The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-01-17
NEGROES ARE
WELL DEVIDED
DIFFERENT OPINIONS ARE Ex.
PRESSED ON CIVIC CENTER.
All Agree on the Campaign to Raise
Funds for Education-opinion.
Runs That City is Indebted to
CoIIeges-PubIic School
and Library Not Included.

] Several meetings have been held in
thls city OF the leading Negroes, to-
Sether with some of the leading white
educators, at which the question Of
the proposed Civic Center was fully
discussed. The first meeting was the
committee that was called to discuss
the matter. At this committee meet
Ing the question of segregation was
brought up. Prof. j. E. McCuliouch.
VINO is the leading spirit IN the Civic
Center proposition, made it clear to
those present that segregation had
never entered his mind. But the men,
Ders OF that committee could not re-
move the thought of segregation en-,
tlrely from their minds, Some said
that the term civic center was only
new name for segregation and that
while they believed that the inten-
tions OF Prof. McCullouch were far
from such, there appeared to be
some danger of the same results com
Ing to pass in the Civic Center idea.
should 1t be carried out.
One of the oldest citizens of North
west Nashville was heard to say that
II the Civic Center was established
In that part of the city he would move
out at once, for said he, when you
make community all educational
you destroy the possibility of busi-
ness enterpr Sc Others have adj
yanced the idea of the impracticabi-
llty of all the Negroes of any city
settling In one corner. There are
many disadvantages pointed out by
leading men, while there are some
VINO approve of such a scheme.
Al the meeting of the Board OF
Trade resolution was passed endors.
Ing the campaign for funds for the
schools, but nothing was said of the
CIVIC Center in that resolution. in
faet the resolution had to be divested
Of every word that suggested Civic
Center before it could be adopted.
AT the mass-meeting Sunday at the
FIRST Baptist Church a large assem-
Dlage of citizens were On hand where
the subject was freely discussed
again. On this occasion Prof. McCul-
louch said it did not appear to him
TO be necessary to be always explain
Ing, but that he must rid the minds
OF the people of the idea that segre-
cation had ever entered his mind. He
said he felt that the white people of
the South owed great debt to the
colored people, and that if God gave
him life and strength he intended to
pay his part of that debt. The earn
estness with which Prof. MCCULLOUGH
made his plea was very impressive,
but not sufficient to entirely fright
en- away the segregation ghost. He
fingers around, and when you get two
or three Negroes together, if you can
get close enough to hear what they
are talking about you will hear the
word segregation" and if you in
qulre into the conversation, they will
tell you frankly that they are talking
about that Civic Center proposition.
The Negroes of Nashville are scat
tered pretty well over the city. There
are five communities that are largely
settled by colored people who are
home owners. Northwest Nashville
probably predominates in this respect.
southeast is another section that will
run northwest close, for it would be
hard to determine which has the
larger population of colored people.
The southeast section could be con-
Veniently joined to the south end of
the east side and then the east CEN
traI section contains a large colored
population that are well settled in
their homes, North Edgefeld and
North Nashville can be linked as an
other community of colored people
That are well fortified in their homes.
The contention Of Prof McCullouch
that the territory he has outlined
would accommodate three hundred
thousand people does not gain in
IaVor 1t would mean that large flats
OIL four or five stories would have to
De erected all over that territory and
mat there would hardly be breathing
room, to say nothing of parks and
to accommodate the neo.
9ies 1t would be almost similar 10
chinatown in New York City where
ne people are so thick you can't stir
hem with stick, so to speak.
The idea was advanced that the ter
ltory was unlimited, going in a
iorthern direction, but that was Off.
et oy statement that before going
cry far northwest of the citv Won
would reach the lowlands that at fbie
lme are covered with a lake Of water
i've and six feet deep. These low.
andS start in at the northeast cor.
Ter Of the city known as Busb's
Irick Yard, and make a complete cir.
ie half mile wide at some nojnts
II way around to West Nashville or
he Negro Normal School. So IL the
preading out was continued II wonId
e necessary to cross the river where
would become necessary again for
, wnlte community to be disturbed
mo are living peacefully in tbeir
ountry cottages.
me opinion seems to prevail that
asnville owes to her Negro colleges
Aslly one hundred thousand dollar
'u II was brought out by DR.. Hub,
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