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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04
Editor Mail

NJ, Edward : Mccall,
The Detroit Tribune,
2lf6 S. Antoine Street
Detroit. Michigan
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'ar Your splendid program. The
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04
Native Son." Good Drama Not Great Novel
Fits Situation OF Only One Negro ~ Lewis

VIM with HIS hind wife IS bene-
,o.tntv Interested IN Negro well
'are. 80 interested indeed that he
has contributed several millions 81
dollars for elcemosynary work
among Negroes Thcir daughter is
Ned sNmpa'hzcr and her sweet
hfa~t Is an active Communist All
n Thorn are bent on helping Big
ger reach a normal and active adj
igs'mcNt 20 society although the
Younger people have more specific
ard radical ideas IN mini But Big
r.r whose mind has been condi-
tored 10 hate and distrusi tho
white world is perpleAed and
ila nod hv the attitude OF the
friendly white people and he SUI
spcc's their motive lie is like an
animal caught in q snare, as dang
erOps 20 man who wants 10 re-
lease il as II Is 70 ono who intends
us obstruction
When Bigger finds himself In a
per'ious situation. ne murders his
~nrloyer daughter, hacks of her
hoad and shovcs head and torso In
Tho farnance The reader who likes
thrAls IN his fiction will ind pen-
~ hc'o FOR the narrative omis
none - the grisly details. There are
many shiycrs IN these pages as one
wl find in haN score vampire
mysteries And more are TO follow.
The effect of his crime on Big
ser. after the first shock OF fright.
is 10 cause tremendous expan-
sion OF his age. He is no longer a
runv victim OF the white world Ne
IS It's enemy The white word
cannot ignore and punish him,
while he stands az bay guarding
Ms secret As his feeling OF sell
Importance mounts. he concluded
thar while outwitting the white
world he can Law it under tribute.
Forthwith he decides 70 make his
employers belicve their daughter
has hocn Kidnapped and pay ran
som for her return As he needs a
confederate in that venture. Big
ger confidcs his scheme TO the girl
friend who reluctantly consents 70
join in the plot
"Bnt the murder IS discovered
az an embarrassing moment, and
/ Bigger's thoughts turn from ram
som 10 escape. Aware that his girl
friend knows he is implicated in
the crime. he fears that she may
betray him To forostall method OF
Draining her with p brick and
/ pifchin her on of fourth floor
window into an area way. where
SHE freo1oe ~ death in the snow
Blu, murder Is out now The police
arc on his trail anil the hue and
crv rises TO crescndo"
In the depletion OF Bigger's
chase and capture the reader dis
covers the peak passages OF The
book. with delectable irony. the
author describes a town gone Wild
Instead OF sending out two or three
detectives TO arrest Bigger a
F, force ample for the Job the police
make show Of his pursuit They
deploy riot squads. get ont their
gas bombs. deputize swarms OF
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04

spe, ial officers and conscript the
aid ~ tho FIRE department. The
States Attorney. ham actor that he
IS. steps into the foodlight to an
nounce that he will make Bigger
swift punishment a warning 10 oin-
or potential murdercrs. While the
law is making an ass or itself, the
newspapers 20 10 town plastcring
the community with inhammatory
headlines thar incite public clamor
and boost circulation. As the crime
is too airocious 10 be exaggerated.
the papers enhance It's horror by
emhroidering IL with superstition
cuncd from the folklore Of race
prejudice The mature reader Will
find grim humor here. That an
underprivilegcd boy who is none
TOO bright should commit sense
less crime Is not astonishing. That
his crime could throw huge civil
lied city OF balance into tumultols
hvsteria. making its officials and
editors act the part Of clowns and
procurers That decreases
ones respect for the superior race
"As Bigger is rushed inevitably
90 his doom. his defense is under.
taken by a humanitarian LAWYER, a
sort OF fctlonal Clarence Darrow
or Samuel ieibowiz. who pleads
that the crime Is psychological
and product OF race prejndice The
plea does not impress the court
nor Is II likely TO impress the read.
or who has advanced beyond the
belief that race friction Is a com
paratively simple problem. Indeed
even the naive reader Is likely e
remember the eruesome murde.'
and the exciting chase after he haf
forgotten the evils OF race prciu.
dice 10 which tn eauthor attributes
tho crime. while those who believe
Negro character is essentially prim
i,ive or bcstial will feel that the
book confirms their opinion.
ITO that serious weakness ont
might add several minor technica
flaws. Nevertheless, 10 point Of
style and general craftsmanship 4
Is one OF the strongest novels writ
ten by n Negro author"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04
A NON PARTISAN
NEWSPAPER
Carter Woodson's Letter To Mitchell
Tells ManyFac About Negro History

credit mobilicr." the whisky
ring the Tweed ring" and the
"star-routc frauds"
The achievements OF the Negro
in freedom have been all hut won
dcrful. Under the leadership OF one
OF the greatest educators OF all
time. Booker r. Washington. Amer
lean Negroes have met the most
rigid test of civilization in finst ac-
quiring material things and thus
permanently attaching themselves
to the communities in which they
live. In proportion To their popula-
ton Negroes constitute a larger
percentage OF those gainfully en-
ployed tnan any other element OF
the country. Negroes now own a
million farms, 81 per cent OF those
employed have gone into industry;
and in spite OF their low wages lack
OF credit. and handicaps have built
homes churches. and schools worth
more than 5000 00oOOo. In the Of
fort to facilitate labor and to In
crease tho comforts OF lie this
race has given the world that uni
vcrsally known AGRICULTURAL chem
ist. George Washington Carver.
In teaching the history OF the
Negro. however. We dc not mean to
dim the niStcr OF any star in our
armament. we should not learn
less OF George Washington. First
IN war. first in peace and first IN
the hearts OF his counirymen" I:
hat we should learn something al
son OF 5000 Negro soldiers OF The
American Revolution Who helped
10 make this Father OF our Coun-
Try possible We should not fail
10 appreciate the unnrnl contri-
buttons Of Thomas jefferson 10
freedom and democracy: but we
should invite attention also 10 one
~ his outstanding contemporaries,
BENJAMIN Bannokcr. the maihe-
matician. astronomer. and advocate
~ a world peace We should in no
way dciiact from the fame Of Per-
~ on Lake Erie or Jackson a New
Orleans IN the second struggle
with ENGLAND Int We should re-
nicmhcr tho black men who assist
cd IN winning these victories on
land and Goa We should not cease
20 pay tribute 10 Abraham Lincoln
as the SAVIOR OF the country: but
We should ascfibe praise also r.
The l1S Qua Negroes who had 10 be
Mustered into the service OF the
tnion before Il could be preserved
and Who rs their heroisqn demon
straicd that they were emitted II
freedom and citizenship W.
should in no way whatever with
hold assistance from tho effort e
make the world safe for dcmoc
racy bnt we should teach cur cit
izenry history rather than prop
uganda and thus make this country
safe for all elements ~ the popu-
lation az home
Respectfully yours.
6 G. Woodson. Director.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04
tsp-----------------------
Langston Hughes
To End Plymouth
Discourse Season

The Winter Lecture Series
Committee Of Plymouth Congre-
gational church closes It's lee
ture season with the coming OF
Langston Hughes. one OF .imeri-
cas- outstanding contemporary
poets Mr.. Hughes expresses IT,
verse the mind and feelings OF
the Negro people in America as
few poets have been able 10 do.
Last year when he was here he
spoke 20 a packed house lie
will appear at Plymouth church.
Garfield and Beaubien. May Il
al 8 pm.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04
Parents Warned Against Whooping Cough

shown 70 give hlgh rate 81 proiec-
ton against vhooping cough. This
vaccine mhy BE- obtained by ply
siclans from the Detroit Depart
men ~ Health and The treatments.
he sav- are given Ia four doses
ONE week apart
Parents also are being advised
be Dr Meader 10 keep children
with suspicious coughs away from
other children until diagnosis
has heen made and he adds that the
social resronf Utility ~ parents Us
rally determines the Incidence ~
whooping cough IN neighborhooda
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04

ME DOuBTLESSLY have heard
wv OF Columbus. Balboa Mcnedcz
aud other OF the early cNploi-
srs and nayigators OF American
civilizations. We read that George
Washington. Jefferson and Adams
were worthy and eloquent states
men in the colorful making OF our
country But little have We read
or known concerning tho righiful
place Of the Negro in history The
only comment made Is that We till
cd tho soil served IN the capacity
81 servants and slaves. and were
said 10 he incapable OF absorbing
American culture
Since todav's events furnish tho
framework OF tomorrow problems
Il is altogether in place that We
know and understand tho negro
in history. when the name Of Bal
hoa Is mepiioned we should remcm-
her that Negroes accompanied him
when he discovered the largest
body of water in the world in 1919.
When the city Of Mexico is spoken
or we should know that Il was OK
plored by n Negro man named Es-
tevenico. Negroes accompanied
Mencdez NJ 81. Augustine in 1856.
as they did numerous other dis
coverers.
Benjamin Banncker. mathoma.
tician and philosopher. invented the
clock and IS Said ~ have made the
first almanac when We think Of
education before the Civil war. We
can mention the talented and ca
pahle John Chavis. who was edn-
Gated AZ Princeton university and
later opened school OF his own.
II IS true that Negroes have reach
ed the pinnacle IN every profession
and art imaginable
A thorough knowledge OF these
facts would give the Negro the
one thing that seems lacking ~
pride. Pride in his ancestral back
ground. knowing the accomplish
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04
CONTINUED from last week.

ar THE VALUE OF Negro music
~ the testimony is almost univer-
sal. Even in his untutored con-
dition. the slaves sang his 'canti-
cles OF love and woe, carted wild
ly In that darkness which only a
few rays OF light frightened This
was a significant contribution an
art still lacking appreciation hui
getting hearing now and then
from persons who have sufficient
penetration 90 enter the soul OF an
oppressed people Clothed IN their
primitive dignity. these spirituals
are now being understood as art
ISIS are beginning To focus their at
tention on this important back
ground OF the Negro. Marian An
derson. Roland Hayes, and Caterina
Marlborough have demonstrated
what the Negro can do in this art
Attention TO thir spiritual side
OF the Negro has been productive
OF a kecnor appreciation OF the art
~ the Negro. Il has tended also
to invite attention TO the uncxpect-
cd background Of the race. iodis-
cover whether or not there may
he contributions OF the negro 10
civilization The result has been
first to force scientists 10 revise
their estimate as 70 the Negro. who
has long been regarded as an In
fcrior.
4 few years ago Investigators ac-
cordinglv hcean 10 say that all
though the Negro did not reach q
high stage az Developments IN other
respects. DC did excel in art. Fur;
thcr Investigation has convinced
these same thinkers that they
should revise this opinion again 50
as To- say that the Negro MOI only
reached high loNel OF culture IT.
art hut that he made valuable con
irihut.ons in other spheres This
last effort has required sweeping
revision of the former estimate oi
the Negro 10 the extent OF consid.
ering him as being equal 70 Others
belonging 10 the family OF man
kind.
Since the DAYS OF emanclp patton
the Negro has measured up "a ihs
highest expectations Toward this
end the race was greatly siimulat.
ed by that matchiess orator and
sane Statesman Frederick Dong
lass Dnring the reconstruction
the Negro gave good account %
himself ms a citizen and as q states.
man The majority Of the NtstC
leaders os tina, day advocated hirr
ideals. The participation OF thl
Negro in I've affairs os the Govern
mcnt was denounced and opposed
from the very beginning. but de
spite the mire OF corruption int
which the Negroes were drawn b,
! the white men Who proficd thereh'
a. the expense OF the freedmen. III,
race decisiyely demonstrated ~
capacity for citizenship and 81
right 10 all OF the honors within
the gin OF the Nation. The Negro
has mover imposed upon tho GOV
renment such colossal evils as M
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04

a .s"N Mii'i'n Wy Ye'I
.is -e@is a;a ptai.-a'N ~ ~
Apt ~ ini - 'i'fifN
re n0 a2 aMlt made oi
a, WI 1fe M wi1afs
NatV Sti
GA ll8yE\ 1lNi.S a lLtN.
:. p arc
Wr 4mrmat
ra. tar w ttD ter
sarAt MRS ,aeusioa.
Tx ta.C ee44 n
VIZ liza 9p 5inrs aa.e
lar II pI puA-
hDsea4oas det,u.s @; 'ap
al desc Sc 'ro movements
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04

Funeral services were helo
Thursday. April IL for James NIL
ler. Sc. Of ssfs5 Garfield A. tns
Metropolitan Baptist church Ine
Rev. Alfred c. Williams offcia'eo'
Tnterment was in Detroit Memo
rial cemetery
Mr. Miller who was born Nara
%. 1884 in shelby County. Ken
lucky. died in Receiving hosp''1,S
Sunday. April Z at 2;45 q. m ~,
ter being stricken with heart ~
tack. Mr.. Miller had been employ.
ed at the Upgrade Food PRODUCES
for q years.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04
A STUDY In BLACK AND WHITE

mcnt OF those who faced the same
handicans as We and that what has
been done can be done again
This would prove beneficial and
clcyating 10 YOU and me and orr
children. II would give us feel
ing that there is a possibility for
us to do. 10 make. TO achieve, and
10 attain the greatness about which
we have always dreamed
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04

WOiND1 Dllj MI ftli General
I" Benz. f. Butler, a Representa-.
tive in Congress. speaking u that|
body on January :. 1871. 10 culo.|
giving the heroic deeds per.oruet
by the 4th United states colorsd
troops in their assault 90 Markell
Heights and Fort Harrison Sen.
TENDER %. 1864.
There in a space not Wif than
the clerks desk, and three hendrft
yards long, lay the dead hoaos II
5f3 OF my colorcd comrades slain
in the defense OF Their country.
who had lain down their lee 10
uphold its flag and its horror asa
willing sacrifice And as ! rode
along. guiding my horse fh pay
and that lest he should rroiaas
with his hoofs what Feemr q ne
the sacred dead. and as laosfd Il
their hronzed faces mt aea IN
the shining sun. as II fN u ap-
peal against the wrong 'hs
country for which they hn raea
their lives. and whose nac aesa
70 them flag of stripce pn'rh
no star OF glory had over .hone
for them. Feeling | had erngei
them in the past. and hatNay
what was the future dnl, nv
country 10 them. ] svors GLENN
oatn. MAY Ny RIGHT HAND
FORGET ITS CUNNING t<D NY
TONGUE CLEANE To TILL ROOF
OF MY MOUTH IF / ENtr VAIL
To DEFEND THE RIGurS OF
THE MEN WHO HAVE GlyfS
THEIR BLOOD FOR Me aAn Ny
COUNTRY THAT DAY AND FOR
THEIR RACE FORFvEl ND.
GOD HELPING ME. | Will NEEP
THAT OATH"
HE REPORTED'TO Con
COLONEL STAFFORD q e.ssesi.
" ing the colors 10 ,he second
Louisiana Native Guard Neryo
battalion assembled az >fr Or
leans for the Union cause address,
ed the color-guard thnsly protect
defend. die for. but do not sGfren-
der these colors" The color-near-
er replied. Colonel, will hrns
back these colors TO you IN honcr
or report to God the reason 1hy"
The colors returned hi wers
stained by the blood Of no brave
flag sergeant Plancianos
THE CONDt CT OF A SOl.DIrR
FOURTEEN WHITE Officers sent
the following statement % he
Massachusetts legislature ~ ne
cemhcr ;. 1875 "The eulsrrh'ri
hcg leave 10 report 10 your Hon.
orahle House. which We dn W iu''
tice 10 the character OF So have 4
man. that under our own obser'a'
ton We declare that a Ncsro nan
named Salem Poor Of Col Fryet
regiment In the hattie ~ chrles.
town. behaved like an eNpfrienrca
officer as VOL as an evceien' sol.
der. To set forth particular q
his conduct would be tedious We
only beg leave TO fay. in tfe per-
son Of this said Negro ccnieis
brave and gallant soldier The re-
ward due TO so great and d'srn'
gnished a character we submit 70
congress.
Any information concerrnr ini'
column write in care Of this rare'
or 1912 Elliot Ave. Miun'apolf
Mimi.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04

.,fNED BY many in the
sr party that n District
~ Dewey becomes he Re
nominee. thai the old
l Nrgro and white will be
iel srom power in rs ranks.
he reason FOR the deeper-
t'n crh heinr made by thc'r 10
N.af its d mination Thoy are
nnHdfrf IVA Dewey ran be- head
~ 20 hesai-s he cannot ct p ma
ior' ~ oe delegates 20 Tho large
numbers - fsyori'e SONS are GET
wing he vote ~ state delegations.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04
| ! S 7 E \
TO This
1T COULDN'T HAPPEN Now
BY Hobart 7. Mitchell

- 49, H'-' hhht II Y NVn
THE AMERICAN LEGION conn|
Ahave been a great helm m FAorI
London, il the organization lad erl
isted ATTIC rthe Revolutions VA
London had been a slave as o.,
~ as 1851 and was sold 10 limo Al.
fercnt masters before liz rrou|
the ninth owner he ran away al
enlisted in the Massachnsfes .rrs|
with the eight-month men AZ cam
bridge. Before his term OF ,orte.|
had expired he was again soid III
July 1876. and worked for b ia own.
er about five weeks when he aral,
enlisted for three years Tss own.
or received all his Sia,r bnnn,,|
money and part OF his wages
In 1906. this rcvolutionar na,r.
Of half starved. rhoelc.s rsrrea
applied for relief in no tor,|
where he resided. That toan ma
neuyered magniicontly. AZ towns
do nowadays. To shifi the tesnon.
sibility OF the old soldier m ono n,
the several states where 10 lirsa
as a slave OF his masters Tho own
was unsuccessful IN III sef,ln,
or RESPONSIBILITIES
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-04
THE WORDS or A
CONGRESSMAN

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