The Register, 1968-11-22

              THE4 5 REGISTER
"COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT'
VOLUME  XL,  No 9
NORTH  CAR OLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GR EENSBORO
NOVEMBER  22,  1968
Lomax Says Priorities Must Change
By FRANKLIN C. TURNER
ATR Reporter
"The question is not if blacks will
become violent but what will we be
forced to do," insisted noted journalist Louis Lomax in a lecture on
Black Power in Harrison Auditorium, November 17.
The author of a syndicated newspaper column, Lomax attacked the
Vietnam War as being "militarily
unwinnable and morally untenable."
He went on to impregnate the
State Department's alibi of giving
the South Vietnamese freedom asking, "Can you imagine a black man
from Tuscaloosa, Miss., standing in
the   middle   of   a   Saigon   street
with a machine gun to give some
one else the right to vote?"
"If we are so concerned about
the people of the world, why don'i
we invade South Africa?" Mr. Lp-
ma did not limit his barrage to
the government, but brought applause from the audience by expressing the opinion that the Black
Power Movement should say to the
church, 'either come up with a religion I can relate to or close
down'."
Speaking of American Bible pictures of Jesus as a blue-eyed blond
Lomax judged that by his having
visited the Holy Land, "It's no
way for anyone to come out of
Bethlehem of Judea and look liko
that."
Lomax listens as students oppose his statements
Carmichael Speaks Of Duties
At Black Univ. Conference
By RICHARD T. NEWKIRK
Recently, several members of
the Student Government Association attended a conference at Howard University based on the theme:
"Toward A Black University."
One of the main speakers was
Stokley Carmichael. He spoke on
the topic, 'The Responsibilities ol
the Back University to the Total
Black Community." In the speech,
he emphasized the need for an
education which develops humac
beings rather than technology.
To Carmichael, Black Education
is "an instrument to provide the
means of the production of the
basic needs of a society — food,
shelter, and clothing. It should
also preserve the basic values of
that society."
According to Carmichael, there
are three concepts to the educational process. First of all, "Black
people must have an undying
love for our people. To put on
an Afro and then shout 'get the
nigger Uncle Tom' is not being
ready as most militants seem to
think," he said.
"Furthermore," he added, "hon-
kies created Uncle Tom. To be
ready is to be willing to live to
fight, and kill for one's own people,
not only because one hates white
people."
The second theme in the educa
tional process is that every Negro
is a potential Black man. The third
concept centers around the "Black
people as a community, which is
not only the idea of land, but our
people and whatever they are."
"Therefore Black nationalism is
necessary," he concluded.
Another unique development was
the establishment of a new nation — the Republic of New Africa.
The founding convention for this
republic dates back to March 31
where almost two hundred black
people signed a Declaration of Independence.
This declaration declared that
black people were "forever free
and independent of the jurisdiction
of the United States." The signing
of this declaration took place in
the auditorium of the black owned
Twenty-Grand Motel in Detroit.
Officers were elected with Robert F. Williams, a poet and author
from Monroe, North Carolina, as
president. Presently, Mr. Williams
is in Peking, China.
In citing reasons for the separation, it was stated that the Negroes
have struggled for 100 years to
change the American Nation and
become a part of it. But, they have
failed to become a part of it.
Implications were made to the effect that the black people could not
become a part of America unless
she did change; for there is too
much racism, inequality, and oppression of everyone who is not
white.
Other workers in the "Black
Revolution" present included Jim
Turner, Jimmy Garrett, Floyd McKissick, Ossie Davis, and Leroi
Jones.
Colleges and universities throughout the United States were represented. Representatives from A&T
were Pearson Dubar, Clifton
Lynch, Nelson Johnson, Herbert
Flamer, and Calvin Matthews.
"By 1972 the majority of the
voting population will be under
30" was how the ABC news analyst
explained the importance of the
young people and the governmental
process. Though he felt that "the
world belongs to you" he was quick
to point out that "not all of us over
30 are crazy."
The lecture was the high point
of a program produced by the
A&T State University Union. After
Reverend Cleo McCoy offered the
invocation and Frank Boulware
rendered a piano solo, Clarence
Paige, president of the advisory
board to the Union, introduced the
controversial Mr. Lomax.
Following the lecture and a solo
by Virginia Massey, mistress of
ceremonies, Geraldine Thorne, invited the audience to meet in the
ballroom of the Student Union for
a reception and informal discus
sion.
At the union, students wanted to
know if racism was a necessary
component of capitalism, to which
Lomax replied that it was not an
irremovable factor. Tn capitalism,
someone has to be on the bottom,
but in this country that somebody
happened to be black," He went
on to point out what he felt to be
the necessity of a guaranteed annual wage, indicating that the
United States would have lo
change its definition of work and
priorities.
Other questions included clarifications of topics he had covered
in his speech.
Nelson Johnson questions Lomax on the programs of Black Power
New Program Sponsored By A&T
And Rutgers To Benefit Students
By SANDRA CARLTON
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey and A&T State
University have initiated an inter
institutional Cooperation Program
that will continue to benefit A&T
students and faculty for many
years to come.
Sponsored primarily by the department of Health, Education and
Welfare, the A&T and Rutgers
program has four immediate
goals: (1) to develop the scholar- ^
ly prowess of the A&T faculty, (2)
to  increase  the  number of  A&T
GUTS Needs You Now!
GUTS — "Greensboro United Tutorial Service" — at A&T
State University, has really gotten off to a big start this year.
Over one hundred tutors have signed up to work in the program,
and the organization has committeed itself to give services to the
following projects:
1. Monday Evening — Tutors work at Ray Warren Homes
2. Tuesday Evening — Hampton Homes
3. Tuesday and
Thursday evenings — White Oak Community Center
4. Saturday Mornings — Project Upward Bound — On campus
Under the leadership of Tyronne Goddard, President, and his
steering committee of Clementine Herring, Mary Weeks, Pamela
Tillman, Herman Mewborn, Malinda Rhodes, and Jackie Crisco,
GUTS is really taking the program of university to the community.
SERVICE, where it is needed, is the motto of GUTS. Help
others to help themselves by joining GUTS now.
graduates entering graduate
schools immediately after graduation, (3) to engage in cultural and
educational activities which will
benefit A&T students, (4) to promote additional research among
A&T faculty and students.
Presently, two A&T graduates
are benefiting from this program.
Victoria Carlisle, Los Angeles,
California; and Lelia McKoy,
Fayetteville, are receiving fellowships for graduate work at Rutgers.
Both are sociology majors who
graduated last June.
According to the director of the
Office of Planning and Development, Dr. F. A. Williams, A&T
anticipates many more beneficial
programs with Rutgers. Future
programs include faculty develop
ment, innovated curricular offerings and faculty exchange programs. Future programs of special
interest to A&T students include
opportunities for graduate study,
lecture series and seminars, and
student exchange.
Seniors interested in beginning
graduate work at Rutgers in September, 1969 may qualify for financial assistances. This program will
provide fellowship for one student
in each of the following areas:
chemistry, biology, education, sociology, child development, and
English. Further information is
available in the Office of Planning
and Development.
The University Male Singers, will leave the campus
for their Annual Concert tour in the eastern coastal
states.   Concerts   will  be given  December  6-8  in
Virginia and New York.