The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
BOOK NOTES
GERTRUDE SCOTT MARTIN

colored friends but Re was fiercely
independent and many times these
friends were unaware OF the sacri-
fees which education meant to
him. His first love was painting
but he early realized that to help
his people he must turn to field
in which greater service could be
given. He left position as assistant
at Ames college. Iowa, to take over
the work in agriculture at Tuske-
gee. Life in the South, meant adii-
tional sacrifice 20 this sensitive man
yet he forced himself always 10 do
all possible to help those about
him. white and colored, to improve
their lot.
The bare outline OF DR.. Carve-'s
life Is well known, especially The
events of the later years. To this
outline Mrs Holt has added a
wealth, Of material which rounds
out the picture. DR.. Carver came
to Tuskegee recognized by his pro-
fessors at Ames and by a growing
number Of others as an authority
In his Acid. Until death his stature
grew as a scientist and a humani-
tartan. He emerges from the pages
OF thic book kindly. gentle, re-
firing figure who fought with rs
mind and skillful hands agains. the
restrictions placed on him and other
Negroes. He made no attempt 10 be
race leader in the accepted sense
Of the term but his contributions
won him a place in the hearts OF
bob wkite and colored.
l think Mrs. Holt has done fine
io' GEORGE WASHINGTON CAR
YER is biography which will
live. Rev. Powell's criticism would
best fall In the Intoxicated with
his own words department. The
only catch Is that there may be
others intoxicated by his words
who will judge the book without
giving IL a hearing.
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UNITY (Meador Publishing Co.
Boston. 5000, by a Detroiter, Elias
John George. is the story OF a :ol-
ored boy. Henry Wright. and his
experiences in Barrsville, a small
town in Ohio. II is also the story
Of John Henry and Camilla. ais
parents, wko grew up at time
when Barrsville accepted Negroes
on more or less equal terms. Later
as new residents came and some
OF the older. more liberal ones died
there was change in Barrsville
Henry grew up in this changed
community and after the death oil
his father, he and his mother found
IL very hard TO keep going. He LAD
one staunch friend, Johnny Hatfield
who finally won his parents over
10 the realization that there could
be unity" between the races based
on respect and affection.
Mr.. Georges purpose in writing
the book Is q worthy one - &c
show how the races can work to.
gether. His writing is uneven. the
book lags toward the latter par
and sometimes is q strain on The
readers credulity. The winning
over OF the Hat6elds senior. fol
instance, was little too sudden tc
be real The same is true Of the
abject poverty in which Camilla
and her son lived after JOHN Hen
rvs death. AS a hrst book UNITY
shows promise: we hope Mr.. George
will be heard from again. There i.
a short dedication by Shelton
Tapes which sets the tone Of the
book: Unity must prevail amonl
all people"
Here are some books about tht
Negro announced for spring publ.
cation:
The Negroes Share" by Richard
Steiner - Harper and Brothers
Brothers Under the Skin" by Car
ey McWilliams - Little, Brown
and Company: Z.
The Fighting South" by John Tenn
pie Graves--G. P. Putnam's Sons
The White Face" by Carl Ruthver
| Offord-Robert NJ. Mcbride anC
Company:
The American Dilemma" by Gun
mar Myrdal-Harper and Brothers
Race and Crime" by Willem Adrian
Bonger - Columbia Universit.
Press:
Inside Black America" by Ro
Oftley-Hou0hton Mifflin Com