Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-01-19
MEET ME- IN SAINT LOUIS" is VIII,

wMEET NE IN SAINT LOUIS" Is what
Harold jr., has been saying for the past
few days, and as pound these lines to make
deadline. on the train on which you, Ruth,
and Harold, jr., are heading to st. Louis. 1t
will bring about happy meeting, and am
sure that the days will pass away quickly
as he spends two months here while Ruth
completes her work on her doctorate at
Catholic University in Washington.
CONSISTENT IN HAVING BABIES"
is what one of your friends of this city
told me in a telephone conversation the
other day over my criticism of the library
situation here. viii have to whisper you
the name for I wouldn't want her sons, a
fine group too, to know that their Mama
said such things Of course, that was the
best answer she had in answer to my all
out contention that segregation must go!
Incidentally, that article written for the pur-
pose of giving the children something for
their scrapbooks has been receiving some in
teresting commentator. However, the crit
ice who demonstrate with me for talking
about the family SO much are the very ones
who never say word about the problems
about something rather important would
seldom evoke any comment but just let
it be something that may be brought into
the purview of gossip, that brings on the
gossipers. The children are no fools these
days and they ask some awful questions.
PASSING THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUE
on our way to St. James this morning
Thurman and Gretchen have for sometime
believed the church to be their maternal
grandparents church, but l told them upon
inquiry that it was a Jewish Synagogue
and believe you me, Thurman answered
They don't want us there, Daddy, do
tney!' Gretchen as usual repeated the
same words and l quickly set in motion an
other matter for discussion. On several oc-
casions outside of the home, they have re-
peatedly told me on seeing white citizens
there's white man, Daddy" &c. the
youngsters at two and three years are get
ting educated in what this awful thing is
like, and l shall spend the rest of my years
trying to help make meaningless the color
OF citizens skin. And there are some rules
laid down In my household they will be
kept. They will never ask me why colored
people have to go into the balcony of
tneater! We are not going to attend any
jim Crow theaters. We will read the books
and listen to the radio, and hope for tele-
vision In this area. We can pass that up
until we can get together in some cline
where people may pay at the same window
and receive the same treatment based upon
pay and not upon color -. 4 don't believe
mat many years will pass before we will
nave wiped out segregation in any form and
particularly in the public schools. The Door
scnool districts are faced with financial
problems every year which might easily
oe relieved II the separate school was wiped
out. The lawsuits which people will file
throughout this State will help bring a.
bout condition of democracy in the schools
of America
FAIRFIELD SAYS GOODBYE TO
JEREMIAH ROBINSON at funeral rites
held at ST. James Baptist Church. The
publisher and editor of the Negro Spokes-
man came forth with the publication two
years before the beginning of the last de-
cade, and at time when the uncertainty
of the times found in him a matohless a.
S'i'y W oPcaN iiHHtdItly WIN cOnSerNa-
tive backing. The religious fervor which
possessed him enabled him to crystalize
his militant editorials for consumption of
both white and Negro readers. The backing
which he gave me in the defense of the Will
kerson brothers won for him the admira-
tion OF the people of this community, for
ess Last week Margaret Sir Elders was the
N is Editor-in-chef Harold o. and Miss Bobbi