Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-04-28
Mississippi Needs A New Revolt
OF The Rednecks

The Revolt of the Rednecks is the tile of book
written and recently published by Robert D. Kerwan
dealing with of the most turbulent periods in Misss
Sippi history period which the ascendancy of
James K Vardman, and Theodore G. Blbo in MISSISSIPPI
p polite and which established the Negro question: and
the corresponding political and economic philosophy as
the only issue in Mississippi politics for the past fifty
years.
In recent review of the book the distinguished
Mississppan Mark Ethridge, editor of the Louisville
Courier Journal concluded that the only real ACCOMPLISH
men of the Revolt of the Rednecks the taking away
OF all his political and civil rights and the full and
plete segregation of the Mississippi Negro.
Just about the time when the revolt of the Mssis
sippi Rednecks was taking place. which gave rise to the
Negro question and its corresponding poca-economic
policy the only issue in Mississippi politics. Booker
T. Washington propounded the time proven proposition
warning against the poitical-economic philo-
sphy which had already spread the entire SOUTH
that the southern white man will be able to succeed in
keeping the southern Negro down in the ditch only by
getting down in the ditch himself and staying down in
the ditch with him.
There has been time in it's history when the
truth of the conclusion reached by Booker Washington
were plainly evident than in the present condition
existing in the state of Mississippi where both its white
and Negro citizens, generally, in time of plenty in the
nation find themselves coming closer and closer to want
and poorer and poorer with each passing day
The present condition being as everyone knows with
the sense that God geese the result of extremes
made possible by the Negro question and it's correspond
ing politicaeconomc philosophy giving rise the Dixie
crat movement.
There is absolutely nothing in the history of Mis-
anything to really advance the condition of the great
body OF its citizens, both black and white
OF the Negro question: and it's corresponding political
economic philosophy the only issue in Mississippi poll
tics.
The only time the rednecks in Mississippi has ever
had the chance to learn that there could be something
better was during the new DEAF of Franklin D. Roose
welt which aimed at making democracy real and pro-
Wdng and extending its benefits to the great body of
the American people white and black alike
Here lately in Mississippi the call is being repeated
y made, as in the speech by Senator Mundt and more
recently that Of Raymond Moey for coalaton of the
present southern political leaders and northern conser
vatlves Republican to the country. AS matter of
fact and matter of history under the agreements in
the unwritten compromise something unfortunately
hidden from the great bulk of southerpers both white
and black-the conservative southern politician and
northern conservative Republicans have been running
the country for the past accept dur
ing the period of the new deal" and Franklin D. Roose
welt.
What these spokesman and new advisors to the
South really asking for is re-defintion Of and new
emphasis on the old ways in Mississippi and southern
politics which has meant little nothing in the advance
ment of the welfare and opportunity of the great bulk
of white and black people of the SOUTH who as Booker
T. Washington pointed out can advance only as they