University of Virginia Library

Civil Rights Issue Discussed
In Local Relations Council

Charlottesville's chapter of the
Virginia Council on Human Relations
will meet tonight at 8 in
Mount Zion Baptist Church to
discuss problems concerning the
civil rights movement.

The Council, which has chapters
in thirty Virginia communities,
recognizes the need to deal
with problems of racial relations
on the local level.

A publication of the non-profit
organization claims membership
is made up of Virginians who
"recognize, along with southerners
in growing numbers, that antiquity
is no longer a mark of authenticity;
that old ideas and older
practices must be tested with
new ways of perceiving society."

Carolyn Worrall, president of
the Charlottesville unit, said the
council concentrates its works on
researching civil rights problems
in order to achieve legal action
on them.

Tonight's meeting of the Charlottesville
chapter, which is in its
eleventh year of existence, is inspired
by the belief that "more
Negro youths are unemployed
than ever before, that segregated
housing worsens, and that respect
for law weakens as unequal justice
and stereotyped attitudes in
our courts continue."

According to Mrs. Worrall, the
meeting, which is open to the
public, will "look into issues . . .
which divide the city."

Participants at the meeting
will divide into groups to discuss
separate issues of racial relations,
such as "unequal justice," and
will attempt to decide what can
be done about them.

Mrs. Worrall said that although
University students do attend
meetings of the Charlottesville
organization, a move to
form a University chapter of the
council is under way.