Arizona sun., 1962-07-05
| Voting, Schools
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dependence Day rally was held
on the Atlanta University = Morse
house College campus with Mrs.
Daisy Bates, member of the ma
tional Board of Directors, pre-
siding. President of Atlanta Uni
versity, DR.. Rufus Clement, and
MorehOuse College President Ben
jamin E. Mays, welcomed the
guests. The rally was liighlighted
by an address by DR.. James M.
Nabrit, Jr., president of Howard
University.
School DesegregatiOn
The vital issue of school deseg-
regation will be the topic of dis
cussion at workshop sessions sched-
uled for Thursday afternoon, July
5. The delegates will be divided
into two groups one southern
and the other non-southern = for
discussion of ways and means of
accelerating school desegregation
in their respective areas.
General Counsel Carter will
lead the review of southern school
deSegregation with the following
conSultantS: DR.. Aaron Henry,
Clarksdale, Miss; S. w. Tucker,
Emporia, Va; Floyd B. McKis-
sick, Durham, N. c.; and Mrs.
Maxine Smith, Memphis, Tenn
Robert D. Robertson, president Of
the Virginia State Conference of
NAACP branches, will preside.
-Non-southern school problems
will be summarized by Miss June
Shagaloff, NAACP special assist
ant for education, with legal as
poets of the program being dis
cussed by NAACP Attorneys Jawn
Sandifer and Barbara Morris. Ac-
tion reports will be submitted by
George Jones, Pasadena, Calf;
Irving Andrews, Denver, Colo.
Harold Williams, Cleveland, Ohio;
Mrs. Margaret Bush Wilson, st.
Louis, Mo-; and Rev. Frank E.
Allen, Plainfield, N. j :, with DR..
Eugene T. Reed, president of the
New York State Conference of
NAACP Branches, presiding.
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The afternoon youth session will
discuss the role of direct action
tactics in securing civil rights.
Evening festivities will be spark
ed by the gala Freedom Fund din
ner in the MOrehouse College
gymnasium where delegates will
hear reports on funds raised and
witness the presesentation of a.
wards. Guest speakers DR.. Martin
Luther King, Jr., president of the
Southern Christian Leadership Con.
ference, and comedian Dick Greg
Ory will address the banquet. Kivie
Kaplan, chairman, Life Member.
ship Committee, will extend greet.
ings. Hubert T. Delany, member
4 of the NAACP Board of Directors
will preside.
Housing Workshop
Concurrent workshops on Fri.
day, July 6, will center on housing
and urban renewal with an ad-
dress by Charles Abrams, former
member of the New York State
Commission Against Discrimina-
tion. Oliver W. Hill, assistant to
the Commissioner, Federal Hous-
ing Administration; Jack Tanner,
member, NAACP Board of Direct
orS; and Jack E. Wood, NAACP
| Special Assistant for Housing, will
act as cOnsultants at the session.
The evening session will be de-
voted to the NAACP youth men,
bers. The National Youth Work
Committee Chairman for 1928
will be presented and Dr. Ralph j.
Bunche, Under Secretary of the
United Nations, will deliver the
principal address at the meeting.
Presentation of the 47th Spingarn
Medal will be made at the closing
meeting on Sunday afternoon, July
3, by Earl B. Schwulst, president
Of the New York Bowery Savings
Bank and chairman of the Com
mission on Race and Housing, Fund
for the Republic. Winner of the
coveted medal is DR.. Robert C.
Weaver, administrator of the U. S.
Housing and Home Finance Ag-
ency.
Executive Secretary Roy Will
Sins will close the 53rd annual
convention with the final address
Business sessions of the con.
vention during the week will be
devoted to the drafting and adop-
ton of resolutions, the election
of various committees, the receipt
of committee reports, and work
shops on recruitment of mem
bers and fund raising
Special events scheduled include
such annual activities as the re-
ception for delegates, July 2; life
membership luncheon, July 5;
breakfast for minister delegates,