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mvC President
keynotes Farm
Bureau Day

Cleveland, Miss.-"America has
the greatest form of freedom the
world has ever known, declared
Mississippi Vocational Collie ( e
President ]. H. White in the prin-
cipal address for the annual Ne
gro Farm Bureau Day program
held here at tn H. NJ. Nailor Ele-
mentary school.
The president Of Mississippi's
and the nations youngest Negro
state college described America as
the "land of honey where blessings
flow from horn of plenty" and
challenged the group to have
sustaining faith in your respec-
tive communities"
Paying tribute to the important
role farmers play in the economy,
president White asserted America
and the world have realized that
farmers feed the world.
Others appearing on the Satur-
day program were the Rev. /. H.
McInnis, pastor, Solomon AME
Church; G. w. Spears, president,
Continued on Page Four)
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Moderates Seen Gaining In Little Rock STRUGGLE
See Little Rock Extremists Losing
Ground As Moderate Leadership
Renew Faith In Ability To Restore
And Preserve Public Education
End of Struggle For Integrated
Education Not Yet In Sight
SEE LITTLE FOR
NEGRO REJOICING

Little Rock, Ark. Aug. Is -
The fire hoses that quenched the
sparks of violence at Central High
School this week also washed away
much of the doubt and indecision
that had gripped this city.
AS the last of the extremists
ell back from police lines the
moderate leadership felt surge
of faith in it's ability to restore
and preserve public education.
There was a widespread sense of
pride that Little Rock had at last
redeemed itself by putting down
lawlessness without outside help.
There was gratitude among all
but a few for the way in which
Police Chief Eugene G. Smith and
his men had carried out distas:e-
full but necessary duty.
Many residents voiced the hope
full belief that violence in the
streets over the issue of racial
desegregation was a thing of the
past.
However, this optimism was tenn
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Negro Candidate Jars Memphis
In Run For Major City Post

Memphis, Tenn, Aug. Is - The
chance that a Negro might be
elected next Thursday to the five
member City Commission has
emerged as the major campaign
issue in this race-conscious Mid
South area.
Under Tennessee law, the candi-
date getting the most votes wins,
regardless of the number of peo-
pie seeking a particular office.
There are no run-offs.
Hence, wide splitting of votes
for four white candidates for the
post of Public Works Commission
er might result in the election of
the Negro candidate. He is Rus
sell B. Sugarmon Jr., 30-year-old
graduate of Harvard Law School.
He is one Of five Negroes among
43 candidates for IA posts in Thurs
days election and is the one re-
garded as having the best chance
Of winning.
The whites have been trying to
persuade "weak" candidates to
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-08-22
Atlanta School
Case Goes To
Federal Court

Atlanta, ia. Aug. II - The
United States Court Of Appeals in
New Orleans will be asked to rule
on a federal district court order
to end racial segregation in the
Atlanta public schools.
Lawyers for the Atlanta Board
of Education filed notice of ap-
peal Aug. Z and also asked that
an order for the board to submit
q desegregation plan by Dec. ! re
overruled.
The appeal is a result Of United
States District Judge Frank A.
Hooper's recent decision ordering
an end to segregation within a
reasonable time.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-08-22
Praise 4-h
Tractor Clinic
Held AT Mvc

ITTA BENA, Miss.-"Interest-
ing" informative" "Well Worth
The Time," were the general COM
ments Of the 81 youth and adults
from II north Mississippi coun-
ties who converged on the Missis-
sippi Vocational College campus
here Monday and Tuesday, Aug.
10-11, for the 1859 Negro All
Leaders Clinic and All Tractor
Program.
The two-day tractor clinic was
sponsored by the Mississippi CO.
operative Agricultural Extension
Service with the American Oil
Company as donor. Detectives OF
the clinic at outlined by w. p.
Ammons, leader Negro Mems
Work, and T. M. Norman, Jr., Ne
gro Boys Club Agent, were:
To develop good leadership,
character, and citizenship; to learn
the operation and care Of tractors
skillfully, safely, and economically;
to teach this knowledge Of trac-
tors to others and to promote the
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withdraw in favor of one strong"
candidate in the contests for Pub
lie Works Commissioner and Ju-
venile Court Judge.
This effort has failed for the
most part for lack of agreement
over who is the strong" white
candidate in each contest. How
ever, one white candidate for Pub
lie Works Commissioner did with
draw today.
To complicate the issue, some
anonymous Mississippians have
worried many Memphis business
men by sending postcards warn
ing that if Memphians choose
Negro for the City Commission,
the Mississippians will take their
business elsewhere.
That could be a serious boycott,
since Memphis, situated in the
southwest tip Of Tennessee, ad-
joins Mississippi and Arkansa1
areas where segregationist senti-
ment is strong. A substantial
CONTINUED On Page Four)
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King Book Causes Rift In Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. IS.
The mention of a Negro inte-
grafton leaders story in a list of
notable books" distributed by a
state agency appeared headed
Thursday for a Legislative inquiry.
The Senate-House Racial Screen
ing Committee has been summoned
for next Tuesday. The vice chair
man, Senator Lawrence l. An
drews of Bullock County, called
it IAN important meeting"
Although Senator Andrews de-
clined to say what would be taken
up, another member said the COM
mittee would look into the recent
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-08-22
Africa States
Hit Atom Test
In Sahara

Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. ia
conference of nine independent AZ
rican states has closed with the
adoption of resolutions which am
ong other things expressed deep
concern over reports France will
hold nuclear weapons tests in the
Sahara Desert.
The conference declared tests in
the Sahara held grave dangers for
the lives and security of African
peoples.
Other resolutions called for free
elections under United Nations sup
ervision in the French Cameroons
before the country becomes inde-
pendent.
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See African
Polite Prisoners
Facing Long
Confinement
RhOdesian Tribunals
Report Expected To
Increase Curb On
Nationalist

Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia,
Aug. Is - African political pri-
soners in the Central African Fed
Grafton of the Rhodesias and NY
ashland face a long period of in
ternment, in the opinion of DO
servers here.
They base their opinion on
report published yesterday by a
Southern Rhodesian tribunal ac-
cusing the African National Con-
gress of a plot to overthrow the
Government by violence. The re-
Port was also viewed as providing
a basis for the drastic curtailment
in the next few years of any po-
litical activity by African nation
Continued on Page Eight
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United Nations
Chief Sets
African Tour

United Nations, \. Y. Aug. 81
Secretary General Dag Hamma1sk-
jold announced Thursday that ten
tative travel plans had been made
for his long projected tour of
northern and central Africa. I'm
less other developments intervene,
he said, he will leave Dec. % to
visit q African countries and ter
ritories, including some of The
newly independent states in the
area.
Mr.. Hammarskjold will visit
Senegal, Guinea, Liberia, Ghana,
Togoland, Nigeria, Yaounde and
the French Cameroons. He said he
Continued on Page Four)
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Daisy Bates Plea
Referred To
j. S. Justice
Department

GETTYSBURG, Pa, Aug. 15.-
The temporary White House said
today that President Eisenhower
had referred to the Justice De-
partment for checking a telegram
from Mrs. L. c. Bates of Little
Rock, Ark, state president of the
National Association fer the Ad-
vancement of Colored People. Mrs.
Bates had asked the Federal Gov
eminent for personal protection.
President Eisenhower did not see
the telegram but directed it be
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Southern School News Makes
Report On Indignation Action

closed last year to halt the de-
segregation inaugurated in 1867.
And in Oklahoma, school authori-
ties disclosed that the Ardmore
district was desegregated quietly
in principle sometime ago.
Southern School News also re-
ported that SO still-segregated dis
tricts in Delaware have come un-
der the statewide grade-a-year in
tegration plan formulated by the
state board of education and ap-
proved by a federal district court.
The plan is scheduled to go into
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-Four New York
Negroes Indicted
For Part In
Near Race Riot
Negro Leaders
Dispute With Mayor,
Police Commissioner
Over Incident

New York, Aug. 15.-Four Ne
groes were indicted by a Bronx
grand jury yesterday for their
part in a near-riot in the Bronx
last Sunday in which 800 persons
were mauled by the crowd.
The disturbance began after the
detectives found what they de-
scribed as bootleg liquor in the
basement of fish-and-chips res
taurant at 1923 Brook Avenue.
When they attempted to arrest
the employer and a woman en-
ploye, the latter made so much
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distribution by the Public Library
Service Division of list of books
for recommended reading.
The list included "Stride To-
ward Freedom" story of the
Montgomery bus boycott written
by its leader, the Rev. Martin Lu-
Their King Jr., a Negro.
Miss Emily Reed, the library
service director, said the list had
been compiled by committees of
the American Library Association,
and that its circulation in Ala
bama did not necessarily mean an
endorsement from her office.
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-08-22
Race Rioting
Erupts In
South Africa

Durham, South Africa, Aug. II
Two natives were killed and two
Europeans seriously injured in
thre nights of fighting, rioting,
pillage and arson in native areas
around Pietermaritzburg, capital of
Natal province.
The deaths occurred in a run
Continued on Page Six
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Albany n. Y.
Negroes Stirred
By Police Killing

Albany, Aug. "A = A grand
jury is investigating the fatal
shooting of Negro by the police.
The shooting has stirred the local
Negro population. Mayor Erastus
Corning I'd asked for the grand
jury investigation into the shoot
ing of William Brown, "a years
old, by two policemen on July II.
The police said that Mr.. Brown had
fled when the officers attempted to
question him about a complaint
that he had brandished knife.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-08-22

NASHVILLE, Tenn. = At least
six school districts have announced
desegregation programs fer the
fall term, and II others have
scheduled expansion of existing
desegregation plans, Southern
School News reports.
Plans for desegregation for the
first time have been set for Dade
County (M;ami) Fla; Craven
County, N. c.; Alluwe, Okla, and
Charlottesville, Va. In addition,
Little Rocks newly constituted
school board has said it will re-
desegregate the high schools there,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-08-22

capital of newly independent
Ghana. -.
At the Aug. IL Privy Council
meeting, DR.. Nkrumah joined a
distinguished group of men, con-
sisting of royalty, past and pres
ent members of the British Cabi-
net, and famous political, civil,
and military leaders of Britain
and the Commonwealth.
Royal Bid Received
The now-canceled royal trip,
the Nkrumah invitation to Bal
moral, and his appointment as
Continued on Page Seven)
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QUAKER GROUPS REPORT ASKS
END OF RACIAL INEQUALITY

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. Is. -
Racial discrimination must be elm
mated before the United States
"can be, in fact, a land of equal
opportunity" the A m er C a n
Friends Service Committee said
this week in a study of race rela-
tions.
The sixty-four-page booklet,
Grace and Conscience in Amer
ica," said racial discrimination in
the United States constituted a
"large scale inhumanity" that
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-08-22

Bessemer, Ala. = Asbury How
ard, president of the Bessemer
Voters League, was freed recently
after serving five months of six
month sentence on an Alabama
work gang for a.. ting the right
of colored citizens to register and
vote.
Mr.. Howard, who is also an IN
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should be dealt with as quickly
as possible.
The booklet cites segregation
policies in public schools, employ
ment, housing, public accommoda-
tions, politics, civil rights, churches
and religious institutions as "areas
of unfinished business"
The report of the Quaker group
also discusses "the myths used to
justify slavery and even present
day segregation" such as those
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-08-22
Ghana Prime Minister Nkrumah
Named British Privy Councillor

LONDON, Aug. 13.-Prime Min
lister Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
now can carry the honor-laden
initials &c" after his name
meaning Privy Councillor.
At Balmoral Castle, Queen Eliz-
abeth ii bestowed Privy Council
membership-given only to "cer-
tain eminent persons" OF the
first Indigenous African head 81
government to be a guest in her,
private residence in the Scottish
Highlands.
But from Balmoral, the honor
echoed quickly back to far Accra,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-08-22
Death Ends Melton cap" Johnson's
81 Years OF Service AT AIcorn College

On August a, 1859, death kissed
down the eyelids of a faithful ser
want of Alcorn College during
period of three generations. The
love and respect that students, who
have come to this institution since
1907, have for Cap" johnson is a
part of the legendary heritage. AL
cornites almost everywhere refer
to him as the engineer who brought
us light, for during the early days
of our schools history, he became
the first engineer and for moe
than q half century his life was
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-08-22
Haiti Invaders
EIude Contact
With Army Units
Government Sources
Say Former Senator
Louis DejOie Is
Behind Invasion

Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. Is
Brig. Gen. Pierre Merceron, Chief
of Staff of The Haitian Army,
made an inspection trip today to
the area in southwestern Haiti
where invaders landed early last
Thursday.
The situation is apparently more
serious than at first thought. Ru-
mors circulating in the capital say
that the invaders have recruited
200 Haitians and that they are
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blended and interviewer into The
lives of all persons who were
part of the college community.
Born in Jackson, Mississippi, cap"
johnson saw service as an engineer
at the Capitol Building. It was
Governor James K Vardaman who
sent him to Alcorn College on
months trial. His industry, cour-
age, fidelity to duty, love for the
students, Christian ideals, high
character, and efficiency translat-
ed him from a child worker to an
Continued on Page Five)
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So Council Women Meet Their
Counterparts In Europe On Tour

Washington, D. c., Aug. IL
Ninety-six delegates of the Council
of Negro Women are in Europe on
31-day tour, meeting their Euro
pean counterparts.
Headed by national President
Dorothy |. Height, 81 of the dele
gates boarded a chartered BOAC
plane and Is left by kim.
The delegates landed in London
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-08-22
TyIertoWn Teacher Meets Prominent
Scientists AT Hampton Institute

trained for our first manned space
flight, to meetings which promin-
ent scientists in several fields.
Selected to take part in the Oh
year-old Virginia colleges "Sum-
mer Science Institute" CHM was
one Of group of 70 teachers from
Is states attending daily classes in
Continued on Page Six
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where they will spend four days.
Then they will spend two days in
Amsterdam, Holland; one in Brus-
sells; one in Bonn, Germany; one
in Heidelberg; two in Lucerne,
Switzerland; and one in Innsbruck,
Austria.
From Austria, the delegates will
go to Venice, Italy for three days;
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-08-22
New York School
Board Uphold
Transfer Of
Negro Pupils
Opposing Group
Loses Request To
Keep Strangers Out

New York, Aug. Is = The Board
of Education backed the Superin-
tendent of Schools yesterday in
the controversy over pupil trans
fers.
The board turned down a request
that it rescind the decision of the
Superintendent, John J. Theoboii.
to transfer 400 Negro pupils from
Continued on Page Two)
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RECORD ATTENDING anne YOUTH CONFERENCE HERE
AME Youth
Conference Here
Points Toward
Grand Success
Bishop F. D. Jordan
Heading Confab

The AME Youth Conference COM
prising the states Of Mississippi
and Louisiana got underway at
Campbell College, here, Tuesday
with every indication pointing to
an outstanding success.
The Conference is being attend
ed by some 1000 youth, Ministers,
Presiding Elders, Laymen and Lay
women from the two states COM
prising the District, as we'll as a
number of high Church officials
from the General Connection, and
Continued on Page Two)
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Hampton, Va, August IA = A
Tylertown high school teacher,
Prentiss CHM Of N. Railroad Ave :,
has just returned from an eight
week stay at Hampton Institute
on Virginia's southern peninsula -
which was packed with everything
from a visit to the site where the
seven "astrofauts" are now being
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-08-22
Africans Set Fire To Natal Fields
In Protesting Arrest Of Women

Durham, South Africa, Aug. 10
Smoke from range fires set by
demonstrating African tribesmen
blanketed fifty-mile-long area of
southern Natal today.
The tribesmen were protesting
against the arrest of thirty African
women. The fires rounded out a
week of Incidents challenging white
authorities in coastal and midlands
districts of the province.
The women were sentenced yes
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-08-22

terday at the town of Harding to
three months in Jail for malicious
destruction of property. The prop
erty was a hut belonging to soil
conservation officials.
White farm families drove into
Harding for safety after torches
thrust into tinder-dry grass and
haystacks had signaled trouble.
Some of their African employees
went with them.
Continued on Page Two)
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London Negro
Attacked By
White Gang

London, Aug. Is = (Reuters) -
A gang of white men attacked a
60-year-old Negro in the race
tense Noting Hill district of Lon
don today.
Olanzo Briggs was taken to hos
pital with a suspected fractured
cheek and skull. An iron bar and
knife found after the attack were
examined by the police and an ex-
tensive search was begun in the
Continued on Page Four)
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xxx Grand
Dragon Quits
In Arkansas

Little Rock, Ark. Aug. II "A.
C. Hightower, Arkansas Grand
Dragon of the United States Klaus,
Knights of the Ku Klux Khan, quit
the organization Aug. 10. He laid
his action to futile power strug-
gle with a dissident faction, and
said he would issue a fuller state
ment later.
Mr.. Hightower, a Little Rock
Continued on Page Eight
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Alabama Voters League President
Is Released From Prison

ternational vice president of the
Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers
International Union, was jailed
after he ordered a large painted
here last Feb. %, and fined 500
reproduction of a newspaper car
toon showing a colored man in
chains saying:
Continued on Page Four)
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Miami lntegration
Plan Causing
Neighborhood
Shift
Whites Moving Away
From NeighbOrhood
Chosen For Test
Of Mixed Classes

Miami, Aug. Is - Most white
residents of the Orchard Villa
neighborhood appear to have solv-
ed their public school Indignation
problem at least temporarily, by
moving out.
Orchard Villa Elementary School
scene of Florida's forthcoming first
Continued on Page Five)
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