Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-08-17
PINE BLUFF
Edited

State has been interesting that the letters carried
in the Pine Bluff Commercial have been by people
who request that their be withheld On the contrary the
Gazette had sizzling letter from Norma Ward of Pine Bluff
and brought forth protest from reader later that about
tops all letter writings in the field of relations However
somebody down in FL Dorado aegedy member of the Negro
letter in which il admitted that this is
white mans country and that il ought be that way However
don't believe Negro who write would pen such
lines and let his be known if the euthng Pine Bluff
Commercial could publish ii Negroes would be ready to
the Pine Bluff Commercial for the Nobel Peace Prize
Qusng Name Would Be Just What The Negro People Need
Negro Church Leaders Have Usually Been Found aiding
and abettng the whites in keeping and quiet Ne
However the Negro preacher today defy what he
knows to be the sentiment Of his people The Negro
preacher has that his rather light
that the chant of his powerful spiritual nonaons has been
weakened by the boerous of who have
learned the ABCs of the Four Freedoms Here in Pine Bluff
has been perfect Illustration of the courage of leading Ne
gro minister the Rev. Jehro Righteous Lowey pastor of
fashionable Saint John AME church. who also serving
president of the Pine Bluff NAACP The of the
action of the organization in pedgng its support any
ganizaon individual fighting segregation in the Arkansas
Public School System has the white leaders who seek
find strong dissenter Negro opinion So the community
debt Rev. Lwery for having led his organza
into positive action giving support to those who
fighting for freedom and justice for all citizens in America
School Teachers Slowly Fade Away and careful not
get caught web of public opinion the matter of
segregation the public schools They longer in the
pupts crying for separate but equal schools They fear the
criticism Of the and they acting wisely
from the school system would be
Immediately made permanent for all Of their prestige (Which
could be placed small thmble) would pass Nothing
will kill old quicker, and while harbor wishes
extinction by stroke heart attack believe that
who uphold the theory of white supremacy and segega
ton and discrimination well their way to the Great
Beyond
Recently carried the pictures of the toilet facilities OF
high school, and the principal has posed the ques
why would pick that school, when he has done
much in helping improve facilities for Negro children IN
that Well have pictures OF schools and
toilet facilities and publishing them also The pictures
easier and when knows that those conditions
right here where the white people bent keeping
things separate might be of incentive to them and
their school boards make the facilities EQUAL don't know
an outdoor prvvy for white children anywhere in Pine Bluffs
school system anywhere in the city limits Somehow the
white children better than the colored and yet Ne
gro school principal kind of defense for
the whites among Negro people The people however un
dersand nowi!
At The NAACP Meeting last Sunday Professor p Cole
man. was present the chair informed by Mrs Lille
Wilson the presence of the distinguished educator The
chair offered Coleman opportunity to speak which was
had been stated that Mr. Coleman net
The which Rev Lowery inquired OF the stand
ing of the brother offend Mr. Coleman but
was very definitely suggested that all Negroes and particular
school teachers ought be members However the NAACP