The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-10-23
Chapter Two

Then DR.. Bulwlck began to ask
about his book, THE Sociology OF
Prejudice" where he got his ma
terial. under whom he studied and
II he thought the Negro problem
would ever be solved.
DR.. Brown said genially I'VE are
making progress" which was what
he always said, though he often
felt as IL he were lying.
"Yes," said DR.. Bulwick. that Is
very true. Why, at our city college
here we have been conducting some
fine interracial experiments. ! have
had several colored ministers and
high school teachers visit my class
es We found them most intelli-
gent people"
In spite OF himself, DR.. Brown
had to say, But have no colored
students at your college. have your"
NO NEGRO COLLEGE
NO" said DR.. Bulwick. "and that
Is too bad. But that is one OF our
difficulties here. There Is no Mu-
ricipal college for Negroes-al-
though nearly forty percent Of our
population Is colored Some OF Us
have thought il might be wise to
establish a separate junior college
Tor our Negroes, but the politicians
opposed Il on the score OF no funds.
And we cannot take them as stu.
dents on our campAs. That at pres
ent Is impossible. It's too bad"
But you do not think, DR..
Brown" in.erposed Mrs. Chandler.
who wore diamonds on her wrists
and smiled every time she spoke,
do you not think YOUR people
are happier In schools Of their own
that It Is really better for both
groups not to mix them?"
In spite Of himself Dr. Brown
replied, That depends, MIS- Chand.
Ter. I could not have gotten my.
degree In any schools OF our own
True, true" said Mr.. Chandler.
advanced studies. OF course, can
TO, be gotten. But when your COL
leges are developed--as we hope
they will be. and as our committee
plans TO aid in their development
when their departments are headed
by men like yourself. for instance.
then you can no longer say. That
depends
you ARE RIGHT"
-You are right" Dr.. Brown
agreed automatically. coming to
himself and thinking OF his mis-
sion in that house. You are right"
Dr. Brown said. thinking too Of
that endowed chair Of sociology
and himself in the chair. the six
thousand dollars year that he
would probably be paid. the sur
veys he might make and the books
he could publish. You are right"
said Dr.. Brown automatically 10
Ralph p. Chandler-but in the back
Of his head was that ghetto street
full OF sleazy misery he had just
driven through. and The segregated
hotel where his hot water was al
ways cold. and the colored churches
where he lectured and the Jim
crow schools where Negroes always
got the worst OF it-leSS eouipmen,
and far less money than the white
institutions: and that separate jus
t!ce OF the South where his people
sal on trial but the whites were
Judge and jury forever-like Scots
boro! and all the segregated jim
crow things that America gave Ne
Eroes and that were never better.
or even equal 10 the things she
gave the whites But DR.. Brown
said. You are right. Mr.. Chandler"
for. after all Mr.. Chandler had the
money!
TALKED TO CHANDELIERS
SO he began 10 talk earnestly 70
Che Chambers there In the warm
drawing room about the need for
bigger and better black colleges.
fer more and more surveys OF
NEGRO life, and a well-developed
department OF sociology at his own
little institution.
Dinner Is served" said the
butler.
They rose and went into dining
room where there were flowers on
The table. and candles and much
white linen and silver. and where
DIR. Brown was seated at the right
Of the hostess. and the talk was
light over the soup, but serious and
sociological again by the time the
meat was served.
THE American Negro must not
be taken in by Communism" DR..
Bulwick was saying with Great posi-
tiveness as the butler passed the
peas.
HE won't" agreed DR.. Brown.