Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-07-06
Youths. White &
Block. Speak A.
MAASP SoRfob
Young White MisslssippIan
Urges Group To Continue
Fight For RIKhts

Urges Group To ContInBe
Fight For RIEhts
Atlanta. July Two young
men a Negro from Harvard Uni
versity and a white youth from
the University OF Mlssiasippi
shared the platform with Thur.
good Marshall. NAACP special
council. on the youth night pro.
gram on the NAACP l2nd annual
convention which closed here to-
day.
The immediate problems fac
ing youth today" Mr. Marahall
said, are military service and
education. or course. there are
other questions such as the right
10 earn n living. the right 20
housing. the right to vote and all
Of the general problems which We
have been facing all these years
which are In the background. But
in order to reach these issues they
must face the Immediate pro
blem OF either being compelled 10
serve In the military branch OF
our government or to complete
their education"
To these problems, the youth
speakers, Walter Darlington.
president Of the NAACP chapter
at Harvard. and Albln Krebs OF
Mississippi. addressed themselves
Both hailed the fight Of the A.
ISOLATION TO break down barriers
against the co-education OF Negro
and white youth.
The constant assault by this
Association upon the twin ano-
males OF democracy. segregation
and second class citizenship has
done much To assure Negro youth
that the American dream need no
longer be the American night
mare" MIR Darlington asserted
1T IL no longer true that u his
skin II black he must go to n
segregated school to receive his
education The brilliant battles
that we have won in the courts OF
our land are making II an ana
chronism to speak OF white"
colleges. What has been accom-
pliahcd on tho graduate school
level will inevitably be- duplicated
on the undergraduate level
throughout the southland"
Mr.. Krcbs told how he came Ia
write the editorial in the student
paper advocating the admission
Of Negro students To the Univcr.
sity Of Mississippi. His early eX-
pcricnces led him 60 the con
cluston that "all Negroes all
whitc-skinned persons, all human
beings. belong To a free society
in which opportunity Is unlimited
and color OF akin Is not that OPP
portunity's sole qualifying factor
Il felt that the answer Ia the
problem Of improving the econo-
mic and social plight Of tho Ne.
gro In the South was 10 BE- found
first In educational equality
The young MisSissippian COM
mcnded the NAACP upon It's
fight to end Jim Crow education.
Tie recommended that the Assoc.
iation continue its struggles to
have Negroes admitted into state
institutions. that II do So in the
dtgnincd manner that II has IN
the past one that has WIN the
respect and confidence OF the
southern people, that II discnur-
age and rrfIse the support Of loft.
wing organizations
Mr. Marshall rrportcd on ind.
tugs ot hts trip to Japan and
Korea 10 investigate first-hand
the courts martial 81 Negro scr
vice men. Hts Investigations ne
said. disclosed that Negroes were
convicted ~ military offrnscs in
dtspruportionate number In the
cath division there werr ~ con,1c-
TONS OF Negro infAntrymcn and
only two Of white soldiers
The SAACP counsel also told II
the new plans to extend the light
against segregation 10 the lOcaI
level IN cases ~ transportation
public education. pubic acCNmo-
iauon, health. housing and rrcrea-
tional facilities