Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-02
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oShASNiAs dItiIuuCS DC~
tween the races while carrying out
desegregation. He spoke with an
accent that had the warmth Of the
cottonfields in it, although he has
done his stint abroad, first as
Rhodes scholar, later as assistant
administrator of the Foreign Eco
nomic Administration.
His recipe: There should be a
great many small local meetings.
They should bring together people
of different races but similar ed
ucational backgrounds to talk over
mutual affairs"
A large dinner session of the
Council Against Discrimination of
Greater Chicago listened while he
gave further details.
Religious Links
It's a good plan for four or five
white ladies and four of five Negro
ladies of the same religious group
to meet and talk about such things
as enrolling children of both races
in the same local school.
"They will naturally speak of
their own school district. Just
how many of the boys and girls in
it are colored? What are their
names? Oh Tommy Johnson and
Rosabelle Smith and a few others
Why, they are nice, we'll behaved
children. l wouldn't mind having
them in the school.
$50 the problem fades out in
this particular case. Getting to-
gether like this in the local COM
munity is the only chemical in the
world that will resolve race preiu-
dice.
Friendliness Cited
After some stubbornness, per-
haps, think the southern states
are going to find the bottle that
holds this chemical. In 10 or IL
years some of you may be sur
prised to find missionaries from
Alabama or Georgia coming to Chi
cago to show you how to behave"
There were laughs as we'll as
serious comments when DR.. Mitch
ell finished his brief talk. After
the meeting he was asked just
what it is the South has to teach
the North in this matter.
There's a certain nice friendli
ness between Negroes and whites
in the South" he said. "Of course,
the prevailing terms are mad
MISSILE. But if we can change
the terms so that the equal human
dignity of every individual is re-
spected, and still keep the friend
illness, We'll have something to give
the North"
How is the South progressing in
desegregation as DR.. Mitchell sees
it
Its going to work." he said.
only four of the Southern states
kicked up a fuss about the Supreme
Court decision. The other two
thirds are quiet and intend to com
ply with the law. This is an i'm
provement. The last time, IS states
pulled out of the Union"
Chicago came in for some point
ed criticism from one of its own
people: Elizabeth Wood, former ex-
ecutive secretary of the Chicago
Housing Authority.
"The city is doing nothing Of
flclally to end segregation" she
said.
NeighbOrhood Policy Hit
She deplored the popular policy
of neighborhood cons walton
which, she charged, prevents
changes in the character of neigh
borhoods, thereby continuing seq
regation. But she affirmed her
faith that desegregation would
come to Chicago. Whether it
comes sooner Or later, she said,
depends upon whether citizens are
alert or apathetic.
Miss Woods own pioneering eff
forts to establish the policy of nom
segregation in Chicago public hous-
ing, during her long tenure as ex-
ecutive secretary of the Chicago
Housing Authority, won for her
an award at this time.