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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.
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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.
Birthdays
Week of December 8th.
A volume of good wishes for Joy
and good luck
It’s ever so easily read
This one is sincerely dedicated
To you and the good years ahead.
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Ray Newstron, William Mosby,
Leona Motley, Joyce Clayton,
Elizabeth Pennington, Julia Case,
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