Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1955-11-18
What Is Social"
BY S. S. Taylor, Associate Editor

There are people who call public facilities social" in
order have grounds to deny them to the Negro BY social
private The Negro has agreed with those
who call facilities public when they seek taxes and social
meaning private when they wish to deny Negroes the use OF
them.
They are the same people pirate that Negroes do
pay taxes when seeking deny them benefits and refuse to
give figures when asked for details on the ground that he
keep by They mostly those who sign
for the good old times when Negro stood between hem
and hard labor
We remember towns and times where there people
who did Negroes walk the sidewalk Men sti
who think they show white supremacy by efo"ahs
into the bus ahead of Negro But times beginning
TO change people who are beginning 10 have
decent standards of public deeeney.
A public bathing beach is beach which the public
use No compelled associate with everyone OF any
one because him the public place We have no
obligation necessity to associate with someone merely DE-
him at the park same playground OF
same school even We all kinds and all Of peo
pie without knowing their exchanging word WIN
them in all sorts of public places No man mas 10 take 70 n
bosom who Is travelling on the same ous same a
same steamship plane There is difference between
of the public convenience and our personal relations
TO others using the same facilities
ON the train on the bus the steamship the plane
park the playground even on the beach We simply
don't have anything with those don't approve We
don't have them excluded and use the facility only
that all don't like are not allowed to use H.
The Negro eheerfuly accepted and obeyed the law
even when he like handed down lie always
had his opinion land wasn't good) of saye codes baek
Codes and "Ded and "Pessy decisions But he tried
be good citizen and as good CITIZEN he a'ePeh ue
viii of the majority.
But while he accepted all regardless of their un-Amer
he has studied and use the accepted
ways gain American detectives. lie would not De III LOT
citizenship In the American democracy If he did less
At long the patience, the patriotism and abe stu
diousnes of the Negro have him majority support Now III
only or states the authorities In mood TO limit MIN
recent years the Supreme Court of the land mas lett te
word "blaei' decisions The House OF Representa-
tiyes has passed bills removing public racial distinctions SueA
measures have failed in the Senate only by the hnusteh'
of an ouvoed minority Truly the nation longer wants to
be placed position of preaching freedom abroad ana
practicing slavery in any form at home
louisiana legislator reported to have said Negroes
"may have TO raise funds they want public parks lie
said public but he private public parks and bath
ing facilities are abolished the Negro will lose little because
he has little .,
We certainly do not feel grateful for exclusion from an
convenient public facilities, and inclusion only IN segregated
makeshift outskirts substitutes
The Negro the impartiality and democracy
applied In every phase of public life that attempted In the
draft.