The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-11-23

This does not mean that some Negroes may not 20 to var
ous countries of the world work and live may
migrate to Russia if Russia will accept them which of onre
doubtful This would not be unique for the Negro
Tanner the son of Bishop IT " Tanner of the AME Zion
Church. left America and settled n Paris and became
nowned artist painter Americans familiar with the faci
that Henry James, the brother Of William James the American
psychologist fosook the United States for England where he
lived and worked and has become Of the minds IN the
But the great masses Of Negroes in the United States know
Of other country their faherand than his country This
true Of white Americans too II Is proper All that the Amer
iean Negro or ism was made possible here m the United
States of America This in education politics. economics
industry, business professions art science and religion
Recognizing all of the limitations and shortcomings Of tn
American empire system and the conditions
work and fight this country improve their lot for freedom
and Justice in order that American democracy work for
them along with other Americans.
Negroes in America know America They know that it Is
shining angel of light They know that is white lily
of social purity They know is not even complete demoe
They know that all white Americans not wholly
free witness the lack of suffrage of the whites In the
Bibebelt of the South Yes Negroes know that American
have not achieved economic security justice
freedom They know that white American workers hard
it make ends because Of the American profit
But they also know that the American workers have the
highest standard of living of workers the world They
also know that the American labor the
full labor in the world They know that Nero
workers with all of their handcap dsappontments set backs
exploitation and oppression ME most hgy organized the
highly paid the highly educated aggressive
and powerful of any coored workers anywhere in the world
Negroes know that they have right here the United
States to hire to get up soap highways
j the uned states and preach the gospel Of rights
liberties They know they have the right speak and write
only against the Congress and the of this land but
President of the IT, S A in the interest of winning their
rights They also know that they have the right and oppo
tty organize and fight for political preference and cleo
ton the legislatures of America federal state and municipal
They know they point Negroes various Legislative
assemblies in the country levels city, state and fed
ea They also know they point judges who have been
elected appointed by citizens in the country the courts of
the land who passing involving peoples OF all
colors, creeds, national origin and ancestry.
But this of should not ull them into false
of security Negroes have long to They have not
freedom and security of their property and in the
South Negroes still ynched Negroes still dsenan
chised Negroes still victims of mobs Hundreds of thous
and Negroes deprived of educational opportunities Ku
Kuxism revivng But all of these evils be and will
by aroused awakened aggressive militant and pro-