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Africa...
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on the edge of independence, may
be so confidently counted on to re
sist the lure of Moscow’s new
technical ffrDgress, especially if it
is followed by still more dramatic
achievements, is a question open
to some debate.
Already in the past few days
Ghana’s Finance Minister K. Ag
beli Gbedemah has broadly hinted
that his country may have to turn
to the Communist world for help
with Ghana’s Volta Riva hydro
electric project if help is not
forthcoming from the West.
It may be no more than coinci
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dence that Ghana should drop such
a hint at the time the Soviet Union
was announcing the launching of
its second satellite. It may be no
more than an attempt by Ghana
at bluffing the West into provid
ing the necessary finance and tech
nical assistance, and indeed there
is no tangible evidence that the
Soviets would be interested in
building the Volta dam.
Prime Need Of New Nations
Certainly the incident should not
i be overdramatized. But it is as
well to recall at this time of start
ling Soviet scientific achievements
that the primary need of various
African states, soon to emerge into
nationhood, is assistance in the
technological sphere, where the
Soviets certainly appear to be ex
celling.
It is perhaps also as well to
recall that although much of co
lonial Africa is ruled by staunch
Western nations such as Britain,
France, and Belgium, the ties with
these ruling countries are tenuous,
and it is not at all certain that
j this loyalty to the West will be
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maintained by native Africans once
freed. Most of Africa, with its
200 million non-whites, must still
be counted as uncommitted in the!
struggle between communism and
the West although it may currently
be subject to Western colonial
; rule.
Conference Planned
Ghana, for example, is still plan-\
ning its proposed conference of in- J
dependent African states designed
to “formulate an African person-'
ality.”
Although this has apparently
been postponed from the latter
months of this year it now will
be held in January, according to
Ghana spokesmen, and a number
of informal talks and one prelim
inary formal meeting have report
edly been held by the nations con
cerned.
Ghana’s Prime Minister, Dr. I
Kwame Nkrumah, first moc-ed the,
idea at Ghana’s independence cele- j
brations earlier this year. At that
time he w’arned that while Ghana
would retain its membership in
the British Commonwealth, it re- j
mained uncommitted in interna- j
tional affairs and would steer an !
independent course, not even be- \
coming necessarily involved with'
i the so-called neutral bloc of na- \
! tions.
i
Armor None Too Stout
I
i Dr. Nkrumah, who has evinced
a wish to free African nations in.
the Afro-Asian line-up from what I
has seemed hitherto to be virtual |
domination by the Asian nations,!
will presumably try to persuade
j other African states to his view- j
point that they should remain un- i
committed between East and West. :
But as recent events in Ghana
have demonstrated, there is likely
to be a lack of political sophisti
cation and diplomatic maturity in
the new black African states which
is not the stoutest armor with
which to resist Moscow’s blandish-,
ments.
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Northern...
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made the disclosures at the open
ing of its three-day executive board
meeting.
In the 9 northern cities, an aver
age of one out of every four schools
have a non-white majority of pu
pils. This situation has come about
principally as a result of segre
gated Negro housing, says the AJC.
Cities covered are: Newr York,
Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit,
Cleveland, Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco, Cincinnati, Newark.
Los Angeles’ non-white schools
number 70 of the 465 in its school
system, claims AJC. “These 70
are 80 percent or more non-white
and enroll some 60,000 non-w’hite
children. The Los Angeles non
white population increased about 47
per cent, going from 211,585 in
1950 to 311,396 at present,” accord
ing to the Jewish committee fig
gues.
The findings were made public
Friday in a study integration in the !
North. The committee warned that 1
the concentration of colored peo- j
pies in “ghettoized slums” has ere- !
ated “a condition of unpremedi-1
tated, de facto segregation which >
is having serious and dangerous
repercussions in the public school
systems.” The finding, AJC said,
were gathered from responsible
community sources and agencies
through questionnaires and inter
views, rather than from school
boards which do not officially
record this information.
Pointing out that “the tendency
This, while there is no evidence
that organized communism has
made extensive inroads in Negro
Africa to date, it would seem un
wise to dismiss the impact of re
cent Soviet successes on a conti
nent whose primary need is tech
nological assistance if the Soviets
apparent lead remains unchal
lenged.
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to have non-white majorities is
greater in the neighborhood ele
mentary and junior high schools,”
the study reported that neverthe
less “a considerable number of high
schools are overwhelmingly non
white, and, in fact, segregated.”
The study revealed that in Chi
cago, 87 percent of the total Negro
elementary school population at
tends schools where Negroes are in
the majority; in Cincinnati, 71-76
percent of the Negro pupils attend
such schools; Detroit, 45 percent, j
In terms of population trends, ;
the study reported that the non- |
white population (mainly Negro,
but including Puerto Ricans and
Orientals) in the major northern
cities, increased in the decade from i
1940 to 1950 by 81.1 percent—
from 1,548,869 to 2,814,038. By
1957, almost a million Negroes—
an increase of one-third—had been
added to the 1950 non-white popu
lation of these cities which now
have more than half of the total
Negro population in all cities of
over 50,000 people.
Of New York City’s 639 elemen
tary and junior high schools, about
126—one out of every five—has a
non-white majority. Approximately
one out of every 15 schools is 90
percent non-white.
New York has had a 31 percent
increase in non-white population
j since 1950, from 1,021,835 to ap
proximately 1,325,000.
Of Chicago’s 390 elementary and
: academic high schools, 77 have a
non-white majority. Four of the
35 high schools are considered “Ne
gro” schools enrolling about 40 per
cent of the city’s Negro students
of high school age. Chicago’s non
white population has increased 41
percent from 513,192 in 1950 to
728,000 at present.
100 Philly Schools All-Negro
In Philadelphia, 15 schools, in
cluding teachers and students, are
100 percent Negro. In 50, the non
white proportion ranges from half
to 95 percent. Philadelphia’s non
i whites have increased 22 percent,
i from 380,875 to approximately
' 467,000.
In Cleveland, 34 out of 157
schools have a non-white majority.
Non-white population increased 40
percent from 149,547 in 1950 to
210,000 in 1957. Of Cincinnati’s 88
elementary, junior and high
schools, 38 fall into the majority
non-white category. Cincinnati’s
i non-white population rose 24 per
cent since 1950, 76,685 to 95,271.
In Detroit, 48 of the city’s 224
elementary schools are 80 percent
or more non-white and enroll 45,000
of 107,000 Negro pupils. Total
school population is 277,000. De
troit non-white population increas
ed 28 percent, from 303,721 in 1950
to 390,000.
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State NAACP...
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will address a mass meeting to
morrow to wind up the convention.
Gloster Current, director of
NAACP branches, told a meeting
last night that segregationists are j
“misguided missiles in an era of
i Sputniks.”
“In a Sputnik age we can no
i longer allow those who still dream
of Negroes remaining in their ac
icustomed place bowing and scrap
ing, picking cotton and doing me
nial tasks,” he said. “Our nation
more than ever before needs the
help of every citizen.”
President...
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cials) the College postponed plans
for the construction for the much
needed facility. The College would
have been required to pledge all
fees collected for a period of 40
years since only 70 dormitory
rooms (Jones and Sampson Halls)
were acceptable to the lending
agency on two dormitories. Mean
while, on the brighter side, offic
ials of the College hope to begin
construction on a $446,000 women’s
dormitory as soon as legal matters
Durham...
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the limits of its authority.
They are as follows:
1. To help each race to know
and understand the problems of
the other so that they can meet
on common ground to solve cur
rent problems.
concerning a site for it can be
cleared. The $45,000?—the Col
lege is seeking permission to use
this amount to further equip the
new science building.
2. To sponsor programs designed
to increase good will and reduce
tensions which will in so many
cases have led to violence in other
cities.
3. To serve as a public forum
in which the views of different
groups may be sought and ex
pressed without fear of recrimina
tion.
The committee will be actually
appointed by Mayor Evans. The
Council made this step clear in
voting for* the establishment of
the body.
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