Arizona sun., 1961-11-09
BETWEEN THE LINES
By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK
For Associated Negro Press I

One of the most ouspoken and clear thinking connnlst
among Southern Negro the Associated Negro Press
Dean Gordan Hancock has been for many year
at the Virginia College, the Negro Land Grant College
virginia You may column of the Negro paper
that vou read This one appeared in the Atlanta Daily World
Oct analysis of the southern suatlon tnat
think the readers of the SUN glad know Dea
Hancock and to look for him. Negro that carry hin
regularly His column is BETWEEN THE LINES The BAN
LOOK A HOLD BACK gs
Recently there was reviewed in one of our Southern dali
book which written by Souherner Norterner
with Southern antecedens sought to that our Thanks
giving Day did originate in New England but in Virginia
The book in question trying to such books
proved again. the greatne of the South
and indirectly dparagng the advances of the North Much was
written lew days ago on the occasion OF the o
president for the ancient College of William and Mary which
the nations second oldest institution of higher learning
Just why sophisticated historian
is the oldest instead of the second difficult understand
And by that token just what happened Virginia let
the Boston TeaPary take place Massachusetts and not Vr
gnia.
Why the first blood be shed in Revolutionary
War; the blood of CrSpuS Atucks Negro not shed in Virginia
but Boston, matter which these psuedohsorans
THE GREAT SPEECH
Why did Patrick Henry his great speech
in 15 have occasion remark Why stand here idle while
comrades already in the ed?" to say they
were fighting in Boston before the colonss of Virginia could
decide which side they would take side the Revolution
lists or the side of England with its George III
This mveterate propensity everything good to the
South kind of bacook even as backook to reenact
the Battle OF Manassas where the Federal armies put
flight the delight gather
ed for gala occasion sees 5-1 ,4
But is hardly to be expected that Appomatox and the
had been drawn by Lee against his native land will be
Make no misake about it, among those of the Old South the
War of Rebellion is still in full swing. :-5r
The whole Civil War Centennial obectives are more des-
igned to goy the Old South and its valor than show
that our country is reunited under Old Glory The prominence
OF the Confederate flag and the chants of Dixie solemn
nders that the still being waged the hearts of those
of the Old South s.,s.s, .Sas, selss,,
These backlook manifestations seeking gory the
Lost Cause The backook is hold back the South and the
nation and to the Church of Christ
FOREMOST INSTITUTION
Why is that the College of William Mary the ma
OnS second oldest college far behind Harvard which
waxed into of the worlds foremost institutions with
downent of than and acknowledged
the finest of American universities
Harvard is situated in that part country with for
wardook while William and Mary situated in part of the
country with the back-look
The South has such marvellous possibilities and to have
them squandered the bacook and its consequences
ing short of tragedy The SouS stubborn fight against civil
rights and their possibilities for the liberation Negro is
back-look program.
The S0uthS stubborn fight for states rights is backlook
fight The SouhS determined fight against senatorial clote
that would kill the filbuster backlook
South coalition for the appeasemeen of the backOokng Old
South.
William and Mary victim of the backlook spirit and
the distance between and Harvard roughly of
the damage that the backook do and when look about
the nation its crisis safely say that present
uayorabe position the world traced directly the
achnaion of the backlook spirit country with the Old
South the center dispersion.
@@@N The backlook is hold-back!