The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-08-24

(rac king up unprecedent-
ed gains of equality for the
Negro) this SOLDERING question
increasingly pops up: After
integration. what must the
Negro do to shore up the bas-
ton of freedom for himself
and his posterity7"
More and More Gas time
marches) swiftly reverberat-
es the answer: The Negro
must look to his economic fu-
ture TO insure mis- full partici-
patton In the pleasures offer
ed by the new freedoms he
most assuredly will gain from
his impressive, militant eff
forts. That is to say, the Ne
gro must have something to
contribute, once he achieves
this equality, so say the Ne
gro leaders and sympathetic
believers of the Negro cause.
Scattered across the nation
are a number of Negro organ
izations and individuals intent
upon studying the economic
plight of the Negro, who are
also mapping plans to harm
ess some of his wealth, to
help the Negro fit more cas-
lily into the mainstreams of
American life, once there is
no longer a need for them to
silently march on picket lines
or to fight off the horrifying
fangs of police dogs.
A commercial firm whose
creation in Bridgeport last
year a In C h e d a business
which is spiraling into a ma
tionwide success is also pro-
viding economic security for
Negroes through creation of
numerous avenues of employ
ment.
Known as The Regal Lady
Elegance, Inc, the new firm
deals in luxurious stainless
S t e Ell waterless cookware,
china, stemware and table
service appointment which
not only has social circles a.
buzz but which also holds the
germ of providing economic
security for countless Negroes
across the nation.
Capitalized at $500, 900 II
through the faith and conf
dence of internationally ac-
claimed businessman Har-
ry E. Boyden, president of
Quality Crafts International
Corp, of Teaneck, N. j., Reg
al Elegance, as the Bridge
port firm is popularly known.
has | a unc h e d "a nation
wide, franchised progra m
which holds promise of financ-.
ial ecurity for Negroes
throughout the country.
Led by hard-driving execu-
tive Osborne T. Potter, a first
C ou S n of movie, stage and
television actor Sidney Potter,
Regal Lady Elegance was
first shunted into the news
last summer and fall when
media across that nation car.
ried the success story of the
firms leading officer - Poit-f
Ter.
Boyden, whose multi-million
dollar firm supplies the Brid-
&c port company with merch-
andise In Connecticut and New
England, generally, and the
Honorable Sidney j. Clark of
Wilmington, Del, that states
first and only Negro Judge,
were credited with assisting
Poitier's phenomenal achieve
ments with The Regal Lady
Elegance. Clark is also Poit-
ier's legal adviser.
The firm is moving swiftly
to set up branch offices along
the Eastern seaboard and
plans are steadily advancing
for ultimate expansion into
the interior and on to the West
Coast.
Potter, 80, father of three
grown daughters and two teen
age sons, attributes his ach-
tevements to having had no
better sense than to sincerely
believe in myself, my organi-.
Dation, and I was foolish
enough to work hard-and I
do mean hardin order to
succeed. This, of course, in
cluded great sacrifices"
AS the Negro battles for
equal rights on the main
front, such firms as the Regal
Lady Elegance are providing
outlets for individuals across
the nation to do something on