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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, October 9, 1967
"FOUND" WHAT?
A visitor of the Kansas Designer Craftsman exhibit studies this "found" sculpture, one of 151 entries.
South slowly changing
By William L. Vaughn
By William L. Vaughn FAYETTE, Miss. — (UPI) — On the southern fringe of the town stands a modern two-story building where Negroes can go to buy groceries, have their clothes cleaned and get instructions on how to use their newly-won voting rights.
Completed only a few months ago, the Medgar Evers Community Center has become a symbol of the changing racial climate in Mississippi.
The building was named in honor of the Negro leader slain by a sniper's bullet at Jackson in 1963, and serves as headquarters for his brother, Charles, probably the most influential political voice among the state's Negro population.
Fayette, about 20 miles north of Natchez, is the seat of Jefferson County—one of a clump of predominantly black counties chosen by Evers as the focal point of a new Negro movement to “involve ourselves in local politics.”
The success of Evers' efforts has been considerable. The initial crack in the county's long-established white power structure came last year when a young Negro was elected to the school board, followed this summer by the election of four Negroes to other county offices.
A total of 15 Negroes were elected to various county posts across the state during the first Democratic primary Aug. 8, their strongest showing since reconstruction. Another 22 advanced to the Aug. 29 Democratic runoffs against white candidates but all were defeated.
Most political leaders attributed the Negro gains to a combination of factors including the 1965 Voting Rights Act, assignment of federal registrars to 30 of the state's 82 counties, increased efforts by Evers, and other civil rights figures and a subtle but significant shifting of attitudes among many whites.
Dedication-
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continued from page 1 Mrs. Smith, the guest of honor, said her only regret was that the building was not finished in time.
'Wanted all to see'
"I wanted everyone to see how pretty it will be," she said.
pretty it will be, she said.
A classroom was dedicated in memory of Rev. and Mrs. Gordon B. Thompson. Another classroom will be named in honor of the late Rabbi Samuel Mayerbery of Congregation B'nai Jehdah in Kansas City.
The Kansas School of Religion, financially and administratively independent of the University, is supported by private funds. A board of trustees appointed by the American Baptists, Disciples of Christ, Episcopal, E.U.B., Jewish, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, and United Church of Christ churches administer the school corporation.
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'That thing'—
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Seven of the 29 winners are KU graduate students, and one is a faculty member. All live in Lawrence.
Roberta Endacott won a three-year subscription to "Handweaver and Craftsman" magazine for her red, purple and black woven wall hanging.
Jerry Krebs received $25 for a set of sterling silver pillboxes shaped like smooth stones.
Lenderman wins
Lenderman wins
A cylindrical hanging of green and purple yarn with interwoven clay coins won $25 for Max Lenderman.
Lenderman also won two prizes totaling $30 for an irregular-shaped brown vase.
In the jewelry division, Richard Mawdsley won $25 for a gold and silver bracelet and a silver pendant.
Thomas Silver received $100 and an Honor Mention for four "Untitled" sculpture pieces.
Four prizes totaling $75 were awarded to Malcolm Whitney for the "People Swater," an iron monster containing parts from an old-fashioned sewing machine and cobbler's shoe forms.
Larry Edman won two Honor Mentions for "Creature No. 4," a wallhanging, and for a "Brooch Cast from a Lotus Pod."
Herbert Friedson, instructor in design, received $50 for his enamel wall panel "Growth and Movement," designs suggesting plant and animal-life forms.
Races must cooperate
"The key to Negro and white equality, is the working together of both races," said Pastor Martin Nees of Faith Lutheran Church, Kansas City. Mr. Nees spoke Sunday evening about Project Equality at the University Lutheran Church.
Project Equality is designed for cooperation between religious groups in aiding fair employment practices in business. Mr. Nees said its purpose was "equal opportunity in employment without regard to race, religion and national origin."
Mr. Nees serves on the Greater Kansas City Council for Religion and Race and has been a member of the NAACP for 15 years. He has also been active in struggles for equality in open housing and educational opportunities in Kansas City.
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