Arkansas State press., 1951-03-02
this
day and age
In Which We Serve
BY Clyde o. Jackson, City Editor


ISOLATION for the Advancement of Coored People has return
ed from Japan where he Investigated and defended Negro
soldiers who had received unfair coutsmara convictions since
the beginning of the Korean Mr. Marshall has spent five
weeks of intensive investigation both in Japan and at the front
in Korea.
Some of the facts uncovered by Mr. Marshall despite Gener
al MaeArthur repeated denas of discrimination the tras)
follows Only eight white soldiers have been accused of
violations of the 18th Article of War; while there GO Ne
accused Only of the white soldiers accused
fenced while 80 of the Negroes sentenced No white soldier
received the death sentence white soldier received life
prsonment white soldier received so years 25 90
Is 10 The convicted received sentences of
and respectively One Negro given DEATH Is
given life imprisonment was given SO years were given Is
years given 20 years given Is years. given
10 years were given and given
less
Many of these reduced drasticay after the
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, And this organization has made known
that will continue that the many of these
men are reduced even more
is difficult to understand white people and extreme
ly hard to believe that they have 1t bad enough
believe that should die for the alleged of
white in Virginia and three sentenced to die for the
crime in Florida while white who is found guilty of
in Florida and admits that he raped Negro freed
because he Insane the time the act but when Negro
is fighting and giving his life for his country and receive
fair trial. something is horribly with the American set
up Why it that contempt shown for boys
the battlefield than is shown for the Chinese and North Ko
fighting.
the part of white people, thinking that maybe Harry Ash
had the when he stated to large audience last
Sunday afternoon that the foul deeds are COM
mitted upon the Negro in America that it is to over
look the God given rights of the Negro he is minority
would add that it also due to the fact that Negro will not
fight for his rights His average Negro
with what happens to his other darker brothers
What he mostly concerned with what happens him
sonaly
few years ago Eslanda Good Robson wife of the out
standing singer and fighter for human rights released article
to number of papers entitled Loyay-Lost and Found In
this article she commented even animal has enough
recognize its and declare them therefore
t. she continued lat least having much any ANIMAL
do here and now, openly declare my enemies
Maybe you particularly concerned with the convic
tons these Negro soldiers Korea Maybe you
go about your happy gocky way nonchaan and
careree but brother day be much concerned
One day you may the receiving end of of these in
justices You may be aroaded death life Imprisonment
maybe brother husband will be of these vic
tins How happygo-ucky and careree you be them
wonder how many of those convicted in Korea
fighters for equal rights when they in America and before
they convicted wonder how many of them took the a
ii the Negro leaders do all Of the fighting
wonder how many of these contributed single red
penny the NAACP which they called pfuy for help when
they this trouble wonder how them happy
go-ucky individuals without in the world Sometimes,
there's terrible penalty for compacency and the Ne
gro race is concerned that is as 1t should be-
You may find easy pass off with there nothing
do; am lawyer and am only person. Well think
of the progress would make If all of the persons among
at least had the Sense of any anmasense enough
recognize their enemies and declare them Suppose each
Negro made up his mind that he going take only that
amount of discrimination he had to take and that he going
protest every single foul deed committed against his people,
it would not be very long before would all be free