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AT2-4696 NORTHWEST DEFENDER Pub_t~~ It 2'74~.N. Wllllama Ave. . TERRY L. BLACK • , , • e , , • , , , , , , • , , • Publllber Jimmy ''Bq-Baa(' Walter • , , •••• , , , , , , , Bdltor Artie Wl11on •••••••••••••••• , • • • Sport8 BcUtor J..,.... Walker • , , • , , • , • , • , •• , .... , Social Bdltor ArtaUa DorMy • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ......... Bc:lll:or GradJ Black ••••••••••• , • • • • CJn:ulatioa Manapr o.teadG' rean pleaM 110Ce die BUIIDNI, M8mafKtllnl'l, Prote.. aou~'Peop~u, wboM nrm ada eppe~r Ill tbla peper. We u1t Ill our rwdll'l to pltr'OIIlM diem. Pleue mendoll you .... Ilia Tile ~Wender. "V•• exprnl by DEP!NDBR colullllllltl udc:oatrlhu– tora do ncx nec:esau1ly nlftect IN polk:les ol dill MWI– paper.H clrclll.rlon bJ Nail - Nftlboyl - BUilaeDS P._ Ponrard AU Mali/Advertllln& To: NC11111west l'lfl ' r, • N. Wl1U.am1, Pcmlud. Oncon EDITORIAL A Committee Reports JOB WELL DONE The Committee on Race and Education, chairmaned by Judge Schwab, has just issued an elaborate report on Race and equal educational opportunity in the public schools of Portland. This committee was appointed by the Portland School Board to find factual answers to questions asked Nationally and in the greater Port– land area, relevant to inequities known to eXist in racially, culturally, and economically imbalanced schools. This comprehensive report seeks to deter– mine the extent of deprivation of educational oppor– tunities of one race, in relation to those extended to other races, and offer corrective measures. The committee's roster contains the names ofmany Portland's exponents of fair play, and equality of opportunity, among whom are: Hon. EdwardJ. Wheland, E. Shelton Hill, Pt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Tobin, Michael J. Frey, Mrs. Mercedes F. Deiz, Ira C. Keller, Dr. David Tyack, Dr. George V. Guy, Rev. Paul E. Waldschmidt, Tom McCall, Dr. Walter C. Reynolds, and many other Civic-minded Portlanders,longknown to be vitally interested in the betterment ofthe socio– economic and educational structure, locally. One of the six sub-committees traveled to st. Louis, Detroit, and as far as New York City in its investigative en– deavor erlative to disadvantaged schools, and students. Much of the cause of disadvantage found in the school systems of Portland and other Cities is environ– mental, made so because Negroes as well as other groups, not necessarily racial, tend to live in one section of the city. The home environment of the six-year old, the fact that it spends much of each school day each school year beybpd the influence of the school, is almost certain---ta_.indellibly stamp the child with its home– pattern, and if the Community's attitude toward the child and its family is adverse, his relationships with the school, his associates and teachers suffer. The performance of a school drops appreciably, when there are significant numbers of such children, thus, the committee finds that the home, the child, the school and the community become victims of en– vironment. Race and Educational opportunity in Portland's Public School District No. 1 by its Committee on Race and Education, chairmaned by Judge Herbert M. Schwab, is an extensive work, minutely researched, intelligently written on a common-sense level, and lends itsself, very well, to the circle of a "Must" in reading designed to inform all who are interested in a concise picture of Portland's school system's dilemma. Our sincere thanks to Judge Schwab and his com– mittee for a job well done. Ki"l' s . Glo.-}' Whea ~t lohuon IMIII.t Dr. Martia Luther Kin& a 1D11MP lri&tin& that Ilk win.nJng the 1964 N obeJ Peace PriM wu atrlbut. "to the leadership you (King.) have glv• to the 'movement for buUridu&l dlplty and equality of opportunity," our nation's Chief Executive wu refleetblc opNRloaa of commendation whleh re– echoed areund the world. Inelnded in the flood of telegrams were words and eongratulations of praiM from most of the natlou of the globe, lnelaclbll India, Nigeria, BrazU, GuiMa and Germany. Wbea the.,.. fluhecl over our UPI wire that Dr. King had been Mlected for this Incomparable houor, over even auda lnternatioD&lly-famoUI not&blflll u fol'– mer President lheuhower, French Presideo.t Charles de Ganlle, Sir Anthony Eden and former Cb&Dcellor Kon• rad Adena.ner, our thought. reverted to the da.y when 1N believe Dr. KlBa lived his "finest hour." Some m&y feel that Rev. King's ll'e&te.t hour of triumph wu wheo he won in the memorable loq walk agalust discrlntlnatlon In the Montgomery bus strike. Others m&y feel that it eame when he wrote hill famo11.1 letter to the ont.lde world whlle confined in a clingy Al&bem& ja.U revealing his protellta against racla.l In· juaUMII. But we believe we saw Dr. Martin Luther King In his "finest hour" when he addressed tha.t grea.t Inter– racial gathering af -more than 200,000 during tha.i memorable March on Wash ingto n on Au&. .29 of 1963. His 8JM'!f'Ch brought cheen e.nd te&n from· mlllions In D.C. and before the televis ion s ets of America u he dramatically exclaimed "I Have a Dream." It was a dream lhat the civil righfB bill would pass, ud it W1UI a dream that a new era wu unfolding for full freedom and justice for twenty million Americans who had 00en denied a chance to cash In on the Bill of Rlghbi' pledge of equality of opportunity for all of our citizens. Prophetica.lly, la.te tha.t day, the lamenW Presi– dent Kennedy appraised the March on Washington this way: "The cause of %0 million Negroet hu been advaaoed by the program CODdncted so appropriately befon· the Nation's shrine to the Great Emancipator, but evea more significant, is the contribu tion to a.ll mankind.'' We sincerely congratula.te Dr. Ki ng on hla eher• labed Nobel Peace Prbe but we still believe that he Uved his "finest· bour',.dorlng that memorable, cllm&tto ~h during the hlstorio March on Wuhington. .Watch for big Defender's Fashion Show, Hilton Hotel, December 11. DEFENDER Top Designer Mr. Jessie Emerson is busy getting the Northwest Defender of– fice in tip-tip shape. Mr. Emerson is a self-employed interior decorator and designer. Jessie is a remodeling specialist– No Job Too Large or Too Small. Call for Estimates. New Manager at Willamette @F 80S TON, MASS. SAIO TO SS THE FIRST NEGRO ELECTED TO A STATE LEGISLATURE IN AMERICA. THE DATE IS 1863. HE LATER SERVED AS A JUDGE, ANO WAS SPECIAL.l..V COMMENDED SV GENERAL BUTLER. HE HAO BEEN A PRACTICING ATTORNEY AT THE TIME. ANFAR,c 6oo A.o.> •s ISLAM'S GREATEST POeT AND 50 FAMOUS A WARRIOR THAT IMMENSE L.EGENDS HAVE BEEN WOVEN ABOUT HIM. HE IS KNOWN AS~iHe FATHER OF HEROES~ ONE OF HIS POEMS ACCORDED T~E HIG~T. HONOR: lr J. A.ROMIS ........... ..,. A. S. MILAI Watch for big Defender's Fashion Show, Hilton Hotel, December 11. IT WAS HUNG IN THE MOSQUE A'T MECcA DURING HIS J,..IFE– ilME. AIMSI<Y-KORSAKOFF'S SYMPHONY, "ANTAR~ IS BASED ON HIS LIFE. HIS MOTHER WAS AN ETHIOPIAN SLAVE. (l>rawili.g is from slletch or"ANTAR– :b~ 'E.tietme Dittet(186H930),b0l*i imupretu a£ Algerian life& peoples) lX!eGROES SETTLED IN VIRGINIA 83 YEARS BEFORE 'tHE COMING OF WHITE PEOPLE.8ROUG"T THERE IN 1526 8V THE SPANIARDS TO FOUND A COLDNY THEV REVOLTED, DROVE OUT THE SPANIARDS AND REMAINED. THE W~ITES CAME IN 1607. CAPt .JOHN SMITH SAW THEM THERE ABOUT THAT liME, MIXED WITH INDIANS. Mr. James C. 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Northwest Defender_1964-11-05