The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-02-25
n. RUBY MCKENZIE

c...tins at the Plymouth
Congregational Church, located located
. !. Garfield and Beaubien streets
= V ne morning worshhIp serv-
N y" a,,.s the Honorable Alonzo
, zee president Of Hampton
I"stitute. Hampton. Va. :,
MIR, Mr. Moron spoke on behalf
!, ~, Ne Hampton Institute Alum
NJ natroit Chapter, who, along
~ - other alumnis. are observ-
I, the founding OF the lnsti-
rss founder. General Samuel
,, ~. born in the Hawaiian
| lands. came to America to earn
- l' EDUCATION. Seeing the great
~ u..d and opportunity he asked
~, INV American Association and
American Freeman's Bureau for
" "onsy and bought a farm.
Through disunity of work and
.udv theoretically and prac-
,rally) the school was begun in
,ssO and has grown to a 4 year
."Ileoe completely private, de-
l,,,c unon gifts. contributions
n endowments.
hampton Institute is the rich
Negro college in the world
Egxeyer. Mr.. Moron does not
rs,alre the college by its fl
n,nrisl status but by the lives
"a endeavors of its students,
rho have left the college, and
made conditions better in va
rous cities and communities in
which we live.
The college is accredited, pri-
v,te and free of state and fed
sr,l support and control.
Although the college is To-
,,ted in the state of Virginia, a
,tate that has recently, THROUGH
Va means been able to divert
U. S. Supreme Court ruling
I'm Segregation in education is
unconstitutional; it has been
/ open 10 all races such as In
| dams who entered the school in
! 1878, Students from Cuba,
America, China, Cuba and At
RIGA. The college also takes part
in a student exchange program
with such colleges as Connecti-
/ cut. Antioch and Crinell.
Hampton has an interracial
staff Of near 400 and President
4 Moron holds degrees from Will
beriorce, Brown. and Howard
/ Universities as well as a degree
In social work from University
Pittsburgh. He is a member
the United Negro College
{fund and the college receives
a portion Of its income based on
IFS needs. enrolment and other
qualifications.
4 Hampton offers training in Lib
eral Arts, the trades. profession
al, etc. Mr.. Monor is very proud
Of the college Of which he has
been president for eight years.
Mr. Moron stated in his adj
dress that the Negro is at the
crossroads again. as they were
when slavery was abolished, the
Emancipation. discri minatory |
legislatures, and the hour of de-
1slon IS al hand, and with the
one assurance of Governmental
Support with such clarity, crit
ical time has come in our lives.
he said we should remember
that we are part Of a large |
movement, lighting fires in
China, Africa, or wherever
there has been colonialism. or
Wherever there has been a pat
'eIn OF race superiority.
Ne stated further that the time
has come that men should be
considered human and not SUBJ
humans and that this is mans
IwoTld and not whites, yellow,
~ and that this is Gods
prld.
IN the recent fight to main
', IAN Segregation in education in
virginia the college faculty in
Guiding Europeans, Mohamme-
cans Christians, Jews, Catholics
ana Protestants voted to obey
luing Of the United States Con-
su'uIon along with many other
H'en and women who stood up at
uuclal, declaring what they
Believed right.
NJ
al' Moron said we as Negroes