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1 » MavmmantSPECIAL TO THE CAROLINA TlMES'??'

When some ISO marchers, asrstlon of a reaturant. Many

times, firemen answsring the

ht calls war* flrad upon by

nlpars, and poUea ware oc-dmd into the ana to protectthem.

most of them teenagers,

trudged into North Carolina'scapital city last Friday, it

marked the end of a four day

trek from the ocean to thePiedmont, and was the firstcivil rights march of the yearin this state.

Spasmodic violence con-tinued for several days, culmi-

nating over a weekend when

two parsons lost thek Uvea.

A black youth, Gib Steven-

aon Corbitt was riiot to death

by a Wilmington policemanwho maintained that Corbittwwarmed and had attempted

to fire the shotgun he carried,but the ancient weapon hadmisfired.

The marchers had leftWilmington Tueeday, March90, under overcast morning

skies. To begin with,

they were some 600 strong,and their numbers fluctuatedduring the four days from 200to 150 as they hit the towns

of* Elizabeth town, Clinton,Smithfteid and Raleigh In that

order from Tueeday through

Friday.

Blacks, on the other hand,Corbitt was attempting

to help fight the fbe that was

w««ing out of ooitrol andthreatening to destroy the en-

tire block.

Alter reaching Raleigh, inthis Southern Christian Leader-ship Conference Inspked

"March Against Repreesion",a delegation of 11 demonstra-tors met with Lt. Governor PatTaylor and House Speaker PhilGodwin to present a list ofnine grievances. The two legis-

lators promised they woulddistribute the grievances to therest of the General Assemblymembers, and suggested thatthe demonstrators, with Mil-ton Fitch, state coordinatorfor SCLC, contact variouscommittee chairmen in the le-gislator# to discuss possible so-lutions.

Sunday morning, Harvey

Lee Cumber, a white man was

Aot to death aa he - rodethrough the area immediatelyadjacent to the embattledchurch. He had croaaed un-

manned police barriors to getInto the area, and a loaded .38pistol was found beside the bo-dy.

Persons in the church saidCumber was on his second tripinto the area that morning,sniping at the church as he

rode by.

The list of grievances was

topped by a plea for more

black school principals and anend to the explusion of blackstudents from classrooms.

Three days later NationalGuardsmen, who had beenordered into Wilmington earlySunday afternoon, with otherlaw enforcement officers en-tared the church, only to findit empty. However, evidencethat the building had been asniper's nest was discovered,and later a cache \Mhoyaamiiewas also found in the basementof the church.

Persons in the black com-munity felt that the dynamitewas planted by "the power

structure" to substantiate theirplaimsthat the boycotting stu-dents had initiated the vio-lence.

"Black students are being

expelled for the very least in-fringements of school rules,"Fitch said.

Fitch also asked for the re-

opening of <tfiy black schoolwhose closing "is the knownreason for the cause for vio-lence."

Those two items of pr otest

are at the i<dse of problt us in

Wilmington that began in the

schoojp there and reflectedmany deep rooted community

problems that have become

festering sores among blacks inthat seacoast town.

Thus,was more than a weekof destructive violence ended,with the tollbeing two dead,$500,000 in damages, severalpersons wounded Tfnd manymore" arrested for variouscharges attendant with the ten-sion.

School problems in Wil-mington go back to the lastschool year when there were

several days of sporadic vio-

lence and tension just at theend of the academic year.

Despite optimistic overturesfrom the administration, thisyear began with portents oftftore trouble, and this finally

. materialized in February whenmore than 75 per cent of the

black students walked out ofthe county's two high schoolsin a boycott against what thestudents called "unequal treat-

ment of blacks and hairaaa-

An uneasy calm settled overWilmington as both sides re-tired to their separate commu-nities to lick their wounds andconsider. Meeting after meet-ing was held as people trieddesperately to get to the bot-tom of the problem, but noviable solutions were offered.Verbal castigation flew hotand heavy, including a move tooust the Wilmington PoliceChief for Allegedly "molly-

coddling criminals.**The wary uneasy ?i? Last-

ed for nearly three weekswhen the mysterious death ofClifton Eugene Wright, a 17year old Mack high school stu-dent, again triggered the ten-sion and set the stage for moreviolence.

Next Week: The SCLCEnters the Picture.

ment by school officials, whitestudents, and police."

Largely through the effortsof Rev. Eugene Templeton, a

white minister of Gregory

Congregational Church, whichis located in a predominantlyblack neighborhood, the way-

ward youth found a "boycott'center" -the church.

The boycott was generallydisorganized for a couple ofdays, but the appearance ofBen Chavis, community or-

fanizer for the N. C. Va. Com-mittee for Racial Justice,ended that.

N, C. State UshersPresident MountGflead Speaker San

Calling'» press conferencethe morning be arrived, Chavisan Oxford native and Cousin ofChariea Morrow whose day tagiaat year ignited several days ofrioting in Oxford, gave noticethat the students would stagean all-out boycott until tbetrdemands were met.

A Ust of some seven oreight demands were issued by

the students through Chaviaand several local teenage"leaders", and Included the re-

instatement of all studentswho had been expelled duringthe school year, the hiring ofmore black coaches, and anend to harassment.

The reply of the Board ofEducation was negative, and\u25a0ore students walked out Inwhat was almost a total Hackboycott.

Almost Immediately, vio-lence began the mysteriousflrebombing of a furniturestore, followed by the inci- j

Clifton Stone, President ofthe State Ushers Associationof N. C. Inc., will speak forthe morning service at the Mt.Gilead Baptist Churcfarof Dur-ham, Sunday morning April26, at 11 ajn. Or. A. D. Moee-

Is the Pastor. Stone ofCarrboro, N. C.t is a civic, re-ligious and fraternal tsadsr ofthe Chapel Hill, ChathamCounty area. He is presidentof the Chapel Hill MutualBurial Association, Advisor to

the Chatham County Commu-nity Branch of the NAACP,president of the New Hope

Sunder School Convention,Secretary of the Union Meet-ing, New Hope Association,Grand Treasurer of the RoyalArch Masons of N. C. andserves in many capacities in hisChurch, the Mt. Zion BaptistChurch of Chatham County.He will speak from the sub-ject, "I Sat Where They Sat"..

Research Career Is/ life-long Objective jOf Forty-

Two Year Old Graadmother Vernon, N. C.

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"I «u always a good stu-

dent so 1 didnt And It too

hard to start school again after26 years," said Mrs. MarlonChambers of 544 B. Third St.,Mount Vsrnon, a 42-year-oldgrandmother who realisedphase one of a life-long dream.

Last Wedneeday she wasgraduated from RochambeauAdult Basic education highschool equivalency program.She It ragittered for the Sep-tember term at WestchesterCommunity College where she

expects to concentrate on biol-ogy and other science subjectsin preparation for a career inreeearch.

pie? Mrs. Chambers said, "No,I was just another student, andthere were several others in theclass around my age."

"In fact, the averages ofthoae of us who were older,about equaled thoae of theyounger students."

"I thought it might be hstd.to start again after 26 yearsaway from school, but Ifoundthat when something wastouched upon in class I re-

membered It from long agoand gradually recalled it,fully," Mrs. Chambers noted.

"Reading was always mybest subject and I got my bestmarks in literature, but alge-bra was what I found mostdifficult," Mrs. Chambers add-ed. She will be attending sum-mer sessions to brush up onher math skills.

Any problems with attend-ing school with younger peo-

"I think years ago we weretaught better and concentratedmore, and had teachers whowere more interested. Kids to-day don't seem to concentrate

that much."

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MRS. MARION CHAMBERSnow has three grandchildren.Her son Alvin attends GrahamSchool and a young grandson,

Michael, 4, also lives with her.

school Mrs. Graham took a job

as a lab aide at Sloane-Ketter-

lng Institute for Cancer Re-search, but was laid off afterfive years, In 1968. She creditsher work there with Inspiring

her toward a science career."I learned a lot from the

doctors and students whocame Into the lab," ahe re-marked.

Diploma in hamd, the re-

sult of hard self-appltofctlon,Mrs. Chambers will work to-

ward an associate degree as a

medical .lab technician whenshe starts college In the fall.

Mrs. Marion Chambers isthe daughter of Mrs. O. F.Bruton, 505 Simmon Street,.

BATTLE CREEK. Mich.-More than 300 ?mall'

private liberal arts collages

will share in $2 million ingrants from the W. K. Kel-logg Foundation to encour-age expanded study pro-grams in relation to the na-tion's environmental prob-lems.

A North Carolinian, sheonce thought of an eighthgrade education as her zenith.Separated from her husbandyears ago she raised her 20-year old daughter and her 12-year old son by herself, and

MISS MOORE

Water Pollution

Battle ContinuesLOS ANGELES

The executive officer of theCalifornia Water QualityControl Board says thatconcentrated effprt can re-rnflt in elimination of"gross"or visible water pollutionfrom California rivers andocean within five years.

Jerome B. Gilbert said"long range" pollutantsthose which cannot be seen

also could be done awayv wlth in 10 years. -

"Alvin and I sometimesdiare homework problems. Hereads my papers and I read his,and we shared the mysteries of

the new math," the grand -

mother-student said.When her children started

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John T. Moore 111 Is a graduateof Hillside High School. Alsoa member of St. Mark A.MJ).

Zlon Church.In October of 1970 she

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Career Academy, Washington,D. C. Career Academy is .af-filiated with Marquette Univer-sity and Howard University

Medical Center. Also theGeorge Washington UniversityMedical Center Hospital.

Entering an eight monthmedical assisting course, MissMoore and advanced student,completed the course in fivemonths, Oradiating ahead ofher class she was in the topten.

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