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National Newspaper Publishers Association Announces Ten Awards In Russwurm's Memory

COLLEGE WHERE NEGRO PRESS FOUNDER TOOK DEGREE AS of first Negro newspaper in the United States, the FIRST NEGRO COLLEGE GRADUATE IN UNITED STATES Committee of the National Newspaper Publishers

According to Mr. Stanley, editor-publisher, The Louisville Defender, NNPA considers the recipients of its awards as being the persons having made the most outstanding contributions to race relations during 1960. Seven persons in the group were cited individually, while the Governor and Lt. Governor of Kentucky, four youthful sit-inners and two students at the University of Georgia received joint honors. Seven of the fifteen honorees are either teenagers or youth adults. Former Florida Governor Leroy Collins, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D. C., was cited for his forthright approach with respect to use of public luncheon facilities and his appointment of an effective bi-racial Florida Committee which gave exploration to the delicate problem. Four North Carolina A & I College students - Ezell Blair. Jr.. Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeill and David Richmond received recognition for having initiated the student sit-ins. Governor Bert Combs shares honors with his Lt. Governor Wilson Wyatt, Kentucky, for their leadership in the enactment of laws (Continued on Page 9)
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establishing a merit system in state government employment and the establishment of the first State Human Rights Commission with paid staff, operating funds at Capitol building office facilities. Lester B. Granger, retiring executive head of the National Urban League, made the Russwurm roll call in recognition of his untiring and devoted leadership in the nationwide social welfare agency.

Atlanta youths, Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, first Negro students to enroll at the University of Georgia, were named for their unreproachable conduct and courage in facing unanticipated situations at the 175-year-old Athens institution. The Hunter-Holmes incident led to the abolishment of a Georgia legislative proviso which permitted the state's governor to withhold state funds from desegregated public institutions.

Andrew T. Hatcher, White House Associate press secretary and former San Francisco newspaperman, received NNPA nod in tribute to his scholarly approach to journalism in a notable career marked by modesty but effective work which led to a top post in the Kennedy-Administration family. Mrs. Mary Louise Hooper, also of San Francisco, is listed in the awards group for her work in behalf of the advancement of the welfare of native Africans principally in South Africa and most recently in other areas of the continent. Mrs. Hooper is associated with the African Defense and Aid Fund of the American Committee on Africa.

Dr. James Nabrit, president, Howard University, joined honorees' list for his long-time, "behind-the-scenes" support and guidance in a series of legal encounters on the civil rights front. Over the period of two decades, the former Howard University School of Law dean has given scholarly and wise legal advice to associates and former students in their civil rights cases.

Labor leader A. Philip Randolph, a veteran of social action, received honor for his courage to encounter with labor movement powers and as prime mover in the founding of the American Negro Labor Council - an instrument to assure fuller participation for all workers in the labor arena.

Three Gold-Medal winners, Miss Wilma Rudolph, the Tennessee flash, from Tennessee A & I University, and undoubtedly the world's fastest woman, is named to the honor roll in support of her exploits at the 1960 Rome Olympics. "Miss Rudolph," notes Mr. Stanley, "might well appear at the top of our Russwurm Honor Roll, but for the fact that NNPA feels that in their own right each of its honorees deserves top listing for contributions to racial progress in 1960."