The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-11
Letters To Editor
Negro Parents Of
Prince Edward
How Long?

How long are We, as parents In
Prince Edward County, going 70
let the NAACP and a few of their
cohorts keep our children out Of
school
They forced the closing Of the
public schools with their law suits.
Then they tell us in August that we
are going to have schools in Sep
ember then again in October. and
n November
II is high time that we thought
Or ourselves and do business with
he white people who are our friends
and nefghbors and straighten out
anything that needs Strengthening
out. They tell us, don't accept any
thing they offer you
The white people of Prince Ed
ward County has done more to help
us get schools for our children than
We have done. Just what have We,
the parents. done to get our chill
dren in school? How much time
have we spent trying? How much
money have we put up towards get
ting place TO sent them to
school? Has our churches offered
to let them be taught in any part
Of the buildings?
Part Of our people have never
paid any taxes TO help educate
their children and we that do pay
do not pay but 10 cents out Of Sl00.
Now | am not blaming our people
because that is all they had to pay
taxes on, but the fact still stands
that we have never been able to
educate our own children, SO why
all Of a sudden we turn our nose UP
at all the free help that we have
been getting: when our children
need education more now than any
other time in the history OF this
country We can blame only our.
selves for it-not the white people.
Most all Of our. people are fine
people and good neighbors. Some
just listen to the oil-tongue agi-
tators Of the NAACP, whose only
reason for their part in this is to
line their pockets with gold = not
help US. When you see so many
preachers in anything it's money
in it for them not soul saving.
That is why some Of them use orr
churches for q place Of plotting and
confusion instead Of House Of Wor-
shipping God,
Are we parents going to show the
world that we are SpinelesS and
afraid to fight for ourselves and our
children s education-for the whole
wide world is watching US.
We an get help If we try TO help
ourselves. Anyone wanting to send
their children to school may con-
tact me. and We will see what we
can do. We can have a meeting and
choose leader or committee, to
meet with leaders Of the white
people and see If anything can be
worked out. Let us. not stand BY
and let the NAACP and their few
flunkies speak for all Of the clear
thinking Negroes Of Prince Edward
County. All of them that want to
have their children in school.
There is quite few Negro chill
drepi lii white schools but the Negru
teachers are not in white schools
Those Of us who have been looking
to the NAACP and the U s. ST.
preme Court to take over c'v
schools and send our children to
schools. let's stop looking to them
aud look for ourselves.
We. who are fighting for lnte>
grafton ID the white schools must
don't want our own teachers any.
more. understand that the state
Of Mo. integrated a few colored chill
dren in some Of their schools, sc
some of the colored teachers tried
| to get jobs DIS teachers in the white
schools and was turned down. So
they took their s,nt all the way Il
the Supreme Court and lost So locl
what We are DOING to ourselves
| and what some Of the teachers are
doing to themselves.
Blut Andrews
z. 6, FStS.tAe