Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-04-30
A Message To The State Advisory
Commission OF The u. S. Civil
RIGHTS Commission

Back in mid 1858, thereabouts, one of a series
intelligent and responsible White and Negro Citizens to
get together and make effort to find workable
solution to the race problem and the futiy OF crowds
of white people off in meetings talking about Negroes
and crowd of Negroes off in meeting talking about
white folks, for discussion in symposium at
the University of Mississippi up at Oxford, with Mr.
Kenneth Toer longtime correspondent of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, as moderator fact that made it
possible for to get the then Governor Hugh White
to call meeting of Negro and white leaders, in JAN
uary, 1854, looking toward the future establishment
of permanent nerracal groups at the state and local
levels.
One of the most tragic facts of the contemporary
history of the Mississippi Negro is that the premature
demands and totally impoitc and undplomatc con-
duct of the NAACP spokesman and representatives
prevented any good from resulting from this meeting
1t was at this meeting where in effort to offset
the effects OF the premature demands of the spokes
men and representatives of the NAACP that we pre-
sented slx-point program, the beginning towards
better relations in the state and indeed in the
tire southland which included the abolition Of segre
cation in public transportation, waiting rooms and
railroad stations the raising of existing Negro public
schools to the highest Standards the admission of Ne
students to the state supported colleges and uni
verites for graduate and professional training and the
encouragement of responsible Negro citizens in the
exercise OF the right to vote and political participation
The SIX point program being reflection of the aims,
detectives and policy of the Jackson Advocate stated
in an editorial at it's beginning twentyyears ago.
we still advocate this program.
Beginning several years before 1854 had also
advocated the appointment of Negro policemen in Jack
son. ana throughout the state project first initiated
which we were member significant steps were
made toward the appointment of Negro policemen in
Jackson the failure of which may we'll be laid to those
jackson Negro leaders who spoke way in the meet
ing regarding the appointment of Negro policemen in
the meeting of the Negro Chamber of Commerce. and
before Negro church audiences but in entirely diff
ferent in their private meetings and converse
tons with the Mayor
We note that program obtaining the above items
mas been proposed by the Mississippi Advisory Com
mlttee of the U. S. Civil Rights Commission
One OF the outstanding facts of the current south
ern history is the constantly deepening resentment and
resistance to kind of interference in local and state
affairs by the Federal Government. In view of this
unmstakabe fact would suggest to the Mississippi
Advisory Committee of the U. S. Civil Rights Com
mission that in the furtherance of the program offer
ed it might be we'll to point out that is the identical
program offered in January 1854 by the Jackson Advo
cate, many weeks before the 1854 decision of the U.S.
Supreme Court in the segregation cases. when hardly
anyone thought the decision would be as it turned out
to be- and therefore neither something throughout as
result of the 1854 decision of the U. S. Supreme
Court nor something that is being attempted to force
on the state by the U. S. Civil Rights Commission