The Omaha guide., 1942-10-03
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this country have been amazing
when we consider the odds against
which they fought. Viewed from
any angle they are noteworthy ami
Justly provoke pride OF the Negro
race and nation AS Mark Twain
said OF the Jews. Negroes have made
a wonderful fight with their hands
tied behind them and with al even
chance it doth not appear what they
would have been If a. friends
are won't to say, the Negro has
made the most wonderful progress
Of any race" within a given time,
It must il justice Be also added that
they made il against the most dread
full odds.
we boast therefore about mann
things but our biggest boast is our
loyalty Down through many years
the enemies and traducers Of the
race have been foiled in their at
/ tempt To despoil Us o the high ho1-
ors that 20 with u1adulterated 10Y
atty This column has persisted i'm
calling the Negro the super-patriot
in that he takes his place at he
battle front beside men who have
drunk deep Of the draught OF demo
cratic opportunity. while h. him
self had to take what was left. But
the Negro always gives good &C.
count Of himself and has won the
p~laudits Of nations. our biggest
boast has been our loyalty
It is then with diffidence that We
take note # recent Occurrences
that threaten to mar an inspiring
picture. we have reference to news
accounts from New York and Chic
ago where it il charged that Negro
es have been arrested for sedition
and Tor conspiracy. IN New york
five Negroes are charged with sedi-
ton; In Chicago "a are charged with
conspiracy. RI these charges are
subztantiated they viii not impair
the great record the Negro has
made down through the years; they
viii not prove that the Negro race
Is q race Ut seditionists and conspsr-
ators; they viii not vitiate our big.
gest boast They win merely prove
uat E5ve Negroes in one case ard
"a ia another have been Misguided
! Negroes are neither saints nor sup
ermen and they are susceptible to
all the foiIblez OF human nature II
there are seditionists and conspir-
ators IN other ace they are bound
to be in the Negro race But even
more conspicuous than the arrest
OF the five seditionists in New York
was the part played by Negroes in
their apprehension. The heart OF
the Negro race is right.
However regrettabIe may be these
Isolated Instances Of disaffection a.
mong Negroes, IN fairness to them
it must be said that their proyocat-
ion has been conducive to sedition
than to citizenship. Prejudice zoes
to such amazing extent to de-man
the Negro that it is no wonder that
a few turn up seditionists, The in
telligent Negro knows that sediticn
and conspiracy cannot settle the
Negro question in this country, but
I when we consider the attack that
Is some times launched against the
intelligent Negro and the intelli-
gence Of Negroes we find q mitigat-
ing circumstances in these latest
charges. Fortunately the disarfec-
ton noted has its roots not i'm rhe
intelligent Negroes who can weigh
the weightier matters involved, but
IN the ignorant and guIlible. A
mans chance would have obvfated
the recent episodes In question
While we deplore these charges
and hope that they are the last, we
must not forget the fundamental
cause underlying them At his best
the Negro i often treated as sedi-
ZIONIST and conspirator. It j. not
surprising then that a few should
eventually react as zeditioniztz-
Too often no difference l. made be-
tween the underprivileged and the
cultivated peace loving negro. Re
Gently Roland Hayes was set upon
and beaten in Georgia, a state that
he helped To elevate in the eyes or
the world. More recently DR. j.. c.
Jackson Of Hartford. Conn. was as
saulted enroute to the National Bap
fist convention in Memphis. Dr.
Jackson is M OF the most honored
and venerable churchmen OF this
country The assault on him was an
assault on the more than 1900, Goo
Negro Baptists he represents.
However d~epIorabIe Il nav By.
these unhappy Occurrences are play
ing their part in this matter OF -
dition and d~isaffectiOn making their
unwelcome advent On the critical
scene. The heart and the head Of
Negro leadership are right. Their
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