The Register, 1976-11-09

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47   NCCU
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"COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT'
VOLUME XLVffl NUMBER 20 NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY,   GREENSBORO NOVEMBER 9, 1976
Civil Rights Organization WSMM
Votes To Sue Government
ATLANTA AP-The Student
Nonviolent Coordinating,
Committee, dormant since 1968,
reunited during the weekend and
voted to file suit to force the
government to reveal the
contents of dossiers on SNCC
members.
"If it had not been for agent
provacateurs, the organization
might be alive today, said Julian
Bond, a Georgia state senator
and once SNCC's publicity
director.
About 200 members of the
inactive civil rights group voted
Saturday to file suit in federal
court seeking information in the
files of the FBI and other
government agencies under the
Freedom of Information Act.
The act requires the government
to disclose all nonclassified
information about citizens in its
files.
Victor Ravinowitz, an
attorney of New York, will file
the suit, Bond said.
Bond said that although
action was taken on the lawsuit,
the meeting actually was a
reunion.
"It was a moving experience
for many people. For many this
their involvement with SNCC
was the most intense personal
experience in their lives," said
Bond. "No matter what I do
from now on, there will never be
any moment to match" his years
with SNCC, Bond added.
Bond said most members still
were involved in the same kinds
of activities as they were during
the height of the civil rights
movement when SNCC made the
term "black power" part of the
American vocabulary while
fighting voter registration battles.
"Everybody's older. You can
tell by looking at them," Bond
said. "The waists are a little
thicker, the hair is a little
less...but most of the people are
doing the same sort of thing."
None of the other nationally
prominent SNCC members
attended the meeting in Atlanta.
Stokely Carmichael is in Africa,
and Bond said H. Rap Brown,
who recently returned to Atlanta
from prison in New York, wants
to avoid pubUcity.
Many SNCC members believe
what they did altered the course
of American history, Bond said.
They beUeve that SNCC's voter
registration drivers made it
possible for Blacks to exert
considerable influence on
national elections, he said.
"There are many people who
believe if it hadn't been for what
this organization did, Jimmy
Carter would not have been
elected president on Tuesday,"
said Bond. Some observers say
the heavy Black vote gave the
Democratic presidential nominee
the margin of victory over
President Ford.
Bond said he did not foresee
SNCC becoming active again
because its members are "doing
too many different things, and
nobody wants to stop what
they're doing."
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General Motors Associate Counsel
Will Speak At Black-Tie Dinner
Thehonarable Otis M. Smith,
a vice president and associate
general counsel of General
Motors Inc., has been selected as
speaker for the fifth annual
Black-Tie Dinner sponsored by
the A&T University Foundation.
The dinner, which annuaUy
honors members of the
Chancellor's Council and the
Chancellor's Scholars, will be
held Friday, December 10^. at
6:30 p.m. in the Hilton Inn in
Greensboro.
Smith's selection as the
speaker was announced by Dr.
Alvin V. Blount, Jr., president of
the foundation.
This year, the foundation
special awards will be presented
to Charles Whitehurst, vice
president and general manager of
WFMY-TV, corporations; Dr.
Glenn F. Rankin, vice chancellor
for academic affairs, A&T
administration; the Donald E.
Robinson Memorial Fund of
Burlington foundations; and
Eugene H. Preston, Jr., president
of N. C. A&T University Alumni
Association.
Smith    was    named
Atty.
associate general counsel and vice
president of General Motors on
September 9, 1974. He joined the
GM Legal Staff February 20,
1967, after a career in Michigan
State Government and private
law practice.
With the Legal Staff at GM,
Atty. Smith has served in several
functions, including attorney for
appellate and administrative law,
Attorney in Charge of the
General Litigation Section, and
February 5,1973, was elected an
assistant general' counsel by the
GM Board of Directors . He is
also a member of the Settlement
See Attorney, Pare 5)
NAACP Selects Hooks
As Executive Director
Autumn has taken its  toll on many trees already. Hhoto by Lawson
MEMPHIS AP-The selection
of Ben L. Hooks as the next
executive director of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
may have been influenced by
two Memphis members;
According to several NAACP
board members, Shelby County
Court member Jesse Turner,
NAACP    national    treasurer,
supported Hooks' election, along
with Mrs. Maxine Smith,
executive director of the
Memphis chapter.
Hooks, 51, the only Black to
be named to the Federal
Communications Commission,
was unanimously elected
Saturday to succeed Roy Wilkins
as   executive   director.   He   was
(See Board, Page   2)