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Entered am Second-Clam* Mail Matter July 2. 1915. at the PuatoMice at
Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3. 1879_
•fM'e REV. JOHN" ALBERT WILLIAMS..—— - . Editor
W. W MOSELY, Lincoln. Neb__Associate Editor
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;; ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE |
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and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the 1!
;; United States and of the State wherein they reside. No ;
■« state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the ;
1! privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor \
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Our Choice for President
in 1928 is
WALTER W. HEAD
of Nebraska
An Astute, Able, Clear
headed Business
Man
PREJUDICE BE DAMNED!
Whether it is a result of the
spirit of hatred which rode the
winds of the world during the
World War or due to some other
cause or causes, there can be no
question but that race prejudice
has increased throughout the
United States. Communities in
which white and black dwelt to
gether in good-will and amity,
enjoying equality of civil and
social privileges — using the
word “social” in its larger mean
ing—and in which discrimina
tions were at tlhe minimum,
have been invaded by the blight
ing miasma of race prejudice to
such a degree that these pleas
ant relationships have been
greatly disturbed. In many in
stances the old friendships re
main unshaken, but the spirit |
and temper of the community |
have so changed that when one 1
gets outside of this circle of
friendship there is suspicion, |
distrust and unhappiness, which
is tending toward bitterness.
This bitterness and resentment
to discrimination grows as the
race advances in wealth, culture
and refinement. Where will it all
end? If opposition and discrim
ination will only make us more
self-reliant and resourceful and
strengthen us in nobler will and
purpose, then they will prove a
blessing in disguise. If, how
ever, upon the other hand thev
cause us to become discouraged,
indifferent, resentful and mo
rose, then they will prove a
curse to us and to the country
of which we are citizens by right
of birth and right of toil. It
were folly to ignore the fact that
prejudice is increasing, what
ever the cause; hut at the same
time it were foolishness to per
mit it to curb our ambition to
grow unto the full stature of
noble manhood or to yield to
either despair or bitterness.
Rather let our attitude be:
Prejudice be damned! In spite
of it I shall bravely do my duty
in whatever state of life I may
be called to serve and achieve
whatever heights for which my
talents, character and endeavors
prove me worthy, refusing to
harbor bitterness towards any
of God’s creatures, or blighting
my soul with unworthy senti
ments or deeds, proving myself
in every way a man, meriting
the respect and esteem of my
fellow men.
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BONDAGE OF TRADITION
Recently we were in conversa
tion with a Christian gentleman,
in the course of which he said
something that made our heart
go out to him with an emotion
which is hard to describe. Some
one had stated that they under
stood he was a member of the
hooded hoodlums, “white, Pro
testant, Gentiles, etc. We told
him what we had heal'd. Looking ,
us straight in the eye, he said,
“I was born in the South with
all the narrow prejudices and
traditions of the South and I
cannot tell you the travail of
soul I went through to free my
self of those prejudices. That
struggle was intense. It cost me
too much for me to ever join
any organization of any kind
that would again bring my soul
into that bondage from which by
God’s help it cost such a strug
gle to emancipate myself. No,
I am not.”
We did not know until he told
us that he was of Southern birth
—so cordial and broad-minded
and void of prejudice had he al
ways appeared not only in rela
tionship with us but with others
of our group. We had liked the
man from our first meeting, so
wholesouled, earnest and sincere
did he appear, but this confes
sion of his soul struggle won our
heart. It revealed to us this
truth—that all around us there
are noble-hearted men, enslaved
by narrow traditions, who by a
mighty struggle break the
chains which bind them and l-ise
to a grandeur of character which
not only ennobles them, but all
those with whom they come in
contact. Shall not this knowl
edge make us all more tolerant
and charitable toward those
with whom we differ? The bond
age of tradition blights many an
otherwise noble soul. It takes a
strong will to rid one’s soul of
narrow prejudices and tradi
tions. And to a greater or less
degree, whoever we may be, we
all need this emancipation.
Candidates for political office are as
thick af> fleas ami some of them are quite
as frisky.
MANY PRINCIPALS
ARK IN HOLLYWOOD
Los Angeles—Contrary to general
belief a large number of colored ac
tors, both male and female, work on
the movie lots here. The majority are
“extras,” but some hold good contracts
and play prominent parts. Noble
Johnson, star of “Trooper of Troop
K,” and several other features and
serials who played the "Bronze Man”
in "Ten Commandments,” is working
on a picture at the DeMille studio,
Culver City. George Godfrey, famous
heavyweight fighter, is working on
“Old Ironsides,” being made at Cata
lina Island. "Baker,” the well-known
Los Angeles fighter, is still working
at various studios.
Carolyn Snowden, sensational dan
cer, has been featured in several good
pictures lately and holds some good !
contracts. One of the colored per
formers who has probably worked in
more pictures here than any other is
Spencer Williams. He is now an im
migration officer, but has worked
constantly up until a few weeks past
at all the big studios, principally De
Mille. The latest big one he worked
was as an island king in “The Black
Pirate,” now playing at Grauman’s j
“Egyptian Theatre.”
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Retired After Teaching 51 Years.
Baltimore, Md.—George W. Biddle,
72, oldest public school teacher here,
has been retired after 51 years’ serv
ice. The Principals’ association pre
sented him with a gold watch. Mr.
Biddle was the first Black American
principal in the city.
UNVEILS LINCOLN FIGURE
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Los Angeles.—Unveiling of the
Abraham Lincoln statue presented to
Los Angeles by the late Norman
Bridge was the climax of Independence
day celebrations at Lincoln park. Mrs.
Julia Bracken Wendt sculptress, cre
ated the bronze statue. A great j
throng of colored and white people I
attended the ceremony.
LINCOLN NEWS NOTES
—
Mrs. Flo Forbes left last Thursday
for Los Angeles, Cal., to visit the
Misses Burdens.
Mrs. I'. D. Forbes and Mrs. G. B.
Todd left Sunday for Fort Scott.
Kan., to attend the grand session of
the Sir Knights and Daughters of
Tabernacle.
Miss Cleo Delcher of Kansas City,
Mo., is visiting her sister. Mrs. Odessa
Johnson.
John W. Marshal] left for Leaven
worth Monday to visit his sister.
L. P. Gates is visiting his sisters
in Des Moines, la.
Mrs. Lillian Miller has returned to
the hospital for further treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Corneal entertained
friends at dinner last Thursday in
honor of their brother, A. L. Cor
neal of Portland, Ore.
The newly elected officers of the
Negro Civic and Improvement League
and a number of friends enjoyed a
fine dinner at the home of Mrs. R. S.
Johnson, 907 S street last Friday.
The possibility of the nomination of
T. T. McWilliams for representative
of the 33rd district was boosted.
Mr. anti Mrs. E. H. Young and
brother, A. I,. Corneal, spent Sunday
in Omaha.
The Utopian Art club will meet
with Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Adair, 1236
North 22nd street Thursday evening,
July 22. Paper by Miss Margaret
Lyons.
Quinn chapel is to lie remodeled
for future use. The work is to begin
i soon.
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The Utopian Art club of Mount
Zion Baptist church wll hold their
second annual picnic in F Street park
August 4th.
CHICAGO TEIBI'NE PUBLISHES
POEM TO COUNTEE CULLEN
In the famous column, “A Line O’
Type or Two” in the—Chicago Daily
Tribune of July 6th appeared a poem
to Countee Cullen, the brilliant Negro
poet. This column was originated by ]
the late Bert Leston Taylor and was j
the first of the famous columns of
modem newspaperdom. The poem of
the famous column reads
TO COUNTEE CULLEN
It matters not if your skin is dark
As the midnight jungle track,
I thrill to the beat of the song you
sing
Feeling the torture and rack
That sundered the souls of your
brother slaves
For hundreds of dead years back.
! Under the march of your musical lines,
Under the tread of their feet,
: I hear the wind in the jungle pines
And the drone of the tom-tom’s
beat,
With ebon savages under the sun
In the shimmering tropic heat.
Chance gave you the soul of a min
strel fair
Housed in a blackamoor’s frame,
With your heart tuned high to the
upper air
Though a scion of scorn and shame,
Eefusing an outcast’s usual lot
And turning it into fame!
—The Faun.
Philadelphia, Pa.— (By the A. N. P.l —
Lack of exercise, improper diet, and long
hours of work are shortening the life of
the American, Dr. J. Milton Kaisbeck as
serted here at the annual convetnion of
the American Institute of Homeopathy.
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