Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-03-16
this
day and age
Vespers In Virginia
BY Clyde o. jackson. City Editor

South and East Africa and Australia that the color
ed peoples read and write listen the radio and
civilized
we in England reading the Negroes version of
the alleged Marnsvle Seven of white Mrs Ruby Stroud
Frankly, we do not believe the boys guilty at all.
To-day the world front two mighty bocs the UsA
the USSR seeking allies War may coming and both the
winner and the loser will be the loser
After the weary peoples of the world will need peace
To enjoy this they be assured of security under
rule of law and order They holding
the power will dispense justice.
What colored person the world today who has read
of the Martnsve Negroes feel confident of getting justice
from an American tribunal"
felt these statements worthy of repeating because if
you will remember shortly after the last of the Martnsve
Seven died. well known American analyst declared
and the books closed of the controversial
crimes in history -. You
of Mr. Sggns still resoundng throughout world that the
books are not closed the of the Martnve Seven and
have bunch this sord will be haunting the shores of A
merica for and generations wonder how many
allies we lost with THIS travesty Of justice.
Many have compared this with the infamous "Seotsboro
but actually there is in bloody history
parable to the Martinsvile
don't seek to the Martnsvle Seven in my
peaed nsstene Of their innocence and unfair convictions and
Deaths but do seek to the forces of awesness in
this country and particularly in that sinful portion
country called the SOUTH from repeating again again crimes
such as these upon the Negro population.
am concerned with the increase rather than
decrease OF such violence in the state of Virginia the
deaths of these You will remember that prominent
Negro physician has been slain the Pulaski
tempting to the honor eleven year-old Negro girl
This physician murdered by white youths day
after the last of the Seven persisted And Just last week
numerous burned in the Ku Kux Khan fash
on in front of Negro establishments There has
ton OF the Intervention by the state the federal
Recently also, white raped young Negro woman
freed in Virginia before the of Seven
The John Battle who to grant the stay
of the claimed that the being
CRIME they committed rather than because they
groes He blamed the Civil Rights Congress- who protested
and brought before the nations
and for injecting issue into it, He never
has answered the question asked by many
individuals IF the executed because they
Negroes why that white man who has been convicted
for rape in Virginia has ever been executed"
imagine however that in the face of all this open
contempt Negroes Virginia Off they like Negroes in Ar
Kansas are still selling out and uncle omng the quesonaby
SUPERIOR Mr. Charlie For after ALL all lynchng in the
world would not make dyedinh e-woo Uncle Toms"
stand up for decency
This incident which has been termed by many "vir-
gna Massacre is threatening repeated in other areas
of the country specifically Trenton ~ j. and Groveand
Florida no to mention the of Willie MCGEE and numerous
others which have received far less publicity
Shortly after the Virginia Massacre" received letter
from the Civil Rights Congress- that so-caled "subvrrsve
organization which yet shows interest in the rights of Ne
goes than most of the patriotic organizations combined
which stated, in part:
In Virginia, where Negroes from Martinsvie were
recently executed for the alleged crime rape man
has ever been sentenced to death for this Since 1908 81
Negroes have been executed for Similarly in Mississippi
Negroes legally their deaths while white men con.
vcted get off with prison sentences less Further rape by
white man of Negro generally goes unpublished no
matter how terrible the crime Even If such involves Young
child the death penalty is never meed white at
tacker
Effective perhaps have been mobizing literally
millions of peoples throughout the country and the world
thoA
realize that still managed do little Martins.
vile Seven did die
frankly would be in favor of establishing large
ment in Martinsve, Virginia USA and in all of the other
cities where people ynched and murdered by white law
otherwise II would shocking reminder the two
classes of people who need reminding the compacen
Uncle Tom Negro and the consciousness immoral white bigo
The Marinsve Seven and all others like
forgotten with their bua for they remembered
they will not have died in vain
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