Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-02-07

UP IN SIKESTON MISSOURI the other day Negro
was mobbed burned the aftermath his having
been arrested suspect in the crime of attempted
and according the daily press and the radio the
well rank among the most gruesome brutal and fright
full in all 1.-THE long annals of that damaging of all the
crimes against Christianity and Democracy"
Following close upon the affair when Negro soldiers and
civilians fired and beaten, during the rong
Alexandria louisiana it is urgent that these incidents be
considered in the light of their affect upon the morale of
Negro Americans all sections and segmens of the United
Coming at such time in the life of the Nation, when
there is urgent need for complete unity of morale
and spirit among all its people, when thousands of Negro
youth-some OF whom having already made the supreme
sacrfceare joining the armed forces of the Nation in
order to to all the world the Christian democratic
ideals embraced in the four freedoms among
which is the right of trial by uyin the Skeson incident
uthessy cast aside when Negro citizens everywhere
are contributing in work and effort in buying Defense
Bonds and Stamps and camoring for still greater oppor
tunity to their country in the of loyalty and
patriotism untanished in all it's history cannot have failed
TO add mmeasureaby to the bewldermen fear
CT already bewdered and frightened people, and no in
ciden condition in which the Negro was concerned dur
ing the present war period has SO solely affected Negro
morale.
Booker T. Washington the great Negro educator and
philosopher great the the South and the
Nation said to have remarked on one occasion that NO
MAN CAN Do ENOUGH TO ME- TO MAKE NE HATE
HIM and despite everything done against him in the past
in spite of the rioting at Alexandria and the nchng at
Skeston the Negro of the United States still thinks and
hopes In the spirit and wisdom of that sagacious remark
though frightened and bewildered though his morale is
reaching new low he is harboring in his bewi
dermen and fear his morale is being affected because
unable to understand how much hatred be shown
exist against him those for whom he chershes Meth
CT malice i'll will
According to the press the Governor of Missouri has
ordered sweeping investigation and effort obtain
punishment of the guilty parties certain organizations have
raised reward fund of five thousand dollars which is all
very good but frankly the trial punishment of few
individuals would have little effect upon latent mob
spirit and the trial and punishment of few individuals
would have very little effect upon Negro morale
What is most disturbing to the Negro mind under the
present is the almost studied silence regard
ing his present conditions among those with whom he lives
and believing in the doctrines of Christianity and the prn
cpe Of democracy interpreted for him by the leaders of
the Church and State he has been waiting seventy
years now for the Church. the spokesman Christianity
and the the author of democratic public opinion to
turn to his aid in times like these
The Skeson incident succeeded in its general purpose
of creating fear uncertainty and bewdement among the
Negroes of America although believe coming at this
tme was greater shock to the whole nation the rest
OF the world revealing did such lack of unity of
spirit and morale among all the nations people,
In conclusion believe that if the Church and the
Press the sections where Negroes most often sub
Jecs of such actions would begin say in behalf
OF the Negro who harbOrs hate whose patriotism tried
and proven and against this evil pracced against him.
would than any law action of law raise 'new
high the spirit and morale of Negro be of ineas
urabe help to the unity of spirit morale of the whole
nation