The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-07
On Richard Wright

There is another book which
should be taken off the book racks
OF the nation; il should be removed
from the book stores; its sale
should be stopped II is the recent
book OF the month, which has had
such a great sale. Senators can
understand why il has had such a
ALE il they will read il. II is en-
titled Black Boy oy Richard
Wright. Richard Wrigh. is Mis-
sissippian. He was born and reared
near Natchez, Miss He went from
Natchez 70 Jackson. from Jackson
10 Memphis. from Memphis 10 Chi
caGo, and from Chicago 10 Brook
Ign, y Y. where he is married 10
a white woman and is living hap
PLY. he says. He wrote the book.
Black Boy. ostensibly as the story
OF his life Actually Il is dam..-
able lie from beginning TO end.
Il IS practically all fiction. There
IS just enough truth 10 il TO en-
able him 10 build MS fabulous lies
ABOUT his experiences in the South
and description OF the people Of
the South and the culture. educa-
ton, and life Of the Southern peo-
pie The purpose OF the book is 10
plant the seeds 81 hate in every
Negro IN America against the white
men Of the South or against the
white race anywhere. for that mat
ter. That is the purpose. lis pur-
pose is 10 plant the seeds Of dew
ilment and trouble in the
days TO cone in the mind and heart
OF every American Negro. Read
the book IL you do not believe
what | am telling you II is the
dirtiest filthiest. lousiest. most OBJ
scene piece Of writing that I have
ever seen in PRINT. | would hate
10 have son or daughter OF rrire
be permitted 10 read il: il is so
filthy and So dirty. But il. comes
from a Negro. and you cannot ex-
pect any better from a person Of
his type.
A Negro Who Agrees with BiIbo
M. President ! Will now read
what certain prominent Negro
educator has 70 say with regard
10 this matter He IS FLOYD Brown.
president. Fargo Agricultural
School. Fargo. Ark: and read
from letter which he wrote 10
the Arkansas Democrat al Little
Rock. His letter is as follows:
AS so much is being said with
in and without about the race prob
lem in the South. and AS was
born and reared in the South. and
being a colored man. feel justi-
fled IN expressing my views about
the race problem as see il.
In my travels in Arkansas and
the South. am convinced that the
race problem is not so acute as
many would have il.
am opposed "a anyone. coll
ored or write. OF North or South,
al AL times exposing the bad side
Of and neglecting 20 say anything
about the brighter side az race re-
latlonship. | do not believe the
welfare Of the two races should
be left in the hands Of the rsdi-
Gals
After all is said and dore. un-
I'll the Southern white people and
the Southern Negro people seek 20
adjust their misunderstanding ard
solve their own problems, our re-
lationship Will rot be what Il
should be. ! do rot believe people
living two or three thousand miles
away are in pos ion 70 solve To-
cal problems as We ourselves are
Whether we believe. or wheth-
or We Ike 4. statistics will prove
that the colored PEOPLE ~ the
South own more property. operate
more business. own U0-e farms.
and have built more Institutions
than those ~ any section Of the
United States
Let Us all say more about the
better and more substantial con-
tributiors that both % us have
contributed 10 our beloved South