THE STUDENT VOICE VOL.4 NO.7 The Student Voice, Inc. 6 Raymond Street, N.W., Atlanta 14, Ga. F EBRUARY 25, 1964 Ga. Judge Gives Coed 18 Months ATLANTA, GA. - An l8-year old white girl, a student at Connecticut College for Women, was sentenced here Feb. 20 to six months in the common jail and 12 months on the public works. She was fined $1,000. Her ae- peal bond was set at $15.000. The girl, Mardon Walker, for merly an exchange student at Spelman College here, was ar rested during a Jan. 13 sit-in attempt at a segregated restau Dick Grego ry rant. She was charged with violation of Georgia's trespass law, pass Released From Jail ed in 1960 after student anti PINE ElLUl' 1', ARK. - Anti segregation demonstrations be segregation demonstrations have gan. have halted here for 72 hours The judge, Fulton County Su while mediators attempt to ne perior Court Judge Durwood T. gotiate a settlement between Pye, r equires that appeal bonds Ray's Barbecue and members of be posted with unencumbered the Pine Bluff Movement. property located in Fulton Coun Dick Gregory, jailed withSNCC ty. Arkansas Project Director Wil Georgia's Supreme Court re liam Hansen on Feb. 17, left versed an earlier bail of $20,000 the Phillips County jail to make Judge pye set for an elderly contact with Federal officials and white man, the Reverend Ashton to complain about jail conditions. Jone s, 67 , jailed during a church pr otest at R s "Its like somebody's secret CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Barbecue, where comedian Dick Gregory and SNCC worker William torture chamber," Gregory said. Hansen we r e jailed Feb. 18. Demonstrations began here on 100 REGISTER INSOUTHWEST I::~?~~If;:;;;;;'~;; identified by newsmen as "pro- fessionaI segregationists" - be- gan to gather at the segregated eating place. SNCC worker James Jones was GE 0 R G I A FR E E 0 0 M 0A Y punch ed by a state trooper •• SOUTHW EST GEORGIA - A four On Feb. 19, 39 others were - county "Freedom Day" Feb. jailed. 22 has resulted in "at least Reverend Benjamin Grinnage, 100" attempts to register to vote chairman of the Pine Bluff Move here. ment, was fired at during a de Vote attempts were made in monstration on the evening of T errell, Sumter and Dougherty Feb. 20. Counties. In Lee County, where A group of protesters were met registration books were closed, by two white men, one - who iden 150 Negroes gathered at New tified himself as the owner - Piney Grove Baptist Church for carrying a 12 gauge shotgun and a vote rally. one carrying a .38 caliber pistol. Like Hattiesburg, Mississippi's The owner told the group "I J an. 22 Freedom Day, South am the owner. This is private west Georgia' s was a victory. property. Why do you want to "We have never picketed and integrate me? If you come up leafleted downtown without having on the sidewalk, I'll shoot you. arrests before today" SNCC' s I'm a mental patient. I've kill Southwest Georgia project head ed 1,000 Japs. God didn't mean Charles Sherrod said in Albany. for it to be like this." Here' s a breakdown on activity Albany citizens attempt to register at courthouse CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 25, 1964 Canton Workers Out On Bond
~. CANTON, MISS. - Two civil rights workers who were jailed Feb. 7 on a charge of "con spiracy to intimidate a family" were released Friday, Feb. 21 with others held here. Appeal bond for the two-Claude Weaver, 20, a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker, and Ed Hollander, 23 , of the Congress of Racial Equal ity - was set at $500 each, pro perty or surety. COURT HEARS THEIR PLEA -Tougaloo College coeds Ida A t the Feb. 10 trial they were Hannah, Bette Poole and Julie Zaugg began kneel-in attempts accused of telling a Canton wo at segregated Jac~son churches. They have appealed to the Fed man that if she accepted employ eral courts in attempt to halt police arresting church integration ment in a store under boycott, attempts. _ they-would "harm" her six-year old child. Weaver a former HarvardUni versity student from Atlanta, Court "'To Rule On testifip.d that he and Hollander had not left their residence at the time they were accused of threatening the woman. Since Jan. 22, more than 20- Police Backed Bias odd civil rights and voter re JACKSONVILLE, FLA. - The vlississippi, both Negroes, and gistration workers have been United States Fifth court of Ap Julie Zaugg, white, of Lake For arrested in Canton on charges peals has taken "under consider rest, Ill., were sentenced to a ranging from "burning trash ation" a request made last week year in prison and fined $1,000. without a permit" to "publishing WILLIAM HANSEN to stop Jackson, Miss. police The defense attorneys argued libel." from interfering with attempts that a church is a public. place to integrate all- white churches. md the state cannot use its po Atlanta SNCC spokesman have Attorneys for three students wers to enforce segregation termed the Canton arrests a Pine Bluff at Tougaloo College arrested in there. "purge, since virtually all SNCC Oct. 1963 during kneel - in de A white native of Atlanta, who and CORE workers who have gone CONTINUED FROM PAGE I monstrations argued that police Tied to integrate a church there into the city have been arrested, He aimed his gun at the de-. powers cannot be used to enforce last summer, is still being held in one by one." segregation. jail under a $5,000 bail. The Re monstrators, andReverendGrin verend Ashton Jones, a 67-year Most of the charges have nage asked them to stand still. The three, Bette Poole of Chi old minister, has been in an At centered around an economic . The owner asked "Is that the cago, Id a Hannah of Carthage, lanta jail since Aug. 28, 1963. boycott called by rights workers leader." and when Reverend against merchants who insist on Ginnage said "yes;' he fired ·, t- ., ns Beg·, n Registration UP. Si_nce addressing Negro customers as one shot at him. S _ "boy" or If nigger." _ Members of the Pine Bluff FOOd Movement complained about the 'I-n-'" Maryland , Clothes Arriye~------j~p lack of police protection during Cooperative Set late night and afternoon demon RULEVILLE, MISS. -Since 10 strations. tons of food and clothing - shipp- InS. W. Ge 0 r 9 i a Gregory reportedly called Jus PRINCESS ANNE , MD. - Anti- ed here by the Greater Boston tice Department officials in Friends of the Student Nonvio segregation protests sponsored ALBANY, GA. - A group of Washington, and requested an on lent Coordinating Committee - by the Student Appeal for Equa women from nearby Terrell the spot investigation of jail con were distributed last Tuesday, lity (SAFE) at Maryland State County have organized a sewing ditions here. Feb. 11, over 300 people have College here are growing despite cooperative and plan to support In Little Rock, Governor Orval tried to regi ster to vote. a lack of police protection. them selves selling quilts. Fabus told a news conference During Feb. 21 sit in "We don't intend to let any group SNCC worker Charles Mc The women, who hand make the SAFE leader John Wilson was quilts, depend upon any revenue of demonstrators take over any Laurin said another 150 Negroes "roughed up" by white youths from their sale as "their only business or the streets of any were eager to go but were hind at a segregated restaurant here. mens of support," according to town in Arkansas." Gloria Richardson, head of the ered by a lack of transportation. SNCC worker Charles Sherrod. 1------nearby Cambridge Nonviolent McLaurin, and SNCC worker "This area - Southwest Geor Action Committee (CNAC) indi Charlie Cobb, said conditions gia - is extremely depressed THE STUDENT VOICE cated "all Eastern Shore restau here are "most desperate." economically," a SNCC worker rants are suppo sed to be inte said. Published Once A Week grated." Cobb said in one area of Sun Orders for the quilts, which On Mondays at Atlanta, Mrs. Richardson, a member of flower County, home of Senator start at $17.00, may be directed Fulton County, Georgia. SNCC's Executive Committee, James O. Eastland, "manypeople to Charles Sherrod at the Al BY STUDENT VOICE, INC. said she would join the Princess are without clothes and some are bany SNCC office, 504 South Anne protests. starving." B 1/2 Raymond Street, N.W. Atlanta , Georgia 303-14 STUDENT VOICE FEBRUARY 25, 1964 PAGE 3 BASEBALL STAR CANCELS MEETING JACKSON, MISS. - Former WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW! baseball star Stan Musial has canceled an appearance at a se gregated meeting scheduled for Fbe.24.
Musial, now director of the, President's Committee on Phy sical Fitness, told the members of the Jackson Touchdown Club his new duties with the Presi dent's Committee forced him to cancel the date.
John Lewis, Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) had asked the St. Louis Cardinals vice-presi dent to cancel in a le tter. Musial's message to the touch down Club made no mention of Lewis' request. SNCC workers in Jackson were told no Negroes 'could attend the Touchdown Club's Hall of Fame dinner, at which Musial wa s to be the featured speaker. In recent weeks, several other prominent persons have canceled Jackson appearances because of the city's segregation policies. Pianist Gary Graffman, sche duled to make a Feb. 29 appear ance in Jackson, has also an nounced he will cancel. Graffman canceled after pro tests from the Cultural and Ar tistic Comm ittee at Tougaloo Sou thern Christian College, headed by Tougaloo student Austin Moore. Other groups that have can celed include trumpeter A! Hirt, the Hootenanny show, NASA's James Webb, and stars of tv' ::; "Bonanza" and "Beverly Hill billies" shows. MISSISSIPPI STAFF TO BEGIN TOUR ATLANTA, GA. - Seven mem ATLANTA, GA. - "SNCC needs funds now more than ever before" SNCC Chairman John Lewis said. bers of the Mississippi SNCC Lewis said SNCC was asked "friends and supporters to pledge a monthly contribution to SNCC." staff will begin fund raising and He suggested $1.00 per month for students and $5.00 per month for adults. speaking tours "across the "The $1.00 month contribution is about 3 lj2 cents a day for freedom," Lewis said. country" to raise funds for SNCC workers direct voter registration and action projects in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mis a summer project in MissisSippi, sissippi, North Carolina and Virginia. according to SNCC Northern Co The anti-segregation group depends entirely on voluntary contributions for operating expenses, ordinator Dinky RomilIy. Lewis said. Miss Romilly, who coordinates "Pledges for freedom will help us through the year," he added. fund raising activities for SNCC said the four will handle thre~ geographic regions; the East and I pledge $____ to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. West Coasts and the Midwest. "Interested people who would NAME. • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••• like to sponsor a speaker to raise ADDRESS • •••••••••••••••••••••••. '" ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• needed funds for the summer pro CITY.. • •.••.•••••••••••••••••••• STATE ••••••••••••••••••• ject are urged to contact me at Contributors to SNCC receive a subscription to the Student Voice. Send to: SNCC, 6 Raymond Street, the Atlanta office immediately," N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30314 Miss Romilly said. PAGE 4 FEBRUAR Y 25, 1964 STUDENT VOICE White Coed S. W. GEORGIA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 in each county: integration attempt last summer. Terrell County: Oyer40 Ne The state Supreme Court order groes went to register in Daw ed pye to set Reverend Jones' son, where pickets urged Ne appeal bond at not higher than groes to register. There were $5,000. Reverend Jones is still no arrests. behind bars, however, because Sumter County: Over 60 have Judge pye, who reset his bail attempted to register in the past at the $5,000 maximum, refused three weeks, and on Freedom to accept $5,000 in cash to free Day, voter registr ation pickets the minister. Wear and leafleteers were downtown Gi/eh; FRILLS most of the day. Ther e were Miss Walker, who was in oJJclothes no arrests. dicted by a grand jury after her MFRfEDOM Doughterty County: Leafleting january arrest, complained she and picketing were carried on was beaten by white female pri ~,iJ EASTER downtown and an afternoon rally soners in the county jail durin\! was held. Two pickets walked her last arrest. She had asked in front of the county courthouse, --Carl -Smiunvick , the Fulton two across -tile streer,-ami-foa County jail wardell> . to r,:.1.ace at city hall. There were no ar her in solitary confine ment- for rests. her own protection. Lee County: Registrationbooks Judge pye was obviously an were closed, but during the past gered by a petition filed in U.S. three weeks, many have tried District Court here Feb.17 to re to register. An evening mass move 17 sit-in cases to Federal meeting was held here, well at jurisdiction. The judge sentenc- ATLANTA NAACP PRESIDENT Dr. C. Miles Smith (right, back- tended by 150 Negroes. "It was ed a character witness for Miss ground) watches pickets Curtis Clark, a busi!)essman, and Dr. Mark a real victory," a participant Wa lker to 20 days in jail for jackson urge Atlantans to celebr ate a "Sacrificial Easter ." said. contempt of court after the wit- . The Atlanta Summit Leader ship Confer ence, a coalition of civil ness, Melvin V. Drimmer, aSpel- nghts groups in Atlanta, has asked the community to refrain from In a surprise move, 25 jailed man College history professor, r_a_ll_b_u_t _·.;·n,;;e;,;c;,;e;,;s;.;s;.;a;.;;r.;iy~'_'.o;.:u:.:;r.:;c;.:.h::: a:.:;s:;e~s::.. ______members of the "Quebec was accused by the judge of Wa shington - Guantanamo Peace making remarks insulting to the Walk" were released from the court. High Court Hears Boycott Case Albany jail Saturday afternoon Feb. 22. They had been in and out of the jail for several weeks, Miss Walke r is the third white WASHINGTON, D.C. - The wa s charged with trespassing, pe rson given the maximum sen United States Supreme Court vagrancy and disorderly con after they refused to adhere to · a parade route set out by Albany tence in a r acial case by judge heard arguments on Thursday, duct." Charges of "criminal pye. Feb. 20 in defense of a worker anarchy," carrying a maximum police Chief La urie Pritchett. Their release was viewed as for the Student Nonviolent Co- ten-year sentence, were "later Reverend Jones and Tom ordinating Committee (SNCC) another victory here. placed against him, and he was Taylor Tolg, a 24- year- old white charged with encouraging a stu The Albany story - and the held for 59 days under a $7,000 college student from Ohio, are dent boycott at Southern Univer history of the voter registration bond in the Baton Rouge Parish ~~~d~wo. Tolg is free on appeal sity in Baton Rouge, La. drive in Southwest Georgia - has jail. been one .of denial of the right '];:r.ials f ~Q Ell 1 SN CC worker Dion T. Dia- .... -to picket, the -right" t-
"One Man - One Vote" are avail able for $1. 00 from SNCC 6 016J03:;' ." L b~uol~V Raymond Street, Atlanta, Geor 'M 'N '~33J~S pUOWAoli 9 gia.