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“The present-day Soul hern Negro does
not share the belief of the Southern white
I hat he is inferior as a human being, even
though he may earn lower wages and
have fewer years of schooling. Sixty or
seventy years ago there were many who
acted as if they believed themselves in¬
ferior, although they no longer actually
believed it. W hat is for white Southern¬
ers most difficult to understand, in these
days, is the absence of both the belief in
inferiority and the simulation of this be¬
lief. More than this, there has been a
memorable loss of Negro respect for the
white pretenders to a superiority that can
only be sustained by legal statutes and
illegal violence, or threat of it.’’
—Dr. C. S. .Johnson.
SUPREMACY IN ACTION
To sustain the inytii oi "unite suprem¬
acy" buses have been fired upon, passen¬
gers have been injured, stores, residences
and churches of Negroes have been de¬
stroyed by bombs, all violations of law,
bul so far as we know, nobody has as yet
been apprehended. The perpetrators of
these acts of violence, unrestrained by
their consciences, feel no compunction for
securing dynamite with which to bomb
churches, for shooting into buses, know
that no law-enforcing officer will arrest
them and no jury or judge will convict
them if they are apprehended. They feel
ifiey have the approval of White Citizens’
Councils which claim among its members,
attorney generals, mayors, governors, leg¬
islators .and preachers. An aspect of the
whole thing that is tragic, is that the bet¬
ter element of (he white South which
tries to deceive itself and the world by
placing the blame oil the lower element
of white people, has become the most dang¬
erous foe of democracy.
Alter all, what is the whole thing
jibout? What is it that needs official
connivance, bombings, shootings and the
passage of unjust laws designed to cir¬
cumvent courts to sustain it? It isn't go¬
ing to be easy to explain to future genera¬
tions why tensions and violence and the
destruction of churches should be the an¬
swer U> the orderly democratic wav of
BREAKFAST
lConliuued from Page One)
The Talladega choir was
sented In a concert at
ton Sunday afternoon.
group stopped for an hour
Savannah enroutc to
ville. Florida, for a
concert at noon, Monday.
Accompanists for the
are Roland Bralthwaite, a
in of Dr. C. A.
Thomas Flagg and Miss
Dean Tyler. Miss
Montgomery, director of
relations and an instructor
the college, was with the
Members of the choir are:
SOFRANOS — Sandra
Roanoke, Virginia;
Brown, Charleston. South
lina: Naomi Jackson. El
Arkansas; Gwendolyn
lan, Monroeville,
Bcltye Stanley,
North Carolina; Fredrena
bert, Charleston. South
lina; Effie Dean Tyler.
homa City. Oklahoma;
Walker, Mobile, Alabama.
ALTOS Shirley Davis,
oke, Virginia; Marva
Tyler, Texas: Earline
Charlotte, North Carolina;
Tolbert, Charleston. South
rolina.
TENORS — Thomas
New Iberia. Louisiana;
Epps. Lake Charles,
Richard English. Winter
Florida; O'Donnell
Gadsden, Alabama.
BARITONES Charles
Mobile, Alabama: Jerome
Evergreen, Alabama;
Holloway, Mobile,
Wilber Williams. St.
Florida.
BASS — Wesley Avery.
ingham, Alabama; Leroy
waters, Fort Valley,
James Ladsden. New
wick. Georgia; Lee Pugh. Birin-
mj'htun, Alabama;
Smith, South Bend, Indiana.
appealing for the enjoyment of civil and
human rights, especially since the Con¬
stitution promises them to all citizens of
the country.
When the history of the time is written,
it will give the explanation and will place
the responsibility for maintaining “white
supremacy” this way, squarely upon the
shoulders of those who have thrown the
rocks and have tried to hide their hands,
upon the shoulders of politicians who
could not get into office without it as an
issue.
THE SECOND MILE
Those wlio read the Bible know the
words ol this caption arc taken from the
Sermon on the Mount: "If a man compel
thee to go a mile, go with him twain
(two).” It would be nothing remarkable
to hear this sentence read or uuot.ed from
a pulpit, or to read it in a religious maga¬
zine. but to have it used as a motivating
theme for a college—not to an athletic
team striving to uphold a collegiate record
or reputation to have it used as the state¬
ment of a goal of achievement to stimu¬
late and give purpose to ambition, to in¬
spire young people, to give young Negroes
something to be tied to. a value to set no
—this is something new and absolutely
timelv and imperative.
Co the second mile spirit is the sim¬
plest, the most succinct, statement of the
thing which will put on the run medio¬
crity of achievement, the-just-to-pass, the
just-to-get-bv, the time-serving, clock-
watching, exhibitionism practice and phil¬
osophy of learners and teachers in some
of our schools, colleges and universities.
“Co the second mile” inculcates the spirit
of doing more than is required, going be¬
yond the call of duty, doing the very best
ol which one is capable. The times in
which we live, the accusations lodged
against us as a race, the transition and
change in which we are now enmeshed,
require that we give a little more than we
are asked to give. We commend the read¬
ing of February issue of Ebony for an
illuminating illustration of what “going
the second mile" has meant to one of our
colleges.
OVhR $2 MILLION
RECEIVED BY
(Continued from Page Olid
eluded July 1, 1956, received gifts
of $205,800 earmarked for build¬
ing purposes. Unrestricted legacies |
bequeathed to the Fund during the
year amounted to $211,724.
“An increase in the number of
business firms contributing to the
annual appeal and a rise in corp¬
orate support were significant fac¬
tors in achieving the largest cam¬
paign returns in the Fund’s 12-
year history," Mr. Trent said.
"Greater participation of alumni
groups of the member colleges also
contributed to the success of the
1056 appeal. Many of the member
college alumni, included among the
5,000 volunteer campaign workers
throughout the country, were out¬
standing successful in their solici¬
tation of individual gifts.”
Money raised in the annual cam¬
paign provides 10 per cent of the
current operating costs of the pri
\atel.v-suppoited, accredited mem¬
ber colleges and universities. Some
23,000 students are enrolled in
these institutions. Thirty of the
colleges are located ni the South.
“There is an awareness of the
significant role of these private
Negro colleges in providing the
leadership sorely needed in the
| South Mr. during these difficult times,"
| Trent said. “The F.uud gain-
j ud many new contributors this
year because of theii faith in these
institutions.”
. . . .
‘
Kund in ftlsi , s „ t a ,. mil . d
high. To help insure the economic !
stability of the colleges, the Fund's i
board of directors has taken action
to place all unrestricted bequests i
in reserve. Income from these in-
vested funds will be used to, help I
defray the expenses of the annual
appeal. If ever necessary, these
reserved funds can be used to sup¬
plement appropriations to the
member colleges.
aide Since campaign its first in 19-44, annual the nation- Lnited J
Negro College b und has raised i
more than *31,000,000 for its mem-
her institutions.
FINAL RITES HELD
FOR PHOTOGRAPHER
MADDOX
(Continued from Page One)
an illness of several months.
Forty years of age, he was
born in Millen, Ga., but had
lived In Savannah since he was
a young boy.
In 1947 Mr. Maddox opened
a photographic studio here and
at the time of his death he
operated Cecil's Photo Studio
at the northwest corner of West
Broad street and Bolton lane.
He was assisted in the conduct
of this business by his wife.
Mrs. Fluelyn Maddox.
In addition to his wife, he is
survived by his mother, Mrs.
Leila Maddox; a daughter, Mrs.
Gloria Yvonne Monroe; a step¬
daughter. Miss Barbara Teresa
Landon, all of Savannah; three
uncles, J. P. Sapp and Max
Sapp, both of Savannah, and E.
D. Sapp of West Palm Beach,
Fla.; three aunts, Mrs. Beulah
Drummond Wright of Savan¬
nah, Mrs. Eula Kelsey of
Cranford, N. J, and Mrs.
Ophelia Cowart cf Massilon,
Ohio, and other relatives.
N. C. COURT RULES
AGAINST STATE
(Continued iroin Pagt One)
prison employes.
At an inquest in 1954, a coro-
ner’s jury held that Miss Rush’s
own actions in struggling against
the gag caused her death. How¬
ever, investigations revealed that
while she was gagged, her neck
was injured,
Officials said she was tied to a
chair and gagged when she became
unruly and would not quiet down,
The case resulted in the prison
system abandoning gags to quiet
unruly prisoners.
Miss Rush’s death resulted in a
riot at the prison on Aug. 21,
1954. as prisoners protested what
they called “torture, cruelty and
THF. SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
SCENES FROM THE TEACHERS REGIONAL MEETING LAST WEEK AT BEACH HIGH
!. Mayor W. Lee Mingledorff
..rings greetings from the City
f Savannah to the 11th Regi-
<nal G.T.E.A, meeting held at
Alfred E. Beach High School,
anuary 18.
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Between The Lines
By Dean Gordon Hancock
for Associated Negro Press
|,17' THE CHKISTIAX LEVEL
j The rise and spread of Chris¬
tianity, against dredful odds is
one of the marvels and mysterious
j facts of history.
A handful of humble, unlettered
and unsophisticated Galilean peas-
j ants led and inspired by Jesus of
Nazareth, a street preacher, defied
the mighty Roman Empire and
, got away >vith it gloriously.
We are told that within a short
j while after Paul walked up the
) Appian Way, there were saints to
I be found in Caesar’s household.
I Without armies and navies and
'tigines of war, Christianity bids
fair to conquer this world.
No les remarkable was the rise
and spread af abolitionism as it
lei tair.ed to slavery in this coun¬
try. The abolition movement moved
along at eager pace, until John
Brown got himself hanged at llar-
>>ers Ferry and then it swept the
nation. Someone has said that out
of John Brown’s quivering body
that hanged on the gallows, his
pirit leaped and divided itself into
i nrllion parts, and these multi-
plied and lodged themselves into
•thei- millions that would not rest
until human slavery was banished
from the land.
In more recent times we have
had launched what has been aptly
railed the Liberation movement in
many lands. This amounts to the
abolition of spirital and mental
slavery which is just as bad or
worse than physical slavery. This
liberation movement is destined to
have its course even as Abolition¬
ism had its course, for both are
facts of Christianity and fruits of
the Christian faith.
It is just as well that we con¬
sider the secret of the strength
that inhered in Abolitionism and
inheres in the liberation movement.
It most certainly was not by (low¬
er of might that these forces for
J 1 good have prevailed in such mar-
velous way.
I There are secret sources of
strength , h which the 1 Abolitionists u s I
and liberators draw upon. Just .
sis Christ said He had meat to eat
that the disciples knew not of, so
the abolitionist and the liberator
j have a secret source of strength
j trials. ’” stay them in the hour of his
j 1 he early Christians had it and
'
triumphed gloriously and outlast-
>'d the great and mighty Roman
Empire,
The foregoing meditation is in-
spired by what is transpiring in
struggling the deep South be where Negroes are j
to free in mind and
2. Dr. V/. K. Payne
greetings to body in
, dance. Seated on platform. 1.
r.: W. A. Early, C. A,
j Regional President, Darien.
I Mayor W. Lee
spirit even as they are free in
their bodies; for the Emancipation
Proclamation had most to do with
the freeing of the body and less
to do with the freeing of the spirit
which has gone on apace. The odds
against which the Southern Ne¬
groes are currently fighting are
quite as dreadful as those against
which the Abolitionists fought and
the question arises, on what level
will the Negroes fight for their
fuller freedom?
To the credit of their leadership
t must be said they wisely pitch¬
ed their fight on the Christian
level and on this level they are
quite as powerful as were the
Abolitionists. When the Negroes
"efu.se to pitch their battle on the
level of violence and strife and
hatreds, they guarantee their ulti¬
mate victory. And let no one un¬
derestimate the cost of the snug¬
gle even on the Christian level.
It would be much easier to resort
to violence and throw rail for rail
—as far hs our rails would go.
But there is little greatness in
throwing rail for rail, but there
j s true greatness in doing good for
ev j| ;U id in turning the other cheek,
When therefore the Negro lead¬
ers chose the Christian level they
choose the way of power and the
way of ultimate triumph. There
is power 1 on the Christian level!
There is something powerful about
turning the other cheek and about
going the second mile and there if
something weakening about throw¬
ing rail for rail.
Fortunately we have the glori¬
ous example of the “other cheek’
philosophy in the triumph of Chris¬
tianity and in the freedom of India
where Gandhi the great Indian
leader dared to teach and practice
the other cheek philosophy and
broke the back of the British Em-
pire even as Christ and his follow-
ers had eonqueied the Roman Em-
P))C-
Fighting it out on the Christian
level will not be easy and it
' 0t >e PJ > P U * 1 ’ ut 1 1 tu
inendously , effective and m the end
triumphant. „. illninhnnt .
By keeping our fight for inte-
^ration on the Christian level we
may lose battles but we will win
the war for full emancipation of
soul and body.
Woman’s Aux. To Meet
The Woman's Auxiliary of St.
Matthew’s Episcopal Church
will meet Sunday at 6 p. m. Mrs.
Susan P. Waters, the president,
is asking all members to attend, j
Robert A. Young, Chatham
County Teachers Association
President, and master of cere¬
monies.
3. H. E. Tate, president, G.
A 1>EwL0JDED
SITUATION
By CHARLES 11. STEWART
Th’s nation faces a beclouded
situation as we observe the threat
of ail out war, World War 3 which,
if fought will be with latest wrap-
ons of war fare. The much dread-
ed Atom and 11 Bomb which if
i used would practically wipe out
life off the earth.
And on the other hand, this
country proclaiming to be one na¬
tion indivisible, not separate, but
a Government of the people by
the people, for the people: whose
just powers are derived from the
consent of the governed. A Demo¬
cracy, a sovereign nation of many
sovereign states, a PERFECT
UNION. Taking in consideration
this type of Government, it is in¬
deed alarming and strange that,
conditions now existing in our
Southern States, where houses of
Colored ministers are bombed and
Colored Churches are blown up
because Colored citizens who wish
to enjoy the exercise of liberty
-Uter paying the legal fare do not !
vish to be dictated to and forced ,
to sit only where the,' are told to.
Negroes have no objection to sop-
iration, but the ugly underlying
principle upon which Southern
segregation laws exist, spells out
in inferior people and second class
citizenship. Yet, we live under
one Government and flag and must :
respond to its mandates in taxes
ind other governmental requisites j
■veil unto the full devotion of our J
lives on her battle fields, whether
home or foreign.
This Christian nation wishing who teach boast j j
if her example, to
ither nations of the world. Chris-
ian civilization has much to an-
aver. Her white ministers keep
he air pregnant with great ser- \
v.ons of Christian religion suppos¬
'd to be holding up the bloodstain
banner of Jesus Christ, the son of
lod, who teaches that the two
neatest commandments are, Thou
ball love the Lord Thy j God with
u] thy mind arid sou and thuu
,, a „ , ove ^hy neighbor as thy self.
Tjpon which hangs all laws and 1
p rop h e ts. * j
^ ordered or eommanded ;
King % Saul to utterly destroy'
Anmlek. . nothing. Saul c , i
sparing ,
the flocks, God sent Samuel to in-
(uive of Saul for his disobedience.
Saul said he had lived up to God’s
command. Samuel's cry was What
lieaneth the bleating of the sheep
and the lowing of the oxen in
mine ears?
O, white Christianity, what J
meaneth the noise of bombs in !
Alabama and else where in Amer¬
ica. and the report of guns dis-
charged at homes and buses be-
cause of the presence of thy Col- j
ored fellowman? j
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1937
T.E.A., greets the large
of teacaers in attendance.
' 4. Dr. Win. A. Early
the welcome address from
vannah-Chatham County
of Education.
Y BIG GIFT SOLICITORS
GET TO WORK
Big gifts solicitations are now
being made by the Big Gifts com¬
mittee of the 11th Annual Y Mem-
bership Round up for 1957, under
the leadership of Mrs.
Cargo. The following persons have
consented to work: The Rev. Peter
Holmes, Dr. I. D. Williams,
Bessie Adams, Dr. H. M. Collier,
Tr., Mrs. Nancy T. Collier, Mrs.
Altomese Dowse, Norman B. El¬
more, Miss Frankie N. Golden, M.
O. Johnston, John McGlockton,
Mrs. Mary McDew, Dr. S. M. Me-
Dew, Jr., Wilton C. Scott, Comdr.
Frank W. Spencer, Mrs. Esther
A. Warrick, S. L. White, Mrs.
Ayler Jlne Lovett, Dr. Calvin L
Kiah, Joseph R. Jenkins, Mrs.
Francis Ashe Johnson, Mrs. Mil¬
dred Hutchins, Robert Spencer,
Mrs. Eunice Brown, C. Wimberly.
•
Reports ,, , meeting i . tor this . group
will be held each Friday evening
6:00 P.M. at the Y. The general
V Membership Roundup will bo-
gin March 1st, with T. M. Alex-
under president of the
>>t;eot 1 MCA Board of Directors
* Atlanta, delivering the address.
Dr. S. M. McDew, Jr., is the gen-
•ral chairman of the 1957 Y Mem-
bership Roundup of the West
Broad Street Branch YMCA. The
Y Phalanx club met last Sunday
at the Y and voted to make as
their lifetime project,'the encour-
aging young men of th« common-
ty to attend the church of their
hoice. The next meeting of the
hub will be Sunday, January z<.
1:00 P.M. at the Y.
Th e Frank W. Spencer Element-
u '. v School Gra-Y club under the
eadership of Daniel Wright has
-’’-ken as their project the selling
peanuts for the 1957 March of
Dimes (umpaign. The club also
olans to serve as ushers for
the assembly programs at the |
; chool.
Delta Chapter Hi-Y club of Al¬
fred E. Beach High School will
>e presented on the “YMCA In j
Vction” program Saturday, 1:00 !
0 ' 1 PAL A recording of their
- ’
’rogram at the 11th annual meet-
ng of the membership of the West
Street Branch YMCA will
1 1 au *'
The weekly USD nartv \ for
Servict>nien will be held at he Y i
Saturday 8:30 P.M. Mrs. Francis I
Ashe Johnson will be in charge. !
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JACKIE’S EMPLOYER
<Continued from Page One) :
■'" -Arthur B. ----------------| Spingarn. presi-j
’
netit of the NAACP Legal De-|
fense and Educational Fund, j
Also present were Dr. Channing
T L Tobias, chairman of the
Board, and Tnurgood Marshall,
director-counsel of the fund.
5. Mrs. Sadie D. Steele,
-Teacher of the year”, receives
a carnation from Dr. W. K.
Pavne, president, Savannah
State College.
Over Capacity
Hear Symphony Concerts
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(Continued from Page One)
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numbers on the progtam adu-
ing brief comments about the
compositions. All numbers were
well rendered; the orchestra
showing little sign of discom¬
fiture because of tire natural
distractions of an overcrowded
children’s audience.
! THE TYPEWRITER by An-.
| derson received the most en-
; thusiastic applause from both
I audiences. This composition
was played on last year’s con-
cert which made it more famil¬
iar to the children than other
| numbers , on the ,, program.
| 11 nre.es . , mg pal . o the
piogram was iuie singing by the
children accompanied by the
j orchestra. Apparently, the
words of the title, 'Frosty, the
Sntw Man a11 .. that .. , th(
’ were ;
ma ’ ority oi the children could
remember. Therefore, the words
: “Frosty, the Snow Man” weri}
sung "fortissimo” while tha
remainder cf the song was
perfect “pianissimo.’’ The fal
miliar "God Bless America’*
was sung with enthusiasm and
warmth.
.The program was as follows:
"Guadalcanal March", Rodgers;
"The Typewriter”, Anderson;
"March cf the Little Lead Sol-
(Vers’’. Pierne: ‘ Carnival of
Animals”, Saint Saens; Let’s All
Sing (children participating);
"Frosty, the Snow Man”, and
"Gad Bless America”; "The
Surprise Symphony” (Minuet
and Finale movements), Hay¬
dn; "Peer Gynt Suite” (“Ani-
tra’s Dance” and- “In the Hall
of the Mountain King”), Grieg,
The concerts were sponsored
by the Chatham County Teach¬
ers Association and the Princi¬
pals and Consultants Club;
These organizations were re-
sensible for the deficit of the
^otal expenses of the concerts
a ft e r the children paid, twenty-
five cents each for admission.
The committ ee for the spon-
sorine oppanization-s was com-
ocsed of the following: James
E. Luten. general chairman;
Mrs. Alma R Wade, co-eh-air-
man: Richard B. Lyles, business
manager Lewis D. Vaughns.
finance chairman: and Miss
June E. Wells, program chair
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