Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-02-23
ASK UNIVERSITY TRAINING
FOR NEGROES
EYE FUTURE COURT ACTION

JACKSON, Miss-A Statewide
Mass Meeting. sponsored by the
Mississippi Education Council, for
the purpose Of petitioning the Mis-
.sissippi Legislature now in session
for better schools: better pay for
Negro teachers, nine months
schools, consolidated rural schools,
bus transportation. State Uni
versity for Negroes with all the
usual departments, such as
medical school, law, theology, CT
vii engineering, ETC., was held here
Wednesday Feb, Is, a. Central
Methodist Church.
The overwhelming sentiment Of
the meeting as expressed in
number of ably presented speeches
indicated that the Council, which
is composed of the most inf1ue4-
tial, prosperous, and active conn
.munity leaders outside of the
teaching profession representing
al sections Of the state, would
seek the support of the public
generally In taking the cause Of
equalization of Negro Education 20
the Courts upon the failure Of the
legislature to give adequate con-
sideration to the matters set out
in The petition.
A. W. Wells, of Jackson was
elected Chairman of the meeting,
and Mrs. T. B. Brown, of Gulf
port was elected Secretary.
The following resolutions EN-.
boding the petition to be present.
ed to the Governor and members
of the state legislature was adopt
ed.
RESOLUTIONS
Whereas. the Negro is a citizen
of the State Of Mississippi, and
therefore a citizen of the United
States.
Whereas, the Negro has always
striven to do his full duty as q
citizen, both in peace and war, to
protect and defend this nation;
Whereas, Under the constitu-
ton of this country, all citizens
are entitled to equal benefits from
and protection of the law of the
land;
Whereas, the Negro citizens of
Mississippi are too often denied
the equal protection of the law in
this state;
Whereas the Negroes of Mis-
sisSippi receive only one-tenth OF
The educational benefits accorded
whites and even less, In many in
stances;
Whereas the Negroes do 80 per-
cent of the farm work in Missis-
sippi but less than 5 percent OF
the Agricultural High Schools are
devoted to the training of the Me-
gro youth;
Whereas, there is an Agricultural
High School in practically every
county in this state for whites but
only agricultural high schools in
Mississippi for Negroes;
Whereas, the white and Negro
population in Mississippi is about
equal, yet more than $4,000 has
been invested in Mississippi for the
higher educational facilities, such
as buildings. plants. and other
paraphernalia for whites to every
one dollar that has been invested
by this state for higher education
of Negroes white teachers are paid
about three times as much as Ne
gro teachers. and in some parts
of the state four times as much,
though Mississippi was called on
at one time to send a Negro soldier
to the war every time a white
soldier was sent, Negro school
terms are much shorter than the
terms for whites, and worthwhile
rural Negro school houses as rule
are non-existant.
This state taxes both whites and
Negroes equally to build schools,
but uses all the money, as a rule
SO raised 20 build white schools
only and the Negro is left to APP
peal to charity for money to build
a little two room school shack for
himself or go without, while prac-
tically all white schools in this
state teach IL grades and consi-
tute prep schools and academies
Yet, we invite the world to pattern