The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-10-16
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GOLFERS magazine for
October Is, this week, is fea-
turing a thought provoking
historic gem entitled: "THE
NEGRO IN AMERICA To-
DAY.. Alan Patton, the ia
nous white author of Cry
The Beloved Country" and a
native of South Africa, came
to America especially to COM
pile this classic which is now
on all newstands projected
boldly on the front green
magazine cover. Every Guard
ian reader should read Col
lier's to-day.
BOSTON GLOBE, New Eng
lands most impartial and most
democratically editorialized
daily paper represented at
the GUARDIAN editors Both
Birthday Party, also carried
a fine feature by the veteran
Boston news journalist, Vic
tor Jones, regarding both the
ability and value of sepia stars
in Major League baseball.
Globe Sportswriter Hal KaeSe
scored a similar top tribute.
The Globe has been hitting
jim crow hard.
BOLD LETTER published in
the Globe, Oct. Z, 1854 from
an IriSh-American, Edmond
O'Keefe of Cambridge, was
also heartwarming. Said Mr..
O'keefe," l care not who
knows it, if my Negro fellow
citizens are good enough
Americans to die in the hills
and rice paddles of Korea in
order to protect my children.
-. then the children of these
forgotten heroes are Ameri-
can enough to enjoy edu-
cation without. segregation"
SEGREGATION is the theme
OF all the fine articles men
toned here to-day. All of the
writer's openly and boldly OPP
pose the system and all are
paleface people. One is from
VIGOROUSLY segregated South
Africa. This is indeed an en-
Tightening period in America.
And it is an acceptance of
the bitter, long crusade of
that courageous crusader who
walked alone and un-noticed
in American history, a great
man, William Monroe Trotter.
SOUTH AFRICAN, Alan
Patton, provides most inter-
esting comparisons and con-
illusions On segregation in the
COLLIER magazine. He speaks
with such rabid segregation
lists as DR.. Malan, Talmadge
and Byrnes. He writes that
the world Segregationists are
waging a losing battle. Hail
ing from South Africa, where
segregation is at its peak, Mr..
Patton speaks with authority
and wisdom. His conclusions
belong in every world library
and classroom.
1.-THE ENDING of segrega-
ton in the schools" says Pat
ton, would be the greatest
moral event in America, since
the passage of the three great
pcst-civil war Amendments
which abolished slavery, esta-
bliShed the citizenship of col
ored Americans, and provided
them legally with equal vot-
ing rights" Remember, this
is written by a man from a
country where the colored
African has the misfortune to
be governed by a new Hitler.
SUPREME COURT Justice
Robert H. Jackson has passed
onward after having partici-
pated in the famous decision
which brought Alan Patton
from Africa and placed the
worlds spotlight on this ma
ton.
Patton writes: 1--WE in South
Africa know about the Su-
preme Court Decision that
America has been waiting for"
Justice Jackson has re-
served his place in U. s. his
tory.
THE AMERICAN decisions
on segregation are going to
have a most tremendous eff
feet on the hithertofor racial
segregational laws in Africa
and the rest of the world. Mr..
Patton makes that quite clear.
His COLLIER articles (of Oct.
Is and 29) also make clear
that these new trends cast
new responsibilities on colored
citizens. It would be well for
every citizen Of color to study
the COLLIER writings of Mr..
Patton with care