The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-06-24
Acorns To Oak Trees


In this space two weeks ago in reviewing the equal
but clause the recent Supreme Court decisions
wrote:
lawyers were mainly directed attack this loophoe
that has proven be the main buwark in relations
For you not separate group or minority race with
infringing their rights well ~ their essentials
THE equal but separate clause is afarce.. mockery
only in this nation that able to have such an
absurdty il is the will Of its people and not that of
dictator limited form of government which has them
living they please within state and federal laws
1T has been my contention for years that racial
segregation and discrimination could be wiped out omo
by law would be naive enough to realize that the
Indignation of race could be accomplished with such
bold stroke but with law enforcement, relations
would reach its zenith
Coming to my attention this week a write-up in
the Black Dispatch of Oklahoma City, Okla, which
ported that the university of that state at Norman had
dropped all racial barriers result of the rulings
by the highest tribunal.
It stated that 100 Negroes from all over he state
crowded the campus enroll and these students of high
visibility" could be found everywhere. Many expressed
delight being treated better in their lives An
other observation that all but teachers in nine
counties had enrolled.
The reporter further observes
"In the cafeteria at Negroes sat indiserm.
natey all the dining hall and served along
with the other enrollees trip to the where c.
McLaurin who for months segregated in the class
rooms found the room sheetrocked up and good
of light green paint covered the newly installed hall
I'm the avatorv lone black which hitherto
had held in place sign marked colored' had been d.
visited of It's keepsake in response to the court
decision"
This accounting excellent counerattack to those
narrowminded persons who still insist that expungng Of
racial segregation and discrimination be done ex
cept through gradual might add that there
were demonstrations the University of Oklahoma
last week
The actions of the ministers who protested to the
DSR Commission Lass week against curtaing John r.
bus service after and all day Sundays because it
decreased church attendance, proved to be a timely
move for Congressman Adam Clayton Powell. Jr., who
spoke Sunday afternoon at Bethel AME Church.
In attempt to awaken Detroit Negro citizens to the
possibilities of what they should have and can gain
through civil rights fights those in New York
CITY. the cited that the Negro
only gain his equality through the church and politics
He further cited statistics TO show that the masses
represented by the church really things done
poticos in the past have only fostered civil rights
enough to gain your vote After gaining office he added
these politicians shelve their civil rights platform until the
beginning Of another election when they again make il an
issue towards attracting your vote
We know what he has stated about the double
dealing of politicos is let TO see how
influential is the which is truly representative of
the Me? Well believe that service will be re-
stored on the John r. bus line.
Incidentally. it t h Frederick Douglas Nom
Partisan League which launched protest against the bus
service curtament in the middle of pral changing that
the cut discriminatory, rather han economical