THE STUDENT VOICE Vol. 4 No. 1 0 TheStudentVoice, Inc. 6 Raymond Street, N.W .. Atlanta 14, Ga. December 30, !91) 'i
jACKSON, MlSSlSSlPPI - The Student Nonviolent Coordinatiile: Committee (SNCC) has askedSe cretary of Defense Robert Mc Namara to " act immediately to halt discrimination in the pro ATLANTA, GEORGIA - The Christmas in an Atlant::t ja • Mrs. Gregory and the two young cessing of inductees in Jackson, Chairman of the Student Nonvio SNCC Chairman john Lewis women arrested with her are Mississippi.'' lent Coordinating Committee, the Mrs. Lilli:ln Gregory and the oth stockholders in Dobbs House, the The SNCC protest, from the wife of commedian Dick Gregory er 22 workers were jailed at a Tennessee corporation that owns group' s chairman, john Lewis, frnd..22..SNCC-=-ker:rspem their Toddle House Restaurant here. Toddle House. All were, in.ek. said SNCC worker MeA rthur Cot feet, arrested on their own pr o ton was refused service ;; t the perty. They are beingheldunder Air Base Grill here while he was $100 bail. The three were placed taking a phys ical examination. in solitary confinement on Satur Cotton also said he and other day night, December 28, when Negroe s were made to ride in the they refused to obey jail rules. rear of an Army bus to jackson Protests at the segregated eat from Kosciusco, his home town. ing place began on Saturday even Cotton said the jackson induc ing, December 21. after SNCC tion center was "totally segre wor kers visited and sang Free gated." dom Songs, with the Honorable The SNCC worker said he pro Oginda Odinga, Minister of Home tested the segregation of govern Affairs of Kenya. ment facilities to officers there, Two members of thegroupthat and was told "the induction cen met and sang with members of ter is a city establishment and the Kenya delegation trie
pletely wrecked" it, according to the office files, including a large chett Jr., printers who prepared Nine Arrested one SNCC worker. number of leaflets promoting a the boycott leaflets. Willie C. Robertson, 24, who selective buying campaign in Sel Miss johnson andMurraywere SELMA, ALABAMA -The she was arrested in the SNCC office ma. arrested in downtown Selma as riff of Dallas County, the Coun this afternoon, said Sheriff jim Earlier this week, a federal they distributed the leaflets. Spi ty Solicitor and four policemen Clark tore a telephone from the judge had refused to allow Dallas vey, Pickett, Austin, andRobert r aided the office of the Student wall and pushed SNCC worker County officials to subpoena the son were arresred in the SNCC Nonviolent Coordinating Com james Austin, 21, against a win r ecord of the organization. office. Williams was jailed in mittee (SNCC) here today and ar dow. Arrested were FrankSpivey,l8 the "Freedom House" when he rested nine people. Robertson said Sheriff Clark · Louise johnson, 22;josephPick walked in on Sheriff Clark and The same policemen al so broke told Austin, We've been after you ett, 16; David Murray, 25; Al the policement there. They had into "Freedom House"-a three for a long time.'' very Williams, 21; and Austin broken into the house, Williams room apartment used to house The officers also confiscated and Robertson. Al so jailed were CONTINUEb ON PAGE l SNCC workers here and "com- materials and affidavits from .D. Pritchett Sr. and Prit- I
Page 2 STUDENT VOICE Leaders Sentencedj On Perjury Charge Government, in attempting to ob tain their constitutionally gua ranteed rights. " The sentencing followed sepa r ate trials for the five during November, at which the defen dants flatly denied the charges against them. A sixth person accused, Mrs. Eliza Jackson, is to be tried Jan. 27. She is the recording secretary of the Al - bany Movement. Or. w.G. Anderson, former of the Albany Movement. is to April 6. A jury was unable to b1s first trial in the fall. with conspiring to mtUI1~ ...... ,..._ Jui juror. Tbe otbers are dlaqecl t».LLAS COUNTY SHERIFF Jim Clark arden SNCC E)tecutive with lying to a federal &nDd Sectetaq .)ames Forman away from a Uoe of Nearoe• trying to MACON, GA .-- Five leaders jury about~ IMbH'S dir- nc1-.r to ~ dlar'ID& an extensive vo~ campalln thta aummer, e Albany Movement-includ- iDg Its iD...estlptt-cllf.._pktat- -r.o SNCC field aecretades were beaoen by Clark'• poUcemen ing a worker were sentenc- iDg of.._ ~ s11on17 after tb1s picture waa taken. Forman and the two workers ed in U.S. Court bere Tie cr-1 )ll:y was ....ll wsttp-HI:jllra- w1ao were beaoen were teytDg to brinl food to the Negroes, some of on Dec. 23 as a res ult diC dlu:1De bJ CUI Smlda,. a 8 wl>om w to staDd in l1De all dav wldaout ead.ntt. d d ing of a supermarket in Au..-~----. IMt Ids p1.-:e Md beell last spring. Tbe formal c:laeqe ...._retalla~ ~ · · Office Rai e against them was perjury. dltt lie p...e'a s a )lror In Fed- Voter S11t Halted cONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Those sentEDced were Slaller .eraJ. Coun. reported. · · King, acting presldslt of die AI- Smlda 8Dd od!ers on the jury SELMA ALABAMA A Fed- All were charged with "illegal ' bany Mo-vement. wbo was gl"f'eD bad fouDd in favor of Sbertff L. era! judge has "temporarily" circulation of literature pro a year and a · day In prtsoo; Warren Johnson of Baker Co1.Dl suspended a hearing on a Justice moting a boycott." All were re tbe Rev. Samuel B. Wells, a ty, accused of beating and shoot De partment suit charging the leased on $500.00 bail. year and a day;Mtss Jon1Rabino- ing a Negro, Charlie Ware, Wilcox County, Alabama board SNCC has conducted an ex wltz, SNCC worker and white while Ware was a prisoner. of registrars with discriminating tensive voting drive in Dallas and Antioch College srudent, three Smith closed down the super against Negro voters. Wilcox Counties since January months to four years, and Tho- market after it had been picket The Wilcox County hearing 1963. Negroes are 57 . 7%, of Dal mas Chatmon andRobertThomas ed for about an hour. The pick- followed a r ecessed hearing on las County's population, Only .9%, a Justice Department plea to halt suspended sentences and five ets said they were protesting of the voting age Negroes are a grand jury in Selma from in years' probation. Smith' s failure to upgrade Ne registered voters, according to vestigating government action in Attorneys immediately filled groes employed in the store. the United States Civil Rights this central Alabama town. notice of appeal to the Fifth U.S. Smith was represented by a Commiss ion. The U.S. Depart Judge Daniel H. Thomas said Circuit Court of Appeals at New law firm which included Mavor ment of Justice has filed suit s Orleans. judge W.A. Bootie set A sa Kelly of Albany. This firm hearings on the grand jury in against Sheriff Clark, Solicitor appeal bonds at $5,000 lor Kl.ng; vestigation would continue after requested the investigation by th~ McLeod and the White Citizens $3,000 for Miss Rabinowitz, and Federal Government. The Jus -arguments.. were heard in the vot Council jlere chargii:Jg them with ing cast. $2,500 apiece for the others. tice Department conducted the intimidation of and discrimina- None had ever been arrested Before taking up the Wilcox tion against potential Negro most vigorous prosecution yet County suit, Thomas r uled the previously except for taking part seen in the civil rights move voters. Dallas County Improvement As in integration activities. Albany ment. was the scene of a great upsurge The guilty verdicts wlll be ap sociation and the Dallas County Two white men testified they against segregation in 1962, dur pealed on the ground that Ne Student Nonviolent Coordinating had been given help by the re ing which It became a symbol of groes are discriminated against Committee would not have to pro- glstrar on their voting applica duce member ship rolls, litera- tions. the integration movement throu in the selection of jurors in the ghout the world. U.S. courts in the Middle Dis ture, financial s tate ments, pay- There are no Negroes reg ~ st .... fter he was sentenced, Slater trict of Georgia. Of 93 per- . rolls and pahphlets . r equested by ered in Wilcox County. In 1960 King declared; "I knew from the sons called as possible jurors the defense. Negroes were 77% of the total beginning that it would be an im for the Albany leaders' trial, The Justice Department called .....!oo~o::::ul!:a:.:t=:io::::n.:...:::o:..f ..:th:;e:....::c.:.oun=.;,;ty;::..;.•___ _ possibility for all of us who had Lonnie Brown, a Negro farmer, • only three were Negr oes. These been very active leaders in the who tes tified he was refused a three were quickly stricken by freedom struggle to receive a fair chance to register In Wilcox THE STUDENT VOICE U.S. Attorneys. and impartial trial before an all County on two occasions. Slater Kin g ran for mayor of Published Once A Week ..,.hite Southern Jury, Br own, who worked with SNCC Albany in 1963 and Chatmon was On Mondays at Atlanta, Field Secretary Bernard Lafay "lt Is interesting that white se a candidate for city commission Fulton County, Georgia, gregationists can bomb, murder, ette in getting the firs t group of er in 1962. Mr . Wells bas been an: plunder at will and with the Negroes to make a registration very active in voter registration. BY STUDENT VOICE, INC. knowledge that they will not be attempt in Wilcox County in 30 Thomas, an Albany Movement. 8 1/2 Raymond Street, N.W. punished by the courts, but black years, testified his home was Atlanta , Geor gia 30314 me~ must !ace death daily, and Thomas, an Albany barber, has · fired upon shortly after he first even per aecutlon by the Federal been a strong supporter of the tried to register• . ·Albany Movement. Page 3 STUDENT VOICE December 30, 1963 Sipa carn.d to die Mayor' • :.;;;~;;;;;;;:;::;;;:-::;;;;-;;;;:;:;;;;;;;=;;;;-::;;w;m;::;;;:;;;;ti;;r.::i=.im=::==:;;nir-- >ongs of the Southern Freedom Movement offSCe and home react "Slack ia Not a VIce or Selr.Pdoa a ' WE SHALL OVERCOME! Virtue; Atlanta'• Jmase ta a Conll'ilcd by (;uy and Candie Carawan for Fraud." fht:' ~tudent :\on-\'iolcntl'f~(Jt'(iimtting ('mnmittet Working with SNCC to proteat OAK I'{ .JU.It 'ATIO~~ JC.?. segregation ia the Commtuee On Appeal For Human RfPta (COA ' HR), the Atlanta Univeratcy Cal ter student group. COAHR, beaded by Morehoule CoU.,.: atudent Larry Fox, 1a reaponat ble for integration of Atlanta's movie cbeatrea, dime acore re stauranu and for securtD& more tobs for Negroes bere. Mrs, Gregory's lalaband, Dick Gregory flew fJJto Atlaaaa oa Thurllday, r::>eumber Tl, to wtt ••llerarntpmenc. • He •Jd be would ncana to A,. \J WE SHALL OVERCOME 1a aoew Jaata to eapce ID ctemc.acra book of ".oac• of me Soudlern doaa ~~ere. WHY ARE Freedom Movement.H Jtiaavail- lklore Lew1a wu jiJJedS.... able from SNCC, 6 Raymood .day IDOI'IlJDc. be ubd UDder Street. Atlanta, for $1.95, secretary of State for Afrtcan 1 ------' Affairs G. Menoen WWJams by telegram to "remOYe Atlanta STUDENTSINJA\L Mrs. Gretory Arrested from the itinerary of future Afri- 11 can visitors to the United States., D••••str•ters ,reftJf •t Atl••t• Citr H•lf. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ' Atlanta is the most segregated •••••••••-----•••-••••••••-. city in the South for its size," were dragged and carried to a On Saturday night, Lewis had paddy wagon. Mrs. Gregory, who telegrammed Atlanta Mayor Ivan is expecting a child in April, Allen, Jr. protesting rough treat 1964, walked. WHAT YOU CAN DO ment given the prisoners. Lew The Student Nonviolent Coordi ARE WILLING TO DEMON is' telegram said SNCC worker nating Committee needs your STRATE AND GO TO ]All.., Worth Long was punched five help. We are being hit on all WITHOUT BAIL. times by a policeman. fronts at once. After Lewis was jailed Sunday We urgently request your help SELMA, ALA BAMA morning, SNCC Executive Secre TODAY, tary James telegrammed Presi I. Students should begin con dent Lyndon Johnson, say ATLANTA, GEORGIA sidering spending their spring ing arrests here "make it im vacations in Selma, helping the pertive to pass the feder al public I. Sympathy demonstrations at local people show the Dallas accommodations law.'' Toddle House and Dobbs House. County police that we will not Minister Odinga said r acial There are 255 Toddle Houses in be turned back no matter what. matters in the United States were 30 states and Washington D.C. Help is needed in voter registra " very pit J fui:" The Kenya of Toddle House is owned byDobbs, tion, taking affidavits of voting ficial said the UnitedStates "pra ·which has 89 restaurants ill2 s violations, and generally mo ctices segregation- which is what cities. Demonstrations are al bilizing the community, we are fighting in Africa.'' ready under way in Hart- Forman also expressed "pro ford, Philadelphia and New York. 2, Those who join us must be found apologies,. to Odinga "for prepared to spend time in jail, any embarassment you might 2. Letters to Mayor Ivan Al have encountered here in Atlanta len, City Hall, Atlanta, Georgia, 3. Letters protesting the seiz• as a result of the arrest s.'' protesting the jailing and the ure -of our records should be Mr. Odinga is vice president of rough treatment afforded those sent to Attorney General Robert KANU, The Kenya African Na arrested. Kennedy, Justice Department. tional Union, the party of Prime 4, Food and clothing is needed Minister Jomo Kenyatta's go 3. Letters to G. Mennen Wil desperately in Selma. vernment. liams, Undersecret!lry of State 5, Money to buy industrial sew for African Affairs, State Depart ing machines for the setting up On Sunda·y morning, December of a piece-goods factory for 29, eight carloads of SNCC ment, Washington D.C. and to President Johnson protesting the the unemployed women is needed. members went to Allen' s home One machine costs $230,000, Betore Mrs. Gregory and the again. arrests and asking that Atlanta two young women were jailed be removed from the itinerary Christmas evening, members of They sang songs and issued a of future visiting Africans, The MACON, GEORGIA SNCC staged a stand-in demon statement protesting jail con letters should also emphasize the stration at Atlanta Mayor Ivan ditions for the three women be ne.ed for a public accomodations Letters protesting the four . Allen's office and home. Others hind bars and calling for a public bill. year sentence of joni Ra staged a demonstration at the accommodations law and for binowitz should go to Attorney City Airport, carrying signs more jobs for Negroes in city. 4, ATLANTA lS ON THE MOVE. General Robert Kennedy, which said: "Welcome To At government positions here. WE CAN USE ALL PEOPLE WHO lanta, a segregated City.'' /' P age 4 STUDENT VOICE Students Step IN CAMBRIDGE ..... Up Boycott New Protests Warned PRAIRIE VIEW, T ex., -In CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND - their latest activities aga inst Mass demonstrations will began segr egation in Hempstead, Tex., here after December 22 "unless 60 students of P r airie View A&M there is a s ubstantial change in College picketed two r estaurants the situation," in the town over the last two Mr s, Gloria Richardson, cha ir weekends, man of the Cambridge Nonvio The all-Negro college was in lent Action Committee (CNAC) tegrated this fall by its board of c alled for r enewe d prote st s in the director s , but s o far no white wake of complete inaction by the students have enrolled. c ity administration and business T he demonstration was part men. of a c ontinuing economic boy McArthr Cotton " The Biracial Committee has c ott of Hempstead, population 1, ma de no progress and will not 500, by students of P r a irie View meet again until January 21.'' A&M . Mrs, Richardson said. " T he fed The boycott began l ast summer Service Bias er al Housing Project has been in protest of the town' s segre CONilNUED FROM PAGE 1 held up until s ummer , and no one gation policies c oncerning en ~-- -~'""ow s-wny." she said Mu Gloria R111!ards_on tertainment and busine ss facili The text of the Lewis telegr am The housing pr oject and biracial ties. to McNamara follows: committee wer e two of the pr o- tion Committee; (CNAC) i~ an af- Students and faculty began to " We call upon you to act im- vi sions of a "desegregation" a - filiate of the 'A.tlant.a-based Stu l shop in near- by center s or in mediately to halt discrimina- greement with white officials. dent Nonviolent Coordinating ! Hous ton, about 30 mile s away, tion in the processing of in- T he agreement was s igned J uly Committee (SI'
t<8L ~!w• ad 'ON At the ir tr ial the males wer e O!li•o~~ · o~uoi~Y sentenced to six months in prison QIYd I'TSO£ ·eo ' e1uepv aliOfiOd 'S ·n and fined $500 each, Women ' M'N ''lS puoU!AeU 9 received four months and $200 ~··ll '11"1 fines,