Minneapolis spokesman., 1962-10-05
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Voters Drive
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read the glaring headlines, of a
lone Negro boy seeking to better
himself through higher education,
and being blocked by a rabid seq
regationist like Ross Barnett it
makes our blood boil. And yet the
only real way to control such
things is to exercise the. right to
vote and put men in office who
will see to it that the rights of no
American citizen will be infringed
upon regardles, of whether he be
black or white, Catholic or Jew.
Voting is the one real way that we
can dramatize our true feelings
about discrimination. And speak
ing of dramatizing, here in the
North the stage has been set, the
script is ready, but the actors have
been missing. 1t therefore becomes
our challenge to round them up
and to see to it that when the
curtain goes up they are on the
stage to play their parts in this
great American drama.
Job To Do!
The way I see it, we have a
job to do, big job, an important
job, and it will take the concerted
effort of all of us to get the job
done. We call on men of every
political, religious, and social be-
ief-the wise, the simple, the pro-
fessional, the non-professional, the
rich, the poor, Methodist, Episco-
pal, Baptist, Pentecostal, Presby-
terian, Catholic, Congregationalist,
Adventist, Democrat, Republican,
plutocrat, you name tive can use
it.
This is a community respon-
sibility, and it ought to be done
by all of the people Of the COM
munity. We need to become gen
uinely excited about this business
of registering and voting. AS far
as the credit is concerned 1t does
not matter who receives the credit
so long as the job is done and the
whole community feels the effects.
The cause is far greater than the
personality.
Grateful For Ministers Help
We are deeply grateful to the
Minneapolis Interdenominational
Ministerial Alliance who pledged
their support 1908. and to the fol-
lowing churches and their pastors
who promised to organize workers
within their ranks to work with
us: Zion Baptist, Rev. J. H. Hollo-
way, pastor; Holsey Memorial,
Rev. c. H. Mhoon, pastor; st.
Thomas Episcopal, Father Louis
Johnson, Rector; st. Peters, Rev.
Lowell johnson; Wayman AME,
Rev. Marlin Hendrieth, pastor, Pill
grim Rest, Rev. ]. II. jackson, st.
James, Rev. G. Smalls, House Of
Refuge, Rev. w. L. Battles, st.
Paul Church of God in Christ, Rev.
J. c. Virgins, and my own church
Sabathani, also we are grateful
to the Twin City Council Of Clubs
who have pledged their support.
Each of these organizations
recognize that this Is not job
for one, but for all. With this kind
of an attitude there is nothing to
prevent us from succeeding.
Transportation will be furn-
ished free of charge to and from
places of registration, also each
church has been asked to organize
a child care service to care for
the children until parents can reg
lister. We don't plan to leave a
stone unturned. On Monday even
ing at dusk dark we are asking
everyone to turn on their porch
lights for at least an hour signify
ing that you are in accord with
the campaign.
1--WE need many more workers,
therefore if you would like to vol
unteer your services we would be
happy to enlist you. You may do
this by calling Mrs. Josie Johnson,
8ss-s517, general chairman Of the
Workers Committee, or Mrs. Plouis