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"If thr ao struggle there progress. Tboee who propoae (vor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops, without plowing up the ground. The want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean mejee-tic waves without the Awful roar of OnleiyUtif, 1udU its watera," Frederick Dooglaeal --tit -Or. I Georgia's Largest Circulated Black Newspaper VOL 10 NO.

51 December 20, 1975 25 Cents THE A TLANTA VOICE William Says Piofo Of The Week 1 Worn Bulletin Board the Georgians for the Equal Rights Amendment will have a weekly meeting each Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. in Room 610 of the Loews Grand Theatre Building, located at 157 Peachtree Street. The G.E.R.A. are making plans for a January 10th march for the ERA. Formore information, call 524-1843 or 525-1 193.

The Student Councl of Ragsdale Elementary School was honored by-the presence of Carl Ware, a Councilman for the City bf Atlanta, as guest speaker for the installation of its newly elected members. Mr. Carl Ware installed Latreya Redding as President, Kenneth Gain ion, Vice-President, Kermela Astifi, Secretary, Dwayne Vivian Gibson, Secretary of Finance and Iris Galenas Parliamentarian for the 1975-1976 school year. His speech was well received by the community in which he serves so well. Mmwwm wnd By Solomon Mclntyre Aaaeciate Editor Olu Kwasi Ossel Henry Blackburn Iran instructor at ClarkCollege-will be presenting his art work this Sunday at the Shrine of the Black Madonna.

A reception will be held in Mr. Ossei's honor between 4-6 p.m. also. The Shrine of the Black Madonna is located at 946 Gordon Street, S.y. Near Ashby in th West End.

The problems oiomergency assistance and coordination of services to the poor were discussed at a recent EOA-sponsored workshop at the Georgia-Hill Multipurpose Center. More than 400 persons attended. They learned about the operation of the Service Integration System (SIS) and discussed the scarcity of emergency assistance in the Atlanta area. On Sunday, December 21, Trlska Loftin will lead a tour of the Renaissance works in the permanent collection of The High Museum of Art. The collection includes religious and secular French, Italian and Flemish works.

The tour will begin p.m. on the2ndfloor. There is no admission charge. CANDLE LIGHT CHRISTMAS VESPERS Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Dr.

W. W. Weatherspool, Pastor, will fffer Christmas music featuring the combined choirs on Sunday, pecember 21, 1975. The public is cordially invited to this lovely service. The beautiful edifice designed according to the Scriptures ts on Gordon Road at the corner of Barfield Avenue, S.

W. The Processional will begin at 6:00 p.m. This annual presentation becomes more inspiring every year. Refreshments will be served following the Recessional. Anyone for Tennyson the first national public television series devoted specifically to poetry premieres Thursday, January 8, at 8:30 p.m.

on WETV, Channel 30. Mrs. Bnestine Washwigton WffJ Be Featured In Concert At Boman MOVEMENT HEROINE- Mn. taaa Parks, aaw Ivtag Detrelt, wfl be the first to tell you that she alone didn't trigger the 1955 Montgomery bns boycott which developed into the contemporary civil rights movement. Three other persons had been arrested In the Alabama capital that year for rebelling against the segregated bus system.

But her heroism during those violent days is unquestioned and the slight, 62-year-old ranks as one of those personalities around whom history revolves. Photo: Boyd Lewis REV. HOSEA WILLIAMS improvement and the zoo and parks will remain the same which, according to some city observers, are shameful. So did the people win or lose? "Homeowners just can' stand any more pmpeny taxes, not one cent," says Rev. Williams, th grassroots leaders.

"Don't be fooled," he says. "By the time City Council cased a few more dollar takes on your home: then, the Board of Education will ease a little more taxes on your home." Building a case against tax increases. Rev. Williams continued, saying after the Board of Education ill come the County Commissioners who "will ease a With the results Of the last week's bond referendum in, it is safe to say that Rev. Hosea -Williams has scored a partial victory in his attempt to hold down taxation of homeowners in the city.

Two weeks ago, Rev. Williams issued a statement urging jesidents of the city to vote against trick." in his statement, he said, "1 am with Mayor Jackson when he's right; but I am against him when heis wrong." "Remember," he said, "how we stood up for Commissioner Eaves when they tried to fire him and run him out of Well, this time I may to stand all along, but I am going to stand for the people. (Vote No on all Bond issues December 9th). The voters rejected three of the four bond issues while approving the much publicized library bond. The impact, moneywise meant tli at the taxpayers only approved $18.92 millkin of the 48.92 million bond referendum.

While this will mean 'an increase in the residents taxes, the increase will be minimal. But the storm sewer and drainage, the street and traffic King helped found the Montgomery NAACP. Mrs. Parks herself was secretary to the local branch of the NAACP. At the time of her arrest, she was planning for an NAACP youth council workshop Alabama State University (local black churches had refused her meeting space).

In mid-December of 1955, the NAACP would hold its election for officers and Mrs. Parks, while still jailed for violating the segregation ordinance, worried that she might not be able to send out notices to branch members in time. So she could be sympathized with when showing flashes of anger at uninformed reporters who tried to paint her as a Continued from page 6 Rosa Parks Remembers Mrs. Ernestine Washington, Lyric Soprano, will be featured in concert at the Berearf 7th day -Adventist Church, 312 IHightower N.W.. Sunday.

21, at 6 p.m. The is being presented by ThcBerean Chorale. The Bcrean Chorale will be singing Christmas Camls at The mall-West End on Monday evening, December 22. Mrs. Alexander is the Directress.

What de' Say de'Say, The Mayor had better start looking for snakes in his own wood pile. A lot of people on the city' payroll drawing big salaries are not supporting his The Movement Dr. Economic Problems Facing Students little more taxes on your home." "By this time it's too late to do anything but sell your home, if you can find a buyer. For sure your property taxes on your home is too high and you and your family will be out looking for a low-rent project." WiM any jobs come out of the bond referendum? "They say the bond issue will produce, 1,000 jobs." Williams emphasized. "They didn't tell you for how long.

Well. I can tell you that 1 ,000 jobs won't last much longer than it them to tear down our present library and dig a new foundation for the new one. What is the alternative to a bond referendum? "If the chy needs more money, why doesn't the City Council, push for a payroll deduction for all those surburban dwellers who live outside the city of Atlanta but have high-paying jobs inside the They enjoy our library; enjoy our streets; are pnnected by our police; are protected by our fire department. They use our water and sewage, but don't pay a dime tax to the city of Atlanta." In conclusion. Rev.

Williams said: "This bond issue is just like MARTA. Its a trick. The late Martin L'uthcr King, 'said, "Feed the. hungry humans not animals). Clothe the naked; and house the ill-housed (humans, not books)." Gay crease of degrees represents approximately five-tenths of one percent when contrasted with the 1974 graduates.

a multiplicity of of variables, including the attributed to the modest increase need for -scholarship aid and the poor state of the economy, attributed to the modest increase in the number of graduates, since total ennillmcnt at the 34 institutions increased more than 10 percent for the 1974-75 academic year. Director of the Institute for higher educational program SREB, Dr. William C. Brown spoke on the "Emerging Roleof Projected Manpower Needs In 'The Academic Planning Process." "There's an increasing desire for academic planners to give directions to policies with respect to presenting jobs that will be available Dr. Brown said." "It began in the 40's and develop very slowly in the 60's for a higher educational encounter graving inbalance on income and budgetary needs." Black public colleges, universities graduates of 1975 have been adversely affected by the recession snd downturn of the American economy, by all relevant measures and the economic status of college graduates in general is dctcriotating with employment pmspects for many students is declining sharply.

Dr. Brown told the audience that black universities, colleges, and institutions must be revamped by expanding, reorganizing and implementing new academic programs in order lor black students to acquire a higher education. Second Vice President of the TRUST Company Bank of Continued on page Brooks Returns To Pensacoa During the Dec. 5-7 observation of the 20th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Mrs." Parks said over and over that "the movement" was already in full swing by the time she just sat, and got arrested, when the white man got aboard at the Empire Theatre in downtown Montgomery. People forget that three other blacks were arrested earlier in the year and that one of them, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin, had to be subdued by three city policemen when she resisted the bus segregation laws by force.

And while she is often described in the textbooks as a "42-year-old black she was much more. Her husband, now in failing health, was active in the infamous "Scottsboro before the Boys" case years bus boycott and Dorothy The perplexing problems facing black colleges were discussed last week by the thirty-four presidents and vice presidents from different parts of the Southern states here at the Regency Hyatt Hotel. Preliminary figures reveal that the total number of students earning degrees in the spring of 1975 at the historically black public institutions increased from 16.413 in 1974 to 16,503 for the current year. The 1975 in- administration. Now you take a feDar like Wynn Montgomery, deputy director of CETA, It's hard to tell who he's working for.

statement this week that the five men, Marvin Walker, Robert Walker (no relation), John Sterling, Lonnie Merritt, and Leroy Hollaway, all on a fishing trip were, according to their indepth' and investigation, murdered in first degree. The director said, "Our findings were turned over to Federal and state authorities. The authorities accepted the -t By Boyd Weary and worried about her ailing husband Raymond, Mrs. Rosa Parks patiently spun out her story for the reporters for the thousandth time. Yes, she was simply tired that first Thursday in December, information and did absolutely nothing." The march will start from the sheriffs department and proceed to the headquarters of the Pensacola SCLC chapter.

"I'm inviting all persons who believe in law and order with justice to join with me and the freedom loving people of Pensacola this Saturday hi our march to "stop the killing," Brooks said. easeldo ef SCLC National Lewis 1955, and that's why she refused to obey the Montgomery city bus driver when he ordered her to stand for a white male passenger. No, she didn't know she was starting "the movement." No, she had no idea that her case would go to the U.S. Supreme Court where the first of segregation's laws would be declared unconstitutional and fall. But Mrs.

Parks' most heated "No" came when it was; suggested that she somehow begin the first massed challenge to the system of racism since the slave revolts of the 1830' s. Douglas Astros To Face Macon Central Friday By Herty KlUlan Sports Editor The Douglas High Astros will face the central team from Macon in the State Cham pionship for the Georgia High School AA Championship this Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Lakewood Stadium. In one of the longest game on record, the Douglas High Astros finally won the North Georgia Championship over Lakeside High School 13-10. The came started at 7:30 p.m.

on Friday, pecember 5 and was not decided until th afternoon of December 15, some 10 days later and th erfore th game will go down in history as one of the longest games in history. Ihe game started and protested by both teams and finally before the executive committee of the Georgia High School Association in a vote that wen 21 to 14 Douglas was finally declared the rightful winner and the Douglas Astros will go for the state championship against a tough team from Macon. Atlanta will do well to support the Astros in their bid for the state championship. Jil Wrl Tyrone Brooks will return to Pcnsacola this weekend to lead a memorial march in honor of the five Atlanta men who werefound in the waters near Pensacola Beach last December. The deaths and the mysterious details surrounding them were termed by SCLC as the biggest civil rights mass murden in recent years.

Brooks, the communications director of SCLC, said in a raw ma I ATFI. StudlM i fVff'T with the laadlea of the 3 ardered REMEMBERING THE STRUGGLE-Three woasea who played a hey rale hi the Mae boycott of the City of Montgomery buses 20 years ago take part In the December 6 memorial program In that city 'a First Baptist Church. From left arei Mrs. Johnnie Carr, who coordinated the alternative transportation systcmt Mrs. Rosa Parks, who took segregation to court and won, and Mrs.

Virginia Durr, widow of Mrs. Parks' first attorney, Clifford Durr. Photoi Boyd Lewis I Headquarters am Dr. Ralph Abemathy SCLC President, center TYRONE Brooks SCLC National Common Icsdoni Director (2nd from right) Brooks will lead march thla weekend, and Rev. Bernard Lee SCLC Esecntlve Vice President, eitremo right.

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