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Greensboro, North Carolina
November 16, 1967
Honorable Dan Moore
Raleigh
North Carolina
Dear Governor:
I, along with many Greensboro citizens, am very much disturbed about
a Black Power meeting held at our University of North Carolina at
Greensboro last week. I was at the college and saw and heard v/hat
was taking place. Ridicule of our white people was the theme song throughout the sessions. The black bearded leaders did everything possible to
get the white girls to associate with them, and some even .broke all laws
of decency.
Why do you and our University permit such radical behavior? If this
kind of activity is to continue in our University then do not be
surprised at the consequences. The Black Power leaders are dangerous
and partly insane. 'They should not be permitted to go into such places
where our youth are preparing for a decent and hopeful career. There
is something bad wrong with our school administrators when they not
only allow but encourage these extreme activities.
You have been saying that our schools need more money. Well, Governor,
your school system will have to change its attitude and behavior about
Black Power and some other extreme socialistic activities before you
can get what is needed.
Mr. Singletary tried to
Carolina at Greensboro,
trouble.
justify this meeting at the University of North
but the more he said, the deeper he got into
The citizens of North Carolina, and especially Greensboro, deserve better
judgment toward such extremists, who openly say "break the law if it
is necessary to accomplish our power over the whites".
It was a vicious meeting. Never in our history have we been expend
to c ch dangerous speeches and activity on our state university grounds.
I would hope you could make some public statement on this program
activity in our university if you do noa approve of it. If you approve, then
Goc pity you and cur future young people.
I am noa criticising all our negro people. I have always been in
sympathy with any reasonable attitude and program to aid them, but this
is going too far and we must rise up to defeat it before it is too late.
We are looking to you as Governor to help protect our young people from
sucr uangerous lav, breakers.
ave written you as a pretty large taxpayer and citizen of my community.
>pe it doesn't fall on "stony ground".
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| Title | [Letter from Elmer D. Yost to Governor Dan Moore Protesting UNCG Black Power Forum] |
| Date | 1967-11-16 |
| Description | This letter from Greensboro resident Elmer D. Yost to Governor Dan K. Moore, dated November 16, 1967, contains Yost's complaints about the controversial Black Power Forum held at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) November 1-3, 1967. Yost refers to the "black bearded leaders" as "socialistic" and "extremists" and notes that they "did everything possible to get the white girls to associate with them, and some even broke all laws of decency." He goes on to praise Lieutenant Governor Robert Scott's published statements about the forum. An editorial from the Raleigh News & Observer is attached. |
| Creator | Yost, Elmer D. |
| Subject headings |
Black power University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| Topics | UNCG Black Power Forum, 1967 |
| Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
| Type | text |
| Original format | correspondence |
| Original dimensions | 8.5" x 11" |
| Original publisher | [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
| Language | en |
| Contributing institution | Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
| Source collection | UA2.8 Chancellor James Sharbrough Ferguson Records |
| Collection home page | http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/CivilRights |
| Finding aid link | https://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=442 |
| Preferred citation | [Identification of item], [Identification of collection], Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries, Greensboro, NC, USA. |
| Rights statement | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Additional rights information | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. |
| Object ID | 1.014.0107 |
| Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/ |
| Sponsor | LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html |
| OCLC number | 884368563 |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | Greensboro, North Carolina November 16, 1967 Honorable Dan Moore Raleigh North Carolina Dear Governor: I, along with many Greensboro citizens, am very much disturbed about a Black Power meeting held at our University of North Carolina at Greensboro last week. I was at the college and saw and heard v/hat was taking place. Ridicule of our white people was the theme song throughout the sessions. The black bearded leaders did everything possible to get the white girls to associate with them, and some even .broke all laws of decency. Why do you and our University permit such radical behavior? If this kind of activity is to continue in our University then do not be surprised at the consequences. The Black Power leaders are dangerous and partly insane. 'They should not be permitted to go into such places where our youth are preparing for a decent and hopeful career. There is something bad wrong with our school administrators when they not only allow but encourage these extreme activities. You have been saying that our schools need more money. Well, Governor, your school system will have to change its attitude and behavior about Black Power and some other extreme socialistic activities before you can get what is needed. Mr. Singletary tried to Carolina at Greensboro, trouble. justify this meeting at the University of North but the more he said, the deeper he got into The citizens of North Carolina, and especially Greensboro, deserve better judgment toward such extremists, who openly say "break the law if it is necessary to accomplish our power over the whites". It was a vicious meeting. Never in our history have we been expend to c ch dangerous speeches and activity on our state university grounds. I would hope you could make some public statement on this program activity in our university if you do noa approve of it. If you approve, then Goc pity you and cur future young people. I am noa criticising all our negro people. I have always been in sympathy with any reasonable attitude and program to aid them, but this is going too far and we must rise up to defeat it before it is too late. We are looking to you as Governor to help protect our young people from sucr uangerous lav, breakers. ave written you as a pretty large taxpayer and citizen of my community. >pe it doesn't fall on "stony ground". |
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