Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1936-01-01
NEGROES WAKE UP
By
CHARLES COLUMBUS STRINGER

CHARLES COLUMBUS STRINGER
Member of the College Department of Natchez College,
Natchez, Mississippi.
Thinking of the conditions of find that we
asleep to the great opportunity that conronts and
until wake up whole will always be
trampled upon by the feet of other It is true that
foreparents held under the bondage Of slavery
for any number of years. but still fully equipped
with the number Of thinking organs other races
So it high time for the people of our race to wake up
and think for themselves can truly say with the deep
est of enthusiasm that has any number of men
that think but they still asleep. Just here am
reminded of Booker T. Washington Negro that was
born under the bondage of slavery but in those days our
people had opportunities we have here today but
through all hardshps and many obstacles that lay IN the
path of our people, this great woke up and started
thinking his well himself, and today Tus
keeee Institute stands for him life long monu
ment because he woke and thought in time.
Just here l would like to mention few things con-
corning the negro 1t is said that stand STILL we
either rising falling and in many cases as TAR as
the negro truly falling instead of rising 1t is
simply because the people asleep and need to wake up
and think for themselves To prove that the negro fall
ing in the political world reminded OF the years
1868 to 1895 when twenty served IN congress
and since have had only two again reminded OF
Lieutenant P B. S. Pinchback who at time acted as
governor of Louisiana. He also elected as United
States Senator from Louisiana though not seated This is
only to show that truly have real thinkers ou
they asleep and need to wake up and get busy Not
only did have good thinkers IN the Ola Gays out TIE
present day have good thinkers such r. r. Notion
Oscar DePriest Mordecia Johnson and T. J..
Huddeston and Dr. L. T. Miller We had great men IN
days of old and have larger number OF great men
today simply because have that are suppos
ed educated We fully fit but like the tame Hon.
the cat and dog at time had the advantage OF the hon
and would and whip him about, until at last one eve
ming wild lion trotting down the mountain and
gave of his ferocous which woke up the savage
instinct of the lion and from that day the cat
and dog have had to stay out of his owing to the TACT
that had awakened and found his strength in this busy
world Now dear friends just the lion had some
wake him up and show him what strength he had
need great to come and awake us to the
great opportunities that confront Men such as Hon
orable r. j. HuddlestOn that woke up and thought
in time and from the results of his thinking have be-
fore today great organization which is known the
Afro American Sons and Daughters This is great or
ganization has been and still is helping girls and boys
in various schools to obtain their education 1t has MADE
jobs for girls and boys women and men, This
organization has built the first and only negro hospital
that is owned and operated by negroes in the state OF
Mississippi The treatments and operations free to its
members is credit to any race regardless of color Dr.
L. t. Miller of Natchez Mississippi, is president and
medical director of this great organizations He is one OF
the best and most prominent surgeons in the state of
Mississippi regardless of color SO dear friends tins
is to show that have many great men but they are
asleep and need to wake up and think and do for them
| selves other doing
Our needs to rise from their sleep and sumber
unite and cooperate because house divided against it.
self cannot stand.
Wake up my dear beloved
The time has at last
For those who will awake to take their place
In this every busy path
The heights of great men reached and kept not
attained by sudden flight but they while their compan
ions slept toing upward in the night.
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