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C o m in g Stories The Advocate by F.d w a r d W o r t h y Fdw ard l a w »on Dorothy fi l l < • O H IIlM NI T h e F in e st W r it e r * Sen d T h e ir Storiei F i r s t to t h e I l l u s trated F e a t u r e Section W est l»r #»*•#** M I ft. • | • N < |H t M « l l |l '* « I I X l ’S T K A T K D K K A 'IT R K S K C T IO N — June 25 . 19 .V 2 M l» KIHMMN r«i Ml 1 19 » » th r ifts 14 » I H M » h i im s I W R t Wfr . ft J o r i >|»il|r;iril. J r u i - l i IVr-idrill of ill«* a a l s k s f i f l o m r r» m | u a a * l d a n i t d t a l u e n , r r b s u l r t i « t t h r d a t a d h r Kan* l'.t|iiulitv Mentis that One (.coup m i s s i o n t o t h r d u t l r s a n d ills« i p l l n r V» ill N«*l l>e Situi oli from Ml \\ ork Y V. \.C.I\. I Irr larrs t li;t t in > | »i i*i I - o f \ n » r r u a n l i f e s p r a k l n o n l y f o r m * srlf I b o p r to d r < J I « a t r t h i s a s so* l a l t o n m o r e Iti. i n r v r r l o t h e b a i Excep t Menial tasks ili«* I rjir IU.u k Mnrriruii of llir I u- l i e f o r ra * l a l r q u a l l t v I* d l t l c a l a n d * lal Id e a ls I m i *«* Mti-I l»r a Mali \\ liilr Man. I hr 1 tin th at r.tria l eq u ality is. Ml) i< I r a i t he .•itine wav t .al ho I ir Mu -1 hr I lall P r o l e -taut: I In* tout l*»*ll III equa lit y i s an ideal. t h a t Ann Mt) rqu. a. op port u- tu t y 1% .111 !idei X’ lt tltia t v cun J r u Mu-I hr Half a ( liri-tia u : ihr get it al Ig h 1 aw ay b u t that w r o ld , - h u ll n! w av a ru rd ltiall Grriitan or Italian Mali lMi” li-limaii. p rin « • ii very di-« u Lvion. th a t! mm in fig ! it t0 tmIk f It com e true elop u. th a t rfect our 'll) It w ill com e true E lic v i i‘lop**dia of; o r. th e S*N 1 t a.rti to the a r t o ;> on " Eqi a u li t i b y a H arvard WHITES WHOSE NAMES ARE NOT i ENGLISH, FEEL A LITTLE BIT INFERIOR prof* ’10*1. sor and r»*»il • In p ractice it f i l l i ly a s s u m e d { t l i* th e N« nil irif**rior. and) la w s f the S o u 'll erti »tatest 0 th e inaia • M ■ llir« ,1 u u lit v exp licit ** T h isj 1 t h e th e m r> and fit act ire again st »et out tin rquiv o c a llj w hich w 1 » st 111 a In. Romo, Jerusalem, the Confederacy, Germany Fell Because of Race Superiority Bun combe. America of Future will Grant all Races, Black and White, Full Racial or Social Equality. fa* **v Wr te fuse to btelieve th a t! in ferio r, ot nnv t u er if, In t ie r e tit to siibsi r ib«* 1C> lltlV tile« >rv of gov- e m ir ent by a ' su|a*rior or dom i- riant ra« < aUNTN % rr O l i r ♦ Fi Mils d l'C U iv»ion I am not n Irr . tng r i is iv e t v to th e black race. but w>M| 1(1 tic U ’ th e ir cat u m * j , . in w itti the CM 11-e• of A met am m»t re fe rrin g m ere-! ly to w hat a i r u sually called racial It *. lal I q u a li t y m in orities < m to th e i a ce» o f F a s t So u th e rn Europe T in Hut there is « la rg er stru ggle e lli and Hi 11 an> «•! th e . w h .th r i*»litl- fact i» that in th e «’ m eric o f today] not on ly doe» ev ery persoti w has 111! or < u lt'u « l and ed ucation tl or econom ic is the stru ggle fo r .•*»»- not a w hite skin feel a liltlc In - j but alto geth er too m an y al eo net pat ion l am con vinced ferini that th is \- the most ti|M»rtant of w hite m en who h a v e not En glish a little nil the stitig g les an d one th at i n n am es seem to feel if c l u d e s n]| the other» I am c o n In fe rio r. ut lca»t a 111 tie aelf -c o n vince«! o h the N egm c m ot gam scious about it 1 h a v e noticed m en w ho bore hi» rlg h tfii! 'a r e in th e sun of An. i> an life until lie has won the a n s « r a t io O ern ia n n a n e * or m u- T h e A m erican tra d itio n is that the low liest citizen c a n asp ire ev en to b attle f »t K A C IA l f g l ’ A I I T Y lieg] I r u h na It) ■ OT plCtUl i , th e W hite H ouse B u t in B altim o re, a N egro can n ot d r u g a sm elly 1 know h r th e re are purblind Sw d ish or Ita lia n n am es ap iieai garb ag e cart w alk a flat foot > beat, or ta p a typ ew riter in th e Citv H all. (k x tr in a lte s who tielleve that e c o a little »elf e» 1 clou» ln thi» way R ace eq u ality m ean s th at black people would not tie th e la s t hired and nom ic »-m ancipation solves all th r in a eom|*unv m ad e up of peop le th e first fired T h e noble w hite m an . »ays M r S p m g iu n , " p io v e s problem » of h u m a n ity , but In a l u h »«»re the most p lebeian of E n g - 1 his su p e rio rity by stealin g Jobs from lowly N o:roe> most every c iv ilisa tio n there have llsh n am es T ills Is an ab su rd s t a le 1 1» is w hy In th is fight been group- an.» rac. that have won of a fla ir s . th at is w h ite an d A m erica h a- develop«?.» since an d • Momii em m irtpnt ton and h a v e ft*r ra c ia l equillltv you should have were E n g lish , P ro testan t No one c an ch a n g e th is d eveloped 1 th th e Aid ol races 1 of w on mm la I an d ra c l 1 m im i III \ beh in d you n r r o l ail m m m fu n d am en tal fa c t; all those w ho that are not E n g lish at all A great cm It v not wo it w ithout fu rth e r A m erica who look fo rw ard to a T h eo d o r? R o o se ve lt, *d n ig g le 1 he e« onom lc oblem is 11 ore qn ' just»* mi ’ a m ore truly have conic la ter w h a tev er ad d itio n s P resid en t. an d linprov in en ts they have spoke of h im se lf as an A:n* dean tod ay m ote im m ed iate and p r e ss uniti»'.! i t t i o l i E v e ry rac e that tv night or m ay bring, m ust im - not r r E n g l:-h descent'*; an d in .1 ing faced by the 1 »nv of m illions h a s been perm itted to com e to of m en. ly the hearties» fo o' c an A m erica at ail m ust b«* regard ed , bib« som eth in g of th is o rig in a l sp irit sense no A m erican c.<n b* sp iritu a l* ly o f pure E n g lish d escen t an d b*’ blit in popular] t« be real A m e ric a n s den* that th e « onom lc problem not on ly 111 law. •»liking w h o lly in term s of th e i true n eric an 1 v ita l, but ho e a sily solved com* opinion in A m erican trad itio n as spirit th e black m an. to be a true T h e S o u th ern w h ite sp e a ';s o f iM»t»*d w itli th e questions I am rats an eq u al ra re A m erican , m ust be h a lf a w hite u m se lf a s th e m ost p urely A n glo* mg Eo iv su b ject ton ight Is All R a r e s I o n l r i b t i t r d I S. m an . the C a th o L c m ust be h a lf a S a x o n dem ent In i* c o u n try ; but 1 acia eq u ality w hich 1 p refer to T li • o rig in a l basis of otir g o v e rn P ro te sta n t; th e J e w m t bv h a lf th e e x a I >pposite Is tru e S p irt - the v ag u er an d m ore equivocal ment and our In stitu tion s is E n g a C h r istia n ; th e G e rm a n or th e u a llv h» has been n ore m odified p h rii‘ e " m * lal eq u al .v ** though right 1 > u n d e isiian l th e tw o p li.a s c s lish O ttici races con trib uted so m e Ita lia n must be h a lf an E n g lish - bv n o n -E n g lish elem en ts th a n a n y thing »including th e ct cd race, m an Hut th e A m e rica n of E n g - 'o t h c r elem en t in th e co u n try E v e ry nu an th e sam e th in g w hich form ed n early o n e -fifth oft llsh do cent c an be o n ly h p ’ f E n g- act of h is A m erican life f • n e a rly I lie for 1.1* i.il r«|iialitv f*»r the >r p n aI |ft>pulatton of th e coun -j lish t»»o. ii lie wisl to be a tru e tw o cen tu ries h a been m odified bv Mir Negro •l*»«*s not inr.in Hi.it hr try w hen the hist cen sus w as taken A m e ric a n : he m ust c a r v w ith him t..e pi .e n c e of m illio* •. c l m n vv 1 li«’s to «lo w h a lr v e r bis individti in 1 Tpu• ; but the m ain fo u n d ation s a> the «»ther h a lf som etln th a t an d w om en o f A L .ca n descen t, w h o A f»M/ff'.VS' I mi jx ir f| on ' /in. • an d • i t \ It tnrm tgh side bv »Id»* w ith S'fUal hju att ty delti ereif bv our p in g iarn toi h)s c ivil tig h ts ./><•.' .S'/*fMt/n»n f>r e»l<f rn f of thr I h r wotld I «s learn ed t t th e po lit li*al an d th e econom ic Struggle S i / M n a i A m n i a t h n tot t h e A d i n t i i C N t f n f o f ( ’o / ' .r r t f flf must go hand In hand if* a n n u a l m e r l i n o for» t e t ' f h i i y 1« lVu«/itn</- lit Mil per Imi of d ep ression atld » ••onomlr ratu *tro p h e otti fit %t (lloilRllt dtouitl hr of lilt* re-onomlr *ituufi«»n t»f th r A m erican Negro H r h i s I f t h h a rd e r hit th a n in y tu lici r lenient in ou r p op u latio n ! 11 *r ' .tot trll yot* fot you know 11 1 - t r u l y that h r Is a lw a y s th r Hist to In* l.tiil off Mtuf th r luM to I*' I *krn «m Mint h r I* th r lowest paMl •itili iim.tt exp lo ited of nil out « o ik HN am i th r u ltr who st of «11 g e l* 4 .q u ale tirsi W01 • t t»f nil tu t Iti** d e p re d im i colored m rn and wom en ,.ir hr I lift laid *P 11» «»rd«*f to litui 0» tuitions for u n rm p lo vrd w h iles the noble whit«* m an proves In ja ilo r lt v bv stealin g job* from tin* | mmii hi« k m an Whit«* m en h u \ r rlot«*d to oust ro l lin i tin k d river« from Job«* it« K liu i.li N r uro firem en and t r im * m en lim e br«-n »h* ‘ to d e« th and w t o iih I in M ississipp i and oil th<* fto. 'itim .it »oh B ou ld er Ham • single N egro is em ployed or is r 1 allot *d to live on t lir rt***»*r- t .1 tun Thr N egro i is sufYried tir 'st an I rom pi lned least in this dept • sion anti the patirne» an d fot 1 itu.h* w ith w hich he b e ars his trou b les n rr m or a io u s r «»tit p i o tatim i sym p ath y and « ur t U m ore j fo ; ad tn 'ra tlo n ly rrv h o c ly M ast V ole Our Hr*t chit., mil»! be to tak e action low ltd all« ntlng hi-. e c o nom ic « is*r< He is the "forgot ten m a n " »if wh om -tun «»f »air fiolltici.il)» »{»oak. evp rc la lly those I »litici-iiis who n ever give i»n\ tho u t to the Negro at all It is Hie ittiv of Mu association to m ak e in h fftillMclJitis thin k of the c o l ored 1 a r e to work »• v a n d night unrem lttin glv until t' ey think alxitit it <)ui fir* t dot \ then. 1- to 11 .«• * 1 »wing fKilltlral power ol the Negro to win Ills economic eiiintirin.itl* 11 III', polltlral eim iliii* pul ion h r be gu n; we h a v e fought |.»i 11 for 1 year... an d shall r o iill n u '' lo flgh, for it as many. M «i more Hut it ha s to a c e r tain • t been aclili-ve«l. an d >• f m i n I k -. with a lever foi our next « 1 k Wttlrh Is his economic emu rlfiaMon ’Ilia* Is Ills Job for the next tew vei»i\s; that is our Job. m 1 fa m I in •» or lal Ion 1 ..•ol , the twelve million colored people lo this country. We arc Yet .fudge D iuu u i. ol Tow son. M ary lan d , testitled in th e E n el L ee tO rp h a n Jo n e s 1 r a s e tlint fo r 2*1 y e a rs he had n e v e r con sidered a N egro fo r I11 M ississip p i or A rk an sas, it would be w orth a b lin k m an 's life to d em an d jurv - i v ic v J o . l S p in g a r u ti nnin g an re •• »mlc p rog ram for Ju ry service in H nlttm ore C o u n ty d ed icates the N .A .A C P to th e fl*rlit for ra c ia l eq u ality the a e l a t i o n n 11«I we hope to Ilare I-.«j 11:1 1 iI> Mean.- dial Ml People v«oiild i f ? « ' Jk i