THE ORGAN OF STUDENT EXPRESSION

Issue 7 Morehouse College, , May Edition, 1968

200,000 Pay Final Tribute To DR. MARTIN LUTHER , JR. “I’VE SEEN THE PROMISED LAND” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the grandson of a slave who lived to become a Nobel Peace Prize winner only to die by violence was laid to rest in his native Georgia Tuesday. Between 150,000 and 200,000, according to police estimates, took part in the dramatic, solemn and highly emotional march and services for King, who was slain at 39 by an assassin in Memphis Thursday. King’s body was drawn across Atlanta in an old farm wagon by two mules. A host of dignitaries, including Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Sen. and Mrs. Robert Kennedy, Sen. and Mrs. Eugene McCarthy, former Vice President Richard Nixon, Mrs. John F. Kennedy, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, Gov. George Romney, and scores of other senators, representatives, as well as notables of religion, the and show business were in Atlanta for the day of grief and memories. The day began with a late morning service at Dr. King’s , continued with Dr. Mays Delivers the Eulogy the march of 4.3 miles to the Morehouse College campus, where an open-air service was held. The day was nearing its end when King’s body was lowered into a Georgia marble mausoleum in South EULOGY PUTS BLAME View Cemetery on a grassy slope within sight of Jonesboro Road. The services and march were orderly, but some persons did succumb to the 80-degree heat. The FOR KING'S DEATH ON marchers sang such songs as “We Shall Overcome” and “Ain’t Gonna Study War No More,” but AMERICAN PEOPLE when the marchers neared the Morehouse campus, they became silent. (Continued on Page 7) Dr. , president emeritus of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga., gave the eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the funeral. In it, he asserted that the American people were in part responsible for Dr. King’s death. Following are excerpts from the eulogy delivered on the Morehouse Campus: “... God called the grandson of a slave on his father’s side and the grandson of a man born during the Civil War on his mother’s side and said to him ‘Martin Luther, speak to America about war and peace. Speak to America about social justice and racial discrimination. Speak to America about its obligation to the poor and speak to America about !’ Mahalia Jackson weeps as she sings, "Precious Lord.." Early Arrivals “. . . I make bold to assert that it took more courage for Martin Luther to practice nonviolence than it took his assassin to fire the fatal shot. The assassin is a coward. He committed his dastardly deed and fled. When Martin Luther disobeyed an unjust law, he suffered the consequences of his action. Dr. King never ran away and he never begged for mercy. “... This man was supra-race, supra-nation, supra-demonimation, supra-class and supra-cul- ture. He belonged to the world and to man­ kind. Now he belongs to posterity. “. . . We all pray that the assassin will be apprehended and brought to justice. But make no mistake; the American people are in part responsible for Martin Luther King’s death. The assassin heard enough condemnation of King and Negroes to feel that he had public support. He knew that there were millions of people in the United States who wished that King was dead. He had support. The Memphis officials must bear some of the guilt for Martin Luther King’s assassination. “. . . We, too, are guilty of murder. It is a time for the American people to repent and make democracy equally applicable to all Americans.” TWO GREAT MEN: The Heat, The Grief Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Benjamin E. Mays and A Sharing of Tragedy Page 2 Maroon Tiger May, 1968

No Concern For My Black Brother

CLAUDE R. WOODRUFF ’71 “A sad truth is better than a merry lie. ” (words from a Catholic Sociological Review) FOUNDED IN 1898 The black bourgeoisie are not concerned with the political, economic, or social restrictions imposed on the Editor-In Chief . . . .Walter K. Dancy '69 Negro masses. This is to justify their dislocated identity and make them stand clearly dismembered from the masses. The black bourgeoisie live in a world of make-believe, filled with delusions of wealth and power simply Assistant Editor...... David Wilson '70 because they refuse to identify themselves with the traditional culture of fellow black men. News Editor...... Carl Horton '69 So concerned are they of status, in relation to the white community, that they invariably forget that their News Reporters . . Michael Willingham'70 status is directly related to that of the lower-class Negro. After all, traditional Negro culture is inherent in the lives of all Negroes generally, and nothing can erase it. By sheer reason alone, one should realize that past John W. Holmes '69 history cannot be altered. Thus, the black bourgeoisie’s status has to be related to his origin, originally that Carthur L. M. Drake '70 of the lower-class Negro. Feature Editor . Benjamin H. Wright, Jr. '71 The main reason the black bourgeoisie do not live up to their role as concerned citizens in the Negro com­ munity is that they are desperately struggling to win acceptance by the whites of the same community. If they, Feature Reporters . . . William H. Cain '68 in their “exaggerated” way of thinking, show concern for their fellow black brothers, this would not be in line Robert T. Smith, III '71 with their attempts to conform to the behavior and values of the white community. Sports Editor...... To be announced. The whites are naturally not associated with the Negro masses; however, the black bourgeoisie, in attempt­ ing to disassociate themselves from the Negro masses would have one believe that they too are not really a part Sports Reporter . . Charles E. Jackson '69 of the Negro community, the Negro masses. Faculty Advisors Prof. F. C. Campbell '56 One must admit that though the black bourgeoisie’s concern for the Negro masses is proportional to the Prof. C. L. Hill '56 white’s concern for the same, their influence in the Negro community is not small. Their position is one of dignity and respect. This is probably due to the fact that over half of the Negro masses are uneducated and regard Opinions expressed in THE MAROON TIGER the black bourgeoisie, in their narrow, opportunistic philosophy, as an ideal to be sought-after. are those of THE MAROON TIGER and not The Negro in general suffers from “nothingness”, not because of his very narrow culture, but because when he attains “middle-class” status he generally loses concern for his fellow black brothers. necessarily those of Morehouse College.

Photographers...... Marshall Grigsby '68 Richard E. Allen '69 THE EDITOR SPEAKS (Continued) knew and like a premonition of his death he It’s THE uttered: Free at last Not Free at last EDITOR SPEAKS Thank God Almighty Right Individuality is only I’m free gained by first realizing That night before his death, what did Dr. King by Bernard Welters ’71 that it is not important see for America? His words are like those of in its most superficial the Delphic oracle —strange, deep, mysterious, Racial prejudice has existed throughout states. The quality of rich in meaning but never completely fathom­ civilization. Prejudice is like a communicable an idea (or life) makes ed. Such is the prophet. disease. It is a prejudgement with no facts to it singular: what it is effect its formation. It is often the result of about. An idea must be one man abusing another man because he specific and useful and A MODEST PROPOSAL . . . thinks he will be pushed aside and become must function in the For eliminating slums from the face of insignificant. Racial prejudice is a phycho- world; it must be even, America, and for making these dilapidated logical enemy to the abused because he feels an interpretation of that quarters and industrial facilities useful to the inferior. world that permits a man inhabitants and to the country. Racial prejudice is still a striving factor of to use himself. The sin­ modern American society. Carl Degler, in his gular man uses, first him­ It is a most repulsive sight to travel in some book, Out of Our Past, points out the origin self. That is why he is of the larger cities of this great country and of prejudice toward the black man. Degler WALTER K. DANCY singular.Because few do. to see the unsanitary and inhumane conditions tells how the white man created stereotypes in which some people live. These places are EDITOR of Negroes through the institution of slavery. commonly known as slums or ghettoes. He explains that because the white man As the shadow of his fame, power and love These places not only breed unsanitary possessed slaves, he reached the conclusion grew around the world the brave dark man of physical conditions but are also detrimental that he is superior to the Negro. courage was cut down by Racism’s child and to the environment. Kids grow up to burn, It seems strange that there should be such died. Dr. King, a great man who graduated loot, kill, and otherwise damage our society. misconceptions from educated people who from Morehouse College, begat respect, honor, It will be to America’s advantage for someone should know better. For instance,from Gov. and admiration worldwide for his universa- to come up with a solution to this problem. Wallace of Alabama in her constant fight lism, desire for peace, and all that truly civi­ If someone does, I’m sure he, along with against the Negro, one gets the impression lized men dream. No mistake made. Not LBJ, will go down in history — “way down.” . that the Governor doesn’t know or hasn’t because he went to Morehouse sprang his I have given my n/ist thoughtful hours to learned of the capabilities of the Negro. greatness. Mind — the man — is central. It was this problem and have come up with a seem­ A prime example of racial prejudice in this because of his courage, large-mindedness, in­ ingly workable idea. Why not just let all the country is illustrated by the 1956 crisis at tegrity and fearlessness to dream in this discontented “brothers” burn the whole damn Little Rock, Arkansas. The crisis involved an pessimistic world that Dr. King magnetized place down? At least it will save a lot of attempt by the Governor of Arkansas to pre­ greatness into his life. He is an archetype, a time .and trouble and it will also help relieve vent the enrollment of Negro students in the symbol living yet in a hopeful flame, a tragic some of the tension. After they have thrown all-white public school system. This was hero slain on the altar of his mission, a dove a few Molotov cocktails and looted all the tried despite a court order not to do so, but pierced by the eagle’s beak, a comet streak of stores, we’ll have “whitey” bringing his mon­ the attempt of the Governor was checked by wonder in dark night. He is gone. He died ey back in and build us another beautiful President Eisenhower. A company of para­ unafraid to change. potential ghetto. troopers were called to enforce the court As he progressively saw the measure of I am aware that other people have suggest­ order. Here is a case when the white man white racism in America, Dr. King changed ed plans to solve this problem. But evidently, failed to understand that all the Negro wants his tactics to deal with the situation. He the instigators of those plans failed to survey is a sound education and a chance to display moved from his small church pulpit to the the problem carefully. What good would his talents. bus boycott (Remember Montgomery), from urban redevelopment do? How would the The housing crisis of the summer of 1967 Southern towns to ghetto streets (the bricks allocation for funds to raze the ghetto and is another example of racial prejudice in mod­ and stones of Cicero), from Morehouse College rebuild the city help if attitudes don’t change? ern America.The riots of Detroit and Newark to the world (the Nobel Prize for Peace), Nope! Other plans that have been offered were the result of deprivation, jealous hatred, from nationalism to internationalism (stop just don’t have what it takes. and frustration toward the white man. The the Vietnam War), from the pews of Ebene- Keep in mind that this is just a liberal' sug­ lack of effort by landlords to make im­ gestion! It will not profit me to institute zer to the turbulent streets of Memphis, provements in the ghettoes shows their marching for the underbrothers -■ the lower- this plan nor to carry it through successfully. indifference toward the poor conditions of I do not rent flats in the ghetto nor do I have class garbage workers of Memphis. His chal­ Negro slum areas. lenge was so emphatic and initially effective any business there to offer to be looted. The white man has failed to realize that he that racism would stop him or justice would Since I have risen above the murky waters of is treating other human beings unjustly. The prevail. Racism killed him but justice hangs Vine City and sailed into the calm seas of white man has failed to realize that racial swordlike over Memphis and America. Just Cascade Heights, I have nothing more to gain. prejudice contradicts moral values. He has a little time left to get right. This Dr. King John Briggs ’71 failed to see that racial prejudice is not right. Page 3 Maroon Tiger May, 1968

ROBERT KENNEDY Professor Maroon Tiger’s STOPS AT ATLANTA AIRPORT ROBERT T. SMITH, III FAREWELL Sen. Robert F.Kennedy, on his way to speak at WALTER KENTLEY DANCY, EDITOR the University of Alabama, stopped at the Atlanta Airport for a short press conference to confirm his Y’all old faculty folks need to get some different strokes to deal with problems in a new and effective way. seeking the Democratic nomination. Welcoming him No, Dean, we do not believe that everything is all right the way they were when President Gloster wore a and two of his sons, who were with him, was an crab cap. Change is the key word. It is difficult, we realize, for old habits are hard to break (also hard to take if enthusiastic and predominantly youthful crowd, one is a student). We upcoming seniors would like a document, with Dean BRB’s signature, letting us in among which the Morehouse student body was well on the secret of what we’ve got to do to get the degree and flee (no offense, but we feel much more secure with represented. it on paper; we know you would gladly tell us if we came to your office). Lastly, for now, chapel cuts are a Sin. Amid the crowd were novel posters and button Dear, dear, Administrators: Sorry to dissappoint you, many of us are already men when we come to slogans, like - PAT PAULSON FOR PRESIDENT, Morehouse (undernourished as we are), so you will not have to take the trouble to build us. We know you tire of worn by eight evidently high-school students who useless chores that you feel that you must do for us. Fear no longer. No, we do not need compulsory classes. stood on their band instruments to see the Senator. If students don’t show up for classes, it may be a function of their “triflehood.” But usually it is the result A small little boy was crying because his mother of teacher ineptitude, unbearable odors from fraternities’ Greek meals, or redundant talk. Some of us tire of the made him carry a sign thatread, 15 YEARS BEFORE incessant reminder from some of the overseers that we field hands should worship them for having skated I GO TO THE WAR. There was even a STOP THE through X institution. Give yourselves a break. You men are dedicated and hardworking. We don’t want you WAR, SUPPORT McCarthy sign. to get gout, anemia, apoplexy, or depressions. Let us make a few decisions. Accompanying the Senator was Astronaut John Yes, Black Brothers, Black is Beautiful (sometimes) but learn some English so you can tell me about it; Glenn, who ironically stated that he had never seen learn some logic so you can persuade or frighten the Man, alias Charles/Chuck/whitefoiks. Since we both broke such a large group turn out just to meet him. Sena­ we can keep the wild hair. May come in handy this summer. By the way — be kind to Negroes. tor Kennedy told his anxious audience that the The folks at the Mental Hygiene Center (Infirmary) will take good care of you if you’re in need of consulta­ United States needed new leadership and asked the tion; that’s their job and they’re very nice people (from experience). Make no mistake, Mr. Tucker will help help of the American Youth to help the country see too. this. He seriously thought that the Georgia delega­ Dear Mr. Tucker: tion would not be for him, but perhaps with the Please do not try to house again 500 folks in space for 220 - help of those gathered there would be a way. One the math won’t work. We still love you but business is business. reporter asked him to comment on the statement by Students/ Fellow Slaves? / Legalized Plagiarize«? / Exam Crammers / Classcutters / Morehouse Men? I Gov. Maddox that he would rather vote for Fidel Brothers / This is the message ... Castro for President. Calmly, Sen. Kennedy Tell It Like It Is, Baby (says F. C. Campbell) answered, “WELL, frankly, I didn’t know Mr. Ain’t No Way (says Dr. Brisbane) Castro was in the race, but if Mr. Maddox wants to Prove It (says Dr. Seymann) vote for him, it’s his right to choose the best man.” Best of luck to alL If some changes are not made on everyone’s behalf, WAKE UP! I will lose faith in Santa Clause. BY DAVID L. WILSON What is a college? A dictionary defines a college If you are smiling or laughing, remember this: T H IN K. as “an incorporated school for instruction in the liberal arts or professional studies.” Morehouse adds to this definition a clause of its’ own: “Morehouse builds Men.” In order to attain this goal Morehouse uses weapons such as class and chapel-cuts. These SOUL ROOTS ’68 are two ways in which Morehouse makes me feel The 1968 Soul Roots music festival, presented as though I am a child and not a young man. To illustrate my point, let us examine the two by Morehouse College on two nights (April 26 and weapons I mentioned. First, class-cuts. The pur­ 27) Sale Hall Chapel, was an assemblage of pose of class-cuts is to persuade the student to several talented black artists. Despite the fact attend his classes and to punish him if he doesn’t. that there were other campus activities, the Friday- In my opinion the mere fact that a person has paid night performance of rhythm-and-blues had a his money to attend a school should provide him large and faithful audience. with enough incentive to attend his classes and to Julius Lester casually presided as emcee and do so as he sees fit, and, furthermore, without fear of losing credits or of being expelled. Secondly, was a performer. Mr. Lester, a photographer for chapel-cuts. At Morehouse, for every five times a SNCC and an editor —photographer for Sing Out student cuts chapel, he loses one hour of credit. magazine—is a new blues singer and composer. The These credits will usually mount up until the time powerful and captivating voice of Bernice Reagon at which said student is to graduate, at which opened the festival sometime after 8:00 p.m. time he is called into the Dean’s office and Len Chandler, an excellent singer-guitarist, follow­ told that he is minus two or three (maybe more) ed and captured the audience with a modern-day of the needed credits for graduation, because song to the tune of “Battle Hymn of the he was a naughty boy in his freshman year. Republic.” “Move on over or we’ll move all Rev. Pearlie Brown And all of this happens simply because the student over you” was its chorus. Mabie Hillery first quite easily found better things to do at eleven jolted, then won the affection of the audience with several funky-blues numbers. Buddy Moss, o’clock than sit through an utterly boring chapel which was of no importance to him unless the pro­ who accompanied Miss Hillery, sang some blues solos and played the guitar. ceedings were blessed with the presence of a Wyatt Other performers scheduled for Friday were: the Key West Junkanoos, a musical group with T. Walker or Finley C. Campbell. Some will argue “a strong Afro-Cuban flavor,” Babe Stovall, a sixty year old blues, singer; Joy Leonard, a singer of that if a person comes to a school he should be wil­ freedom songs; and Rev. Pearlie Brown, “a blind street preacher and singer.” ling to accept the rules and regulations set down by The program was “dedicated to Liz Spraggins, who is recovering from a serious illness, and to the schooL I would agree whole-heartedly, if the great man who wanted to feed the hungry — to ‘the drum major for justice.’ ” Morehouse were a monastery school for prospective monks, “but that it ain’t.” The time has come when a college cannot SOUL '68 Redding’s music, Harlem’s art shops, and Stokley’s dictate to young people who already have one language, it exists. Soul 1968, to be put in a more lucid term, is black. foot well inside the threshold of adulthood and Greasy collards, shinebones, cornbread and butter­ not expect them to question and, in some cases, Black music, black food, black art, black dialect, milk will enchant your taste. search for ways to dissolve said rules and regulations, collectively, black culture of soul culture — is that particularly those that can be considered as in­ Cadenzas of Coltrane and operas of Price will engendered by black people or black men, if you sults to the intelligence and sense of self-discipline pierce your ear. prefer. of the individual student. The call is to adhere this year, 1968. As a resuscitation of a Black Renaissance in the Morehouse has presented itself as a college that Repercussions will appear in ’69 being interpreted will not yield in any way to its students; at any 1920’s, soul 1968 thus appears, though much too as a sign of progress and sometimes decadence. rate, it does more talking than anything else. It long to be recognized. boasts of its great student body; yet when a Manifested in corner cafes, Franklin’s, Simone’s and CARTHUR L. M. DRAKE faction of that student body organized a group (Continued on Page 6) Page 4 The Maroon Tiger May, 1968

PORTER SARGENT PUBLISHES "THE BLACK POWER REVOLT" Americans are buying the President’s Riot Com­ mission Report at the rate of 100,000 copies each day. Such unprecedented response demonstrates a desire by Americans to uncover the roots of pro­ found social questions that lock the nation deep in crisis. Porter Sargent will help provide some answers with publication April 22 of THE BLACK POWER REVOLT. Insiders who have seen galley proofs say THE BLACK POWER REVOLT will be required reading for all persons concerned with America’s social crisis. A collection of 36 essays, the new book traces the concept of Black Power to the first shouts of black protest three centuries ago and defines its SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT TO DO BEFORE HE WAKES UP! demands for power in 1968. Says Jonathan Kozol: “White people will not enjoy reading this book — STATEMENT BY WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, but they would be foolhardy to ignore it.” Kozol received the National Book Award on NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE, ISSUED TODAY (April 10, 1968) ON PASSAGE March 6 for DEATH AT AN EARLY AGE, an account of his experiences teaching children in OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL OF 1968: Boston’s Negro ghetto. Dr. Howard Zinn, a Boston University professor “The National Urban League is gratified at the swift passage of the Civil Rights Bill, and active in the civil rights and peace movements, says especially the end to federal tolerance of discrimination in most housing; but those whites who feel of THE BLACK POWER REVOLT: “This is a powerful book speaking right out of that they have been purged of the national guilt and shame caused by Dr. King’s assassination the bones of the past into the heart of the present- are dead wrong. This law is only one step toward a national resurgence of decency. So long as a set of angry, eloquent statements from David men are jobless, families live in rotting houses, and children don’t get the education white kids Walker to Du Bois to Stokely Carmichael. “Everyone in America should read it to under­ take for granted, there is no room for complacency in our stricken land.” stand the mood of black people challenging this country today, and to begin to think about how to READING ROOM SURVEY respond.” Adds John Henrik Clarke, editor and social (The figures and comments which appear below are taken from a survey recently administered critic: in the Morehouse Reading Room.) “This book is the first comprehensive collection Do you feel the ventilation and lighting systems are adequate in the Reading Room? of work relating to Black Power. “If this is Black Power then Black Power is a Yes 11 No 4 part of the promise of the American Constitution.” Do you feel the Reading Room is too small? Twelve essays in THE BLACK POWER REVOLT Yes 12 No 3 are published for the first time, including contribu­ tions by CORE Director Floyd B. McKissick and How do you rate reference assistance of the personnel? Playwright LeRoi Jones. Jones wrote his essay just Good 14 Bad 0 after last year’s riot at Newark. (The other student indicated “fair.”) Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X, and Adam Clayton Powell are among other black leaders repre­ Do you feel that the Reading Room has an adequate variety of books, magazines, and newspapers? sented in the book. Books Good 10 Bad 4 Among 12 documents reflecting Black Power’s Magazines Good historical origins are an autobiographical statement 9 Bad 5 by Nat Turner made in 1831 and a letter written Newspapers Good 9 Bad 4 from Banneker to Thomas Jefferson in 1791. Do you feel that the Reading Room should be operated so that students may borrow a particular book' Floyd B. Barbour, a Boston playwright, edited THE BLACK POWER REVOLT, part of the Yes 12 No 3 publisher’s Extending Horizons series. What is your comment on the yearly misplacement of over 1000 books, which is due to the sticky fingers of The book is the April selection of the Negro Morehouse Students: Book Club “Check out books for overnight use,” “The majority of Morehouse (Men) are uncultured and unrefined,” THE BLACK POWER REVOLT 288 pages, $2.95 paper, $5.95 cloth “Morehouse students should consider fellow students.” “Check cases and coats more closely.” Another student remarked, “It is rather hard to conceive ... unless the staff is doing (an)...inadequate job.’ ATLANTANS CELEBRATE 10TH Do you feel that strict measures should be taken to correct this situation? ANNIVERSARY OF OPERATION Yes 12 No 2 CROSSROADS AFRICA COMMENTS: There should be “strict enforcement of the card signing rule.“Deny the studentsthe privilege to Monday evening, April 1, 1968, more than 100 remove books from the shelves.” persons gathered in the Sherwin Room of Pascal’s Motor Hotel to commemorate the founding of Do you feel that the Honor System is practiced in the Reading Room? Operation Crossroads Africa. Yes 3 No 8 The local Atlanta committee was chaired by COMMENTS: “Yes. But if books are being taken it should no longer be used.” “No. The mere presence of Dr. E. A. Jones. However, when other commit­ a rule requiring (that) all books be checked when leaving the Reading Room,” exemplifies this. ments prevented him from completing the job, OTHER COMMENTS AND CRITICISMS: The “best...place I’ve seen for study.” “The air conditioner makes Father Warren Scott and Rev. Norman Raitts led the dinner on to completion. Committee members entirely too much noise.” The Reading Room “needs more books on science and math.” It’s a pretty included Miss Kathleen Billups, Miss Aundrella good Reading Room, but needs more books....” Bunyan, Janice Caldwell, Bettianne Childers, Dr. Tillman Cothran, John Ellis, Janice Friend, Marshal O-U-T-E-R L-l-M-l-T-S Grigsby, Mary Hatcher, Dr. E. A. Jones, Mildred Kuye, Rev. J. Oscar McCloud, Lillian Miles, Savannah Potter, Rev. Norman M. Raitts, Rev. Warren Scott, Several Morehouse freshmen were asked what CLAUDE WOODRUFF - I’d probably take Beverly Smith, Lauretta Smith, Sylvia Sprinkle, three books they would take to entertain the Bible for entertainment, an adventure Harold Taylor, and Alexis Walker. themselves as well as establish a library on a novel, and a book on how to establish a Rev. James Robinson, founder-director of Opera­ newly colonized planet. PLEASE NOTE tion Crossroads Africa, spoke to the group on ex­ colony. periences in Africa and the impact the project has THE FOLLOWING . . . made. ROLAND WRIGHT — . . . World Disorder, The high point of the banquet meal was an LEVY CURRY - I’d take a dictionary so I authentic African meal, chicken curry served with can be tight, a survival book, and something in case I was the leader of the colony, so that all the accompanying condiments—rice, chutney, hot to pass the time — my senior-high yearbook. I could study past world disorders and try to pepper, pineapple, onions, tomatoes, and almonds. prevent them in my colony;Peaceful Coexist­ Pascal’s restaurant deserves high praise for executing EUGENE MORGAN - ... a book on the ence, and a Playboy. this innovative meal in such a splendid manner. history of civilization, a Boy Scout manual, African song and dance was interspersed through and something long, Tolstoy’s War and Peace, out the evening and objects of African art HARDY CROSSLIN -... Valley of the Dolls were on display. to keep my mind diverted. because its a good dramatic story and can be For further information regarding participation SANDY SMITH - . . . some Marvel comic read over and over again; the Bible, because its in Operation crossroads Africa, write to good prose; and Stranger in a Strange Land, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York. books, Sports Illustrated, and Spider Man and Thor - that’s what I like to read. ’cause that’s my Bible. L. M. Page 5 Maroon Tiger May, 1968

A Liquor Store on Hunter Street was looted. Neighboring Aronoffs saw the effects of vandalism. Jack’s Clothing Store received a broken window.

But it seems as Will looting be a just way of showing our AND SYMPATHY...... though it turned into thanks? From one of his sermons Dr. King Not only has the death of Dr. Martin a nightmare as many states, “We will destroy ourselves with our Luther King, Jr., brought about unity among people took the point instruments and our powers.” fellow black people, but it has opened the of view that nonvio­ LET’S HOPE NOT! eyes and touched the hearts of many whites, lence died with Dr. WHAT I CONDONE...... hearts and eyes that were never before reach­ King. As a so-called What I condone is SELF-DEFENSE in the ed. This sympathy, combined with under­ revenge they carried, standing, can perhaps bring about quicker out their belief with acquiring of rights long overdue to our peo­ ple; if necessary, by force but organized enforcement of our civil liberties. senseless looting and force — not starting anything but eager to minor rioting, as seen ROBERT T. SMITH, III finish it if the need occurs. IN CONCLUSION...... in the above pictures. In conclusion, I would like to stress to The ironic thing about the Arnoff Super­ Negroes the senselessness of looting stores, market situation is that Mr. Arnoff has on ON UNITY...... burnings, and unorganized riots. This, said several occasions given food free to people of In order to accomplish this and advance, Dr. King, “will perish us as fools and is not the community who were unable to purchase our race must become unified and recognize the way.” Organized opposition is the ans­ it themselves, but he still was a victim of revenge. each other as brothers and sisters of a com­ wer. When combined with racial unity, the Jack’s Clothing Store on Hunter Street was mon cause. With the present philosophy of curved path of civil oppression will be reportedly stoned by kids between the ages of “black conscienceness” and the effects of the straightened. Until we make our oppressors ten and fourteen. Of course the liquor stores death of the slain leader, this idea of unity is recognize us as equals then only can peaceful were hit for the “spirit,” and you wonder for gradually coming into existence. Good. co-existence be initiated. Also, while the eyes whose...... Dr. King’s or their’s. It was displayed by over six hundred stu­ of the whites are open and their hearts The lawlessness that broke out was any­ dents in the Atlanta University Complex with touched, we should continue to stress our thing but revenge'. The people who partici­ a peaceful march in memory of Dr. King. plight for freedom. With organized leadership, pated used the occasion as an excuse to loot Throughout the city, people cooperated by faithful and united followers, and a clearly and steal. This is highly immoral. So what if turning on their headlights to pay tribute to outlined goal, we can make of Dr. the owners were white. You can’t classify all the great leader. Members of the GTEA Martin Luther King, Jr., erase the word white people as the one who pulled the trig­ (Georgia Teachers Education Association) can­ Nightmare from its slate and record the word ger of the gun that shot Dr. King. Some nar­ celled their traditional dress ball and staged a Reality as the time approaches when we can row-minded militants may find this hard to march to the state capital as their homage. Still repeat his famous words: believe, but there are some white people who many more volunteered transportation and are for your main interests. To show you free housing to those visitors in the city for what I mean, you will find that many leading the funeral. contributors to the college are white. Would Yes, a slow but sure sense of unity is grow­ “FREE AT LAST it be logical to loot and destroy Rich’s, the ing among our people, but it must develop well-known department store located in the more before we can ever attain the true free­ FREE AT LAST heart of town? The answer, of course, is NO. dom that we want so dearly. Again, we can be THANK GOD ALMIGHTY It would be highly illogical because at the directed to a phrase by Dr. King, “We must I’M FREE AT LAST” beginning of the year, Mr. Rich donated the live together as brothers before we perish to­ sum of one thousand dollars to the school. gether as fools.”

Life’s but a walking shadow, cerned about the death of Billie Jo, yet there is past few years. Mrs. Garson made a Freudian slip a poor player that struts and frets distress; the daughter does not have an appetite and and later amused the nation with MacBird! an attempt to change the topic of conversation fails. This play jokingly implements Johnson with the his hour upon the stage and then is heard assassination of President Kennedy. Robert Kennedy no more. Why do these two groups of people react to death has used the Vietnam issue as ammunition against -SHAKESPEARE so differently? The natures of the deaths are signi­ Mr. Johnson and further supported the reported ficant. The boy in the Frost poem died from an conflict between the two politicians. And the “Out, out — ” is a poem by Robert Frost. A young accident; but it is suggested that the daughter in latest book by Evelyn Lincoln, secretary to John boy is outside chopping wood when he cuts his “Ode to Billie Jo” is the mystery girl who was the F. Kennedy, continues along these lines; it was hand. Suddenly the boy is dead and those who last to see him alive. necessarily not written to discredit the President during his next campaign for office, but to give a witness him on his deathbed, “since they were not On Sunday, March 31, 1968, President Johnson factual account of the relationship between him the one dead, turned to their affairs.” Bobbie announced what will probably lead to the end of Gentry portrays a similar situation in her haunting and JFK. his political career. Although his policies may be song, “Ode to Billie Jo.” It reveals the dinner questionable, he frequently has not been judged for table reactions of a Delta family to a young man his merits. Instead, the President has been ridiculed President Johnson shocked the nation by withdraw­ who has committed suicide. for making monstrously long, monotonous speeches, ing his ring from the Democractic circus. Despite criticized for having poor diction, and publicly the fact that he managed to produce results in sever­ “Out, out —” reminds the reader that life may be reprimanded for mashing his peas. al areas — medicare, education, civil rights, his final snuffed at any moment, and though someone has decision to de-escalate the Vietnam War is not died, those who survive him must continue to en­ dure. The Delta family pretends to be uncon­ This ugliness has grown out of proportion in the (Continued on Page 61 Page 6 Maroon Tiger May, 1968

5 April 1968 . Generally, this seems to with several minutes of enthusiastic applause There is a great be true. The march was held this morning. deal of commotion Although it was far from silent, there were no here in Atlanta a- disorders and the police were cooperative. Many students were torn between shouting bout the death of 8 April 1968 Martin Luther King; stirring cries and singing freedom songs. this is his hometown. Several radio stations After walking past two Ashby Stree have suspended com­ groceries which were forced to close becaus mercial broadcasts and 6 April 1968 of arson, it seemed odd to see a hardwar are devoting their store, a dry cleaner, a laundromat untouched time to giving a com­ Martin Luther King made a mistake when Hunter Street looked busier than usual. Th bination of the latest he said that if his methods to cure racism bank and drugstore were crowded. Movin BENJAMIN WRIGHT news about his death, failed, this country would be overcome with cars filled the street. The only signs of whs on-the-air interviews violence. There is usually a conscientious had been going on the previous weekend wei and comments from listeners, excerpts from effort made to make inevitabilities happen. pieces of broken glass and rubbish on th his speeches, and sacred music. Ralph McGill, The outbursts in Jackson, Memphis, Harlem sidewalks, boarded windows, and empty ston publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, made and other areas seem to prove this point fronts. these remarks in an editorial: because they occured so soon after this death.

White slaves killed Dr. King in Memphis. The burning of a near-by store was the At the moment the trigger was fired, Martin first report of damage done in Atlanta. This 9 April 1968 Luther King was the free man. The white was followed by the sabotaging and looting killer was a slave to fear, a slave to his own of several stores last night. Looking from Several dreary days have passed. The sui sense of inferiority, a slave to hatred, a slave Graves Hall, one could easily observe people revealed the Morehouse campus to be mor to all the bloody instincts that surge in a madly running with stolen goods in their beautiful than it has ever been all year. Tree brain when a human being decides to become hands. with white blossoms and leaves of greei a beast. slightly veiled a clear blue sky.This afternooi Amusement was the reaction of most Martin Luther King was peacefully honorei At the Atlanta University Center, several observers of the absurdities they were witnes­ by the thousands of people who attended hi meetings were held before it was decided to sing in the streets; there seemed to be very last rites.However, these words from the Ne\ have a silent, nonviolent march in honor of little apprehension. The pressures of the York Times (6 April 1968) are appropriate Rev. King. This is significant because he was Vietnam War and past racial tension have a graduate of Morehouse College, one of the hardened most Americans and thus will make it easier to endure this and coming hardships. six black schools that comprise the center. Americans by themselves cannot achieve th A reporter for the Constitution who attended peaceful world for which Dr. King dreame this meeting wrote that the students were and preached. But it is well within thei bitter; a similar comment was made in the wealth and power to translate his vision inti 7 April 1968 reality in these United States. They nee< have only the generosity of spirit and th Last night the body of Martin Luther moral imagination to affirm their commoi King was available for the public to view at humanity across the useless barriers of race 1L4 KE UP! (Continued from Page 3) Sisters’ Chapel,Spelman College. There were two long lines, but it did not take long to which has hopes of doing things not only for Morehouse but also for the community in which enter the chapel and see him. Rev. King’s Let us see what tomorrow brings. it is located, Morehouse didn’t see fit to allocate to small body seemed tranquil in his glass-en­ the group the meager funds it needed to function. cased casket. He looked older than his 39 This strikes me as rather strange when Morehouse has funds which are meant for just such allocations. years. (Continued from Page 5) It is amazing that the same college nas com­ mitted itself to the building of a two-million dollar Today is Sunday. President Gloster spoke entirely a noble act The excessive pride of Johnso chapel dedicated to the memory of a man whose to the faculty, staff, and student body of prevented him from doing so until deciding not t shrine is the hearts of men who knew him and his seek another term, and he has taken the substanc works. To do this is great, and yet to give funds to Morehouse College at 2:15 p.m. in Sale Hall, from the anti-war platforms of Robert Kenned an organization that wishes to continue the work of Morehouse College. Dr. Gloster announced and Eugene McCarthy. Martin Luther King isn’t worth the consideration of plans for a two million dollar chapel which is Morehouse “Power People.” Maybe they feel that to be constructed and dedicated to Rev. the group is unfit because it uses the term “Black Could legislative action have been taken to lim Power” in it’s manifesto, or maybe they don’t like Martin Luther King. This edifice probably the power of Mr. Johnson? If not, there must t the people who are the key members of the group would include his crypt and a library contain­ something gravely wrong with our democrat: (inside agitators). Since we were given no valid system. The overuse of attacks against the Preside! reason as to why the funds were not made available ing his works and numerous awards. There illustrates the inability of his opponents to directl to us, we can only speculate. are plans to put plaques with his famous tackle issues of Presidential power in an honest an The time has come for Morehouse to wake up, quotation on its walls. sensible way. Even war has fair play. and if the school will not do so on it’s own, 1 feel, the Maroon Tiger feels, and B.A.C.* feels that the students must see to it that the school is awakened. Mr. Gloster asked that every member of Every American should evaluate his attitude an But we still hope that this awakening will be a joint the college act as official host to the one effort on the part of all three factions of the great actions toward the President, as well as his dome; Morehouse College! hundred thousand people expected to attend tic and foreign policies. It would be interesting t the campus funeral service of Dr. King, and note how many would be able to go about the: affairs with a clear conscience and how many shoul *If you wish to join the Black Action Committee he mentioned funds received for a scholarship choke on their next piece of Texas barbecue. (B.A.C.) or would like to work with the group, fund in honor of Dr. King. The President’s contact any member of the Maroon 1 iger Staff for information. speech was acknowledge by a standing ovation BENJAMIN WRIGHT Page 7 Maroon Tiger May, 1968

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Anderson, S.E. “Toward Racial Relevancy: Militancy and the Black Student,” Negro Digest, September, 1967, pp. 12—17. 200,000 PAY FINAL TRIBUTE TO REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Cruse, Harold The Crisis of the Negro Intel­ lectual: From Its Origins to the Present. More than 50,000 persons were standing outside the Ebenezer Church where King and his father shared the New York: William Morrow & Co. Jnc.,1967. pulpit for eight years, as the service there began at 10:45 a.m. — 15 minutes later than scheduled. The 1,300 persons crammed inside the aging unpretentious Baptist church seemed to have their emotions strained near breaking as Dr. King’s booming and emotionally pitched voice came to them by tape from Feb. 4. Dunbar, Ernest. “The Black Revolt Hits the “If any of you are around when I have to meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral. And if you get someone White Campus, ” Look, October 31, to deliver the eulogy, tell him not to talk too long .... Tell him not to mention that I have a Nobel Peace Prize. 1967, pp. 27, 31. That isn’t important. Tell them not to mention that I have three or four hundred other awards. That’s not important. Tell them not to mention where I went to school. I’d like someone to mention that day that ‘Martin Luther, King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others.’ I’d like for someone to say that day, that ‘Martin Farber, Jerry. “The Student as NIGGER, ” Luther King, Jr., tried to love somebody’.... Say that I am a drum major for justice.” First Issue, Cornell University, January 29, But the eyes of those that heard the text were already wet. When the Ebenezer choir sang “Softly and 1968. pp. 2-5. Tenderly,” perhaps King’s favorite hymn, the mourners began to sob and dab their eyes.

Hamilton, Charles V. “The Place of the Black EVERY VOICE College in the Human Rights Struggle,” The chorus brought forth every voice at its loudest and best — “Come home, come home. Earnestly, Negro Digest, September, 1967, pp. 4—10. tenderly, Jesus is calling — calling, ‘Oh sinner, come home.’ ” Mrs. King, her children, the Rev. and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Sr., and the Rev. A. D. King, brother of the civil rights leader, were among those on the front row - in front of the African mahogany closed coffin — topped Jencks, Christopher and Reissman, David. with a cross of white carnations. “The American Negro College,” Harvard The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, King’s successor as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, presided at Ebenezer in addition to leading the march with A. D. King and presiding at Morehouse and the cemetery. Educational Review, 37:1, 1967. In his prayer, Ebenezer Assistant Pastor Ronald English said of King, “Here was one man truly prepared to die . . . he has shown us how to live... he has shown us how to love ... History once more turned on its own. Miller, S. M. Breaking the Credentials Barrier. It couldn’t bear the truth he spoke.” The Rev. William Holmes Borders of Wheat Street Baptist Church read a portion of the 90th Psalm and all New York: Office of Reports, Ford Founda­ of the 23rd Psalm. tion (330 E. 43 St.), 1968. The Rev. E. H. Dorsey of Tabernacle Baptist Church read the Beatitudes from the fifth chapter of Matthew. Dr. L. Harold De Wolfe, who taught King at Boston University and is now at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, said that King “spoke with the tongue of men and of angels” and his life exemplified “faith, Rosenthal, Robert and Jacobson, Lenore F. hope, and love.” “Teacher Expectations for the Disadvan­ “What a legacy of love he has left.” taged,” Scientific American, April, 1968, Mrs. Mary Gurley’s rendition of “My Heavenly Father Watches Over Me” also caused the congregation to say softly, “Yes, yes, yes.” pp. 19-23. Abernathy spoke of experiences with King and pledged to fast until “I’m satisfied that I’m ready for the task at hand.” He said he had not eaten since last Thursday.

Wilcox, Preston R. Proposal for I. S. 201 Complex Community Education Center. New STREETS LINED York: MUST (235 E. 49 St.), Feb. 28, 1968, The family began what Abernathy called “the pilgrimage” to the college at 12:30 p.m. A mass of persons were waiting outside the church, in the streets, on dirt banks, and in yards and on porches. The streets were 27 pps. lined. The 4.3 mile march had a somberness and a dignity rarely seen when even a fraction of that number of per­ sons gather in one place. Many of the dignitaries marched some or all of the way. Singer Harry Belafonte was Wilcox, Preston R. The School and the Com­ near the front with the King family. munity with Special Concern for Higher Edu­ When the marchers reached Morehouse, as many as 100,000 persons were already there for the open-air service in front of Harkness Hall. cation: The Black Position. New York: Six tributes were eliminated because of earlier delays. These were to have been from Atlanta Mayor Ivan MUST,Feb. 26,1968.16 pp. (mimeographed) Allen; Robert Collier, chairman of the Ebenezer Church Board of Deacons; the Most Rev. John J. Wright, bishop of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Rosa Parks, “mother” of the Montgomery Movement; the Rev. J. E. Lowery, chair­ man of the SCLCBoard, and the Rev. , SCLC vice president. The Rev. Thomas Kilgore of Los Angeles delivered a prayer. Rabbi Herschel of the Jewish Theological A Compendium of Federal Education Laws. Seminary read from Isiah 53:3-9, which contains these words: Washington, D. C.: Committee on Education “He is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief .... Surely he hath borne and Labor, House of Representatives, 1967. our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet,we did not esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted ....” The Rev. Franklin Fry, chairman of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, read a por­ 533 pp. tion of the Beatitudes. The Ebenezer Choir, the Morehouse Glee Club, and Mahalia Jackson provided the music. Miss Jackson sang, “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” Distribution of Educational Resources A- In his eulogy, Dr. Benjamin Mays, president emeritus of Morehouse College, closed by saying that “if physi­ cal death was the price he had to pay to rid America of prejudice and injustice, nothing could be more redemp­ mong the Bronx Public Schools. Bronx, tive. To paraphrase the words of the immortal John Fitzgerald Kennedy, permit me to say that Martin Luther N. Y.: United Bronx Parents, April, 1968. King, Jr.’s unfinished work on earth must truly be our own.” 14 pp. + Resources. Mays spoke of King’s philosophy of nonviolent action,which did not stem from “fear or cowardice. Moral courage was one of his noblest virtues.” “. . . I make bold to assert that it took more courage for King to practice nonviolence than it took his assassin to fire the fatal shot. The assassin is a coward; he committed his foul act and fled. When Martin Luther disobeyed an unjust law, he accepted the consequences of his action. He never ran away and never begged for Operation Bootstrap: Inter-relationship of mercy,” said Mays. Education and Employment. Los Angeles: “Perhaps he was more courageous than soldiers who fight and die on the battlefield. There is an element of Operation Bootstrap (4171 So. Central Ave.), compulsion in their dying,” Mays said. “But when Martin Luther faced death again and again, and finally em­ braced it, there was no external pressure.” 1966. (A one-page chart) “The man was loved by some and hated by others. If any man knew the meaning of suffering, King knew. House bombed; living day by day for 13 years under constant threat of death; maliciously accused of being Communist; falsely accused of being insincere and seeking the limelight for his own glory; stabbed by a member of his own, race; slugged in a hotel lobby; jailed 30 times; occasionally deeply hurt because friends betrayed him “Professors: The Dissenters,” TIME, - and yet this man had no bitterness in his heart, no rancor in his soul, no revenge in his mind; and he went up April 5, 1968, p. 69. and down the length and breadth of this world preaching nonviolence and the redemptive power of love.” Mays continued: “If we all love Martin Luther King, Jr., and respect him, as this crowd testifies, let us see to it that he did not die in vain; let us see to it that we do not dishonor his name by trying to solve our problems through rioting in the streets.” Proposed Central Brooklyn College Oppor­ After the eulogy, everyone joined hands and sang, “We Shall Overcome.” tunities Program. Brooklyn: Pratt Center From there, the casket was taken to South View, a temporary resting place for King. The family is undecided where the body will rest permanently. for Community Improvement, 1967. 18 pp. Mrs. King was composed throughout the graveside services, but did weep silently. Tears streamed down (mimeographed) Abernathy’s face as he said the final words over his former leader. A much smaller crowd was on hand for the services at the cemetery, located about five miles from Morehouse College on Jonesboro Road, near Lakewood Park and the Federal Penitentiary. Page 8 The Maroon Tiger May, 1968

Black Power Symposium Ends With Questions At Wabash “We speak of violence; others who do not speak of violence do it.” With this statement Prof. Finley Camp­ bell of Morehouse College opened the final session of the symposium on “Black Power and the White Student” at Wabash College. had been scheduled for Baxter Hall, but due to the large turnout of students and local residents, the meeting was moved to the Chapel. Prof. Campbell told the group that the problem lacing each and every person truly interested in the race situa­ tion is “what do we do now?” He suggested four major areas of need in the Black community which should be taken care of now. One concerned renovation and transformation of housing as it now exists. He suggested that the federal govern­ ment buy up tenements from the owners and build new developments which could eventually belong to the black renter. He asserted that a person living in sub-normal FESTIVAL CINEMA TWO housing infested with roaches and rats has no de­ sire to invest what little money he has into renovat­ A deep injustice by the American press has It is with great pleasure that the Festival ing property which doesn’t belong to him. Cinema announces the opening of its new theatre, caused me to pen my final article of the year. Another suggestion Campbell made was the for­ Festival Cinema Two. Located on Fair Street at the mation of a Youth Employment Service in commu­ The American press has created a monster renovated Ritz Theatre, Festival Cinema Two will nities of 100,000-or-more population. This YES which has caused nnliticians and sociologists continue and extend the standard of fine films program could utilize the natural leadership in black to toil night and day. I call it the hust­ established by the Festival Cinema during its first year and one-half of operation. communities and enable Negro youths “to feel like ler’s carnival; others call it a riot. We at Festival Cinema Two are proud to be able useful members of the society they live in.” The past four summers have seen grotesque to share with you our interest and belief in film as “These young people don’t want ‘nothing’ jobs; outbursts of violence, destruction and loot­ a vital art form. Perhaps the most misunderstood they want jobs where they can earn their money, ing in many.of the nation’s major cities. and unrecognized art form, film is today the most have responsibility and be somebody,” Campbell immediate and personal form of expression and com­ said. Many businesses and homes suffered great dam­ munication. age . Not only did most stores suffer a phy­ He also suggested a training program for the old­ One must recall the early days of film. It is not er Negro to enable this group of people to live better. ironic that Charlie Chaplin emerged during the sical damage, they also suffered an inventory He explained that every dollar poured into a damage. Most of these “riots” are sparked greatest period of immigration in American history. Millions of people, alone with a communication project such as the above mentioned would come by some act of white racism. The black problem in a strange land, were able to identify back to the community which invested it. By pseudo-facist then appears and publi­ with and feel sympathy toward“the little tramp”..... raising the standard of living of a black community, cizes, many times falsely, the situation or the beginnine of a universal picture language. providing jobs for the people and training otherwise incident. At the onset of the black pseudo­ Today, the Rockefeller Foundation has awarded to uneducated Negros, the dollars they would be able Stan VanDerBeek, an avant-garde filmmaker, a to earn would come back to the community as they racist’s performance his audience is usually grant to explore and extend the possibilities of the street corner hustlers and thugs. This film as a universal language. Film, it is felt, is the bought homes, autos, furniture and food, Campbell statement, of course, finds more truth in key to bridging the information gap of the emerg­ claimed. large ghettoes like Harlem and Watts. The ing nations. He also asked for preventive and curative mea­ Between the silent classics of Chaplin and the sures to combat serious health problems facing the audience, subsequently, becomes mixed with proposed movie dromes of VanDerBeek lies the Negro in the ghetto. more moderately concerned Negroes who are history of film. Festival Cinema Two plans to The last part of his answer on “what to do now” watching to see “what’s happening.” The present the best of the fascinating history. Empha­ concerned education. He told of the great waste of speaker not only fools the honestly concerned sis will be placed upon the film as modem art natural resources this country has allowed and said form and, of course, its powerful effect as social Negroes who then sees the situation as a thun­ commentator. The classics of Fellini, Antonioni, black brain power is being wasted the same way. dering blow agains his race, but he fools the Renais, Kurosawa, Bergman and Buñuel have result­ Campbell said, “Governor Lurleen Wallace is American press also. ed in the experimentation with film that has led to dying of cancer. Maybe in some young black mind Once the property damaging starts, the the formation of the New American Cinema - is the cure for that cancer, but because her husband hustlers and looters go to work draining the commonly known as “underground film.” Today, is one who works against equality, that cure won’t more and more painters and writers are finding be found by that black mind because the education inventories of the department stores. This is film a stimulating and challenging medium of ex­ opportunity isn’t there.” nothing unusual for them because looting and pression. Painters and sculptors such as Robert He told the assemblage that there are many ways the stealingis a daily routine for them. The “riot” Whitman, Robert Rauchenberg, and Andy Warhol have successfully utilized film, and now writers individual can help. One way would be to move into is just an avenue by which they operate on a like Norman Mailer and LeRoi Jones are working a black community and offer help through programs larger scale. When news of this outburst of directly with film. As a further advancement, such as VISTA. public disorder reaches the American press, it the Festival Cinema recently produced and presented He told the students that they could organize onthe is rationalized as a “riot” caused by Negroes’ “Birth of a Plaid Child,” an original mixed-media Wabash campus and dedicate themselves to libera­ theatrical production that combined film with the tion of the black community by making campus resentment of white racism. Politicians and theatrical techniques of acting, mime, dance, sound, sociologists go on record ascribing the lack of activities and fraternities open to anyone, regardless and lighting as an extension of the art form. We of race or religion. sufficient civil rights legislation and the degra­ are also involved in actual film production. Campbell said the students could participate in a dation of black people as the cause of the riot. Festival Cinema Two is going to present the best of this exciting medium. We want to share “Gram in,” which would mean every interested per­ One looter was quoted as saying, “Hell, I with you, what we have to offer and hope that our son would send a telegram to the President or his don’t give a damn about no civil rights,” excitement and enthusiasm will be mutually reci- congressman supporting the Poor Peoples March in when asked if he felt whether congress had procative. Festival Cinema Two hopes the theatre Washington. passed enough civil rights legislation. Another will be used for a forum of free thought, film semi­ nars, and laboratories. The opportunity will be (continued on Page 10) looter was asked why he didn’t get a job and there. work rather than steal from others. He Festival Cinema Two believes that film educa­ answered, “Man are you sick in the head?” tion should begin at an early age. Today the 8mm. Even though it is often quite obvious that a camera is replacing the pen as writing instrument. Toward this filmic education we are establishing a large part of the rioters use the riot as a special Saturday children’s matinee where only the means to reach their personal ends, the true finest films for youngsters will be shown. Admis­ situation is never reported. The paper will sion for these performances will be 35 cents. The read, “Negroes Riot in Protest of White possibility also exists for a series of Monday night musical concerts featuring Rock, Blues, and other Racism.” It should read “A Group of Negro musical forms. Hoodlums Go On Looting Spree. By not Festival Cinema Two will open about the first reporting what actually happens, the Ameri­ week in March. We look forward to the opportunity can press actually starts the real protest by of being and working with you. giving the general public the idealized con­ cept of what has happened. The sincere the furniture store and leave the bank next Negro then accepts this concept and falsely door unharmed. If one examines the situa­ believes that frustrations due to social degra­ tion when “riots” erupt, he will notice that dation were actually the motivating factors. the beginning participants, in most cases thus However, one cannot argue the fact that far, have been the unconcerned black pseudo­ BLACK POWER SYMPOSIUM CONDUCTED HERE society breeds these looters and hustlers. racist, the corner hustler. However, before Following chapel service at Wabash College Thurs­ Nevertheless, their immediate motivating long the serious and concerned Negro appears day morning, groups of students and faculty mem­ force was not frustration. They were motiva­ with his acceptance of the idealized concept bers stood discussing thoughtsand ideas which were ted by the money that they would get from of the situation given by tire American press. expressed during part of the Black Power Sympo­ their “hot” items. The hustler’s carnival thus takes on the mean­ sium, which ended Thursday night at Baxter Hall. A rioting people, motivated by frustration ing given by the American press, politicians, Left to right are — Walter Dancy, junior at More­ of social degradation, will not tear up their and the sociologists. What had started out to house College; Ron Clark, junior at Wabash from own community and leave their enemy’s un­ be a “shopping spree” has consequently be­ Indianapolis; David Britt, member of the English come a serious protest, although not violent. faculty at Wabash; Finley C. Campbell, member of harmed. They will not loot a store for gro­ English Department at Morehouse; Jack Clarke, ceries and forget to burn the credit books. In all fairness to the civil rights struggle, 1 junior at Wabash, and Charles Burris, freshman at They will not burn their own community and must say that this article is not characteristic Morehouse. not burn the whole town. They will not rob of all “riots” in the past. (Journal-Review Photo by Gaildene Duncan) Page 9 The Maroon Tiger May, 1968

SCREAM MARTIN LUTHER KING I HAVE A DREAM Judas I have a dream Judas BY WALTER KENTLEY DANCY Judas far off crying moaning whispering echoing Forsake me not I have a dream

Destiny Father of Love Destiny one day Destiny washed in the blood of one day life God Almighty on the red Georgia hills of there is no land clay ..... free at last farther than the heart can beat or the spirit the embalmer chokes Free at Last intends as he strokes the cold God Almighty free at LAST there is no retreat bound head from the doves of my soul the embalmer weeps the blast of a gun though the hawks as the fluid the gunman runs spear the spleen of my spreads vulnerability through the Martyr’s the martyr’s red blood runs veins Dr. King I have a dream stains the communion Sons of slaveowners of America’s tragedy the dim world beyond this world and sons of slavery’s chains blood spilled on brightens and takes him unto others cast off bondage together at a Thursday’s gone the supper table say face in the heart of friend a graceless Memphis Rise Lazarus! my fellow American Rise Lazarus! Martin the garbage workers ceaseless march Rise Luther the harsh cops splintering the Lester blackboy’s skull Throw the stone of meaning Herman the courage into the pond of the threat our suffering Free/ free/ free/ free at last the urgent voice Save us They flew him to Atlanta I have a dream Save us and millions weep and millions fear to sleep Cities burn while men he falls silent Free at last flame to be free gushing blood floods the free at last balcony God oppression cannot last the rail meets the gunner’s eye Almighty free free at last George Wallace the Martyr falls free free free at Last Lester Maddox I have a dream free at last free at last Mississippi the silk clouds fall away I’ve been to the promised land from the sky of his I’ve climbed the mountain roll on freedom My God! roll on roll on muddy muddy river roll on it’s raining in Atlanta into the hospital with a towel I love you Coretta spread I have a dream O his face unseen Jordan . . . and he didn’t say a mumbling word doctors cry as O they feel the love communion wine Jordan the racist runs flowing from his head ebb/ing life roll river get a gun get a gun he’s dead! Coretta Coretta Coretta I’ve seen the get a gun promised land O Jordan Cities burn Precious Lord take ... take ... take ... my hand the sun falls into flames and ash the news flash/tragedy bedlam’s cloud he’s gone the tenor low key the bass moans our state his shroud scream and violins whine I have a dream dogs are barking covers the Saint as he faints dream it dream it into Ralph his promised land the act / murder the way Martin dreamed the crime/ hate Dr. King understand understand free at last the infamy God almighty King spilled his blood Martin Luther King the fall the man man man man man man man man man man smashed his skull I have a dream he was silent Free at last understand Mama free at last Sea gulls cry and help me Father God Almighty reel circling the free at last sea of our hope America last spraying / spraying/ spraying now now now now or last last his never/ scope the blast tears the far beyond our Martin Luther King golden patience Martin Luther King throat Martin Luther King I have a dream a moat of hate I have a dream scream possessed the gunman a scream I have a dream. who ran/ ranranranran Page 10 The Maroon Tiger May, 1968

18, 1953, at her Marion, Alabama, home she