Jackson advocate., 1953-02-07

istence. The South has been so
enslaved to prejudices a inst the
Negro for more than three hun
dred years the sub-cartical nuclei
has directed the action Of the South
toward the Negro. Today, when the
eyes of the whole world are focus->
ed upon America and the South's
treatment of the Negro. Now, 1T
time when cerebral function
should give direction to sub-carti-
cal activities, our Mississippi COM
es forth ready to protect her
mental enslavement with her life.
| understand that the Commit
tee which was appointed at the
last legislature to study Negro
education in Mississippi is ready
to report. The minimum figure on
bringing all the Negro schools of
the state up to the standard of the
white schools is one hundred and
twenty five million dollars and
the Committee is recommending a
tax increase on everything to raise
this money. If they think they
can do it | hope they can. | main
tain that a poor state like Missis-
Slppi can not support dual sys-
TEN of public education and main
tain the high standards of educa-
tion today. If rich states like New
York, Pennsylvania and California
can't do it then Mississippi can't,
and you and had might as well
be frank about it.
You and | have fooled ourselves
into thinking that there is such
a thing as separate but equal ia
cllitles. There is no such thing as
separate but equal facilities in a
problem as basic as the education
al facilities for our children. A
chain is no stronger than the weak
est link in the chain. If our Ameri-
ca Is to continue to lead the demo-
cratic forces of the world. we are
going to have to practice democra-
cy right here in Mississippi. | pray
God that the day will hasten on
when the whole damnable system
of race discrimination and segre-
cation will pass from the Earth.
America is sending out thousands
of Christian Missionaries of all
faiths and denominations to the
ends of Earth to teach and preach
religion of brotherly love and to
teach American democracy but to-
day the cause Of Jesus, the Christ,
is suffering all over the world be-
cause of the way Christian white
people in Mississippi treat Negroes.
There are two theories of gov
ernment in the world today. One
is the theory of democracy and the
other is the theory of Communism.
Today, Communistic Russia is try
ing to envelope the entire world
with her dangerous, Goddess theory
of Communism. 1t is, indeed, dis
turbing when we look into the world
and see the weak defenseless peo-
pie that she has taken over. Rus
sia's agents in America thought
that the South and, especially the
Negro in the South, would be an
easy victim of her insidious doc
trine but thanks to Almighty God,
the Negro in the South wants no
part of Stain and his Communism.
We are not interested in any ism
but Americanism. We know that
the same Constitution which broke
away the shackles of physical bond
age from our feet will one day
cause us to realize "The Dignity
of Equality" NJ
| am happy to see so many of
our young people here today from
Jackson College. Tougaloo College
and Campbell College. l am ex-
tremely interested in the Negro
youth of the South. One of the
happiest assignments of my life
to date is an invitation from the
President and Faculty of A 4 |
State University at Nashville, Ten
nessee to spend week on their
campus during the month Of March,
giving council and guidance to their
students. If there is group OF
young people any where in the
world that need help and encour-
agement it is the Negro youth OF
Mississippi. Everything in the
world is done to make them feel
inferior because their hair is kinky
and their skin is dark but | want
to say to our Mississippi Negro
youth today, Lift up your heads