The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-10-23
A Short Story
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Two Installments
BY LANCSToN HUGHES

Il assure you. our leadership stands
squarely against t." He looked at
the Chambers and bowed. "All
the best people stand against IT,"
America has done too much for
the Negro" said Mr.. Chandler. "for
him to seek to destroy IT"
DR.. Brown bobbed and bowed.
I'm your SOCIOLOGY OF PRE-
JUDGE" said DR.. Bulwick ~
highly approve OF the closing note.
your magnificent appea. to the old
standards Of Christian morality and
the simple concept OF Justice on
which America was founded"
THOUGHT OF MONEY
YES" said DR.. Brown. nodding
his dark head and thinking sud
denly. how on six thousand dollars
a year. he might take his family
to South America in the summer.
where for three months they would
not feel like Negroes. "Yes. DR..
Bulwick." he nodded. II firmly be-
lieve as you do that X TIE best
elements OF both races came to-
gether in Christian fellowship, we
would solve this problem OF ours"
How beautiful said Mrs. Chand-
Ter.
And practical. too" said her
husband. But now to come back
TO your extraordinarily, be-
lieve you call ito bring that
institution up to really frst-class
standards you would need p"
I'VE would need -" said DR.
Brown. speaking as mouthpiece
Of the administration. and speaking
too. as mouthpiece for the Negro
students of his section OF the South.
and speaking for himself as a once
ragged youth who had attended
the college when It's rating was
lower than that Of Northern
high school and when he had 20
study two years In Boston before
he could enter a white college.
when he had worked nights as red
cap in the station and then as a
waiter for seven years until he
got his phD and couldn't get job
in the North but had to so back
down South 10 the work he had
npw-but which might develop into
glorious opportunity at six thou
sand dollars year 10 make sur
veys and put down figures that
other scholars might study 10 get
their Ph.D's and tina. would bring
him in enough 10 just once take his
family 70 South America where
they wouldn't feel that they were
Negroes. We would need, Mr.
Chandler
And the things DR.. Browns little
college needed were small enough
In the eyes of the Chambers. And
the sane and conservative way In
which Or. Brown presented his case
delighted the philanthrop!c heart
OF the Chambers. And Mr. Chand-
Ter and Dr.. Bulwick both felt that
instead OF building q junior college
for Negroes in their own town they
could right.ully advise colored STU
dents from now on 10 so down
South to that fine little campus
where they had man OF their own
race like Dr.. Brown.
DIR. BROWNS THOUGHTS
Over the coffee. in the drawing
room. they talked ABBOTT the COM
ing theatrical season and Run.
Little Chi!lun." And Mrs Chandler
spoke OF how she loved Negro
singers. and smiled and smiled.
In due time. the professor rose
70 go. The car was called. and he
shook hands with DR.. Bulw!ck and
the Chambers. The white people
were delighted with DR.. Brown He
could see IL in their faces just
as in the pas. he could always tell
as a waiter when he had pleased
.Ia. ~ tsef wA!:r3 ~ ". 15pt0s
steaks and good service.
Tell the president OF your COL
lege he shall hear from us shortly"
said the Chambers Wen probably
send a nan down again soon TO
talk 70 him about his expansion
program" And they bowed fare
we'll.
A few moments later in the car. as
Il sped him back toward town, DR..
Brown sat under the soft fur rug
among the deep cushions and
thought how with six thousand dol
lars a year earned by jigging prop
erly 10 the tune Of Jimcrow edu-
cation, he could carry his whole
family to South America after the
war. where just once for summer
they wouldn't need TO feel like Ne
groes.