The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08

pie are moving away from dis
cusSions which have 10 do with
their proving their ability and
equality TO other groups in our
population in terms OF psychology
and biology. You can recall the
DAYS when colored people went
about the country proving that
colorcd people could learn to count
and read a, the same rate OF speed
as other people. Great studies"
we're presented 10 the public 10
the effect that Negroes were hui
man beings. 4 speaker saying
such a hing used TO rate headlines
in the newspapers and colored
people got sore hands for applaud
ing the proof that colored people
we're human beings.
Colored people have come 10 the
position in their thinking and feel
ing where the obvious facts Of
their humanity do not have to be
presented 10 them in pondcrous
theses. In other words colored
people are no longer concerned
about the personal responses of
few bigots TO coloriusS OF the
skin.
Colorcd people along with other
minoritlcS in America are asking
that job security become national
policy that applies 10 all Ameri-
cans. Thus we have the f9ht for
a Fair Employment Practices bill,
The effort to get this bill put into
law is an effort on the part of
America TO say 10 the world that
America has one standard by
which men will have an oppor-
tunity 10 earn a living-efficcncy
alone Every American must be
able to count on this one require
mcnt being applied TO him as he
seeks work and advancement in
his work The colored people in
America know that America is not
safe without this irreducible mini
mum for all workers,
Colored workers have stopped
trying 10 arrive al this irreducible
minimum by persuading whites to
like the colOred people enough 10
grant them earned rights as work
ers. Rights are granted 10 people
because they are citizens Of A given
country. The matter of his color
has nothing 10 do with his ability
to get his rights. Not even the
matter OF whether he is liked or
disliked has anything 10 do with
his getting his rights.
The colored people OF America
hght for the right OF every Ameri-
can 10 vote. This right must not
be abridged for any other reason
than that stated in the law. II
has long been established that bio
logical manifestations Of people
cannot be legiSlated against , Bio
logical manifestations are beyond
the control OF man in the ordinary
wavs Of life.
The right 10 vote Is an irredu-
chile minimum in the lives Of all
Americans The colored people ~
the United States do not proceed
10 fight for this riaht on anv other
basis than that il is the right OF
an American TO vote If he so de-
sireS.
The right 70 live in a good house
IN me proper surroundings IS an
irreducible minimum for all Amer.
leans II our country is not 10 retro
1rcsS. Colorcd people are not con-
cerned about housing in better
ncichborhoodS in order 10 be able
10 live next door 10 some person
81 another racial group. Colored
people want the right TO buy
house and 1--we in il, il he chooses,
because he is an American and
citizen OF the United States. The
fight against restrictive covenants
is not 10 live next 10 anybody, but
rather 10 exercise freely an Ameri-
can right.
The colored people OF the United
States want 10 be assured by the
American process that no man will
he without the fundamental things
that bring about happiness and
well being because OF his race.
creed or color. Therefore the fight
that the minorities make in the
United States for justice and de-
mocracy is not a selfish fight bit
rather the fight is made in the
name OF mankind