Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-05-10
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What's in name, we say 8.
Well, you just make a change and
see what happens. That's what
your Lou did and the result is Just
what you see at the top of this
column. So you have the answer,
and I'll just continue to give you
what you send to me about your
self, your organization, and your
friends from all over the country.
However, we'd like to jot the things
that would be of interest to folk
all over the country, since these
lettings" appear in our nationally
known as we'll as local weeklies.
WOMEN THE COUNTRY
OVER ARE INCENSED! Why?
Because our own DR.. Mary Nc
Leod Bethune (my guardian moth
er dear) was the target of some
vicious people who just do not
understand loyalty, right here in
the East . Englewood, New Jer-
sey to be exact. The Board of Edu-
cation "sorta" refused her the pri-
vilege of speaking in the Engle
Street Jr. High School, although
plenty of advertising had been Civ
en- her proposed engagement
scheduled for Thursday evening,
April "a. However, DR.. Bethune
did speak on that very night and
in the little city of Englewood (oft-
en- called the Mississippi of the
East but at the Bethany Presby-
terrain Church. She spoke to an
overflow crowd, and Walter White
of the N.A.A.C.P. shared the plat
form with Lady Bethune.
There is something you can do
right now. Write the Board of Edu-
cation in Englewood and awaken
the members to the fact that DR..
Mary Mcleod Bethune is one of
our stop" American women and
is in no way connected with any
group that even leans toward Com
munism. AS she herself said, 81
have never been called before any
Committee to clear my name, and
my life is my record"
We ourselves can recall that
just this year she was one of the
Americans sent to the Liberian
Inauguration as a representative
of the U.S.A., and only recently
resigned from her post as a men,
Der of the Civil Defense Board.
Take the highlights of the life
of DR.. Bethune and we see woman
of good sound religious character
with faith, hope, courage, and the
will to serve, giving her all for
the uplift of all mankind =. a
woman who 48 years ago founded
a school with $3.50 and has seen it
develop into a $1,OOO,OO0 Institu-
ton with an "a" rating, which is
the distinction Bethune- Goodman
College enjoys. Then, when the
NYA was given status, It was she
who did it working with and for
youth. 1885 found her pioneering
again, but with women who be-
lieved in her and the outgrowth
was the National Council of Negro
Women, now nearly 100000
strong. Her interest in women and
youth has been constant, and only
last month at her College in Day.
tona Beach, she Held a conference
of $50 women from all over the
world. Last, but not least, she is
National Sponsor Of "TEEN-
TOWN" a youth project which
furnishes wholesome recreation
and fun for youngsters of all ages,
under supervision. Here in New
York City, "TEEN-TOWN" is
much alive, with one unit, in Har-
lem at st. Charles Church and an
other unit in the Bronx.
We shall join with DR.. Mary Nc
Leod Bethune in saying about those
who tried to prosecute her in Engle-
wood, New Jersey Forgive
them, for they know not what they
do" and "Fret not myself be-