The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-03-05
Contee Cullen

infant of the achievements of one of
our own, lest in this maelstrom Of
hatred, discrimination and prejudice
we became discouraged and almost
lose heart Contee Cullen, poet Of
colour, has received the recognition Of
one of the oldest and best known mag
azines in America The February is
sue Of Harper's Magazine has pub
lished two OF Mr.. Cullen's sonnets.
This is, indeed, quite an honor for any
young man; and it comes as a most
singular honor to one Of our group
who must always measure a little
above the grade in order to reach the
standard set BY Nordic culture and
prejudice.
1t is needless to say that these two
little verses are beautiful They re-
vertebrate the true style and spirit of
Cullen. 1t is of most importance that
this young mans poetic achievement
may serve as an inspiration to other
young people and encourage them in
whatever field Of endeavor they may
be aboring-knowing that true worth
will finally be recognized and rewarded
regardless of racial handicaps.
Tanning the Flames
Marc Anthony said The evil that
men do lives after them, the good is
oft inferred with their bones; 50 let it
be with Caesar. And so it is ever and
anon with the Negro. Hatred and
prejudice makes it even worse than
this, for the evil, that some poor err
ring Negro, who has never had one
half chance, has done lives not only
after him but lives with the whole
race as a stigma branding it as
"inferiro."
The good done by fifty or one hun
dred ambitious, self-respecting Ne
groes is inferred in grave dug by
hatred, discrimination and prejudice,
upon which is erected a monument
with X. K. X. engraved thereon.
VIII the Anglo-Saxon newspapers
ever serve as a frebrand to keep alive
atrocious sparks Of hatred and pref
udice by "broadeasting," in glazing
headlines on their front pages, news"
Of Negro crime? Perhaps such papers
find it advantageous from an economic
standpoint, to haunt Negro crime to
that class of white population which is
kept busy trying to keep the Negro
down, regardless of the bitter feeling
thus aroused which often leads to race
riots and take its toll in both whites
and blacks.
Probably in the Millennium we will
read on the front pages Of Nordic
newspapers such news items as How
ard University Graduate is Awarded
Fellow in Zoology BY Harvard Univer-
sity," or Booker T. Washington's
autobiography Up from Slavery has
been translated into the Turkish Ian
guage for use in the libraries and
schools in Turkey" Real News.
Tuning in on Kentucky
Last Saturday night we had the
pleasure of tuning in on Station
WFIW, Hopldnsville, KY, from
whence, thousand miles DER the air,
came the melodious voices of Mrs. NJ.
L. Copeland and her trained choir,
singing Negro songs Of brightness and
hope, with, now and then, a plaintive
note which white critics would say was
modulant with the sorrow Of before
the-war days.
The radio, at least, has one Godlike
virtue 1t is no respecter of persons,
and those who listened to Madame
Copeland and her choir were probably
as much inspired as they would have
been had they listened in upon strains
Of non-colorful origin.
Hopkinsville, quaint Kentucky town
that it is, is ever agleam with Charity,
Faith and Hope; and Mrs Copeland
and her choir, as well as other public
spirited and sincere citizens of Ken
tucky's Little Bethlehem" have made
it so. We thank Station WFIW for
its magnanimous treatment of one of
our own; and we are grateful to her
and to her associates for their songs
of hope. far away and yet so near, via
radio
LANG JONES' DEATH HELD