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THE VOICE A NEGRO WEEKLY “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people” Rev. Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Owner 2325 S Street Phone 5-6491 If no answer call 5-7508 Rubie W. Shakespeare Advertising & Business Manager Mrs. Joe Green Circulation Mgr. Dorothy Green Reporter Rev. Trago T. McWilliams, Sr. Special Writer Joseph V. Casmer Special Writer Member of the Assoc. Negro Press Subscription rate $2.00 per year 10c per copy NAACP Youth Told To Fight For Place in Creative Art* NEW ORLEANS—(ANP)—The fight to preserve the arts is as im portant as the fight to gain the ballot, said Oliver W. Harrington, NAACP’s public relation director, at the closing session of the youth conference of the association here last Sunday evening. Harrington, in pointing out that the same forces suppressing civil liberties in America are respon sible for destroying the creative arts, declared, “the Bilbos and Talmadges who exclude Negroes from a full participation in the political life of the nation are also guilty of preventing them from taking part in any of the creative forms of barring Negroes from art museums, theaters, and libraries in the south. “This is ironic; since the music of the south is a Negro gift to the arts, it is criminal that the creat ors of arts are denied the right to participate in the enjoyment and expansion of them,” the former war correspondent said. New Orleans was no exception, he observed in criticizing the psychological division of the U. S. army on the grounds that it de nied Europeans an opportunity to learn the contribution of the Neg ro by and to American culture. “Rome, Berlin, Milan and other war-torn cities should learn about Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and Richard Wright, but the army carried over almost nothing to teach young Europeans about our culture. European youth, whose lives we are striving to recon struct, are already cynical about our aims tend intentions,” he said. These same youths were disil lusioned when they saw “two armies, one white and one black,” he said. “Hitler merely improved upon American methods of sup pressing Negroes by timing his action and improving his weapons in order to destroy the Jews.” Negro colleges should work harder to develop ‘‘a civilized and cultured people by,giving their students the full beneficial exper iences through the exhibition of art and the opportunities to listen to and produce great music,” he pointed *but. Negro educators do not realize how much the Negro population is being suppressed by the denial of the right to hear great symphonies and plays. -o 1 To the Editor of The Voice Thanksgiving Day 28th Editor Lincoln Voice: Thanks for a great paper. I have read every copy of your Voice—and I think There’s no better way to let the world know how we feel as a Race, towards Peace than through the Press. Enclosed you will find $2.00 for one years subscription which I am quite sure others will follow. Rufus Mallory, BQ. 43 Apt. 310 C. H. A. No. 3. Honolulu 59, Hawaii. 2215 S Street Lincoln, Nebraska December 3, 1946 THE VOICE Mr. Melvin L. Shakespeare, Editor 2225 S Street Lincoln, Nebraska To the Editor: I am enclosing $1.25 for a sub scription to “The Voice” for six months. I have just finished reading a . recent issue of “The Voice” and would like to commend the staff of this paper for their well-or ganized events of Lincoln interest. Many citizens throughtout Lin coln, which read this paper would be interested in seeing it culmin ate into a state-wide circulating enterprise. But, 'because of the lack of various recreational and social activities for the Negro here in Lincoln, the news of “The Voice” is somewhat limited. Altho, I am not one to predicate an opinion upon a subject that I am unfamiliar with, (certainly not in a critical analysis on the news in “The Voice), I am a potential reader of literature for and by the Negro race. This, being the case, it would be interesting to read in “The Voice” more upon events of national interest such as; Spirit ual, Educational, Social and also Theatrical progress amongst our people. Why not set up a column just for wholesome, honest and con structive suggestions from us readers in order to construe what the public does like to read? Yours truly, Rose Mary Butler In compliance with the wishes of the above reader, her letter will be a starter, “Now” speak your mind. 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