Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-05-13
WHITE LADY DECLARES SEGRE-
CATION HAS GONE FAR
ENOUGH.
CBy Francis Ii. WARREN

Church has denied the truth OF tlV
statement in my recent article that
,Gcorgc Nurse had been excluded
from the Roman Catholic paro-
chial schools of the City Of Detroit.
Tho lady who is responsible for this
information is Mrs. Is. RansbOttom,
chairman of a committee sent to
Investigate George Nurse, champion
sixth grade spcller Of the Detroit
Public Schools and his family; by the
Public School Defense League of the
City Of Detroit, it having appeared that
George had been cheated out of the
city championship ythe Judges OF the
spelling contest.
Mrs. Re,nsbottom declares that Ms.
Nurse. the mother Of George, told her
that "she tried to enter he rson in the
Roman Catholic parochial schools
when she came to Detroit but that she
was told they did not have a school
now where they could enter him, but
would have a colOrcd parochial school
later.
1t was very gratifying to note that
the Bishop objected to what he claiiu.
ell was a false statement and TO cite
several parochial schools Of his church
where there were Colored students IN
attendance. But whether or not some
one below the Bishop did exclude
George from the Catholic schools
seems now to be a mootcd question, rs
Mrs. Ransbottom insists that the Iii
formation she transmitted is correct
just as it was given to her committee.
1t would have been much more graft
flying if Bishop Gallagher had denied
the charge that the Roman Catholic
denomination intended to institute a
"colored paroclral school III the parish
OF st. Peter Clavcr Church. and that
all Of the colored students belonging
to the church in the City Of Detroit
will be expected TO attend that school,
This is a point that Bishop Gallagh.
er does not deny nor does he touch it,
and Is, after all; the big point we call
ed the attention OF the public to in our
former article. The writer of this arti
Gle knows Of ut least one graduate Of Il
colorcd parochial school who was dent
ell admission to the Roman Catholic
high school in the city Of Chicago, "be-
cause they had no cOlorcd high school,
and Ire himself was refused admission
to the Detroit University, Roman
Catholic institution when he attended
law school in the City Of Detroit.
That institution, I understand, has
opened it's doors to colored students be
cause Of the splendid work done by
our late good Roman Catholic friend,
Mr.. Edward Doyle, a Detroit million
aire who was chief owner Of the Males
tic Building and he was investigating
the Chicago case Mt tho time OF his
death.
It may be of interest to know that
vote, AZ
in Detroit who acknowledge that the
Roman Catholic church intends to
erect here colored Catholic School.
On one occasion Mr.. Henry Sheppard
said that the school would be built"
and OH Sunday, April 16 our eminent
fellow-townsmun; Detective Wallace
Williams said that "cvcry parish was
supposed to have II pardchial school
meaning by that, that one would be
built for st. Peter Caver parish.
1t will be remembered that when
this church was first opened as Rom
al Catholic church It was called "St.
Peter Claver Colored Catholic Church"
Someone painted over the word "color.
ed' with white paint and the styl was
taken down and when'it was rs.urned
it read, est. Peter Claver Roman
nCatholic Church.
The colored people Of Michigan and
many Of their white friends including
Mrs. Ransbottom and the Public
School Defense League believe that
segregation Of the races by color has
gone as far as 1t ought to go in this
supposedly democratic community.
Coming back to the George Nurse
affair. append hereto the affidavit OF
Mrs. Ransbottom which explains itself.
I also talked with Mrs. Nurse, the
mother of George, since the denial was
published and she said she told the
ladies that when she came to Detroit
she was told that they did no. accept
colored students in the Catholic
schools and that the ladies must have
misunderstood her. The affidavit OF
Mrs. Ransbottom follows:
State Of Ohio,
County Of Putnam, SIS.
BINA RANSBOTTON, of the City of
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan be-
ing first DAILY sworn. deposes and says
that she is a member of the Public
School Defense League Of Michigan,
and Committee to visit Tire family Of
George Nurse, Champion Sixth Grade
Speller Of the City Of Detr )t.
Deponet further says that she had a
7 long conversation with the mother Of
the lad who volunteered the informa-
tion that they were members Of the
Roman Catholic Church and when they
came to Detroit they Sought to enter
George Nurse in the parochial schools
of that faith but were informed the
church had no schools where they
could attend now, but they would
soon have a colored school where her
children could attend.
And further Deponent saith not.
(SigneD MRS. BINA TRANSACTION.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day Of April, A. d. 1929.
(SignedD Frank Logan,
Notary Public, Putnam County, Ohio.
It will be seen by the foregoing that
the affidavit was sworn to in Putnam
County, Ohio. Mrs. Ransbottom was Wis
iting relatives in Columbus Grove, IN
that County ut the time the affidavit