tuesday night. As an example of the technique of disdain and humiliation, the white police refuse to touch Negroes. Instead, they are using Negro convicts borrowed from the local prisons to feed protestors into vehicles that carry them to a place of detention. When any of the protestors is bulky, it's the Negro convicts who do the lifting.' Also, everytime a demonstrator is seen with an American flag, the flag is confiscated. Some observers see this as a move by officials to indicate a feeling that Negroes are not American citizens. Instead of using paddy wagons or buses, as has been done elsewhere, police here are using garbage trucks to transport those arrested. Most of those arrested recently are carried to a makeshift compound at the Fairgrounds, referred to sarcastically as the "fairgrounds motel." The place, however, is no picnic ground to the Negro proasters quartered there, who induce youths from Tougaloo ChrisJan college. There was a report of police brutality there, as one of those being held complained that a fellow demonstrator was forced against a wall and "hit on the arms" Officials quickly denied the charge. The humiliation is not restricted to Negroes. The Negro convicts are used to haul away whites' as well as they did In the case of Barbara Masser, a white woman from Concord, Mass. She was pulled away by two of the husky cons after she picketed city hall. She was with three Negro pickets. All four were arrested Everything is being done to give the convicts assisting the police an aura of respectability, suggestions have been made that they be financially compensated for their "valuable services" and it was even proposed that they be deputized. The Impression is clear that a law breaker who cooperates with the whites can command more respect than a law abiding Negro who seeks his constitutional rights. GALA OPENING! JUNE 21 SOUTHLAND-GREYHOUND-PARK RACING THRU OCT. 15 PRESENTS THE THE ALL GIRL RADIO STATION ADMISSION 25C DAILY DOUBLE 1st & 2nd RACE QUINNELAS EVERY RACE 5 MIN FROM DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS ACRES OF FREE PARKING MATINEE EVERY SAT. 1:30 P.M. NIGHTLY EXCEPT SUNDAY SORRY NO MINORS C. J. UPTON PRESIDENT BERNARD RILEY GEN. MANAGER DOTTY ABBOTT Mgr. O. L. BOLLINGER SECRETARY JEANNE BOTTO AUBREY SPEARS VICE-PRESIDENT DAWN STANLEY LYN McKNIGHT NORMA JOHNSON DEAN DUVALL Heroes of Emancipation "Let our posterity know that we their ancestors, uncultured and unlearned, amid all trials and temptations, were men of Integrity .... were enabled to resist the sedutlons of ease and the intimidations of power; were true to themselves, the age in which they lived, their abject race, and the cause of man; shrunk not from trial, nor from sufferings — but conscious of Responsibility and impelled by Duty, gave themselves up to the vindication of the high hopes, and the lofty aims of true Humanity"! So wrote Alexander Crummell, one of the two most, highly educated American Negroes of his day. Crummell was born a slave about 1821, While still in his teens he escaped to the North. Along with Henry Highland Garnet, he matriculated at an academy established by Abolitionists in Canaan, New Hampshire. These youngsters incurred the hostility of the townsfolk when they participated in the speechmaking at a Fourth of July celebration. The aroused citizenry hitched forty-five yoke of oxen to the school building, dragged it to a swamp and fired a parting salute to the Negro boys as they rode, off to New York aboard a stagecoach. Crummell, after the disatrous Fourth of July Incident, enrolled at Oneida Institute, founded by the Quaker Abolitionist, Beriah Green, for colored youth. After completing his studies there, he was refused admission to an Episcopal seminary, but subsequently accepted at another in Boston. As a young student in 1840, he wrote the official proclamation of the Convention of Negroes in New York State, in which he stressed that Negroes belonged to America and that in accordance with the Declaration of Independence and with the Constitution they formed a part of it. In 1842, Crummell opened his own Episcopal Chapel in Providence, Mass. After several months, his congregation dwindled and he asked his Bishop for a larger constituency. The Bishop sent him to Philadelphia with a letter to Bishop Onderdonk who advised Crummell that he would receive him into his diocese on one condition: no Negro priest could sit in his church convention, and no Negro church could ask for representation in it. Crummell replied: "I will never enter your diocese on such terms," Crummell later founded a chapel in New York. During this time, he became noted for his contribution in shaping a philosophy for the awakening Negro In his struggle for freedom. To this cause, Crummell brought a scholar's temper, familiarity with literature which a knowledge of history and a made it possible for hi into write incisive essays and articles on a wide range of Negro themes. He zealously campaigned for the abolition of slavery and made frequent appearances in behalf of the anti-slavery movement. In 1848, Crummell went to England to solicit funds for a new church he planned to build in New York, while speaking there he attracted the attention of such leadership. ALEXANDER CRUMMELL "Let our posterity know that we their ancestors, uncultured and unlearned, amid all trials and temptations, were men of Integrity .... were enabled to resist the sedutlons of ease and the intimidations of power; were true to themselves, the age in which they lived, their abject race, and the cause of man; shrunk not from trial, nor from sufferings — but conscious of Responsibility and impelled by Duty, gave themselves up to the vindication of the high hopes, and the lofty aims of true Humanity"! So wrote Alexander Crummell, one of the two most, highly educated American Negroes of his day. Crummell was born a slave about 1821, While still in his teens he escaped to the North. Along with Henry Highland Garnet, he matriculated at an academy established by Abolitionists in Canaan, New Hampshire. These youngsters incurred the hostility of the townsfolk when they participated in the speechmaking at a Fourth of July celebration. The aroused citizenry hitched forty-five yoke of oxen to the school building, dragged it to a swamp and fired a parting salute to the Negro boys as they rode, off to New York aboard a stagecoach. Crummell, after the disatrous Fourth of July Incident, enrolled at Oneida Institute, founded by the Quaker Abolitionist, Beriah Green, for colored youth. After completing his studies there, he was refused admission to an Episcopal seminary, but subsequently accepted at another in Boston. As a young student in 1840, he wrote the official proclamation of the Convention of Negroes in New York State, in which he stressed that Negroes belonged to America and that in accordance with the Declaration of Independence and with the Constitution they formed a part of it. In 1842, Crummell opened his own Episcopal Chapel in Providence, Mass. After several months, his congregation dwindled and he asked his Bishop for a larger constituency. The Bishop sent him to Philadelphia with a letter to Bishop Onderdonk who advised Crummell that he would receive him into his diocese on one condition: no Negro priest could sit in his church convention, and no Negro church could ask for representation in it. Crummell replied: "I will never enter your diocese on such terms," Crummell later founded a chapel in New York. During this time, he became noted for his contribution in shaping a philosophy for the awakening Negro In his struggle for freedom. To this cause, Crummell brought a scholar's temper, familiarity with literature which a knowledge of history and a made it possible for hi into write incisive essays and articles on a wide range of Negro themes. He zealously campaigned for the abolition of slavery and made frequent appearances in behalf of the anti-slavery movement. In 1848, Crummell went to England to solicit funds for a new church he planned to build in New York, while speaking there he attracted the attention of such leadership. INSTITUTE ENROLLEE "Let our posterity know that we their ancestors, uncultured and unlearned, amid all trials and temptations, were men of Integrity .... were enabled to resist the sedutlons of ease and the intimidations of power; were true to themselves, the age in which they lived, their abject race, and the cause of man; shrunk not from trial, nor from sufferings — but conscious of Responsibility and impelled by Duty, gave themselves up to the vindication of the high hopes, and the lofty aims of true Humanity"! So wrote Alexander Crummell, one of the two most, highly educated American Negroes of his day. Crummell was born a slave about 1821, While still in his teens he escaped to the North. Along with Henry Highland Garnet, he matriculated at an academy established by Abolitionists in Canaan, New Hampshire. These youngsters incurred the hostility of the townsfolk when they participated in the speechmaking at a Fourth of July celebration. The aroused citizenry hitched forty-five yoke of oxen to the school building, dragged it to a swamp and fired a parting salute to the Negro boys as they rode, off to New York aboard a stagecoach. Crummell, after the disatrous Fourth of July Incident, enrolled at Oneida Institute, founded by the Quaker Abolitionist, Beriah Green, for colored youth. After completing his studies there, he was refused admission to an Episcopal seminary, but subsequently accepted at another in Boston. As a young student in 1840, he wrote the official proclamation of the Convention of Negroes in New York State, in which he stressed that Negroes belonged to America and that in accordance with the Declaration of Independence and with the Constitution they formed a part of it. In 1842, Crummell opened his own Episcopal Chapel in Providence, Mass. After several months, his congregation dwindled and he asked his Bishop for a larger constituency. The Bishop sent him to Philadelphia with a letter to Bishop Onderdonk who advised Crummell that he would receive him into his diocese on one condition: no Negro priest could sit in his church convention, and no Negro church could ask for representation in it. Crummell replied: "I will never enter your diocese on such terms," Crummell later founded a chapel in New York. During this time, he became noted for his contribution in shaping a philosophy for the awakening Negro In his struggle for freedom. To this cause, Crummell brought a scholar's temper, familiarity with literature which a knowledge of history and a made it possible for hi into write incisive essays and articles on a wide range of Negro themes. He zealously campaigned for the abolition of slavery and made frequent appearances in behalf of the anti-slavery movement. In 1848, Crummell went to England to solicit funds for a new church he planned to build in New York, while speaking there he attracted the attention of such leadership. SOLICITS FUNDS "Let our posterity know that we their ancestors, uncultured and unlearned, amid all trials and temptations, were men of Integrity .... were enabled to resist the sedutlons of ease and the intimidations of power; were true to themselves, the age in which they lived, their abject race, and the cause of man; shrunk not from trial, nor from sufferings — but conscious of Responsibility and impelled by Duty, gave themselves up to the vindication of the high hopes, and the lofty aims of true Humanity"! So wrote Alexander Crummell, one of the two most, highly educated American Negroes of his day. Crummell was born a slave about 1821, While still in his teens he escaped to the North. Along with Henry Highland Garnet, he matriculated at an academy established by Abolitionists in Canaan, New Hampshire. These youngsters incurred the hostility of the townsfolk when they participated in the speechmaking at a Fourth of July celebration. The aroused citizenry hitched forty-five yoke of oxen to the school building, dragged it to a swamp and fired a parting salute to the Negro boys as they rode, off to New York aboard a stagecoach. Crummell, after the disatrous Fourth of July Incident, enrolled at Oneida Institute, founded by the Quaker Abolitionist, Beriah Green, for colored youth. After completing his studies there, he was refused admission to an Episcopal seminary, but subsequently accepted at another in Boston. As a young student in 1840, he wrote the official proclamation of the Convention of Negroes in New York State, in which he stressed that Negroes belonged to America and that in accordance with the Declaration of Independence and with the Constitution they formed a part of it. In 1842, Crummell opened his own Episcopal Chapel in Providence, Mass. After several months, his congregation dwindled and he asked his Bishop for a larger constituency. The Bishop sent him to Philadelphia with a letter to Bishop Onderdonk who advised Crummell that he would receive him into his diocese on one condition: no Negro priest could sit in his church convention, and no Negro church could ask for representation in it. Crummell replied: "I will never enter your diocese on such terms," Crummell later founded a chapel in New York. During this time, he became noted for his contribution in shaping a philosophy for the awakening Negro In his struggle for freedom. To this cause, Crummell brought a scholar's temper, familiarity with literature which a knowledge of history and a made it possible for hi into write incisive essays and articles on a wide range of Negro themes. He zealously campaigned for the abolition of slavery and made frequent appearances in behalf of the anti-slavery movement. In 1848, Crummell went to England to solicit funds for a new church he planned to build in New York, while speaking there he attracted the attention of such leadership. ENTER ALABAMA UNIVERSITY— James A. Hood (right) registers for a class at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Hood registered after National Guard troops ordered into Federal service by the U.S. Government, enforced his en rollment, Negro student Vivian J. Malone also registers at the university. The two students from Alabama had enrolled after overcoming the resistance of Governor George Wallace with the aid of Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. Meredith's Parents Tell Of Reaction In His Home Town Mr. and Mrs. Moses (Cap Meredith of Kosciusko, Miss., parents of James Meredith, Mississippi university's first Negro student admitted during mob violence turmoil, revealed that their son has had a rugged road to travel from early childhood in his quest for an education. Stopping here last week, the house guests of relatives Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Mien, Merediths are on a vacation tour to the West coast with Mrs. Meredith's brother, Wallace Reid of Vallejo, Calif. Meredith revealed that he had farmed many years before moving to the city where he and his family live. Most of his ten children, including James, who were brought up on the farm, had to walk four and one-half miles to get to the Negro school and the same distance back during their elementary school years. "Many times the white students in buses, going to their schools, threw rocks at the walking Negro boys and girls," Meredith said, He said that the habit was stopped after the Negro boys filled their pockets with stones and began to fight back by throwing rocks at the students on the buses. "They began to stop chuncking at the colored boys and girls," the father said. After the Supreme Court decision in 1954, the Merediths said but they were not equal to the white; schools. "They built some chicken coops," the father said. "Our children had to go to school. We made it a must," the father said. "James was always a kid who wanted an education." Since their son has been attending the University of Mississippi, the Merediths said they have discovered that many of their hometown neighbors and friends "stay away from us and have very little to say." "They are soared of the white folks. They would tell the colored to stay away from us. I call them the scared Jesus folk," Meredith said. Even at the church the Merediths attends, Mrs. Meredith said the pastor has never uttered a word about their son entering Ole Miss; but some of the other Negro churches have spoken out favorably about James Integrating, the university. I don't depend on man; I depend upon God, for my protection, Meredith said after revealing that we have no fear. During the time of the mob violence on the campus in Oxford, Miss., the Merediths said someone shot into their home. "We received phone calls, we got letters. One said: Take James Meredith out. We don't want any more Merediths raised in Mississippi, the mother reported. At one time he was getting about 100 letters and messages a day. Some would include pieces of rope, Mrs. Meredith added. Asked if they advised or talked with their son about his trials at the University of Mississippi, the father stated that on one occasion when James came home for a visit and planned to return to school, his father suggested that James take a different route, so that he might escape trouble on the road back to the university. He told me then, Cap, that's no trouble. We have run too much. When he got ready to go to enroll in the university, we took him up town to one of the big stores and picked out a suit for $86. We wanted him to look nice. They were Just as nice to us in the store, and they still are nice to us and they ask about him, the father related. Mrs. Meredith laughed as he recalled that he and another son went out to buy a used car, while the son was on a visit in Kosciusko. The white salesman asked them: Who are you? Are you any kin to that James Meredith? The father said the dealer refused to sell them anything when he learned that they were kin. We went right on to another used car place and they welcomed us and did not ask who we were. Memphian One Of Last To Talk With Slain NAACP Aide A dentist, who is vice president of the Memphis NAACP and his wife who is executive secretary of the branch, were among the last persons to talk with Medgar Even before he was slain by a sniper's bullet in the back here last week. Dr. Vasco A. Smith Jr., was principal speaker at an NAACP meeting at New Jerusalem Baptist Church. Mrs. Smith was in the audience. Evers was seated near Dr. Smith on the platform. The Smiths stayed overnight at the I. S Sanders home in jackson. The Sanders operate a dress shop. "Medgar came by the Sanders home after the meeting to talk to Mrs. Smith and me," Dr. Smith said. "The meeting was over between 10:30 and 11, and it was just before midnight when he came. He remained until after midnight, He had been with some NAACP lawyers who are preparing a brief in appeal to the court decision against demonstrations. "He left the lawyers to come by and see us. With him was. Glotter Current, national director of branches. "Medgar got a call from the lawyers at the Sanders home that they needed more legalised paper. He he was being followed all day. He had taken Current home. "At the Sanders home, he had be safely tucked in, they turned told us he was being followed all day; He said he believed it Was powho had been following. It's too, had they didn't follow him home. Perhaps when they saw he was approaching home and would left to get it for them. I presume away. "Medgar was an old and close friend of Mrs. Smith and myself, we were distressed to get the news. "If I had make an opinion, I would say his death will only redouble the determination of the NAACP in Mississippi. It will focus attention on the immediate thing, and probably will help put over President Kennedy's proposed Civil Rights Legislation" WITH LAWYERS A dentist, who is vice president of the Memphis NAACP and his wife who is executive secretary of the branch, were among the last persons to talk with Medgar Even before he was slain by a sniper's bullet in the back here last week. Dr. Vasco A. Smith Jr., was principal speaker at an NAACP meeting at New Jerusalem Baptist Church. Mrs. Smith was in the audience. Evers was seated near Dr. Smith on the platform. The Smiths stayed overnight at the I. S Sanders home in jackson. The Sanders operate a dress shop. "Medgar came by the Sanders home after the meeting to talk to Mrs. Smith and me," Dr. Smith said. "The meeting was over between 10:30 and 11, and it was just before midnight when he came. He remained until after midnight, He had been with some NAACP lawyers who are preparing a brief in appeal to the court decision against demonstrations. "He left the lawyers to come by and see us. With him was. Glotter Current, national director of branches. "Medgar got a call from the lawyers at the Sanders home that they needed more legalised paper. He he was being followed all day. He had taken Current home. "At the Sanders home, he had be safely tucked in, they turned told us he was being followed all day; He said he believed it Was powho had been following. It's too, had they didn't follow him home. Perhaps when they saw he was approaching home and would left to get it for them. I presume away. "Medgar was an old and close friend of Mrs. Smith and myself, we were distressed to get the news. "If I had make an opinion, I would say his death will only redouble the determination of the NAACP in Mississippi. It will focus attention on the immediate thing, and probably will help put over President Kennedy's proposed Civil Rights Legislation" HAD BEEN FOLLOWED A dentist, who is vice president of the Memphis NAACP and his wife who is executive secretary of the branch, were among the last persons to talk with Medgar Even before he was slain by a sniper's bullet in the back here last week. Dr. Vasco A. Smith Jr., was principal speaker at an NAACP meeting at New Jerusalem Baptist Church. Mrs. Smith was in the audience. Evers was seated near Dr. Smith on the platform. The Smiths stayed overnight at the I. S Sanders home in jackson. The Sanders operate a dress shop. "Medgar came by the Sanders home after the meeting to talk to Mrs. Smith and me," Dr. Smith said. "The meeting was over between 10:30 and 11, and it was just before midnight when he came. He remained until after midnight, He had been with some NAACP lawyers who are preparing a brief in appeal to the court decision against demonstrations. "He left the lawyers to come by and see us. With him was. Glotter Current, national director of branches. "Medgar got a call from the lawyers at the Sanders home that they needed more legalised paper. He he was being followed all day. He had taken Current home. "At the Sanders home, he had be safely tucked in, they turned told us he was being followed all day; He said he believed it Was powho had been following. It's too, had they didn't follow him home. Perhaps when they saw he was approaching home and would left to get it for them. I presume away. "Medgar was an old and close friend of Mrs. Smith and myself, we were distressed to get the news. "If I had make an opinion, I would say his death will only redouble the determination of the NAACP in Mississippi. It will focus attention on the immediate thing, and probably will help put over President Kennedy's proposed Civil Rights Legislation" Still No Big they remain open until 10 p. m. Mr. Partee estimates that the average attendance of the pool is about 90 persons a day. This includes those who are participating in the Y M c A's "Learn to Swim" program. FIREMAN'S POLE MUST GO Firemen at the new central fire station will not have a pole to slide down when called to a fire. Too many firemen have been hurt sliding down and living quarters were moved to the first floor. G. L. Sartain, fire chief, said living quarters on the second, floor and the pole originated in the days when horses lived on the first floor. STORK WINS AGAIN Unable to reach the hospital, William James Pope, 22, a sailor at the Memphis Naval Air Station, delivered his seven pound son. University of Cincinnati nosed out Loyola (Ill.) as College Basketball team of the 1962-63 season by 90 percent to 89 percent Voted third was Duke University with 55 per cent. Outstanding players and teams in all major sports will be rated by members, of Academy Sports Editors throughout the year. Housewives find return college is stimulating Is it proper to call for Gordon's by name in English Pubs? It's not a matter of being proper. It's unnecessary. For when most Englishmen ask for gin, they expect to get Gordon's After all, its distinctive dryness and delicate flavour have been a part of English life for 194 years. Americans, however, have been enjoying Gordon's for a somewhat shorter span of time. So it is wise (and proper) to specify Gordon's by name Your first sip of a Gordon's matrini will tell you why it's the biggest selling gin over here as well as in England and the rest of the world. PRODUCT OF U. S. A. DISTILLED LONDON 100% NEUTRAL SPIRITS DISTILLED FROM GRAIN, SO P DRY LTD. LINDEN, N. Y. $500 Ducats?? For Liston, Floyd, Battle Promoters of the Floyd PattersonSonny Liston heavyweight rematchbout slated for the Las Vegas convention center July 22 dispelled rumors Tuesday that tickets would sell for as much as $500. Al Bolan, vice president and genral manager of Championship Sports Inc., announced that the offical price range for seats would be $150, $20 and $10. He said $50,000 had been received already in advance orders. Bolan said the promoters hoped to stretch the center's seating capacity to 3,500 for a live gross gate of around $300,000. This would compare to the September PattersonListon fight in Chicago of an 18,894 attendance and a $665,420 gross gate. The bout will be broadcast over closed-circuit television, by Sports Vision Inc.