Young To Speak At A&T Program On Sit-ins
BY DWIGHT F. CUNNINGHAM
Dally News Staff Writer
Andrew Young, former United States
ambassador to the United Nations, will
speak at A&T State University Feb. 1 as
part of a student-sponsored program to
memorialize the 1960 sit-ins and the 1969
student demonstrations at A&T, Kelvin
Buncum, Student Government Association president, announced Thursday.
Young will be the featured speaker at
the commemoration ceremonies and the
unveiling of two historic markers on the
A&T campus, Buncum said. Other
speakers will be Dr. Mary Berry, former
undersecretary of the U.S. Department
of Health, Education and Welfare; the
Rev. Ben Chavis, recently paroled leader
of the Wilmington 10; and longtime civil
rights activist Cleveland Sellers.
Buncum said the student commemoration has been planned since October. He
said he doubted the program would detract from other events honoring the
20th anniversary of the historic sit-ins at
a downtown Greensboro lunch counter.
Buncum said the A&T program will
better reflect "the kinds of things going
on, the struggles that students have on
campus" in their quest for equality.
"I think the only persons who can put
together a true program that speaks to
the kinds of things that took place in
1960 and 1969 will be students," Buncum
said. "We have worked diligently to put
this program together and I don't see
where it would conflict with what the
city has."
A free luncheon for the student body
on Friday will kick off the occasion,
with Berry speaking at 11:30 a.m. Young
will speak in Moore Gymnasium at 1
p.m. prior to the unveiling of a six-foot
obelisk to commemorate the death of
Willie Grimes, an A&T student killed
during the 1969 disturbances on the A&T
campus.
A large aluminum plaque also will be
GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1980
A busy schedule of events has been arranged
for today's observances of the 20th anniversary
of the first Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins.
The schedule arranged by the February One
Committee of Greensboro and by the A&T State
University Student Government Association:
7:30 a.m. Four original sit-in participants — Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair Jr.), David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, Franklin
McCain — guests at breakfast at F.W. Wool-
worth, 132 S. Elm St.
8 a.m. Breakfast for A&T SGA officers and former United Nations ambassador Andrew
Young, commons area, Williams Dining
Center, A&T.
9:30 a.m. Convocation honoring sit-in participants, Moore Gymnasium, A&T.
10 a.m. Andrew Young press conference, A&T.
11:30 a.m. — Original sit-in participants press
conference, Hilton Inn, 830 W. Market St.
12:15 p.m. Address by Dr. Mary Berry, former
assistant secretary, U.S. Department of
Health, Education and Welfare. Memorial
Union Ballroom, A&T.
12:30 p.m. Luncheon honoring sit-in participants, former A&T President Samuel Proctor, speaker, Hilton Inn.
1 p.m. Address by Andrew Young, Moore Gymnasium, A&T.
2:15 p.m. Unveiling of permanent historic marker, Friendly Avenue and Elm Street.
2:30 p.m. Student march to Student Union Plaza
for unveiling of memorial to Willie Grimes,
victim of 1969 disturbances at A&T. Cleveland Sellars speaker. A&T.
3:30 p.m. Unveiling of memorial at west end of
Scott Hall, commemorating 1969 disturbances on A&T campus. Ben Chavis speaker. A&T.
4 p.m. Local churches to ring chimes to commemorate sit-ins.
7 p.m. Student reception honoring original sit-in
participants, Memorial Union Ballroom,
A&T.
unveiled at Scott Hall to commemorate
the site where A&T students spent a
night under siege while National Guardsmen and police occupied the campus
during those demonstrations, Buncum
said. Chavis will speak at that unveiling.
A reception will be held at 7 p.m. to
honor the four A&T students who held
the first sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch
counter. A religious service will be held
in Harrison Auditorium at 2 p.m. Sunday. Dr. Walter L. Yates, dean of Hood
Theological Seminary in Salisbury, will
be the speaker.
Buncum said the public is invited to
attend all events.
Young
