BARBER SHOP AD HOC
LEGISLATION
Efforts to integrate the two local
barber shops in the vicinity of Guilford
College are continuing under the direction
of the Guilford Human Concerns Committee. This is the committee which was
formed at the close of the last forum on
the barber shop problem sponsored by
the student legislature.
Members of this committee have contacted community leaders as well as both
shops. For example, committee members
have spoken with county commissioners,
the Mayor of Greensboro, Carson Bain, a
local ministerial group, William Allred,
the director of the North Carolina Council on Human Relations, and the Greensboro Human Relations Commission, an
official organ of the city.
The Human Relations Commission,
refered the complaint to a subcommittee
headed by Greensboro Attorney Richard
Fareman. To date the subcommittee has
been unsuccessful in its efforts to desegregate the establishments largely because the commission lacks the necessary
legal powers.
Since the Quaker Village Shop is within' the city limits of Greensboro, the
Greensboro City Council could partially
solve the problem by passing a public
accomendations law to cover all businesses
including barber shops which are largely
exempt from Federal Public Accomendations laws. Unfortunately, the City
•Council has continuously refused to act
on such matters hiding behind the North
Carolina Attorney General's opinion that
unicipalities lack such power.
As it becomes increasing apparent that
the power structure of the community is
either unable or unwilling to solve the
problem, the task of finding a meaningful
solution returns to the students of Guilford College. We the students of Guilford
t determine which methods are necessary to force the shops and the community into a realization that discrim-
ion cannot be tolerated in a progressive
twentieth century community.
