St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-02-24
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the majority group and the Negro
their jobs well regardless Of their
race or religion.
American industry is preparing
to engage in a large scale trade
campaign for the emerging AT
rican markets and their best ad-
vertisement, even some Minnesota
firms are learning, will be the
presence in the home office or on
the sales staffs of Negro personnel,
whom most Africans consider their
blood brothers.
In the field of retail sales, the
Negro women have continued to
be hired for jobs behind the count
er in both st. Paul and Minneapo-
lis. The Negro male however has
been systematically excluded from
this usually good paying field ex-
cept in The Dayton Company
stores where Negro male sales
men have been on the job for the
past five years.
The other department stores for
reasons which are not clear have
not used Negro men as statesmen
while at the same time there is
a wider use of unskilled and serv-
ice labor from this community in
varied jobs in the stores as Gus
todians, stock room personnel and
jobs of this type.
Churches Show Growth
A good index of improvement in
the social and economic life Of a
state is the growth of organized
religion. Churches serving FREEDOM
inantly Negro congregations con-
tinue their growth and Negro par
ticipation as members of churches
formerly all-white has been grow
ing steadily. Church membership
among Negro families has shown
continued increase.
Two predominantly Negro con-
gregations, st. Thomas Episcopal
in Minneapolis and Gospel Temple
in st. Paul have had successful
building programs. The Minneapo-
lis church has erected and dedicat-
ed a new building in south Mime
apolis. The Gospel Temple church
built a modern addition to its old
er building.
Zion Baptist church in north
Minneapolis has raised cash and
pledges amounting to almost $780,
900 for a new building program
which will be necessary because
Of the growing congregation and
the condemnation Of the present
structure for the Federal freeway.
Sabathani Baptist church whose
former church home was destroyed
by fire now has a vigorous fund
raising drive to build new church
home.
Church auciliaries, including
womens clubs remain important
factors in the maintenance of the
churches and the extension of
church programs. Membership in
such groups is increasing.
Twin City Negro pastors con-
tinue to take active roles in the
civic life of each community and
the state, outside the work in their
immediate charges.
Twin City Council Of Clubs
The Twin City Council of Clubs
with 40 different affiliated organ
izations is one of the brightest
evidences of cooperation with the
two communities. The organiza-
ton publishes a monthly. news
letter, cooperates in the member
drives of the NAACP, honors club
presidents at a mammoth Presi-
dents Ball; awards a PLAGUE to
the club President of the year
and for the past two years has
conducted house to house fund SOL
icitation in behalf of the Mime
sofa Council for Civil and Human
Rights, the spearhead of the drive
to enact fair housing" legislation.
This group has great potential
and offers concrete evidence of the
benefit of coordinated activity in
civic and community work and
programs.