Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-08-01

anti-segregation demonstrations
Brando, famed for his DIR
espousal Of equal opportunities for
Negroes In an phases Of movie
and television work, was to leave
here Sunday, July IT, to take part
in Negro indignation demonstra-
lions In Cambridge, Nd. and at
the Gwynne Oak amusement part
In Baltimore.
But attorney Thomas Neusom
said In Cambridge that II a truce
then in effect hast for the weekend
following Brando's departure from
Hollywood, that part of the actors
pilgrimage probably would be by
passed for another Southern ap-
pearance.
Brando, meanwhile, had contact
ed a number Of other liberal prom
inent white movie stars, including
Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman and
Anthony Franciosa, among others,
about joining him in the pilgrim
age. Brando, Newman, Lancaster,
Franciosa, Charlton Heston, James
Whitmore and directors Robert
Wise and John Frankenheimer and
film writers Nate Monster and
Philip Dunno have been formost
among Hollywood notables cam
paigning against racial bigotry in
movies and television.
Newman, who has appeared in
several films featuring Negroes
such as Diahann Carroll in prom
inent roles, and actor Virgil Frye
had already given Brando their
pledge that they would accompany
him on the pilgrimage.
Newman said there has been a
need for appearances" by outstand-
ing personalities such as Brando
to dramatic the Indignation move
merit" He said Brando stressed he
did not want to cause any disturb
ance by his participation. Brando
said also that he would be non
violent and not fight back If at
tackled. He said he was prepared
however, to defy a National Guard
ban to Join in the demonstrations
in Cambridge.
Negro Indignation leaders viewed
the participation in the move
ment's direct actions by Brando
and other leading white actors as
a healthy development. They be-
Heve It may serve to shame or
shock Negro personalities, such as
entertainers and sports stars, into
an awareness that, as members of
the oppressed race for which the
white actors are demonstrating,
they, more than the whites, have
an obligation to become active in
the rights fight.
In addition to his willingness to
participate actively, Brando last
week was also lending his financi-
al support to the indignation strug-
gle. Just before entering the hos
pital he had helped spearhead a
fund-raising effort at a Hollywood
party which raised $4,000 for the
three children Of slain NAACP
Jackson, Miss, field secretary
Medgar Evers.
Meanwhile, representatives %
the national NAACP were confer
ring with leaders Of the movie and
television industry In Hollywood
on the demand for equal job OPP
portunities for Negroes in these
fields. The NAACP had been con-
Quoting a stepped-up drive since
last June rs, when Herbert Hill
its national labor secretary, &C.
cused Hollywood of treating the
Negro as IAN invisible man" and
"a caricature."
While it was reported that the
majority Of actors, writer's and di-
rectors are opposed to racial dis
elimination, it has long been ru-
mored around here that a great
deal of the opposition to the fair
use Of Negro actors has come from
movie television and advertising
executives in New York.
One such official, who was not
identified, aIlegedly declared
that he wants no shows about