Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-04-09
Medgar Evers And Mississippi
Negroes

We note in the current issue of Jet that Medgar
Evers the State Secretary of the NAACP in giving his
why there has been sitdOwn demonstrations
in Mississippi says it is because there only four
Negro lawyers in the state, only of who will defend
Negroes in NAACP cases and because the leading Ne
gro newspaper in the state is segregationist
Right off in answer to Mr.. Evers we would say
the why there has been st-down demonstra-
ons in Mississippi because of the good sense of the
masses of Negroes and that of the really intelligent and
responsible Negro leaders of the state and of their will
gness to take advice of really responsible leaders of
American thought and opinion.
Let's check the role a few of those who have ad-
vised Negroes against the sdown demonstrations
pagn called by the NAACP in support of the sit-down
demonstrations the grounds that such conduct the
part of Negroes costing them great loss in friend
ship and goodwill of responsible white people which Ne
groes need greatly in their efforts for first class
citizenship each of whom have long standing record
for their friendship and efforts on behalf of Negroes
Checking the role we would name Former President
Harry S. Truman, Governor DeSalle of Ohio, Mayor
fairfield of Atlanta, Georgia, DR.. A; Whitney Girls
void, President of Yale University and Dr. William Y.
Elliott Professor of Government at Harvard University
We would also say in regard to the matter that Mr..
Evers looking through the of zeaot and paid adj
vocate of the NAACP is not able to that the
of Negroes in the state, and and response
BILE Negro leaders, understand that his organization
thrives on tension and turmoil and the easily accentua
ed emotions of Negroes That the organization will back
and endorse anything that will keep the collections
ing regardless of its i'll effect the of Negroes
In regard to Mr.. Evers calling for boycott here
NAACP of something like $4,000 per year. which he
hopes to continue to draw, even though every other
Negro loses his job if the white merchants start
counter boycott and start firing all their Negro
ployees. Knowing that the NAACP do nothing to
get jobs for Negroes here would regard fool
any Negro who takes such advice.
In regard to Mr. Evers reference to the states lead
ing Negro newspaper, and the reference is obvious
would point out that long before his organization came
into the state, the states leading Negro newspaper,
starting back in the days when he just pup with
little less real wisdom than he has, had already
won for the Negro in Mississippi the right to vote with
constantly expanding prospect along with the friend
ship, goodwill and cooperation of the most influential
white leadership of the state, all of which has been
stands because of the coming in of his organization
and the total lack of wisdom and of reality in
it's leaders.
Finally, without trying to defend the three Negro
lawyers referred to by Mr.. Evers, who in opinion
needs no defense would point out that in his Jet
piece, Mr. Evers, the zeaot and paid advocate, is
carrying out an old policy of the NAACP which is also
that of the Communist Party, of trying to destroy
everybody and everything which refuses blind follow
ing of its leadership.