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PAGE SIX Dr. W. E. B. DuBois A Prophet with Honor M*b I Hll ri-)i .n’t RECEIVING THE HIGHEST HONOR of the National Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People, Dr. W. £. B. Du B ois makes his acceptance speech at Atlan- ta Jijf Hubert T. D flung (Thi following in the fourth and Mat installmint nf a series an the life and Works of Dr. Du¬ ff oin ft;/ Judge Hubert T. Dilang. noted Vric York jurist and figbti > for civil liberties anil civil rights.) • Th 1944, when Dr. DuBois re¬ turned to the NAAC’I’ as director of special research, it had been understood that he would con¬ centrate on international proh- ]<bW«, specifically colonialism. This WA.4 po. new interest for Dr. DuBois, although until that time he had been unable to arouse support for his early conviction that the problems of people of color in a white-dominated world must be unified. The conviction was completely upheld by what he saw wherever he went. As early as 1911 he had or¬ ganized a Congress of Races in London. This was followed later by several Pan - African Con¬ gresses in Paris, lie had repre¬ sented the United States povevn- ment “.s minister to Liberia and had organized a gioup in Geneva to keep the rights of Africans before the world. As Edwin R. Embree wrote in 1944, “Oil the question of color bars around the world, he was as far ahead of current thinking as he was on Negro rights within America.” “The disinherited darker peo¬ ples,” DuBois said, “must either share in the future industrial j democracy or o v e r t u r n the | world." It was a statement, which was to become increasingly pro¬ | phetic. I Writing of the period, Dr. Clark Foreman, director of the Emer¬ j gency Civil Liberties Committee, I echoed a similar judgment. “There is little question in my mind,” Foreman wrote in 1955, “that if Dr. Dull. 4,- had died ing for fifty years ... it would 1 have to disparage taken as him, much courage it does then j as now soon after his return from At- ! lanta would 1 nivei be sitv hallowed in 1944, the he | now as j greatest Negro of the first half ; of the 20th century. With the bursting idealism of the Second World War, the times were al¬ most catching up with the ideas which DuBois had been preach- to support him, and the coura¬ geous were then, as they are now, his admirers.” Dr. DuBois went on to con- tinue the battle that was hi? commitment to life, but the times were not allowed to catch up with the idealism of the American people. It 1 ad beep well and good to talk about civil rights and equality and the com- mon man when we were in the midst of war, but with the war Over, the forces which have noth¬ ing to win and all to lose from change .resumed control. The period that follows a war is born in war, and there were Strong and powerful forces every¬ where who realized intuitively fhat the movements essential to (lie conduct of a great popular effort—such as war. must he de¬ flected or they may go “too far.” The original Un-American Ac¬ tivities Committee, Anown as the “Dies Committee,” had been Ihughed into oblivion when the crowding achievement of their Hollywood investigations pointed an accusing finger at the then infant actress, Shirley Temple, and Dies decided not to run for re-election. But what Martin Dies had been unable to accomplish, ties Committee, made into a standing committee under the leadership of Rankin of Missis¬ sippi, did accomplish. lie was aided by what, is euphemistical¬ ly referred to as the “MeCar- thy era," which ushered into American thinking one of the longest and most dangerous periods of reaction and know- nothingism to befall the country. W. E. B. DuBois was only one of the victims of this new thought control, but his victimization was nerhaps among the most shame¬ ful. Dr. DuBois had served as consultant at the 1945 San Fran¬ cisco Conference which founded the United Nations. In vain he fought there to include specifi¬ cally the 750 million people who live in colonial areas in the UN’s Bill of Rights. Later he urged the NAACP to bring the condition of Negroes in America to the attention of the UN's Commis¬ sion on Human Rights, DuBois wrote a Brilliant and scholarly “Appeal” which the NAACP ac- eepted. The political climate of the nation had changed radical¬ ly by 1947. The Cold War was on. Militancy and dissent suddenly became synonymous with subver¬ sion. Technically the “Appeal” was presented to the UN Commission but actually the method of pres- ontation was so “delicate” that -j d j,,,| almost quietly and tin- not. 1. The nation had begun to go backward rather than forward ">nd the spirit of cold war settled like a gray fog over the minds ■ f men everywhere. DuBois had never confused popularity with The work he had set his life to was far from done, and he coul 1 not spare the time to “sit it out” in safe respectabil¬ ity until a more comfortable mo- By u , 10 DuBois had become convinced that the greatest threat to men regardless of color was another great war. The possibility that the cold war wou)(J become a a hot hot one was great.. DuBois became chairman of the Peace Information Center, iti.t pence, like civil liberties, had become suspect. The Depart¬ ment of Justice demanded that the Information Center register as “agents of a foreign princi¬ pal.” Dr. DuBois refused. He de- , d to accept the American Labor Party’s nomination for the ,j. S . Rennte inst#ad . , Iis cam . im ign would be his defense and offense as well. “The roost sinister evil of this , !av is the widespread conviction that war is inevitable and that therf , ^ no tin)e | eft {(iT (iisc , us . ion," DuBois told Announcing New Location For The Practice of Chiropractic Dr. George W. Goshea 613 Wist 3Ct!i Street Savinnah Gcoigia Phone AEhuw throughout the nation. Elaborate plans were b e i n g made for Dr. DuBois’ 84th birthday on February 23, 1951, but by the time the day arrived, the atmosphere was one of shock rather than celebration. A Grand Jury in Washington in¬ dicted Dr. DuBois for refusal to register as a foreign agent — a charge growing out of the origi¬ nal accusations against the Peace Information Center which by 1951 was no longer in existence. To advocate peace became in¬ creasingly suspect. In 1955 the Post Office had banned the fa¬ mous Greek anti-war comery, “LySistrata." But in 1951 it was difficult to believe that the government would prosecute one of our most distinguished schol¬ ars, at the age of 84, for his ef¬ forts in behalf of world peace. Immediately following his in¬ dictment, Dr. DuBois married the well-known author, Shirley Graham. In the event he had to- go to prison, she could visit him as his wife. Meanwhile he and his wife engaged on a nation¬ wide to"get speaking tour "peace""issue""before in a last ef- fori the the American people. Ex-Con- 1 sumed charge of Dr. DuBois’ de . ^ | The case finally came to court, I and the principal witness against I Dr. DuBois turned out to be O. j John Rogge, the very same man who had originally invited Dr. I DuBois to his home for the pre- liminary discussions on the Peace I Information Center whioh led to i Dr. DuBois becoming its ehair- man. j On November 20, 1951, the judge directed a verdict of ac¬ quittal, without waiting to hear the case for the defense. In the atmosphere of those days, to be accused was for many to be guilty. When Dr. DuBois asked for a passport to attend a peace conference in South America, he was denied permission to leave the country. His wife’s passport was confiscated. When the long j court fight Civil conducted Liberties Committee by Emer¬ gency restored the American right to travel, Dr. DuBois immediate¬ ly got his passport, and embarked on an around-the-woi Id- tout. Wherever he went he Was greet¬ ed with ovations that few private personages have ever won. In the U.S.S.R. he was given the Lenin Prize for Peace. Wher¬ ever he stopped to speak, he spoke of peace and of the necessity for equality between men of all rac.es. It was not an easy task to at¬ tempt to summarize in four short articles a life which has been THE SAVANNAH TRIRrNE SAVANNaH, GFORGIA SHOWN WITH MEMBERS of the Portugese Parlia- nenf representing Angola, Mozambique, Islands of Principe, is Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois (seaed, center) at the Pan African Congress in Lisbon in 1922. and continues to be a monument to the goals of humanism. best, this syapV review may spire others to study” this man’s life in the detail it deserves. Some ’ of his books ■were kieiu#ed ir\ National Council of Churches of Christ in America’s reading list on Negro history. are the same books which were used as ev¬ idence by the ranking Republican on the House Un-American Activi- Crusade For Voters >Cont,mueO Trom Paste One 1 The Negro WILL get what he DESERVES, whenever he LEARNS how to use the BAL¬ LOT. Every Negro, from the dortors, lawyers, insurance execu tjjves/ bankers, businessmen and women to the street sweepers and garbag§ BggteJ^o^upport collectors should feel ob- the Crusade for Voters. Proper use of the Ne- gro , s. v-iflffg power will Hiv.. bring bet- i«r * u UVBigi.to J . everybody. i j r 1 P . he to- , “ ‘ tality , ... of the , Negro . people , will ... . be jptgngHied. , will* , ... The ., Negro bank . gr.t more money, our doc- | hi * h " fees t here ‘ ttityStS better _ services, Negro x T cammgi (fevwill boom thereby ben- Siting the lawyers the Negro press; in fact the Americans of our race will become American citizens when we learn the proper use of our voting powers.” The Crusade for Voters needs help. Help, HELP of all kind, Telephone committees, typing, mimeographing, processing of block workers surveys and most of all, MONEY. This is an expensive operation, but we all know every good thing is expensive. The Crusade for Voters has a place HOME OF THE YOUR DREAMS IS WITHIN YOUR REACH NOW A Happy Ghana Home Family The above picture shows Sgt. and Mrs. R >bert J Moore and their children, Robert Jr., Brenda and Doris. This family was the first to purchase a home in The Ghana Homes. Inc., Subdivision. These beautiful homes consist of 3 BIG BED¬ ROOMS. BATH. KITCHEN. CARPORT. STORAGE ROOM, BIG LOT, PAVED STREET, CITY WATER AND SEWERAGE. A few more of these beautiful bun.galnvs are for sale. Only $200.00 cash Down. Monthly payments less than rent. For information call EZRA JOHNSON. AI) 4-3432 1009 West Broad Street ties Committee to support charge of subversion against National Council of Churches. History will be a better of who is and who is not a American. Meanwhile, would be heaped upon if the American people were lose knowledge of this great and distinguished scholar who still, happily, in their midst the age of 92. ( for every citizen to help, j Mrs. Catherine Brown, head of I finance, has the responsibility of j keeping enough funds on hand | to operate this worthwhile organi- I zation. Mrs. Brown is asking all of us to join the dollar-per-month club of the Ciusade for Voters. It will take a lot of doing to finance this movement. If Ne¬ groes want the job done, we MUST join together and pay. Our of- , fice ,ies runnin about 1 su PP are * week ' Mrs ' Brown i3 asking every freedom-loving Ne- gfOrite stop by the headquarters office, Oil West Broad Street, be- , tikepq . , T? tlje figat and fifth, of , every L, month -R' and , leave , at , leas* , $1.00 for , the sake . of . registration .... and , vot- ling for our people, , Rev. Holmes is requesting the residents of the West Side to meet with their precinct chair¬ men this Thursday night at 8:00. The precincts of the first district (west side of Montgomery Street out to DeRenne Avenue) will meet at the following places: Precinct II, N. B. Wilson, chair¬ man, Bethlehem Baptist Church; Precinct 111-A, chaired by Rev. P. A. Patterson, Palen Methodist Church; Precinct III, Miss Mil- dred Andrews, chairman, 1410 Cloverdale Drive; Precinct IV, G. Robeson, chairman, Butler Pres- byterian Church; Precinct V, Mrs. H. Simmons, chairman, Butler Presbyterian Church. Blind Musician (Continued from Haze one) than he expected. Gregory can now' read print, with the aid of magnification and is told that his vision should improve with time. It is about 20-30 now, he re¬ ports. In addition, his diabetes i is under control. Roy Wilkins Honored tContinuer* from Page One) Men and women of not only good will, but of conviction, determina- ' tion, ingenuity and courage will nlay the deciding role.” He ouoted a reeent speech by Mark Fthridge of the Louisville * 1 Courier-Journal on “the pattern of insularity and isolationism . . . and secession from the moral con- rieree of the rest of the country” which prevails in the South. This, Mr. Wilkins asserted, is “one of the tragedies .of this fateful time in our history." Southern white men and women “who could lead toward a solution have been si¬ lenced and immobilized,” he said. The long struggle for civil rights, the NAACP leader de- dared, "has been given a fresh impetus by the Negro college stu¬ dents in the South who sat down at variety store counters so they could stand up elsewhere in dig¬ nity. . . . We are proud of them, our own NAACP youth who pi¬ oneered sit-ins in 1958, and those who belong elsewhere or to no or¬ ganization. This convention has pledged anew to them and to all the embattled a continuation of the full support of the NAACP.” Evaluating the presidential can- didates of both parties, Mr. kins said all “with one exception ! > have what may be described good records on the civil rights is¬ sue. These could be better; but none is bad.” The exception, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, suc¬ ceeded in getting through the Sen¬ ate the Civil Rights Act of 1957 . and 1960, “but on most aspects of civil rights his votes have been I nega ^' ve- “Finally, unfair though it may seem to be, the Majority Leader, vX-X'X-XvK-X-o'-o'-.v.v.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;. NEW f/ftntflSl Automatic Wasfter Installed in Your Own Home $2.50 Weekly No Down Payment SAV’H MAYTAG CO. 110 Congress St. CALL Mrs. Boston Williams ABams 3-1202 . •.•.•X-X-X-X<- not a Deep South mart in or in person*! attitude, necessity mast bear (in the of Negro voderr) fRb cress ip of thp sinls^ Of unrecon¬ Mississippi, Alabama, Carolina arid most of Geor¬ and Louisiana.” Patronize Gar Advertiser* r^,-V-rVv-cv-r++'»--C-S-++-r-r-t--.•(*•' I 11 l V T FOR YOUR PLEASURE “ | ' ’ July J-—Idotaregde to Singleton’s Beac* 1 . 1 i i Head, 8 C., ^ Group- No. 1, of Speedwell M. Church. . Fare *'•_ $2.50. 1 • • * A ’’A- * , July 2—Chicked Supper and- Yard Party at 243 East Hroa# street, fcy the Cobra Social Club. 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Ticket. $2.5« 7 $1.25> Adults $2.50. vmiflren, Aur 26—Motorcade to ffiHon Head Beach S r C- by the Sunset Social Clubl Ticket $2.50. ’ SATURDAY, JULY 2, I960 j NAAC * I ATE A VTA * ' ___ toon tinned from Page Gnei J * host. - Philadelphia, chosen last < year, will be 'the 1901 conven¬ tion site.