Clarion Defender_1967-08-10

L~ n; Walters-----------------Publisher Jimmy "Bang-Bang" Walker----Editor Telephone--------2 8 4 - 1289 2742 N. -Williams Ave. Portland, Oregon News deadline: Tueday 12 No~n CIRCULATION Z by MAIL* NEWS BOYS * BUSINESS CLARJ.ON DEFENDER I I PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT THIS issu~. the third in our annual series of special issues. explore8 the challenging and bewilderingly con1plex world of the n1ore than eleYen million Negroes who are below the age of twenty-five. One out of every two Negro Americans lives in the tin1e perspective of thi!3 world which in1pinges on the lives of all Americans-young and old. black and white. Negro youth provided the original spark for the revolt of white college students ·who appropriated the tactics and the vocabulary of the leaders of the sit-in n1oven1ent. They also contributed the rhythm and the steps for the Boogaloo and the germinal impulses that led to the Beatles and the Su– premes. Of even greater importance~ in the context of summer passions. is the fact that the restiveness on Negro college campuses in Negro conunu– nities centers in the expanding horizons of Negro youth who form a dispro– portionately large percentage of the Negro population and a disproportionately large percentage of the unemployed. It has always been hard to be young and black in America. But ' the dislo– cations of the American economy and the internal transforn1ations of Negro youth have compounded the traditional problems, creating a massive crisis of identitv and relation. . No American can be indifferent to the new faces and new moods of Negro youth who are ~n a critical stage in their transition from the old world to the new. As the articles in this issue indicate, Negro youths are groping for ne\\– forms of relatedness with themselves and with their elders. And the future of the American city. to a very great extent, depends on the responses older Americans-Negro and white-make to the emerging moods of this important group. The issues and personalities examined on the following pages bring into sharp focus ~wo different and yet complementary challenges. There is. first of all. the challenge to Negro youth who must prepare then1selves to asstune the responsibilities of adulthood. Whatever the difficulties. Negro youth owe it to themselves and to the future generation to prepare themselves now for the opportunities of ton1orrow. But to make that challenge meaningful in terms youth will respect. older Americans-Negro and white-must assutne the second challenge. the challenge of providing the educational and econon1ic tools that will enable Negro youth to deepen and extend the contributions thev have made to our life and culture. This issue is presented. therefore., as an invitation to understanding and compassion. If you read the following pages in the light of the don1inant challenges of the hour. I an1 sure you will agree with us that Negro youth are angry, anxious~ aware-and very important. Publisher • VOL XXII No. tO EBONY Editor and Publisher: John H. Johnson :!~i:r'~cft~~~tL~~~e:~:~~~~sJ~ Assistant Manarlnc Editor: Hans J . Mas.saquot Senior Staff Editors: Gerri Major. Alex Poinsett As5oclat.e Editon: Phyl Garland , Ponchitta Pierce AUGUST, 1967 1\'ew York Editor: Allan Mornsor. Wasbtnrton Editor: Simeon Booker West Coast Editor: Loute Robtnson Parts Editor: Charlts L. SR.ndeors Staff Photographers: Bill Gillobm, Moneta Sleet Jr., Maurice Sorrell, Isaac Sutton, G. Marshall Wilson Assistant EdUors: Bobbie E. Barbee, Charles E. Brown, George W . Goodman, E. Fannie. Granton. Ragnt Lantz, Davtd Llorens, Francis Ward Staft' Ar"sts: Cecil L. Ferguson, Norman L. Hunter. Herbert Temple Fa~hlon Director: Eunice W. Johnson Librarian: Lucille Phinnie Circulation Manager: Robert H. Fentress Arency Manarer: v.,r. Miles Burns Admin. Assts.: Beverly J. Adams, Marguerite Grant, Annabel S. Harrison, June Acac Rhinehart. Ariel P. Strong. VIrginia Tibbs Vi<'e-presidents: East. William P. Grayson Midwest, LeRoy \V. Jeffries Comptroller: Mtldred Clark Chlcaro Adv. Manarer: Lincoln T. Hudson Adv. Production Manager: Isaac N. p~yne Community Relations Directors: Darts Y. Nunnally, Pearl B. Washington International Editor: Era Bell Thomoson CONTENTS Publisher's Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . • . • • • • . • • . . 21 ARMED FORCES VietNam ....•••.•..........•..............•••••••••.• 23 Et·ery yortth mu.<t face thefacl of in•·oft-emenl. GHEnO LIFE I'll Never Escape The GheHo by Stanley Sanders ..........•.• 30 Rhodes scholar stal.-es his future on hi.• lwmelotcn n··alts LiHie Girl, Big Burden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Elet·en-year-old i.< mol her to eight brolllt>rs tllltl .,islers The Gang Phenomenon: Big City Headache by Phyl Garland. . 96 Frustration of ghetto youths often explodes irr .-iolence A Proflle In Juvenile Decency ............................ 122 (;hello youth faces uphill battle to escopc ,,fum lrnp Unemployment Among Youth: The Explosive Statistic ...... 127 Joblessness among big city ghetto ~-oulh brf't>d riots Street Academies: A New Way To Reach The Dropout .•.••.. 158 Urban League Aids Harlem Youth RACE The Search For Identity by Kenneth B. Clarlc • • . • . • • . • • • • . • . . • 38 Quest of young 1\'egroes underlies thrust tou:arcl.•ocial cllange EDUCATION GheHo Schools: An Educational Wasteland by Ale:K Poinsett •. 52 l'rban classroom segregation ;, in ten.<e ontl l(ellitrl( u-or.•e Behind The Black College Student Revolt by Nathan Hare... . • 58 'Plantation regime' .<parks rebellion on 1\legro campuses An Answer To Youth's Challenge by Carl T. Rowan .. ·...... • 140 Coltunnisl urges adrantaged Negroes to help rreerly sltulenls SPORTS On Cue ............................................... 63 /ou·a l '. coed becomes pool star 16 rnonths <~fler first l(nnte Negro Youth In Sports .................................. 130 Totlay's tan athletes gel more money, opportunities RURAL LIFE Lonely Youth In The Rural South by George W. Goodman .•.• 70 TePnagers feel cross pressurps of modern u:orld PERSONALinES Apostle Of Economics by David Llorens ...• , •••..•..•..•... 78 }"or•rrl( cleric boo,,,,. Chicago Negroe.,' income 1,_,. $1.'; millimr CIVIL RIGHTS 'White Problem' Spawned 'Black Power' by Alvin F. Poussainl. 88 Rflcial spats in rights mo..-ement yield coutrOL·ersi<rllt>rut ENTERTAINMENT Opportunity Please Knock ......................•.••.•••• 104 ) "outh gang produces shou: with Oscar Bro•rn }r. THE 'NOW' GENERATION Negro Youth In The 'Now' Generation by DonolcJ R. Hoplcins .•• 110 Blt~cl·; youngsters shun white rebel.• tdtllout crr11.•e Hippies Of Hash berry by Charles E. Brown . . , ...•..••••••••• 116 A neu· generation flees the old Americun Dri'Cun ART A New Surge In The Arts by Allan Morrison . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 134 } 'oung generation enhance tradition of creutit:e e.Ypression DEPARTMENTS Speaking Of People ..................... ~. . • • . . . • • . . . . • 6 Photo-Editorial: A Challenge To Youth ...•..•.••.•.••.•.•. 144 Fashion Fair: The Young Look Is The Mod Look •....•..•.•. 146 Date With A Dish: Favorites With The Young Set .....•..... 152 Covet Photo by Lacey Crawford, Design by Cecil Ferguson Addrt» all editorial and actvertlslnl correspondence to EBONY. 1820 South Mid11111n Avenue. Ct1iea1o. Illinois 60616. New York omee: 1270 Avenue of the Americas. New York City, N. Y. 10020. Los Angeles ofthe: 3600 Willtlire 8outevard, Los Anleles. Calif, 90005. Washington oftiee : 1750 Pennsyl• wania Awe. N.W., Washin1ton. 0. C. 20006. Parls otnee: 38, Awenue Geor1e V, Paris a~. France. 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