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
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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
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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