The Reformer, June 21, 1970

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Chamblee



Gives Baccatattreate^
Address At IUSB

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Newark Elects

Fifth Urban Black Mayor

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Dr. Roland W. Chamblee,

Baccalaureate Speaker
(Milton Herring Photo)

On Sunday evening, May
31st, Dr. Roland W. Cham-
blee, South Bend physician,
was the baccalaureate spea-
ker at Indiana University
in South Bend. He spoke on
the subject of "You and Your
America" at IUSB auditor-
ium. Excerpts from his
speech follow the brief biog-
raphy.

Dr. Chamblee attended
Meharry Medical College in

Nashville and has practiced
medicine in South Bend for
sixteen years. He has been
active in the South Bend Ur-
ban League and in other
civil rights organizations,
and he was awarded knight-
hood in the Order of St.
Gregory the Great by Pope
Paul VI. He and his family
are members of Little
Flower Catholic Church.

Some one hundred odd
years ago, a very unimport-
ant American made a very
important statement which
cost him his dignity and
ultimately his life. I quote:

On this subject, I do not
wish to speak, write, or
think in moderation. I am
in earnest. I shall not
equivocate, nor will I be
moved; I will not retreat,
one single inch, and I will
be heard.

The occasion was the abo-
lition of slavery; the man
was William Lloyd Garri-
son.

NAACP Backs Nixon's
$1.5 Billion Fund
for Desegregation

NEW YORK — The Na-
tional Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People this week endorsed
President Nixon's proposal
for a Federal fund of $1.5
billion to aid school deseg-
regation over a two-year
period. Roy Wilkins,NAACP
executive director, said in
a statement issued here that
The Association is calling
upon all its local units to
urge their Congressmen to

vote for the necessary leg-
islation.

The President's request
to Congress, May 21, came
eight days after his confer-
ence with Mr. Wilkins in the
White House. The proposal
was among issues the Presi-
dent and the NAACP leader
discussed at that conference
on May 13.

The full text of Mr. Wil-
kins' statement follows-.

"President Nixon's re-

Tutoring Group Visits Zoo

A trip to Brookfield Zoo
in Chicago was the final
event of the year for youth
who had been involved in a
Wednesday night tutoring
program at St. Paul's Mem-
orial United Methodist
Church, Shown at the Zoo
last Saturday are left to
right (kneeling): Donald Lee,

Floyd Aldridge, and Timmy

Lee; (standing) Jacques Lau-
rence, Marti Murray, Bev-
erly Moten, Ronald Lee,
Paula Graham, Morlah Mur-
ray, Vicki Macon, Mike Wil-
liams, and Vicky Husband.
Adults who accompanied the
group were James Beaton,
Larry Apt and Miss Pat
Kyle.

On The Inside

Local Poets write............................Page 5

St. Martin DePorres continues..................Page 6

What's Happening At Hansel Center............Page 3

Bill Turner on Woodstock......... ............Page 5

An Editorial on "Good News"	panp 4

••••••••••••••••••■aye t

Rev. James Cone on Christ, The Liberator.......page 4

Black History................................page 5

It seems unimportant at
this point who made the
statement, or on what oc-
casion the statement was
made. What is important is
that this man took a very
unpopular position as an in-
dividual, denied himself the
privilege of being a member
of the elite society, subjec-
ted himself to the ridicule
of his fellow Americans in
demanding that the prin-
ciples of freedom and
equality—as guaranteed in
the Bill of Rights—be given
to all Americans. For this
WiUiam Lloyd Garrison gave
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Tuesday, the majority of
Newark, New Jersey's
Black, Puerto Rican, and
white population elected
Kenneth A. Gibson, 38, as
the city's first Black mayor.

Pulling 54,892 votes in a
record turnout, Gibson de-
feated incumbent Mayor
Hugh Addonizio, bidding for
his third four-year term,
who received a close 43,339
votes.

Addonizio's defeat stem-
med from the fact he is
currently on trial in Fed-
eral District Court in Tren-
ton on charges of tax evasion,

conspiracy and extortion.

"For the next four years
the city of Newark will have
decent, honest leadership ..
"vowed Gibson.

Addonizio first appointed
Gibson as city engineer with
the Newark Housing and Re-
development Agency, in an
effort to attract more Blacks
to the government.

Gibson's "government at-
traction" will put him in the
Mayor's seat July 1.

His task will be a different
one, observes some officials
since Gibson stands for the
Blacks and Addonizio, the
Italians—the two major pop-

Mr. Kenneth A. Gibson, New-
ark Mayor
(NCR Photo)

ulation blocs in Newark.

THE REFORMER

VOL. 3, NO. 9, WHOLE NO. 9>9

A Community Conscience Newspaper

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JUNE 21, 1970

quest for $1.5 billion over a
two-year period to help un-
derwrite school desegrega-
tion should serve notice to
diehard segregationists that
the Administration has
not completely capitulated
to their demands for a halt
to the integration process.
It is noteworthy that the
President insists that the
major portion of the money
be allocated to desegrega-
tion efforts, both in theNorth
and South, with the re-
mainder going to upgrade
schools located in the heart
of huge ghetto areas.

The N AAC P is calling upon
its local units throughout the
country to urge their Repre-'
sentatives in Congress and
their Senators to vote for
the necessary funds to im-
plement the President's pro-
posal."

In his presentation of the
proposed "EmergencySch-
ool Aid Act of 1970", Mr.
Nixon asked for $150 mil-
lion immediately to acceler-
ate the desegregation pro-
cess before the opening of
the fall school term. The
other $1.35 biUion is sched-
uled to be spent during the
next two fiscal years. None
of the funds requested will
be diverted from existing
domestic programs,

The states will receive
two- thirds of the alloted
funds on the basis of the
number of minority group
students enrolled in their
school systems. The Secre-
tary of the Department of
Health, Education and Wel-
fare will be free to spend
the rest of the money at
his own discretion. School
districts receiving aid will
include those under court
order to eliminate de jure
segregation, those attempt-
ing to end de facto segre-
gation, and those de facto
segregated districts experi-
menting with interracial
educational programs.

Past critics of the Ad-
ministration's desegrega-
tion policies promptly ap-
plauded the President's new
stance. Dr. James Cole-
man, a leading expert on
the beneficial effects of in-
tegrated schooling, called
the program "an incentive
to desegregate." Fr. Theo-
dore M. Hesburgh, chairman
of the U.S. Civil RightsCom-
m'ssion, said that the Presi-
dent "has brought to bear

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franklin Honored, OHvarez
Graduates at ND Ceremonies

Pictured here during commencement exercises at
Notre Dame are Dr. John Hope Franklin (left) who
was awarded a Doctor of Laws Degree; Mrs. Graciela
Olivarez (center), who received her Law Degree, and
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh CSC (left), President of
the University of Notre Dame.

Black Poet Von I. Lee
Comes to Rap Shack

"Black Poet Don L. Lee
comes to "Rap Shack"

Brother Don L. Lee, Black
poet and essayist wiU be in
South Bend June 20, 1970.

Brother Lee will appear to a
general audience at the Afro-
American Bookstore, 1205 W.

Washington Avenue at 4:30
pm, and on to the Rap Shack,

128 S. Walnut at 5:30 for a
session with the Black Com-
muiity.

Brother Lee is a rare treat
and you should indulge.

Brother Lee is Writer-in-
Residence at Northeastern U-
linois State College at
Chicago, where he lectures in
Afro-American Literature.

Brother Lee has written four
volumes of Black poetry,

Mr. Don L. Lee , Poet

(Ebony Photo)

which included DON'T CRY,
SCREAM, BLACK PRIDE,
THINK BLACK and his la-
test volume, WE WALK THE
WAY OF THE NEW WORLD,

Dr. John Hope Franklin,
noted Black historian was
awarded an honorary Doctor
of Laws Degree, and Mrs.
Graciela Olivarez, a woman
of Mexican - American de-
cent, was the first woman
to graduate from Notre
Dame Law School at com-
mencement exercises on
June 7th.

Dr. John Hope Franklin is
chairman of the department
of history at the University
of Chicago, and native of
Oklahoma who received a
Harvard doctorate in 1941.
Franklin taught at several
colleges and universities
before coming to Chicago.
He is the author of nine books
dealing with black history
in the United States and is
general editor of the Univer-
sity of Chicago Press series
of Negro - American bio-
graphies and autobiogra-
phies. He served as chair-
man of the Fisk University
board of trustees.

Father Hesburgh met Mrs.
Olivarez when she testified
before the U.S. Civil Rights
Commission, and he waived
the bachelor's degree re-
quirement which enabled
her to enter law school.
Father Hesburgh is cur-
rently chairman of the U.S.
Civil Rights Commission.

all published by Broadside
Press, Detroit, Michigan. Any
of the above books can be
purchased from your friend-
ly, neighborhood Afro-Ameri-
can Bookstore.

Brother Lee, a Black man
of warmth and compassion,
has no patience with Black
writers who do not direct
their Blackness toward Black
audiences.

Why not start Saturday
evening with Brother Don L.
Lee for some education and a
soul- sensation.

Ford Grant of $222,900 to Urban Training Center
for Christian Mission

The F ord Foundation an-	will be used to support a train-

nounced that it has made a	ing program on urban social

grant of $222,900 to the Urban	problems for 200 ministers

Training Center for Christian	of black churches from

Mission in Chicago. The funds	various parts of the country.

The Urban Training Center
was established in 1963 by
thirteen Protestan church bod-
ies and has trained more
than 2,700 clergymen.

Basic course work at the
center begins for the clergy-
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