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pldNCu VII VIC continuing ulNd
eaking down the barriers in en-
! ployment, increased school deseg-
regation, housing and urban re-
newal, and the role of direct ac-
ton in gaining complete equality.
Principal speakers for the mass
meetings during the week-long
convention include: Bishop Stephen
G. Spottswood, Mrs. Charles z.
White, us. Attorney Merle Nc
Curdy, William T. Patrick, Jr.,
DR.. James M. Nabrit, the Rev. DR..
Martin Luther King, Jr., DR.. Ralph
J. Bunche, Earl B. Schwulst, DR..
Robert c. Weaver and Roy VIII
kins.
Convention delegates will be
welcomed at the opening meeting
Monday evening at Atlanta's Mum
icipal Auditorium by Mayor Ivan
Allen, Jr., and Wesley w. Law,
president of the NAACP Georgia
State Conference.
The keynote address will be de-
livered by the Right Rev. Stephen
Gill Spottswood, Bishop of the
A.ME.Z. Church and Chairman Of
the NAACP Board of Directors.
Voting, Jobs Workshops
The Tuesday morning, July 8,
workshop will consider the prob
lens of securing the right to vote.
Clarence Mitchell, director of the
NAACP Washington Bureau, will
open the session with a talk on
You and Your Vote" Consultants
for this session include Guy r.
Brewer, Secretary of the Borough
of Queens, New York City, and
two unsuccessful Negro candidates
for Congress from Mississippi, the
first in that state since Recon-
struction - the Reverends Robert
L. T. Smith of Jackson and Mer-
rill w. Lindsey Of Holly Springs.
The Tuesday afternoon session
will be devoted to a study Of ways
and means of overcoming the job
barrier with NAACP Labor Secre-
tary Herbert Hill leading the dis
cussion. Consultants on the panel
include George Fowler, chairman
Of the New York State Commits
sion on Human Rights; John Whee-
Ter, member of the Presidents
Committee on Equal Employment
Opportunity; and trade union lead
ers, William Pollard Of Los An
geles and Nelson Edwards Of De-
troit.
A symposium on The Rewards
of Political Action" is scheduled
for Tuesday evening, Kelly NJ.
Alexander, president Of the North
Carolina NAACP State Confer
ence and a member Of the NAACP
Board of Directors, presiding.
Members Of the symposium will
include Mrs. Charles e. White,
member of Houston, Texas, Board
Of Education; Merle McCurdy, us.
Attorney for Northern Ohio; and
William T. Patrick, Jr., member Of
the Detroit, Mich, City Council.
On the morning of July A,
NAACP General Counsel Robert
L. Carter will confer with lawyers
and state conference presidents at
special meeting to map the As
sociation's legal program for 1852
SO.
That afternoon an outdoor In
dependence Day rally will be held
on the Atlanta University - More
house College campus with Mrs.
Daisy Bates, member Of the ma
tional Board Of Directors, presid-
ing. President Of Atlanta Universe
ty, DR.. Rufus Clement, and More
house College President Benjamin
e. Mays, will welcome the guests.
The rally will be highlighted by an
address by DR.. James M. Nabrit,
Jr., president Of Howard Universe
ty.
School Desegregation
The vital issue Of school deseg-
regation will be the topic Of dis
cussion at workshop sessions
for Thursday afternoon,
July 8. The delegates viii be d.
vided into two groups-one south
ern and the other non-southern-
for discussion Of ways and means
of accelerating school desegrega-
ton in their respective areas.
General Counsel Carter will lead
the review Of southern school de-
segregation with the following con-
sultants: DR.. Aaron Henry, Clarl1s-
dale, Miss; s. w. Tucker, En-
poria, Va; Floyd B. McKissick,
Durham, N. c.; and Mrs. Maxine
Smith, Memphis, Tenn. Robert d.
Robertson, president of the Vir-
ginia State Conference Of NAACP
branches, will preside.
Non-southern school problems
will be summarized by Miss June