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THE IHILH (id.N I.HKONILI.E [^ATIjOKM
1 Ccivieo W and - oai*°ediicat!onal control Board,
CORRUPTION
It has become obvious now from the recent dis
closures regarding the police department that those
vhd charged the department with corruption cer
tainly had some good grounds for their contention.
We have never seen so many accusations, so many
denials and so much buck-passing in modern times.
We who were tlie victims of police brutality were
often amazed and stunned by the reckless abandon
of the protectors of the peace. It is apparent now
that the wave of police brutality was the out-crop
ping of turmoil within the department itself. It is |
a case, it seems, of corruption from the very core, j
Os all the departments of city government, the
police department can least afford the scandals which
are_now being investigated. Our great industrial j
city attracting as it does swashbuckling workers of
all nationalities, makes unusual demands on its police.
The pioneering temper of the masses and the social
clashes resulting from hordes of un-urbanized mem
bers of different racial groups, all require intelligent
and sympathetic control. The city demands a police j
system that will prevent crime as well as anything
else. Granted the unusual character of our citizenry,
we can be sure that to police the city demands ex
pert training and real intelligence.
Nevertheless, we have seen our police substitute
physical violence and terror for intelligence. If we
shall have any semblance of “good government” in
our city sueh'a state of affairs cannot long continue.
It is odd also that our city fathers fail to recognize
the peculiar problems of the various racial groups
among us. We believe that the policing of our Negro
community might prove far more effective if some
of the officials in charge were Negroes rather than
ignorant Southern whites, who besides being other
wise unqualified, are actively prejudiced against our
group. When such factors are properly taken into
consideration, there will be anew era of peace in our
community and an end to corruption.
OUR CATHOLICS
Our attention has been called to the fact that
among the first bishops to be consecrated by Pope
Pius were two Negroes and that in his first Encycli
cal to the bishops of the world he makes a brilliant
plea for interracial justice. The Holy Father of the
Roman Catholic Church points out “that the founda
tion for the law of interracial justice is our common j
origin and the equality in human nature in all men,
to whatever people they belong.” Certainly Pope Pius |
is cognizant or’ the evils racialism lias produced in j
our modern time. As the Catholic leader of the world
with far reaching influence among millions of
Christians of all races, his words should not be
spoken in vain.
We have received encouragement from the reports
have
this year gone on record requesting that all Catholic
educational institutions be open to all people regard- j
less of color. We have long maintained that large [
lily-white Catholic universities such as Notre Dame;
have done the principles they profess a great injus
tice by refusing to admit American Negroes as stu
dents solely on the ground of race. The emphasis;
the Catholics are now placing on interracial efforts
will certainly bear good fruit and go far to make
Christian principles prevail in our sinful world.
Racial prejudice and discrimination remain today I
the chief challenge to Christianity. Our religious
leaders of all faiths can create anew world of peace;
and goodwill among men by sincerely facing the j
issues of today and accepting the challenge of racial
ism. It is the failure of great religious leaders and 5
organizations to admit of and attack these evils that
accounts for the so-called lapse of the Christian faith.
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
The Michigan Chronicle
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• • i Martii lAt or
I
-Ford and the Negro. 1 This article
' extoled Mr. Henry Ford and ho- |
; work with our race, however I I
would like to ask the author what i
j has Mr. Ford done for the Negro I
. women of this city directly. |
’ Indirectly he has aided them by j
employing the men; yes. But. does J
he allow Negro nurses and maid'
to work in his hospital? No. Why?
He has Negro patients in his hos- j
j pital. Why should not the Negro i
1 nurys be allowed to earn five
dollars per day for eight hours duty
as the white nurses? This could be
u-ken care of just as he has done
j in his factory. Don't you agree It's
time Mr. Ford's attention was called
I to this serious matter. Please pub
, lish. Yours very truly. B. V. Ross
Smith. R N.
Editor Michigan Chronicle
; 268 Eliot Street
Detroit. Michigan
j Dear Editor:
I I wish to make public my appre-
I ciation of the very splendid gesture
pn the part of the state conference
'of the N.AAC.P. made in remem
bering me during my illness It is a
i Vo be so remembered by his fellow-
Editorial Page of THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE
-AFRICA—
VIEWS and REVIEWS
By RAMON A. MARTINEZ
Founder of the Negro Nationalist Movement, and Originator
of the Greater .Liberie Plan now in Congress
(The writer's thoughts do not necessarily represent the views
and opinions of this paper.
l ing back to Africa by way of the j
Eastern Atlantic down the Western 1
i Coast of Africa, it traveled across ■
j the Atlantic Ocean to the newly [
I discovered America, and thus Africa
was cheated by fate.
Add to this four other historical
j incidents that have thrown Africa
I further back in the march of cul
; ture: (1) The discovery of elec
i tricity, <2) the discovery of steam
: as a mot.ve power, (3) the discovery
! of gunpowder as an instrument of
j aggression and defense, and. (4)
the invention of the printing press,
all while civilization was still in the
enjoyment of the white race, and
we have a clear explanation of how
and why the Negro race has been
i left out of the great march of events I
I in world history.
i This rapid succession of events j
in recent world history has left the |
African Negro at least 5,000 years i
i behind in world culture as com
pared with the most advanced
peoples of today. However, this does
not say nor prove that the Negro
race is backward or incapable of a
more advanced and efficient culture.
The gist of its situation is lack of
opportunity. The best proof that
most culturally adaptable peoples
in the world is the fact that the
Negro, while in America, has
bridged the gap of 5.000 in cultural
difference between his race and the
white man in the very short space
of 300 years. This is the miracle
that has left ethnologists and other
scientists stunned and gaping for
breath. With modern means of
transportation and communication,
even if we should some day settle
in Greater Liberia, we can never
again fall behind. Our eyes have
been opened.
The point we are trying to make
is that with all of this, the cultural
background of the Negro and the
white man are still far apart enough
to make a big difference, and with
the consciousness of this situation
permeating in the environment of
America and dominating the psy
chology of the two people, we find
ourselves with another great ob
stacle to amalgamation that will
not be so easily surmounted. The
wisest thing for the Negro to do is
to make an inventory of all the
cultural gains that he has made in
hi« contact with Western civiliza
tion and. based on that, and with
his inherent talents and qualities,
establish himself in a strategic loca
tion in Africa, and there build his
cwn culture and his own civiliza
tion. That is what Japan has done.
It has borrowed and copied from
the Western world a great portion
of its culture, and there, in Asia, it
is building an empire and a culture
all its own. Look where Japan is
today; and, all in the short period
of 100 years, more or less.
* * *
NEGRO HISTORY CLASSES, un
der the auspices of the Negro Na
tionalist Society, are being con
ducted personally by Atty. Ramon
A Martinez every Monday night at
8 o’clock, at the Y.M.C.A.. on Eliza
beth near St. Antoine. No admission
charge. The last period of the eve
ning will be dedicated to a round
table conference on current events.!
including the present European war,
and how it may affect the Negro
world. Everybody is Invited.
-AMALGAMATION"
IV
j In our last instalment of this
! senes we said that back of the
undercurrent of aloofness of Ne
groes from
whites and vice
tho usa n and sos
years of cultural
divergence of
one race from
the other, beside
the fundamental
their respective
racial ideologies:
stal me n t w<
gave some of the
historical rea
sons and tem-
R. A. Martinet
peramer tal causes back of it. Now I
; what about culture?
No. one can tell us to this day j
where is the cradle of what we cal!
| today civilization. The dispute lages
between Asia Minor and Africa.
The partisan* of Asia Minor base
their argument specially on the
assumption that the Bronze Period
and the Iron Period had their start
In Asia Minor. On the other hand,
white it is true that recorded history
began with ancient Egypt, we must
also remember that the culture of
the Ethiopia is calculated to have
been more ancient than that of
Egypt: and Jhe ancient empire of
the Cushites is supposed to have
;»nte-dated even the culture of the
Ethiopians. Some scholars claim
that Cush is the same land that we
call today Ethiopia, while others
locate the empire of the Cushites
just about where the British colony
of Kenya is. Egypt is called the be
ginning of history because the
Egyptian had, the presence of mind
and ingenuity of keeping written
records in papyril of their doings
and their culture, and the great
library at Alexandria was the
source of much information to the
ancient savants. But how do we
know that the ancient Ethiopians
and the Cushites didn't have also
a chronicle of events that may have
been lost to history? Even the late
empire of Nubians, situated in what
today is part of Egyptian Sudan,
had also a culture which made his
tory for"* those Negroes. Be that as
it may, Ethiopia. Egypt. Cush and
Nubia are all Africa; and. if we
trace the so-called civilization of
the world even from Egypt through
Persia and Babylon in Asia Minor,
then to ancient Greece, then to
Rome, and from the ancient Roman
Empire to all of Europe, we will
find that the whole process of world
culture has been a process from one
stage of culture to a more advanced
and efficient form of culture.
The Negro of Central Africa,
where in our opinion is the cradle
of civilization, in the meantime,
was being left behind enjoying a
Neolithic culture more or less ad
vanced in the various localities of
the African Continent. This is evi
denced by some of the weapons
used ir. Ethiopia before the war of ;
1896 with Italy, and also in the life
and customs of many of the tribes
of Africa today. In the meantime,
something very unfortunate hap
pened to Africa. Columbus discov
ered America, and, the course of ;
Western civilization instead of com-1
he boiling? But he assures me that,
he wasn't conned, so we humbly
offer him our sincere apologies
Mabbe he lost it in a crapgame, eh?
We also saw Pauline Braziel while
there, and she didn't deny the allleg
ed coolness between A1 and herself,
only laughed at the insinuation. So
we really don't know the true situa- j
tion.
Haven't seen "Skeeter" the fellow
we wrote up a few weeks ago as a
married three or four times we {
understand.
Heard of another old acquaintance,
a Mrs. Evelyn Bobson Jackson, now
residing in Detroit. A Bob Settles
brought this to my attention, and j
Bob, I hope your luck changes.
Many are the queries concerning
the concert on the twenty-fourth of
next month. We can sav that we I
are looking forward to it eagerly. ■
We understand that Miss Mar an An
derson will be here for one per-;
formance. and that your chance to!
hear her will be this only time for
a long while.
Our HONOR ROLL this week con
sists of names of those who have at |
one time or another, to the knovy- j
ledge of this friter, acted with the
greatest of courtesy. Surprisingly.;
we put down Don Fletcher, Norman I
Crosby, King the bootblack. Charley
Williams. Everett Harris, and Pete
Phillips.
We extend greetings and saluta
tions to the following, some of whom
have not made this column and are
wondering what they have to do to
have their names mentioned: Ber
nice Price. Mr. and Mrs. Maxie Mc
! I.aughlin, James Gully. Merle Pratt.
Margaret Bostic. Joe Lee. Miss Annie
| L. Smith. Rosemary Alexander, Cor
rinne Miller, Harold Runth, Edna
Jones. Anne Wickers, ‘and Grace
f Cooper. Next week, more names.
; so if yours hasn't appeared as yet
, don't get impatient. It will appear.
Greetings to you shut-ins at the
hospitals. May you all be able to
eat your Christmas dinner at home.
Being as we have two Thinksgiv
ings this year. I have solved the
question of which to celebrate. I
plan to start on the twenty-third and
continue .through to the thirtieth.
One full week of Thanksgiving, or a
I full week of giving thanks. Have
you ewer looked at it in that light?
I So until next week, goodbye.
1 everybody and remember to send all
>ews to "Around Ann Arbor Re
porter," 117 East Ann street. Thanks.
AROUND
ANN ARBOR
THANKSGIVING DANCE
The Daisy Chain Temple. No. 212
gave a Thanksgiving frolic Thurs-|
day. Nov. 23 at the old Hickory club. |
113 East Washington street. Music
was by the up and coming musician.
Nelson Morton. Ruth Knight and j
Bob Smith were the featured j
vocalists.
PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Johnson, mother of Andrew
Kcely, died last week as the resalt!
of two strokes. Her funeral was
held at Bethel A.ME., Rev. J. W.
Wright presiding. Mrs. Johnson !
lived at 206 West Summit. We ex-!
tend condolences to the bereaved
DINNER TARTY
Mrs. Lillie Thomas gave a lovely
| dinner party for the newlyweds. Mr.
' and Mrs. Dave Bronson, last Sun
day, and those who enjoyed the
event were Mr. and Mrs. Baron Wil
liams. Mr. Donald. Duane Simons,
Miss Sylvia Stringfellow, visiting
from Cnicago. and Mrs. Candy Bron
son. Mrs. Lillie Thomas is the
| mother of Dave Bronson. Ats re
ported having an enj> yable time.
More Contributions: "The? say
; He is reportedly engaged to a Miss
Dube tin. We are told that Miss M
8., didn’t bid high enough. A Miss
G. D. outbid her Better luck next
It seems that Miss M T. is between
| the devil and the deep blue sea with
a Mr. HC. and a Mr A. L. Doesn't
she know what she wants? We think
I it best if her mind was definitely
made up. eh what?
j When we dropped over to the big
i city, we saw your former scribe. A1
| Roman, whom we described as being
| conned out of sixteen bucks, and was
man and typifies the deep-rooted
! f 1 eling existing among those inter
| in carrying on the work of
betterment among the Negro people.
! Although l am unable physically
j to carry my load Tn this work at the
prepent time, my moral support is
i pledged solidly behind the newly
i elected officers as I congratulate
the organization in its splendid
! rhOice Very truly yours Henry W
Sweet Jr,
V . -
NORTHWEST |
DETROIT J
By J. C. BRYANT
ENTERTAINS
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Lagrand of
Ohio avenue will entertain rela-
I tives and friends at their home on
! Thanksgiving Day. A delicious
twelve-course dinner will be
j served. Among the guests will bei
. Mr. and Mrs. G. Lagrand, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Shows Mr. and Mrs.
| Amos W. Omes and others.
VISITING
| Mrs. Rosie Goar of Glean avenue
) has returned home after spending
several days with relatives and
friends in Georgia.
Mrs. A. F. Freman and Mrs.
Laura Latman of Greenlawn ave
nue, spent ten days with relatives
and friends in Augusta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Davis of Mitche
dale avenue, Ferndale, have .re
turned home after spending ten
days in their beautiful home in
Woodland Park.
GUEST
Miss Leona Love of Kansas City,
Kansas, is the house guest of Mr.
and Mrs. George Gleen of Majestic
avenue at this writing.
CALLED
Mrs. Birta Herron of Roselawn
! avenue was called to Little Rock.
Ark., where she attended the last
dites of her brother.
Mr, and Mrs. H. Croxton of
Beathlawn street were en route to
Chicago to attend the funeral of a
Mr. and Mrs. H. Walton of Green- j
lawn avenue were in Dayton. Ohio, ;
Tvhere they attended the
funeral of a relative's son.
Mrs. John McCauley of Wyoming
avenue would like her customers
and friends to be informed that she
was called to Atlanta, Ga., to at-
Accompanying her were Mrs. Lola 1
Jackson, Mrs. Gussie and Rev. E. M.
Dosiers.
■ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL HOME’
I was walking down Beathlawn
avc me last week and perchanced
to stop at 20806. the lovely home of'
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pedue. Sim
plicity in both style and form was ,
displayed throughout.
ILL
Arthur Mitchell if seriously ill in
the Receiving hospital. Mrs. Glee of
Glenlodge street is seriously ill in
her home.
OAK GROVE CHURCH
Rev. and Mrs. Jackson of Bethel
A.M E. church were guests at the
II o'clock services. Rev. Jackson
delivered an inspiring sermon.
Services will be held Thanksgiv
ing day with a lovely dinner fol
lowing.
The Sunday school is sponsoring j
a program December 8 at 8 p.m. j
under auspices of the Wealthy Four. '
All are welcome.
roe, THe neGRO
By WM. L. SHERRILL
President. Afro-American Institute and Federated
Fireside Croups
"TUMMY ACHE’’
Thousands of black Americans in
common with thousands of white
Americans wiil visit churches and
meeting places
of November 23,
tionally large
dinner, and re
pair to some
place of amuse
ment for the
evening, or re
tire. with a fine
case of "tummy
ache.” In other
words, Thanks
giving Day to
the average
| Far East News
Masses at Sacred Heart church
were well attended on Sunday. Ap
proximately 200 children were in
attendance. As this was the fifth
Sunday after Penticost and the third
in November, communion was ad
ministered to the Young Ladies
Sodality. Twenty-five encouraging
young ladies occupied the front
pews and marched to the altar en
masse. After communion, regular
monthly meeting was held in the
parlor of the rectory. There are
many young ladies of the Parish
from 18 to 21 years of age who ere
not members sos the Sodality, why
not join today.
The Epistle and Gospel was taken
from the sixth Sunday after Epiph- j
any. one of St. Paul's letters to the j
Thessilonians. I Thess. L 2-10. and'
Matt. 13:31-35, delivered by Father |
Theijels.
Turn to the scriptures for the j
week nnd witiv all of jour heart;
read God's words: Psalms 38:15;
Isaiah 42:6; St. John 19:26; St. ;
James 2:13.
As Christmas is approaching we .
must remember the less fortunate |
one and we ask that you remem- i
ber the ‘poor’ box at the entrahee.
Three Priests attend confessions
on Saturday aftenroon until 10 p m,
so members are urged to go on Sat
urday afternoon so as to avoid a
The Ladies Auxiliary served cof
fee and doughnuts Sunday morn
ing after mass. Mrs. Newman and |
Mrs. Harris were in charge.
Devotions are held on Tuesday
evening at 7:30. The public is in- |
vited. Sacred Heart welcomes you ;
at all times.
SPECIAL NOTICES
A feather party and raffle will j
be given in the school hall during i
the month of December so that j
funds can be raised to fill baskets at
Christmas. The date will be an
nounced in the next issue of this
paper.
On Sunday. November 26, a de
licious turkey dinner will be served
in the school hall from 12 to 6 p.m..
under the auspices of the Knights of
St. Peter Cla.ver. The public is cor
dially invited. Games and familiar
chatter will follow.
Flowers are needed on the altar
so a special offering is asked so that
they can be secured. Mrs. Newman
is president of the Altar Society, j
TENNESSEE AVENUE NOTES
Many sick of the Parish are in the
hospital—pray for them.
On the sick list are: Mrs. Florida
Jones. 12333 Essex who is very ill
in her home; Willie Battles of
Claiuxnnte avenue is in Receiving
hospital; Little Miss Cooper is still.
in the hospital.
PASSES
Mrs. Lee passed last Tuesday j
Services were conducted from East
Lake Baptist church. Many were
there to pay their last respects.
EXECUTIVES CONVENE
COFFEYVILLE. tfahs.. Nov 24-
Davidson Chapel. C M. E.. was the
site of last weeks confab of ihe
executives of the Women's Federat
ed clubs of Ihe district of Parson.
* held under the supervision of Mrs.
American is just another holiday.
Well, we have nothing against holi
days as such. They ar? useful. They
rest the mind and body and prepare
us for further labors.
The custom of eating turkey on
Thanksgiving Day, which was in
augurated by the Puritans continues
with us. There is nothing to be said
against this, either. A good turkey
dinner is certainly nothing to be
despised. But it seems to me that
the underlying sentiment of Thanks
giving Day ought to have its origin
in the satisfaction which accom
panies the knowing that you are,
or have tried to be, worthy of the
blessings that have come your way
and that you in turn have been
responsible for some of the blessings
others have received.
If this be true, we, the Negro who
have our own welfare as well as the
welfare of other people at heart,
ought to strive to make every day
Thanksgiving Day. Not because of
the—things we do on Thanksgiving
Day. but because of the sentiment
which should be behind ! '
CRUMBS
The Power of Divinity, to which
we attribute our success and pros
perity is acknowledged by all who
believe in God. To question this
power is to seek very deep water
from which one may never emerge.
BOOK REVIEW
Faces We See by Mildred Gwln
Barnwell Published by the
Southern Combed Yarn Spinners
Association. . .Gastonia, N. C
1939... $3.00.
The Southern Combed Yarn Spin
ners Association could not have
found a more enthusiastic apologist
for conditions in their mills than
Mrs. Barnwell, the author of this
book about the mills and workers.
Mrs. Barnwell's text accompanies a
large number of excellent photo
graphs by Bill Baker showing the
life of mill workers at work, at
play, and in the hoitle. The book
is patterned after Erskine Cald
well's "You Have Seen Th ir
Faces" in every way except the
type of material used. Mr. Caldwell
limited himself to many of the
uglier aspects of Southern share
cropper life while Mrs. Barnwell
has concentrated on the cotton mill’
aid has failed to see anything ex
cept the beautiful. After reading
her text and looking at the accom
panying photographs one is inclined
to wonder whether it is those who
have seen the less lovely aspects
of the fives of cotton mill workers
i or Mrs. Barnwell who may be mis
taken in emphasis.
One chapter in “Faces We See" is
devoted to the Reeses, a family of
mother, father, and 10 children Mr.
Pecse has worked in the mills for
20 years as a card-grind-r. a job for
which the average weekly pay is
sl9. His 6-room home is furnished
to him at a rental of 25 cents per
room weekly, water and sewage
facilities aic free and electric cur
rent is furnished up to 45 K W. Life
looks very rosy for the Reeses now ,
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1938
“SAY, OLD MAN ... I SAID TOPS . . . NOT COPS'
But certainly there is none to'iiues
tion the power of self-development,
the driving power which usually
leads to success and achievement.
It is this upon which we. the Negro
must keep our eyes if we would
find ourselves in a position to be
thankful on another Thanksgiving
Day.
The President, in his proclama
tion. tells us why the American
people need to be thankful. We, the
Negro know, or ought to know, that
our portion of all that makes
America is only a meagre one.
In spite of America's blessings we
the Negro continue to be the under
dog in the country of our birth,
snatching a pitifully small portion
of America's great feast, or accept
ing the crumbs from a table laden
with many good things.
THE WORLD'S FINEST
In spite of all that America fails
to do for its Negro citizens, in spite
of" the bigotry and race hate which
lurks in the hearts of millions of
its people, let us remember that
the American Negro lives in the
finest country in the world. Its citi
zens are among the world's finest
people. Though we receive only the
political and economic crumbs from
America's table it is more than
any other country w'ill dare give us.
In accordance, therefore, with the
published request of our great
president. Frank!iff TJeTSTra Hoow
velt, we. the Negro, join with heart
and soul in the celebration of our
national Thanksgiving Day. We are
thankful to Almighty God for the
great benefits we have received:
thankful that race hat* has not
climbed into the seats of the
mighty; thankful that the leaders
of America still tjave a desire to be
just and play fair. But for those in
America who believe tTTTUStrce, our
pains would be greater this Thanks
giving Day.
LET US BE THANKFUL
Let us be thankful that democracy
remains a glowing aspiration in the
hearts of millions; that liberty and
freedom is still the hunger of the
American people; and that we, the
.
Wm. L. Sherrill
that most of the children are grown,
but earlier even with low rentals
and free electricity sl9 or less must
have been very elastic to provide
the needs of a family of 12. Wages
in the mills range from $lO for the
most menial tasks to $36 fdr the
most skilled on a 40 hour weekly
basis.
It is interesting to note that Ne
groes evidently ate no part of the
cotton mill industry. In fact, Mrs
Barnwell relegates them to the
lowliest position in the evolution
of the finished product.
“ and of the many interesting
processes through which cotton
must go to bridge the gap between
the nigger, the mule, the cottotv
field, and a pretty girl's evening
frock swirling on a ballroom floor."
Jonathan Daniels, a southerner,
comments on the mills in a different
vein in his book. "A Southerner
Discovers the South." In one place
“Avarice hides the pretense of
efficiency and exploitation often
talks big of progress. But the wor.se
str:tch-out is that which workers,
paid on *a piece basis, put upon
themselves Gold avenue Is not
where mony is picked out of the
road. It is seized or squeezed out
bitterly."
Mrs. Barnwell has done the cotton
mills a service in presenting their
side of conditions. It Is clear that
the owners take a paternalistic in
terest in their workers, providing
recreational facilities, and in some
cases additional educational advan
tages. but even these would not
make of the villages the Utopia
which Mrs. Barnwell tees.
Negro, are not denied the right to
quickly expose hate and prejudice
wherever it stands in the way of our
receiving our full share of all
America offers.
Let us be thankful that our coun
try is still enjoying the abundant
blessings of peace. May this peace
continue. May it influence the
hearts and minds of mankind
where, so that no man will long
be willing to wrest from his neigh
bor and his brother that which is
lawfully his. May the benign in
fluence of this great season of hap
piness and Thanksgiving continue
to mould men's minds, that they
will see the fallacy of trying to bar,
to hinder, and to discourage the
aspirations of any hopeful, courage
ous a’spiring group of mankind, any
where. May this spirit of Thanks
giving so influence and direct the
lives of the would-be-overlords of
creation, till they have learned to
recognize the rights of others of the}
human race, till all men shall be> »
brothers. Let us be thankful for the |
white men and women of America
who suffered and sacrificed that
Negroes might have a chance at
liberty, life and the pursuit of hap
piness.
Despite lynching, segregation, dis
franchisement; regardless of all the
hate-breeding elements in our coun
try, we are thankful because we
have reason to believe that America
will continue to be faithful to the
ideals of its Declaration.
Special Dates
ForNAACP ''
Seal Sale
With much enthusiasm and great
interest that the committee of
Christmas Seals under the fine lead
ership of Miss Thelma Williams,
and Mrs. Ada Summers in moving
toward their goal of SI,OOO, which
has been set by the Detroit branch
of the N.A.A.C.P. will not go over j
unless they are able to secure the
support of the population of dy- W
namic Detroit.
Important Dates
November 25 will be known as
"Seal Day on the Streets," with
young ladies and gents on every
corner of the city, so do your part
November 26 is to be "Seal Day in
all churches," persons will make
special mention of Seal Day, minis
ters are playing a major part.
These will be peoeple to sell seals
in the church after morning serv
ice. and night service.
December 2. is "Theatre Night,"
when major picture houses are aJ
lowing time to sell Christmas seals.}
December 3. is “Night Club
Night," each and every night spot
in our fair city will be covered by
some person selling N.A.A.C.P.
Christmas seals.
Corinthian Baptist
Honoring the twenty-second anni
versary of the Corinthian Baptist
church, a program beginning Nov,
20 and extending through December
3 has been arranged. Rev. E. J.
Jackson is pastor.
The following ministers and con
gregations will participate: Thurs- i
day night. November 23. B.Y.P.U. I
program; Friday, Nov. 24, Corin- V
thian quartette in musical program;
Sunday, November 26 Junior
in charge, sermon by Rev. E. M.
Woods. Spring Hill Church; Monday
November 27. The Missionary So
ciety. Rev. A. C. Williatns, Metro
politan Baptist church; Tuesday.
November 28. Usher board. Rev.
Brooks, of Russell Street church;
Wednesday. Nov. 29. Sunday school,
sermon by Rev. Garrison. Israel
Baptist church; Thursday. Novem
ber 30. Nurses Guild. Rev. B. H.
Wright. First Institutional church;
Friday, December 1. Senior choir in
charge, program following; Sunday i
December 3.3 pm, church .proper '
n -charge, sermon by Rev. C. H.
Hill, Hartford avenue churclL