The Student Voice, February 25, 1964

FEBRUARY 25, 1964 VOL. 4 NO.7 The Student Voice. Inc. 6 Raymond Street. N .W ., Atlanta 14. Ga.

ATLAN'IA-- GA. - ol~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,(XX).Her a~ peal bond was set at $15,00J. The girl, Mardon Walker, for- merly an exchange student at Spelman College here, was ar-

rested during a Jan. 13 sit-in v ",:'I\!\}'5~r/¥~ attempt at a segregated restau- t11~P~Q~it~~ ~ rant. She was charged with violation Released From Jail of Georgia's trespass law, pass- ed in 1960 after student anti- PINE HLUl-r, ARK. -Anti- segregation demonstrations be- segregation Cle'rnonstrations have have halted here for 72 hours gan. while mediators attempt to ne- The judge, Fulton County Su- gotiate a settlement between perior Court Judge Durwood T . Pye, requires 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 Arkansas Project Director wil- ty. I Georgia's Supreme Court re- liam Hansen on Feb. 17, left ~-- an earlier bail of $20,000 the Phillips County jail to make contact with Federal officials and Pye set for an elderly to complain about jail conditions. man, the Reverend Ashton , 67, jailed during a church "Its like somebody's secret CONTiNUED ON PAGE 4 torture chamber," Gregory said. Demonstrations began here on Feb. 17, when Hansen and gr~- gory were jailed. On Feb.18, ISpeoplewerejail- ed, and crowds of whites -some identified by newsmen as '.pro- fessional segregationists" -began to gather at the segregated eating place. SNCC worker James Jones was punched by a state trooper.. SOUTHWEST GEORGIA -A four On Feb. 19, 39 others were -county "Freedom Day" reb. jailed. 22 has resulted in "at least Reverend Benjamin Grinnage, 100" attempts to register to vote chairman of the PineBluffMove~ here. ment, was fired at during a de- Vote attempts were made in monstration on the evening of Terrell, 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 tl!ttiesburg,Mississippi's The owner told the group "I ]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-!'1--~ for it to be like this." I Here's a breakdown on activity CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Albany ,itilens attempt to register at ,0urthouSe CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 F'EBRUA~Y 25.1964 ,,' c -0, r

-£~NTON-M~ -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 th.e Congress of Ra.cial Equal- ity -was set at $500 each. pro- I DICK GREGORY perty or surety. At the Feb. 10 trial they were I COURT HEARS THEIR PLEA -Tougaloo College coeds Ida accused of telling a Canton wo- ! Hannah. Bette Poole and Julie Zaugg began kneel-in attempts at segregated Jackson churches. They have appealed to the Fed- man that if she acceptedemploy- eral courts in attempt to halt police arresting church integration ment in a store under boycott, they would "harm" her six-year attempts. old child. Weaver a formerHarvardUni- versity student from Atlanta, testified that he and Hollander had not left their residence at the time they were accused of threatening the woman. Since jan. 22. more tha~ 20- \ I odd civil rights apd voterre- gi$tration workers h~ve been -1--A(;KSONVILLE.FLA.- The \l1ississippi, both Negroes, and arrested in Canton on charges United States Fifth Court of Ap- Julie Zaugg, white, of Lake For- ranging from "burning trash peals has taken .'underconsider- rest, Ill., were sentenced to a without a permit" to "publishing WILLIAM HANSEN ation" a request made last week year in prison and fined $1,000. to stop jackson. Miss. police The-defense attorneys argued libel." from interfering with attempts that a church is a public place Atlanta SNCC spokesman have to integrate all-white churches. :lnd the state cannot use its po- termed the Canton arrests a Attorneys for three students wers to enforce segregation "purge, since virtually all SNCC at Tougaloo College arrested in there. and CORE workers who have gone CONTINUED FROM p AGE 1 Oct. 1963 during kneel -in de- A white native of Atlanta, who I :ried to integrate a church there into the city have been arrested, monstrations argued that police He aimed his gun at the de-. powers cannot be used to enforce last summer, is still being held in one bv one." jail under a $5,000 bail. The Re- monstrators. andReverendGrin- segregation. 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 ...I against merchants who insist on Ginnage said "yes:' he fired .1 n s B eg .1 n IRegIstratIon U p Slncel addressing Negro customers as one shot at him. -I "boy" or "nigger... Members of the Pine Bluff Sit IFoo d Clothes Ar r .lvel Movement complained about the

M I ., lack of police protection during In a r y a n a late ~ight and afternoon demon- RlJLEV!b~.MISS. -Since 10 stratlons. tons of food and clothing -shipp- Gregory reportedly called ]us- PRINCESS ANNE, MD. -Anti- ed here by the Greater Boston tice Department officials in Friends of the Student Nonvio- Washington. and requested an on segregation protests sponsored lent Coordinating Committee - by the Student Appeal for Equa- the spot investigation of jail con- lity (SAFE) at Maryland State were distributed last Tuesday. ditions here. College here are growing despite Feb. 11. over 300 people have In Little Rock. Governor Orval a lack of police protection. tried to register to vote. Fabus told a news conference During Feb. 21 sit in "We don.t intend to let anygroup SAFE leader john Wilson was SNCC worker Charles Mc- of demonstrators take over any "roughed up" by white youths Laurin said another 150 Negroes , business or the streets of any were eager- to go but were hind- at a segregated restaurant here. I town in Arkansas..' Gloria Richardson. head of the ered by a lack of transportation. nearby Cambridge Nonviolent McLaurin, and SNCC worker Action Committee (CNAC) indi- Charlie Cobb, said conditions THE STUDENT VOICE cated "all Eastern Shore restau- here are .'most desperate." rants are supposed to be inte- \ Published Once A Week grated. II Cobb said in one area of Sun- on Mondays at Atlanta. Mrs. Richardson. a member of flower County, home of Senator Fulton COW1ty. Georgia. SNCC's Executive Committee. James 0. Eastland, "many people BY STUDENT VOICE, lNC. said she would join the Princess are without clothes and some are 8 1/2 Raymond Street. N.W. Anne protests. starving." Atlanta. Georgia 303l4 /y ~ STUDENT VOICE FEBRUARY 25.1964 PAGE 3

JACKSON, MISS. -Former baseball star Stan Musial has canceled an appearance ata segregated 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-president to cancel in a letter. Musial's message to the touchdown 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 was 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, scheduled to make a Feb. 29 appearance in Jackson, has also an- nounced he will cancel. Graffman canceled after protests from the Cultural and Ar- tistic Committee at TougalooSou- thern Christian College, headed by Tougaloo student Austin Moore. Other groups that have canceled include trumpeter Al Hirt. the Hootenanny show, NASA's james Webb. and stars of ty'~ "Bonanza" and "Beverly Hill- billies" shows.

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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 1/2 cents a day for freedom," Lewis said. SNCC workers direct voter registration and action projects in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mis- country" to raise funds for a summer project inMississippi, sissippi, North Carolina and Virginia. The anti-segregation group depends entirely on voluntary contributions for operating expenses, according to SNCC Northern co- ordinator Dinky Romilly. 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 tf1ree geographic regions; the East and West Coasts and the Midwest. "Interested people who would like to sponsor a speaker to raise needed funds for the summer project are urged to contact me at the Atlanta office immediately," Miss Romilly said. FEBRUARY 25,1964 SnJDENT VOICE PAGE 4 -

S. W. GEORGIA CONTINUEDFROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 A Terrell County: Over 4 O Ne- integration attempt last summer. The state Supreme Court order- -c- in Daw- where pickets urged Ne- ed Pye to set Reverend Jones' ' to register. There were appeal bond at not higher than $5,000. Reverend Jones is still behind bars, however, because f>-!!!!!1e~untV: Over 60 have Judge Pye, who reset his bail ~ in the past at the $5,000 maximum, refused three weeks. and on Freedom to accept $5,000 in cash to free Wea-r .', voter registration pickets the minister. ---were downtown --of the day. There were Miss Walker, who was in- ,. dicted by a grand jury after her DoughtertY CountY: Leafleting January arrest, complained she and picketing were carried on was beaten by white female pri- --and an afternoon rally soners in the countY jail during was held. Two pickets walked her last arrest. in front of the county courthouse. Carl Smithwick , the ~ two across the street, and four County jail warden, to place I :; city hall. There were no ar- her in solitary confinement for ! rests. her own protection. Lee County: Registrationbooks were closed, but during the past Judge Pye was obviously an- three weeks. many have tried gered by a petition filed in U.S. to register. An evening mass District Court here Feb.17 to re- meeting was held here. well at- move 17 sit-in cases to Federal tended by 150 Negroes. '.It was jurisdiction. The judge sentenc- ATLANTA NAACP PRESIDENT Dr. C. Miles Smith (right, back- a real victory," a participant ed a character wimess for Miss ground) watches pickets Curtis Clark, a busi.lessman, andDr. Mark Walker to 20 days in jail for Jackson urge Atlantans to celebrate a "Sacrificial Easter ..' said. contempt of court after the wit- The Atlanta Summit Leadership Conference, a coalition of civil In a surprise move. 25 jailed ness, Melvin V. Drimmer, a Spel- 1 rights groups in Atlanta, has asked the community to refrain from ~llbut "necessary" purchases. members of the "Quebec ~ man College history professor, Washington -Guantanamo Peace was accused by the judge o1' Walk" were relea~ed from the making remarks insulting to the Albany jail Saturday afternoon court. Feb. 22. They had been in and out of the jail for several weeks. I WASHINGTON, D.C. -The was charged with trespassing, Miss Walker is the third white after they refused to adhere to United States Supreme Court vagrancy and disorderly con- person given the maximum sen- a parade route set out by Albany neard arguments on Thursday, duct:' Charges of "criminal tence in a racial case by Judge 1 . police Chief Laurie Pritchett. Feb. 20 ill defense of a worker anarchy," carrying a maximum Pye. Their release was viewed as tor the Student Nonviolent Co- ten-year sentence, were iater another victory here. Reverend Jones and Tom ordinating Committee (SNCC) placed against him, and he was Taylor Tolg, a 24-year-old white The Albany story -and the charged with encouraging a stu- held for 59 days Wlder a $7,000 college student from Ohio, are dent boycott at Southern Univer- history of the voter registration bond in the Baton Rouge Parish drive in Southwest Georgia -has the two. Tolg is free on appeal sity in Baton Rouge, La. jail. been one of denial of the right bond. SNCC worker Dion T. Dia- to picket, the right to distribute Trials for 28 others, mostly I mond was arrested Feb. 1. 1962 Two SNCC workers who tried leaflets, and the right to organize. Negroes, have been rescheduled after two days of speaking on the to visit him there were also char- for March 2. ged with "criminal anarchy." SNCC workers have had to con- f Southern University campus. He tend with arrests and h1timida~ l tions from local policemen in U their three- year fight to register -'=-~-~ I NegroJust voters.as on Hattiesburg's Free~

dom Day. SNCC workers here Feb. 22 were "allowed" to ex- ercise their rights by local law officers.

.'One Man -One Vote'. are avail- able for $1.00 from SNCC h ol6Joas> '.. L b~uol~V 0MoN .~aaJ~S puowAo~ 9 Raymond Street, Atlanta, Geor- gia.