The Omaha guide., 1938-07-09
Radio Appeal
Radio Appeal
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Cleveland, on the Wings Over
1Jordan' program, June IL. Giving
a clear, concise, and brilliant hiss-
1%orical and faetual outline of the
vast lane that is South Africa, tho
Bishop painted a sympathetic
picture eff the 1000, 900 natives snd
2,000,0 600 whites. AS yet" he said.
"the mathews enjoy but little of
the civilization of South Africa
They do not live inside thesereag-
pifieent cities except by sbeciai
4p~ermission, but ike in Locations
from onetoa dozen miles from
the city proper. They have been
nationally DISTINGUISHED -have no
compulsory education and are at
the bottom of-the ~econenic scale
They aresakout where the Amer
lean was just after the Emoncipa-
ton of the sFaves-poor, illiterate
ami unskilled with only a few ed
ucated laborers."
We Of the United States, sur
roundede by the most Sdyaneed
education j nthe world, engrossed
in protests for equal rights,
are apt to forget thatf akuas
might BID wuch worse forsuAg aha
that we are only a fractional part
of the darker peoples so blessed
by the nearness OF, our partici-
patton | nth march of progress. We
sometimes. critnizerepU~oEn mimi
ssers because they do well in their
jobs Of teaching Tho fs.1
rec of heart and to give. But if
we gave more TO better canse&
e might do even better. I'VE have
honey far beyond Whit eolored
copies, in other lands have, but
as Harris Dickerson says in king
Money" We aresstiHcsggandering
M oney, semmeinly unable to diseri-
minate betwcen oreRntzGd produc-
tive use and individual dissapa-
ton. ]1@42
1t is encouraging to zee that
ne organization, representing peo-
le in the lower incom brackets,
has given Bishop Wright fifty
dollars (s50)-two scholarships
or the South African. 1t is the
United Government Employees of
/ Washington, headed by BdgareS.
Brown, which on the Sunday fSE-
owing the Bishops brQadcas4
aised the money at its public
meeting. This same organization
immediately subscribed, the sum
eff l0-and sent it to Cleveland to
help rebuild the great st. James
church which was burned recently
Always, there are some thinkers
to be found.
Half Year
AS the first half Of 1888 Closes
there are a number of things
which might be mentioned IS de-
noting. progress The1SSoHther-
] AihSo have hntecelebaasd .theF
inth-anHiversarE-an.th the air The
Afro-American is perhaps the bess
exponent of. improving, the print
: ng art in Negro Journalism u
srhle OF J-a1e14 Of
she finest examples OF, ADVERTISING
we have ever noted n @|Neero
Press. If It were eligible, Obs pa
per would deserge th9eSSfssTl9us coz
] Iteration OF the N. wv Aver ~
biographical 5ASArft scUS1iitter-
The National Negro assurance Az
ociation has just moved up from
best attended meeting IN its r.
] ears OF history, rlId- ms sPriE
Iaevea n5 from 1880, 600 70 s-
bdo. 800 n pf1dGl4os iflFfnk
J s4raqee 4F1E stisPs' y sss
J ol6rsR PudSieJ AGO tht
he InterborOugh Rapid T9gFt
company privately o9'pe8 Is2
zavr-of= New-E s4k..Aa&aa&sEsiAd
20 employs ANfgfssasatpsC tthe
grade of poBterst7ad esgsyerl Top
rators. And theg Saturday kZep-
ing Post-has sbFougptet EIahai
notice the new mass movement
among observation-disclosures
/, nomic rights.
More Birthday Heroes
Burning the month. of June th@re
were the following imponant birth
days OF living possible Negro be-
: roes: Ans ndelle BougfRld.
Chicago scSSof Bri'Fipsl, 1dtige
, of st. Louis, birthday Jurfs~a; Ro-
land Hayes, tenor; hatiye Of Cur
ryville, Ca, 81 on aunes; Lieut.
Gel GAaaae the
New York National Guard, native
of Jersel City. N. J., "A on june
8: Editor c. A. Franklin of the
: Kansas City Call. native OF Dem.
son, Texas, So on June z; DR.. ]
rs CLARK, retirinG president of
SottthegrA University, native OF
: Cpar IaA67 ON June g. DIR
/. Peter Murray roted New YorE
nhvsieian, native of Houma. La.
CharIntte Haw-
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