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NAACP’s “M ovem ent” Days
Ju lia n B ond, a veteran o f
America’ s c iv il rights campaigns,
declared here recently that victories
o f this nation’s home-grown revolu­
tion provided the U.S. w ith “ our
democracy’ s finest hour.”
“ A voteless people,” Bond said,
“ voted with their bodies and their
feet and paved the way for other
social protests.”
A founder o f the Student Non-
Violent C oordinating Committee
(SNCC), Bond currently teaches his­
tory at the University o f V irginia
and the Am erican U niversity in
Washington, DC.
Bond is the second in a scheduled
series o f eight noted lectures in com­
memoration o f the recent opening o f
the International C ivil Rights Cen­
ter and Museum here in Greens­
boro
The NAACP played a pivotal role
in the civil rights movement, then
and now. Bond said. He added that
the movement greatly influenced
other movements such as those re­
lating to the war in Vietnam and
women’ s rights.
“ The movement’ s ripples were
felt far beyond the Southern states
and its victories benefited more than
Blacks,” the speaker continued.
“ Movement activists saw the gains
made by Blacks extended to greater
protections for other.”
Bond identified “ gender, race and
the use o f abusive power” as “ the
three great impediments to our
democracy’s success.” He said each
was “ weakened by the civil rights
movement and we are all better for it
now.”
The museum is located on the site
o f the W o o lw o rth ’ s Department
Store where four Black college stu­
dents staged a sit-in in 1961 to pro­
test segregated eating facilities.
The first lecture, in march at North
Carolina A & T , was an address by
Federal Judge Robert E. Carter, former
deputy to the late U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Thurgood Marshall when both
were lawyers for the NAACP. Judge
Carter pointed out the failure o f
America to guarantee equal educa­
tion for all its citizens.
James Fanner, former director o f
the Congress o f Racial Equality, is
scheduled to give the third lecture o f
the series in October
Philip Morris companies Inc. has
underwritten the lecture series.
“ We are all indebted to professor
Bond and to Judge Carter,” said
Frank Gomez, director. Public Pro­
grams, Philip MorrisCompanies Inc.
“ They have shared with us por­
tions o f the important history they
lived that changed much o f our na­
tion for the better.
“ We are also pleased,” Gomez
continued, "to underwrite this first
lecture series o f the international
museum given our company’ s his­
toric attachment to the struggle for
justice and equality."
M elvin “ Skip" Alston, Chairman
o f the new Museum, called Bond a
key figure in the movement for close
to 40 years. Alston said that Bond
“ demonstrated his commitment to
preserving the positive gains o f a
unique period in our national his­
tory.”
Discussing the early organizing
efforts o f movement activists. Bond
observed: “ Most frequently, the
N A A C P ’ s Youth, College and Adult
18 Year-Old
Arrested In
Tracey
Green
Homicide
Andre S. Foster, black male, DOB
July 2, 1978, has been arrested and
charged with Murder, in the shoot­
ing death o f 17 year-Tracey Green
Portland Police Detectives ar­
rested Foster, Thursday evening, at
approximately 10:30 p.m., at his
fam ily’ s home in North Portland.
Foster was placed intocustody w ith ­
out incident.
Detectives’ investigation led to
Foster as the shooter, but the inves­
tigation is continuing.
Foster has denied that he is cur­
rently active in Portland area gangs.
Detectives are not releasing addi­
tional details at this time pending
further investigation
Foster is lodged in the Justice
Center Jail pending arraignment.
A speech by Julian
Bond at the new Civil
Rights Museum shows
benefits shared by
other groups.
Branches provided a structured en­
vironment o f protest, transmitting
racial m ilitancy from generation to
generation. They furnished leader­
ship training for generations o f ac­
tivists.”
“ When the N A ACP was outlawed
in Alabama in 1956,” Bond ex­
plained. "the membership chairman
o f the Birmingham NAACP, the
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, created
w ithin four days a successor organi­
zation, the Alabama Christian Move­
ment for Human Rights.”
Bond said the Montgomery Bus
Boycott “ began when Mrs. Rosa
Parks, the secretary o f the State
N AACP Youth Council, refused to
give up her seat on a city bus.”
Bond told the audience that Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., a life-m em ­
ber o f the NAACP, was appointed
head o f the Montgomery Improve­
ment Association. The Association
had been formed to fill in for the
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and fam ily fun w ill highlight the
35th annual Fort Vancouver Fourth
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Thursday, July 3, tree music
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National H istoric Site. The o fficial
holiday fun begins at 10 a.m., F ri­
day, July 4. Fireworks display is at
10 p.m. Suggested admission is a
donation o f two cans o f food for
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As in past years, personal fire­
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In case o f rain, umbrellas may be
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The lost-and-found site w ill be at
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Population Rises to 127,900
New construction figures have pushed the C ity o f
Vancouver’s 1997 population from 126,453 to 127.9(H)
according to Karyn Wubbena, annexation manager.
The earlier figure was based on the c ity ’s door-to-
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has occurred over the last year.
The population figure is important because it is used
to determine state-shared revenue to cities. State-shared
revenues are approximately $40 per person.
Last year, before the east-city annexation, the c ity ’ s
population was 67,450.
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Fort Vancouver National Historic
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to youth age 16 and under.
Ongoing activities during the day
include talks on the fo rt’s history,
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There is a 20-foo, length lim it
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one vacancy on the Project Review Committee.
The Project Review Committee is a nine-member
citizen group appointed by C ity Council to review
plans for building and remodeling in Vancouver’ s
downtown and in Central Park. The term w ill expire in
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then outlawed N A A C P branch.
“ Nearly all o f the southern Chris­
tian L e a d e rsh ip C o n fe re n c e ’ s
(SCLC) officers had N AACP a ffili­
ations; five were former or current
officers o f their local branches and
two were board members, while one
was an employee.”
A former Georgia state legislator
once tendered as a candidate for
Vice President at the Democratic
National Convention in 1968, Bond
is a member o f the N A A C P ’ s Na­
tional Board o f Directors and was
recently named Publisher o f the
Association’ s “ Crisis Magazine.”
The “ Crisis" was created in 1910
by Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, a founder o f
the NAACP. Under DuBois, the
“ Crisis” had been one o f the most
authoritative periodicals ever pub­
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