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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 Business Address 2225 S Street Phone 5-6491 If no answer call 5-7508 Rubie W. Shakespeare Advertising & Business Manager Mrs. Joe Green Circulation Mgr. Member of the Assoc. Negro Press Subscription rate $2.00 per year 10c per copy Entered as Second Class Matter, June 9, 1947 at the Post Office at Lincoln, Nebraska under the Act of March 3, 1879. "How Does He Do It?" Harrison Dillard, Herb McKen ley, William Mathis and other champions of the group seemed to have finished and come out with a large margin. That is why I could hear all about me Satur day as I sat in the blistering sun listening to the hearty applause given the Negro athletes, in the A. A. U. Meet. ‘‘How does he do it.” They were competing not for themselves alone but for 14,000, 000,000 Negro Americans. They had to do it. They are aiding in the elimination of prejudice by their splendid conduct on the fields of sports—no boasting—no unnecessary display of cockiness— no indications of inferiority. They are just unassuming American athletes,doing a good job in their respective fields. Wherever the Negro gets a chance he ovecompensates ' and becomes better. The Negro stu dents know they wont get any where unless they are better, so they become better. The belief that color prejudice in America is on the way out is generally accepted. This belief was reaffirmed on the field of the A. A. U. meet and throughout the entire city during the past week. No incident of embarrassment, or tention has been reported. Lin coln was simply host to a group of fine American Athletes with ability, courage and good sports manship. In San Antonio during the A. A. U. Track and Field meet last year the same courteous treat ment was received. Let’s pretend that we are on the sports field from now on and just be Ameri can citizens. Our Children By Mrs. W. B. Davis OUR CHILDREN I have recently come in contact with a good many parents who are interested in books and litera ture for a small child, and I am happy to give you a bit of infor mation about these. There is a period when the child is beginning to develop many skills and learning how to man age his own body, he is quite the center of the universe to himself and his parents. He is interested, then in very simple stories about himself and his activities, especi ally those activities which are astually in progress. The thrill of recognition of the familiar is still very great and he likes pic tures of children like himself en gaging in activities similar to his own. Pictures of objects in his environment still fascinate him. Sound A nursery child shows enjoy ment of rhythmic sound and repe tition of sound. We find this repetition and rhythm in Mother Goose rhymes and other jingles. Children enjoy sound in connec tion with pictures or experiences, “The cow says—Moo,” “The en gine says ‘choo-choo’.” Words The child is learning to talk and so enjoys using words he knows and adding others to his vocabu lary. He still likes to point out objects in pictures and name them, these pictures should be simple and clear, with objects that are easily recognizable. Most of the object books now in print have too many objects on one page,, besides showing objects that are not familiar to a small child. Color I believe that a child of this age enjoys color and so should be provided with colorful en vironment and brightly colored playthings. (To Be Continued) /Juiu Bated. Continue M i 11 e r's store-wide sale continues throughout this week. Special sale values in Housewares for your home# and in Ready-to-Wear for all your family. 41 iff M3 •WTffiil =>■ Dark Merit by Kathryne Favors The Free Negro During Slavery The conditions in the North which existed towards the free Negro caused many of them to look in the direction of the South. In the South, many of the Ne groes became again enslaved against their wills for such petty crimes as petty thievery, which any man stricken by such great poverty might committ. They were often arrested as suspected fugitives, vagrancy or illegal resi dence. In these cases, the free Negro was not allowed to testify so it was up to the official charg ing him to prefer whatever pun ishment he desired. Many of them, therefore, became reen slaved. One might wonder how the situation of the free Negro com pared with that of the white man. According to Carter G. Woodson, “The freedman was not a citizen in any Southern State after 1834 and was degraded from that status in certain States in the North. In most States free per sons of color had the right to own and alienate property with some limitations. They could even own and sell Negro slaves. Statutes and customs, however, prohibited them from owning whites as ser vants, and during the intense slavery agitation of the thirties this right of holding Negroes as slaves was gradually restricted to whites. This was due to the benevolent use made of it by cer tain Negroes, who purchased more than their wives and chil dren. For fear of improper uses, too, free Negroes in the South were not allowed to own such property as firearms, dogs, fire locks, poisonous drugs, and in toxicants. As they were pro hibited from serving in the State Militia, they would have no need for firearms. The Negro, more over, had a weak title to property in himself. If the Negroes right to be free were questioned, the burden of proof lay on him. In some cases, however, the free Ne groes had a little chance in the courts. When charged with crime the free Negro had the right, to trial by jury and, after indictment could give bond for his liberty. It must be remembered, however, that the Negro could not expect a fair trial; for, consistent with the unwritten primitive law of the white man in dealing with the blacks, “judgment preceded proof.” I RECORDS VICTOR—COLUMBIA DECCA—CAPITOL and others I A Superior Musical Service I Won't You Call Today? I Schmoller & Mueller PIANO CO. I 1212 O St. 2-6724 ____ T_ __4 When You Buy a New ! 4 Gas Range II 'I 11 II There is no special and costly installa tion job to add to the price, it is as sim ple to install as it is to use. i ii i • ii n 3^-1. &&Q Co/nftWUf* I I 'I I! * The FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Lincoln 10th & "O" St. Member F.D.LC. SHOWALTER ROOFING CO. Dealers in Inselstone and Inselbrick Insulation See us for price on BUILT UP ROOFS 233 North 22 2-2413 Lincoln. Nebraska Our Super Market 1717 R St. Telephone 2-3160 "Eddie" Neiden. 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