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PAGE TWO The Deep South Speaks Birmingham. Ala. lCalvln News Service) lt mu-t be obvious to ail that some way mart be found to im prove the masses of our people, es pecially those who raaxe up a largi part of the population of large cities all over the Un ted States, Did you ever notice the general deportment of the masses on street cars, sidewalks, in theatres the loud talk and the filthy language within the hearing of the most re spectable and sensitive people? Have you noticed how often you have been disturbed In church or some important meeting, or the thea tre by some folk who came late and carry on distracting conversations? What about the women who bring howling kids to meetings? Can these be made to realize that no baby has the right to make it impossible for a house full of people to enjoy a sermon or a show? And we have to do something about our kids who hog the side walks as they go to and from school. What are we going to do about those who eat and wallow on front porches, loiter on the street and make indecent cracks at women and girls they do not know? Those folks are holding a whole race down. They do more to fortify and “Justify” jlm crow than the color of one's skin ever cold do. W< are going to have a bard time gett ing anywhere as long as we have them with us. They are the ones by which we all are judged. They tell me some White people who want to give visitors, “who do not know and understand that Ne groes are different, "a ‘true” pic ture of colored people take them on an automobile cruise through the “Harlem” sections of larger cities in the evenings. If you have ever been on Fourth Avenue in Birmingham and similar colored thoroughfare in other cities into which hundreds of thousands of Colored people are jammed, when Bear Mash, Buzzard Koost. Ten Commandment and Hell Half Acre folks come to town, you now how they make the whole race look. It’s awful. All. White and Black, are respon sible. A ‘nigger' is tome thing you make by neglect, bad housing, lack of adequate educational and recre ational faeil.ties, and race discrimi nation and segregation. Improve ment of the situation lies in our recognizing the importance of mak ing life and living more attractive to those fortunate enough to acquire education and character evolvement to the end that they will want to migrate to and stay in the South and wrestle with the task of im proving our people. As it stands today, most of the i capable people come to the point where, because of low, bad educa tional they fee! that they just can t stand it. and move away or are constantly in the pro cess of preparing to move to sec tions where conditions are not so depressing and #.ulm-ive to back wardness. Some sort of uplift organization should dedicate itself to the task of helping the big mouthed, uncouth, ill-mannered and wh.Jt have you among our people see themselves as they are seen by others. The faciiities of the motion pic ture, posters in semi- public places, advertisements in newspapers and magazines, and well worded appeals over the radio and through churches would help a great deal. It has been said that five average Colored children on a playground sn some sections of the country keep more noise than as many as one hundred White children. I know of an exception to this. I found it at GUbert Academy in New Orleans. This institution is situated right in ths heart of an aristocratic White community. And I had to get JHERE ARE USED CAR VALUES Quality Cars Traded In For The New Hudson imi zr. .t; 1275 475 mi 995 1947 1.375 IMS 55“""“.*. 1,175 194»nS£SS. 675 1946 ““ 1256 1942 JSS 825 1947 STJ— 1,375 1946 SZZTI 1.268 1 1941 Z2T. 775 1 1946 SS™.""* UJ$ Many Mar* to Cbaoae From HUDSON - ESTAVER MOTORS , Inc Wl TRAI)R \ND Open Nltoa And Snndays 85 N.W. 36th Street Phone 83-3014 PVHANCB MIAMI TIMES, MIAMI, FLORIDA SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1949 inside before I knew all the stu dents were colored —they were so quiet. Upon a visit to Betbune 'Cootantn College recently I encoun tred a similar experience. There is really no place in Ameri ca, or the world for that matter, for a people whose thinking, actions, and general conduct are out of line or different from that which Is the best. If our people can be brought to make themselves absorbable into the general cultural stream of the best, doors will be opened which no man can shut. Fifty per cent of our effort to progress should be directed toward making the masses of our people make the best possible im pression or none at all. } / ...then here’s your happy hunting ground? %Tg& / Red, Navy, Gray, Green, Patent and... spectator Wk l \ i i i Dade Math Council The April meeting of the Math Council met at Use home of Miss Doris McKinney. UtT N WSni ave Monday evening, with Miss A. Jar rett. vice chairman, presiding. Th*. topic. ”A Book Review,” was inter est n?!y discussed by Mr. D. Ivey. Reports of the actallies of the State Teachers Association wer* given by members who a tended at Daytona. Many benefits were re ceived by all- The hostesses Miss D. McKinney and Miss A. Jarrett serv ed a very delectable repast. • Each member expressed himself as having tad an enoyable evening. Persons present were: Dorsey high: Mr. D. Ivey. Mrs. W. Robinson, Mrs. E. Jones. Miss A. Jarrett and Miss D. McKinney. Washington high: Mrs. N. Clif ton, Mrs. A. Jones, Miss A. Hall and Mr. W. Edwards. Goulds Jr. High: Mrs. E. Tanner. Miss A. Jarrett, vice chairman Mrs. A. V. Jones, reporter Summons Collection Service Rent Collection Business Opportunities Phone 83-1272 TO SOLVE YOUR Plumbing Problems CALL EDDIE B. BUNYAN Representing one of Mi*mi , « Oldest Plumbing Companies 1931 N. W. sth Ct. Call 2-7726 Watch For “A Date With a Dish” Coming. Soon