The Student Voice, March 2, 1964

VOL. SNO. 8 The Student Volce, Inc. 6 Raymond Street, N.W.. Atlanta 14, Ga. MARCH 3, 1964

NATCHEZ, MISS. -Sheriff James Anders of Natchez week his office has "uncovered nothing" the beating of an elderly Negro by Klux Klan, as other beatings, two shootings and the arrests of SNCC workers were reported in the area. Archie Curtis, 60, an undertak- IReluctant Judge er, said he and his attendant Willie Jackson, were whipped on I d I the night of Feb. 15. IR e e a s e s C o e In Atlanta, SNCC asked At- torney General Robert F. Ken- ATLANTA, GA. -An 18-year- I nedy to investigate "reports of old coed from Connecticut Col- I a resurgence of the Ku Klux lege for Women, convicted in a Klan and terror tactics aimed racial case and given the maxi- at Negroes in Mississippi:' mum sentence by a county judge, Clifford Walker, 34. was found was freed Feb. 22 under a $15, shotgunned to death in his car Princess Anne firemen turn hoses on Maryland 000 property bond. eight miles from Woodville in The girl, Mardon R. Walker Wilkerson County March I. State (0lle,e students to halt demonstrations. of East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Walker was employed at the was sentenced to 12 months in International Paper Company. the common jail and six months Bob Moses, program director at hard labor. She was also for the Council of Federated fined $1,000. Organizations, said two other She was the third white per- Negroes, Albert Whitney and son convicted fIr participating !J1cI James Winston were whipped by whites during early February. "Negroes with decent jobs are , being terrorized," Moses said. "There have been 180cross burn- ings, five killings, several shootings and at least three whippings since the Ku Klux Klan reorganiz- ed shortly after President Ken- I PRINCESS ANNE, MD. -Anti- demonstrating against segrega- segregation protests, halted by a t.ed restaurants. nedy was killed," Moses said. weekend moratorium called by SNCC Chairman john Lewis Moses said three Negroeswith stUdent leaders after police used md CambridgeSNCC leader Mrs. bullet holes in their bodies were dogs, fire hoses and billy sticks ]loria Richardson, asked intQ "stuffed into a car in Wilker- to disperse demonstrations, may Princess Anne by SAFE, report- son County with the motor run- resume this week. ed no violence from the white ning." The sheriff of the county Fifty -seven Maryland State commW1ity here toward demon- attributed their deaths to carbon I College students were in thecol- strators. "It's from the state monoxide poisoning, Moses said. lege infirmary as a result of in- police," Lewis said. The two vote workers arrest- juries sustained from police Chicago comedian Dick Gre- Mardol Walker ed Feb. 29 were released the next treatment, according to SNCC gory addressed a mass rally here demonstration by the Judge Dur- day when they posted $100 pro- worker Reginald Robinson. Feb. 27 urging students to seek wood T. Pye, who has a history perty bonds each. George Green "At least 14" stUdents suffer- a "completely opened city." of pro-segregation activity. was originally charged with auto ed from police dog bites, Dr. Maryland State students, num- He was appointed to the bench I theft and speeding, but the theft Neville Barron, college physician bering 600, make up a sizeable in 1955 by segregationist ex-Go- charges were dropped. McAr- stated. Others were injured from portion of this town's 1,300popu- vernor Marvin Griffin. Before thur Cotton was held on vagrancy blows by billy sticks, Robinson lation. I his appointment, he was an as- I charges. said. One student, Marion Brown, sistant county attorney and se- Green said a 14-year-old girl, Demonstrations were calledby 20, who was injured by a police cretary of the Georgia Education Leona Stills, was shot at Feb. the StUdent Appeal for Equality billy club here in a Feb. 22 de- I Commission, a group created to 28 by three teen-aged whites (SAFE), affiliated with SNCC monstration , required surgery I maintain segregation in Geor- while she was walking along a for more tItan a year. Twenty- as a result of a blood clot which gia's schools. Natchez street. She was not year-old SAFE head, John Wilson developed after being struck on was arrested Feb. 26 along with CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 more than 20 other StUdents, for CONTINUEO ON PAI.JE 4 PAGE 2 ~ARCH 3. 1964 STUDENT VOICE

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RESUME PROTESTS CAMBRIDGE, MO. -Demon- ~ resumed in this PINE BLUFF, ARK. -Negro , Shore community as 18 comedian Dick Gregory and arrested here Feb. SNCG worker William Hansen were sentenced Feb. 25 to six 25 for picketing. All demonstrators on picket months in jail and fined $500 lines in front of the Welfare for a Feb. 17 sit-in demonstration at a segregated truck stop. Board and State Unemployment Commission offices In addition, Gregory was fined ! were taken into "protective cus- $50 and costs when he appear- 1tody " by the Maryland National ed in court one-half hour late. -Troops were sent into Both posted $2500 appeal bonds. Their arrests began a series I Cambridge by Maryland Gover- of anti-segregation protests here nor J. Millard Tawes in July 1963 that have resulted in the court- -whites began attacking de- ordered closing of the monstrators and violence broke place, Ray's Barbecue arldinthe out. arrest of more than 50 demon- According toMrs.GloriaRich- strators. ardson, head of the Cambridge Gregory described the jail as Nonviolent Action Committee "somebody's torture chamber" (CNAC) and member of the stu- after his release last weekend. dent Nonviolent Coordinating CANTON NEGRO CITIZENS face Mississippi law officers as they Committee (SNCC) Executive On Feb. 18, 15 people were attempt to enter the courthouse to try to register on Freedom Day. jailed and crowds of whites - Committee, the "economic situ- ation' , in Cambridge is to be some identified by newsmen as "professional segregationists" - the chief target of demonstra- began to gather outside the eat- tions. "In the second ward which is ing place. SNCC worker James . Jones was "roughed up" by a the Negro ghetto, tWo-thirds of state trooper. . . all families have incomes of less than $3,000, and over 60% of the On Feb. 19 39 others city's unemployed are concen- were arrested. Reverend Ben~ jamin Grinnage, chairman of the trated in that area," Mrs.Rich- ardson said. "More than 60% Pine Bluff Movement, was shot at of the houseI3 in that ward have during-~ protest by the uwner HA TTIESBUR~ISS.- ..OVer CANTON, MISS. -A 10 porn., no hot water." 500 Negroes have tried to re~ civil curfew has been set by the of Ray's Barbecue. "Twenty-nine percent of the Hansen said afl:er his trial gister to vote in Forrest COlU1ty city council here after more than Negro work force is chronical- in the month following a Jan.22 400 Negroes tried to register that the Pine Bluff Movement ly unemployed in Cambridge and would press the city to adopt a to vote in two days. "Freedom Day." more than one--third who do hold On Feb. 22; the one~month an- On Feb. 28, only four Negroes public accommodations law. He jobs work less than 30 weeks of niversary of the first Freedom were allowed inside the Madi- said the group would continue each year. With few exceptions, Day here, over 200Negroes stood anti-segregation protests. son County Courthouse. Negroes in only the lowest paying in line to take Mississippi's re- Workers for the CoW1cil of The Pine Bluff Movement be- jobs," Mrs. Richardson stated. gistration test, a prerequisite to gan demonstrations on Feb. I Federated Organizations ,CORE CNAC's demonstrations aim and SNCC said over 400 1962. voting here. for an overall economic deve- "The campaign thus far has Negroes stood in line outside both The owner of the eating place lopment plan in which Negroes been a success," according to days waiting for a chance to under fire ha s obtained an injunc- are represented in policy mak- John Lewis, Chairman of SNCC tion against SNCC, Hansen, Gre- register. ing decisions on any planning Lewis, who was here for the Jan. Registrar L.F. Campbell re- gory the Pine Bluff 'Movement commission, according to Mrs. 22 Freedom Day, said civil rights mained inside. while policemen and several local workers. Richardson. CNAC also demands groups "won the right to organize from Canton, jackson. Yazoo City that if no qualified Negroes are and rlU1 a voting campaign in and Neshoba County guarded the available for an' , industrial com- Hattiesburg through the Free~ Negroes outside. ALBANY LEADER Local citizens, deputized es- plex" now being developed, dom Day techniques." "then Negroes must be trained The Freedom Day drive has pecialiy for Freedom Day. Feb. RECEIVES 3 YEARS for forthcoming jobs." been highlighted by the presence 28, were transported to Canton of more than 100 ministers and via school bus, Volkswagen. and SNCC field secretary Reginald MACON, GA. -Federal Judge Robinson -active in Cambridge rabbis from the United Presby- pick-up trucks. W.A. BootIe sentenced Mrs. Elza terian Commission on Religion , last summer -and Mrs. Rich- jackson, recording secretary of a number of vote workers, in- ardson have stated that demon- the Albany Movement, to three and Race, the Episcopal Society strations "will continue as long for Cultural and Raci~l Unity, cluding nine ministers, were ar- years on probation on Feb. 28. as the white power structure of Mrs. jackson. with five other and the Rabbinical Association rested. The first to be jailed was SNCC worker Robert Mos- ! this city shows no willingness civil rights leaders from Albany, of America. Their participation to correct the intolerable con- in the vote drive is sponsored es, COFO program director for was indicted and tried on perjury ditions of Cambridge Negroes." by the Ne i:ional Council of Chur~ the state. charges. i\lso jailed was Lawrence They we~e accused of falsely ches, in cooperation with the Guyot, arrested for "contributing telling a grand jury they could cooperation with the Council of THE STUDENT VOICE to the delinquency of a minor" not remembering being present Federated Organizations (CO- Published Once A Week and Peter Stoner, jailed when he or were not present at a meet- FO), a state -wide coalition of On Mondays at Atlanta, ing where a boycott of a white local and national civil rights tried to visit Guyot in the jail. Fulton County, Georgia. Guyot, a SNCC worker, heads merchant was discussed. groups. BY sruoENT VOICE, INC. 8 1/2 Raymond Street, N.W. Her conviction has been appeal- The vote drive has not been the COFO Fifth Congressional District vote drive. Atlanta, Georgia 303t4 ,J. without its setbacks, however ,

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-;J I T JACKSON, MISS. -Plans for aJ . summer Peace Corps type opera- tion for Mississippi" have been announced by SNCC officials. "Scores of students, teachers, technicians, nurses, artists, and legal advisors will be recruited to come to Mississippi to staff a wide rage of programsaccord- ing to Bob Moses, director of SNCC's Mississippi project. ~, SNCC worker Moses, who ser- ves as program director for the Council of Federated organizations (COFO) -an alliance of civil rights groups working in this state -stated that this summer's project would "augment the voter registration campaign now underway throughoUt Mis- sissippi." The Mississippi Summer Pro- ject -under the auspices of COFQ. will include freedom schools. community centers. research projects, and law student projects in addition to voter registration. A "pilot project" in white communities is also planned. According to SNCC Chairman John Lewis, the struggle for freedom in Mississippi can only be won through concentratedact- ion within the state and aware- ness throughout the nation of the need for Federal intervention to insure the voting rights of Ne- groes." Plans call for voter registration workers in "every rural county and important urban areas in the state," Moses said. Daytime and resident ,'Free- dom Schools" will provide re- medial work for high school students and "advance adult li- teracy for the purpose of voting," according to plans. , Community centers will "focus on political education and organization." Libraries, similar to the library in SNCC's Green- wood, Miss. office will developed throughout the state form national book drives. "Skilled workers are needed to carry out a r~searchproject inquiring into Mississippi's sup- ATLANTA, GA. -"SNCC needs help now more -L--man ever 1J.'LUL-~-re.. SNCC tlairman john Lewis pressive political and economic said. system," Lewis stated. "SNCC The SNCC Chairman asked .'Freedom lovers everywhere" to lake regular pledges to SNCC' hopes to launch a massive legal direct action and voter registration programs. offensive against the officialle- Lewis said the Atlanta-based anti-segregation organization nee funds "if we are to carry out gal tyranny of the state:' Lewis said . existing programs and expand into new areas." Lewis and Moses claim the summer program will "attempt to involve students from all over the country." Students over 18 years who feel they are qualified may apply to: Mississippi summer Project, 1017 Lynch Street, Jackson, Miss.

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u.s. SUPREME COURT N atchez CONTINUED FROM PAGE I UPHOLDS CONVICTION BATON ROUGE,LA.,-ASNCC injured. worker, arrested here over two He said Lee Moon, a cab driver years ago, must serve a 6o-day was beaten in Natchez Feb. 18, and a Negro was beaten in Amite jail term. the United States Su- preme Court has ruled. County by white men. He said at one spot in nearby Franklin The Court refused to overturn County, whites have drawn a line a Louisiana conviction for Dion in the road and forbidden Ne- T. Diamonq, arre-sted Pel? groes to cross it. I. 1962 on trespassing. vagrancy " Amite, Wilkerson and Adams and disorderly conduct charges. Counties are involved in a reign Charges of criminal anarchy of terror," Moses said. A Ne- placed against him then were gro man who had witnessed the later dropped. and he was releas- 1961slaying of another Negro was ed -after 59 days in jail -on killed in Amite County Feb. I. a $7.000 appeal bo~d. Moses said that over 180cross~ GREENWOOD, MISS. Librarian Barbara Johnson inspects es had been burned in southeast new books in a section of the library set up in the SNCC office in Louisiana and southwest Missis- sippi before Christmas. He said Greenwood. Miss. vote workers in Louisiana said CONTINUED FROM p AGE 1 "Establishing libraries and community centers is an important the cars of the people who set part of our program," SNCC worker Dick Prey said. Prey said crosses on fire there had Mis~ Shortly after his appointment there are approximately 50,000 volumes in Greenwood now. Most sissippi license plates. he imposed a $25,000 fine on the will be shipped to other libraries throughout the state." The "The civil rights bill doesn't Atlanta branch of the National Greenwood library, according t('1 Prey, offers "thousands of re- begin to touch the problem of Association for the Advancement ference books, school texts, books and periodicals about politics organized racist terror ," Moses of Colored People, because of the and civil rights, an excellent selection of modern fiction, and a I said. group's refusal to comply with wide variety of children's books. Greenwood is serving as a re- Moses said the NAACP, SCLC, a request for its financial re- ceiving point for books which SNCC intends to spread over Mis- CORE and SNCC were "issuing cords from the Georgia Revenue I sissippi in the form of small libraries in all the Congressional a call for 1,000 students, min~ Department.' In July 1963 he in- Districts of the state," he said. isters and educators to partici~ structed a Fulton County grand pate in a "Mississippi Freedom Freedom Libraries are already operating in Columbus, Canton and jury that the state's anti-tre~- , Meridian. --" c- Summer" program. (see sum- pass law -used to arrest anti- mer project story) segregation demonstrators at "Does the country have the eating places in the state- was The oilier, Thomas Taylor Tolg, a white Ohio youili who courage to confront Mississip- being "flouted, defied and vio- worked for SNCC, was releasea pi?" Moses asked. lated." under a $5,000 appeal bond. Judge I He ordered, and obtained, in- Pye has refused to accept $5, dictments against 101 persons PRINCESS ANNE 000 in cash to free Reverena arrested in racial demonstra- Jones, who has been b..hind bars CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tions here dating back to 1961 since Aug. 28, 1963. During the summer, he tried the head, Robinson reported. During Miss Walker's trial, tWo of these cases both involv- According to Robinson, reports Judge Pye ordered one witness, "One Man -One Vote" are avail- that a student threw acid at a ing white persons. Both were a former professor of hers who given maximum sentences, and able for $1,00 from SNCC 6 policeman are "incorrect. " One testified in her behalf,to go to Raymond Street, Atlanta, Geor- student who arrived at the de- one defendant, the Reverend jail for 20 days for contempt 01 monstration with a bucket of lye A shton Jones, is still in jail. court. gia. "persuaded to leave it in the street" by Robinson. "Later a policeman walked into it," he -E-=~-C) said. "Innocent Negro bystanders were drawn into the demonstra~ tions when police turned the fire hoses on Negroes standing on the sidewalk," Robinson stated.

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