St. Paul recorder., 1954-03-26
Negro Jn,-crower4
Negroes Can't Have Cake
And Eat 1t Too; Says
Ebony Magazine Editorial
Negro Im-crowers;
Negro Die Hords Die Hard


goal negration of
Negro years they hope
attained the full political social status of
years. they fervnty hope
at either employed his highest skill
attend school worship God anywhere his heart desires
| and purse dictates
Tngs( racay moving steadily
since Abe Lincoln made that 1868 Within
decade considerably
found unexpected friends The Federal
leaders and United States Presidents take firm stand
racial segregation Paced by Thurgood Marshall and his brief
brigade intolerance the Old spelling the
rights upheld protect rights
enacted The walls bigory tumbing
Yet with the whole world denouncng discrmn-
there Negroes these United States who defend
These are the deard and handful of little people who have
fat brac system would rather retard the
10 million Negroes than eoprdze their little Jim gold
mines by rsxing competition in an inegrated society
Vested Interests In Segregation
Those Negroes disturbed about the approaching death
bacal that group whom Franklin
nvihood entirely
racial
jobs positions of influence
The removal Of these barriers they fear will throw them for an
nomic loss. Progress be damned
politicians largely political
Negro policemen patrol largely Negro communities The Negro
church and service Negro audience Jim Crow branches
enterprises such chain food stores exchanges drug
unty provided supervisory
white collar Negroes where they did before exist
with negaon around the these who
have been caapued TO fame and fortune as much on the basis OF
about their futures They afraid that
they will not be accepted into negrad society in the
degree they now enjoy and that If they are accepted they
be able to successfully with whites training
and experience level Any therefore toward full ntegraon
severe threat to their way of life.
largest group caught changing Negro
school teacher the South With the inevitable end segregated
$4,000 Negroes fear the loss of their jobs They have built
They contributed the education the Negro
have given themselves unsntng to the communities in which they
though preach
equality they quick affects their pocket
books
Freedom Is OF Free
Negroes cannot have their cake and eat too They cannot
the spos segregated system and at the time
When 1t is longer required by law custom to maintain
separate should
the poed hand of fellowship So far the cooed
association the only major concede that the need
organization Many especially professional could
well take note
As race Negro fought long
victory afford
while his freedom aboaged by diehards who would cling
system peoples epudang Although
being practiced popular
drogaory
a a Negro
large department Negro
explained only living motto of giving the custo
wants today integration
Negro to gains
white well black who fighting for full citizenship must
phatcaly denounce those who oppose him.
Vocational Segregation
Schools has nrod smau hut vocal pop OF They
socaed Negro leaders who seek capitalize the
pancy South by baany defending segregation Unfortunately
publicity in the general than do the real
leaders who abjure them.
journalist widely quoted saying
worth the privileges
segregation insurance policy that keeps thousands Of Negroes
unemployment carried with the resultant
publicity unpopularty of his rebel
the South demonstrated when his
Montgomery, City Auditorium peted and only rs
people to hear him in 260o capacity hail
Editor of the Jackson Miss Advocate praised Gov
Hugh Whites Mississippi would continue its
system segregation in public schools
when the NAACP entered court battle to end
Aantas schools publicly criticized by the
colored Training School morally
wrong. socially disruptve"
allNegro Mound Bayou Miss Mayor B. A. Green was
asked
School graduate and Mound Bayous founder
Were interested We're getting along fine just
Judging present residents other
in he state I o a would help
|
is world
Washington D. educator Mamie Burroughs would
| They should been gone"
Negroes emoionsly economically alarmed
adjust ntegrated society
brsca cost them dis
placement growing racsy
their children viii be prepared TO compete equally with white