Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-10-05
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By PERCY GREENE

'NA0AA VIC Va Vic wi oaSAOii
you'd be most likely to hear the
most time were you to be regularly
amongst the Parish Streeters as
they gather up and down the Ole
Stroll as | am most want to do on
the weekly BATH and shopping day
as fixed and proclaimed in the
ritual Of Aaint Haggar's chullin
will be about what's wrong with
the tribe and how come we amt
done no bettern'n we've done in
these eighty-two years we'd been
doing for us-self, even tho every
bodie cept us is claiming that we
done done better'n any other tribe
in folks history since we been had
the chance to be up and adding for
us-selfs. Me, I've heard the Far
ish Streeters, in all walks and
classes talking on TIE subject til
| was not surprised at all when
l heard them this time while |
was getting my fish and beer. But
I was surprised at the final con-
clusion reached before the CONVEX
sation broke to talk about Hank
Aaron and the World Series. What
one fellow concluded was the rea-
son for what | started off to talk
about was that E. WE DON'T
KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT US.
SELF meaning of course in
the language of the more crudite
that the members of the Tribe-O-
Haggar don't know enough of their
history to give them the inspira-
ton for great achievements, even
though in my mind it amt nothing
to-matter with what we don al
ready done -. But, when you look
at it, as | did while / listened,
there's something to us not know
ing enough about our ancestors,
and what they did, so the knowing
would make US git up and do more
With that in mind, / thought
| would pass unto you-alls here
that if you want to know more
about your ancestors get them
books, entitled, A DOCUMEN-
TARY HISTORY OF THE NE
GRO PEOPLE IN THE UNITED
STATES, by Herbert Aptheker,
with a preface by DR.. w. E. b.
Dubois. Here's sure cure if all
we need is more knowledge of our
ancestors in order for US to have
more inspiration and do more.
GIT READY FOLKS: From what |
I hear there's gonna be lotta
fun and lotta Aine Haggar's |
Chillun out at the state fair that |
gets started Monday out at the
Fair Grounds on Delta Drive, Wal
lace Bros. Shows on the Midway |
the folks out there say will be
bigger and better than ever.
WHERE THE FAN WILL BE
SATURDAY NIGHT: If you wan
ma be with all of the real foot
ball fans and most of the Parish
Streeters Saturday night I'll be
looking for you up att Itta Bena
where the Jackson College Tigers
run into the pitch-forks of the
Delta Devils of Mississippi Voca-
,tional College. Whatagame man,
whatagame.
NOTICE TO THE FOLKS: If
you want to get the Jackson Adj
vocate, and keep up with the best
in the news about colored Folks
all over the world call us and we
will mail you the paper each week,
and collect only Accents per month
/. and what's more you help us
give another young lady job
who we are going to have to do
the collection. All you got to do
is call and give your name and
address. Your paper will be mail
ed to you on Thursday which will
enable you to get it Friday ;.
and read the news and UP and
Down Parish Street while it
is hot. The number 2-1617.
WEEKLY QUOTATION: eve
are here to add what we can to,
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