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A la to Res id en Ch dirges Si mm WW by Goorgo M. Coleman FOirsff DocffMGov Pot: vestigated me and learned I had a Negro wife Pagan said Georgia Baptist -officikrtold im The" position you are hold- ing isn't open to I'm sorry, but you are he told me I would get nothing 1 was lucky to get 1 bfficial' said they retain me as Negro, and in the capacity of a porter, but I declined." Paean said. For 194 Ym ii 40 year old Atlanta re- only the worst jobs ayail-sident of Mexican extraction -U is considering -filing suit William wiio lives rmihl wife; Edna -at 171 -Opportunity Commission a- Matthewson PI. S.W. told' gainst Georgia Baptist Hos- VOICE he was fired pital "for firing me because from his job of 11 months of friendliness with Negro as an Oxygen Therapist, employees who are allowed after hospital officials in i 'i vr Twill lf VolNO.

31- LYN WOOD PARK fee. 104 years old Thursday, 2 Vicfim Declares caught in a webb of forces trying to improve the city, and gain something for them. a mm IP First Party Blackmon, will' poses witn ner 4 year oia aaugnter, Mrs. Artnrea i I I II ton. SEE STORY.

ON PAGE Courfs A4usf He by Goorgo M. Coleman i Citizens of Lynwood Park, in OeKalb County have com- plained of police brutality- to several ivic organizations as well; as the DeKalb Police concerning an incident which apparently amounted to virtually mayhem on the part of law enforcement officers upon a defenseless family xerminatea as ot now, "1 asked him about my two weeks sick leave, and vacation 3, 1969 Atlanta, Ga. I I UJi- Thomas G. Ward will become the assistant director of Community Relations Commission of the City of Atlanta on September 1. This announcement was made to- day by Nat WelchXRC executive director.

Ward is now the executive director of the Westside Branch of the Butler Street YMCA. He will succeed Jim Lindskoog, who will return to finish his final year at the Chicago Theological Seminary, 1 In in ing the role of education in the black community. Preston Wilcox, national chairman of NAAAE, said that the i organization is "attempting define and create a truly black educational agenda and a climate which meets and stimulates the aspirations and needs of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 uuu i. luiucisiatiu vtuy i must be penalyzed for CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 30314 20 CENTS t. 1 Thomas Ward "CRC is delighted to se- cure the services of a man of Tommy Ward's experience and leadership.

He brings to the Commission an impressive record ofac- 'complishment," commented -CRC director Welch. Ward came to Atlanta four years ago to join the staff of the Butler Street YMCA. He has over twenty years of experience in executive positions 1 with YMCA in Cleveland.1 5 T. The new CRC staff member raised in Toledo. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 i- ill i Renewal Official Model Cities has been watching the case of Mrs.

Eva Mae Lindsey closely for the past cvpra1 months. 524-6426 -August All jUzS, Kalb County woman said. He was just trying tode- fend his mother after they insulted her," Miss Maria Richardson declared. The incident has raised the ire of Lynwood's black citizens, who have formed a "Concerned Citizens of Lyn-wood Park" organization holding meetings with DeKalb police officials, and calling for assistance from civic organizations in seek-ing legal assistance, "These people have already met with DeKalb Chief Hand, and He's virtually a- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 K' 1 ooiling I The National Association for African-American Education (NAAAE) will convene its 1969 National Conference in Atlanta, Ga from August 20-24, it was announced in May. Teachers, administra tors, students, parents and community workers 'all are expected to meet in the southern education center to consider ways of strengthen- Dtecfi 'QotEidr Off Five and has full knowledge of the "unkind actions of a white Atlanta Housing Authority J.

Director of Model Cities, said this week, "She is a victim of a ser-. ies of circumstances that have been avoided through better "Mr Johnson said. He identified the "Mr, Hicks" that" Mrs. Lindsey mentioned, as James L. a member of his staff.

'They pointed a big.shotr-gun jat me, busted in my mother's house knocked dishes on the floor, and just tore up the house because they were withmy lit- -tie brother," a young De- roads is written in big red painted letters "Kill Tory, Tory refers to Mrs. Vic toria DeLee, a black resident of Dorchester County who has been leading a school integration fight, almost by herself, since 1964. Mrs. DeLee and her husband have five, Mr, DeLee works for a Federal Arsenal in Dorchester County, Both parents are determined that their children will receive a decent education, but their struggle hasn't been easy and very often its been dangerous, On November 13, 1966, Mrs. DeLee 's house and all her Jtelongings were burned by, the fact, the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 i I i NEW YORK.

The Jus- tice Department was asked mother of fivje whose children -have been beaten and house has been shot up and Jack Greenberg, Director-Counsel of the NAAC Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. a telegram to Attorney General John R. Mitchell in which he asked federal pro- tection for Mrs, Victoria DeLee who has been fight Ing for school desegregation in Dorchester County, Soutli Carolina since 1965. Ridgeville is a small town northwest of Charleston in Dorchester County, South Carolina, There are four rpads leading into Ridgeville, and on all four of these "He was there because I sent him down there. I sent him fthere because 1 knew of her plight and wanted a witness to what was hap- pening.

to have the Mr. Johnson said he didn't know the white man's name, but that he was from the city housing authority Model Cities hopes for the. case to go to is the only place where she san receive Justice'John-, son said. "We can serve as witnesses there to show how so many people are.