Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1957-05-03
Little Rock School Boards Plan Of
Gradual Indignation Is Upheld


In last weeks publication. dated April e. 1857 la
.,d southern Mediator Journal" there appeared an
.,s on the front page headed "Under The Hammer" by
r n Jones' Jones Is Negro In appearance and also by
a philosophy of the strength given Negro blood by the
he man. that drop would Africanze the whole body.
This description made solely for identification because
reading the article. one would grasp the identity of the
.vjter as anything but Negro
In this article Jones ID critical Of the Negroes who have
uxn tired of discriminatory practices of white and color
ID patrons of various merchants In Little Rock
Jones stated and We quote: Negro publications
od get their share of advertising from Greater Little
pok Merchants and Negroes should be employed where
ry are qualified and capable but the fight against Seq
,.etion should be launched against the State of Aran
,.s instead of the Department Stores.
Now In my opinion, 1t Is Downright Stupid
The part of Anyone to Exert Pressure the merchants
% abolish segregation In their stores while the State of
Arkansas maintains Segregation by law The fight against
Segregation should be directed Against the State of Ark
,nsas and the merchants who operating private
businesses.
we make this emphatic statement edtoriaIy. be-
csuse we believe II Il the duty Of welrounded news
ven informed on all issues affecting their general wel
fare"
10 Jones takes the position Of defending these merchants
discriminatory practices by hiding behind the unlawful
md ndemocratc practices carried by Arkansas state
officials This subterfuge Of Jones In trying to defend seq
egaon for the merchants Is something that very doubt
m that they would themselves Practcng discrmina
don In their stores Is thing and insulting the ntell
gnce Of their Negro customers by hiding behind
hing state officials illegally doing Is something else
And this something with their faults do not be
hee the merchants Will stoop low enough TO tell their
customers their discriminatory policies keeping with
IN state law. They know and Jones should know that
Arkansas does not have any laws that call for segrega-
ton In buying and selling. and nothing else a matter
Of facts
Now to call the people stupid who have become tired
Of supporting mcro and decided protest It, takes lin
tied Judgment absence Of forehought complete disregard
truth Of n o.
courage. for members of the Mississippi White Citi
sens council But for Negro to call them stupid let's
leave It there!
Any man who would call Negroes in Little Rock stu
pd for protesting spending their hardearned money In
support of jmcrow would call $4,000 Negroes stupid In
Montgomery, Alabama, who preferred walking In dignity
to riding In humiliation and substituted tired feet for ac
Ing hearts.
Eyentho the merchants whom Jones is attempting to
defend compensating him by placing ads in the paper
which he is listed editor and publisher doubt rises
aan as to their appreciation for him In insulting the IN
'gence Of their Negro customers. AT least we have no
record Of their reference them stupid They have
method that may be offensive but far more diplomatic
and far less insulting ones intelligence They will usual
tell you that their major customers won't stand Tor
white and colored to the facilities This usually
means that they themselves don't want 1t.
Jones says and we quote: Il Hate Prejudice and Seq
,esaon Am An-Advocae of Complete Citizenship Rights
i0r All Of The Citizens, but know that You Cannot
Sange Customs and Traditions Overnight Until tne
safe Of Arkansas aboshes Segregation We are OF the
opinion that the department viii be compelled to
sode by the State Law"
If the operators Of these department stores told Jones
a they were operating in compliance with state laws IN
pantainng segregation the stupidity was placed upon
e listener instead of the customers Operators know that
me customers know better They know that before the
united States Supreme Court nvalidated Arkansas sta
regulating segregation, there was nothing In 1t per-
tanning to the operation of department stores.
Jones says that he knows you cannot change customs
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