THE VOICE
A NEGRO WEEKLY
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Entered as Second Class Matter,
June 9, 1947 at the Post Office at
Lincoln, Nebraska under the Act
of March 3, 1879.
"THE VOICE SPEAKS"
"AM I WORTH A DIME?"
I am worth a dime when you
see me through unadulterated
eyes. Through me the people of
Lincoln have another arm to
fight with by bringing forth the
most desireable news of our
people. I give you a chance to
bring forth those unspoken words
that you wish to speak. Your
churches just reach your congre
gation, your Urban League has
begun to reach beyond its’ mem
bers but I will reach into every
home in Lincoln if you will let
me, and will let your wants be
known; if you can buy more for
your dime than this please do so
but, if you help me I in turn can
help you.
—By Joseph W. Adams,
Veteran of World War II
Under ordinary conditions this office will not accept anonymous
letters. Any person who does not have the courage to identify them
selves with a letter should not write it.
We gladly welcome any and all letters, opinions, and views on any
subject. Your name must appear with all correspondence to gain
recognition.
An INTERESTING letter comes addressed to The Editor, The Voice.
There is no name or identification, simply someone interested in
reading The Voice and desirous of advancing an opinion. It will be
necessary to make reference to the writer for convience I shall choose
the fairer sex and call her Mrs. X.
Writes Mrs. X: Abraham Lincoln made a great mistake when he
freed the slaves. If God Almighty had wanted you negroes to be
other than you are, he would have made you so.
You negroes had better be satisfied with things as they are. The
white people are never going to accept you as equals, and if you were
one of the white people you would feel the sam way.
Sure the negro veterans fought for the white people, but to one ne
gro who fought, there were one hundred white soldiers fighting for
vou—so why don’t you keep your places and avoid race riots, which
is what will eventually happen all over this land if you don’t shut
up your squaking over equality.
True there are decent negroes just as there are low white trash—but
the decent negroes accept their fate and make the best of things
without trying to think they are the equal of the white man. There
are hundreds of whites today who would like to see all the negroes
sent to Africa and kept there—all the Japs to Japan and all the
Chineese to China—each breed to his own country.
“He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and
one of the worst kind of devils, for it shuts out the, truth, and often
leads to ruinous error.” Tryon Edwards says this, and we have
only to follow it through to test its authenticity. Opinions grounded
on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence, says
Jeffrey, and Hazlitt says, “Prejudice is the child of ignorance.” A
greater than these has said, “Have we not all one Father? hath not
one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against
his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?” Malachi 2:10.
That the writer of the above letter is prejudiced goes without ques
tion. It puzzles me to think what kind of person, prejudice or other
wise could say—Abraham Lincoln made a mistake when he freed
the slaves.
She knows very little about God. What people would want to be
satisfied as they are? It was my very great privilege to witness the
dedication of the Pinewood Bowl last Sunday. I heard Mayor Miles
tell how wonderful it was to note the improvement since 1929 of that
600 acres of land given to the city for the enjoyment of the people
He also told of two farmers who each lived on separate farms, the
’mprovements made by the one-making him an owner in his own
right. The other made no improvements because it was not his land,
rnd thus reaped no special benefits.
I would like to ask Mrs. X where is the Negroes’ place?
Evidently she is opposed to the very Government under which she
lives.
I am afraid that the “decent Negroes” to which Mrs. X refers are
those termed by Negro leaders as “uncle toms,” “handkerchief heads,”
and “banjo players.” There are a number of them and they do im
pede the progress of the Race. But there is not too much to be alarm
ed about. They too are fast realizing that we are living in a country
whose government declares, “Liberty and Justice for all.”
All the people in the world will not be saved, but many ministers and
missionaries are being trained for the purpose of saving men and
women. Churches are being built, and money is being appropriated
for that purpose.
The Negro people are tired of race riots, and they will never stop
working, praying, pleading, fighting and doing whatever else it takes
for this land of ours to Make Democracy work, and the blessed part
about it all is, that to every Negro who is fighting for Equality there
are hundreds of white people leading the way.
If we were all to return to the land from which we came only the
Indians would remain. We found them here.
Mrs. X, Where would you go?
Teen Age Chatter
By Margaret Gill
Asst. Ruby Lee Harper
Asst. Loretta McWilliams
m\
Greetings kids, here goes noth
ing for the first time.
Thursday night found Lois
Hatcher, Elbert Starks and others
entertaining in Waverly, Nebr.
Tony tells me that LaVonda
took her bracelet to sell it so he
could take her to the show. (Now
watch that, it’s bad business.)
We have two fine boys here in
Lincoln for awhile. They are
both named Sonny Sayles. (Fine
Deal.)
Do you know Boris Karloff?—
Well I do. he lives right here in
Lincoln. He can be identified by
his clothing, it’ all black.
I am sorry to hear Muriel Har
ris is leaving us Tuesday. (Good
luck on your trip.)
Surprise date of the week, Mur
iel Harris and Victor McWilliams.
Journeying to Waverly, Nebr.,
was Clifton Greene and Donald
Atkins.
Fry Bubbie you shou’dn’t leave
your shoes every where you take
vourself.
Seen Saturday night having a
midnight stroll in 2 feet of water
were Walter Bell, Fletcher Bell,
BiPv Rutherford, yours truly and
m^ny others.
Say Billy Mosby, how did you
get so wet? Did Freddie push
vou in the water, or something?
Person cf the Week — Female
Weivht—104
Height—50”
Color of Eyes—Brown
Color of Hair—Black
Ambition—Pianist
Favorite Color—Blue
Favorite Record—I Want to be
Loved
Sports—Soft ball
* * * *
Stalled on the highway Sunday
afternoon were Gwen Tarpley,
Victor McWilliams, Clifton
Greene and Donald Atkins. (Have
fun boys sitting in the hot sun?)
Independents played a fine
game in Havelock Sunday, score
was—19 to 7.
Seen at the game was Betty
Tarpley, Betty Wilson, Phyllis
Holcomb among many others.
Visiting from Omaha Sunday
were Buster Robbins and Baby
Louis.
If you were disturbed Sunday
and couldn’t sleep, don’t worry
about a thing. It was only Betty
Bowman, Cecil Hatcher and
Phyllis Holcomb trying to strike
up a trio.
Seen at the Pla-House Sunday
night was Ellie Bald and Lauren
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Wilkins from Omaha.( Couple or
three girls were interested for a
while.)
Snookie Dean is home from the
hospital and very happy to be
there, but, he would like to have
some company, since he can’t
come out.
Ida Adkins is leaving for an ex
tended vacation with her parents.
She will be visiting in Alabama.
Have a great time Ida.
Jeannette Venegar will spend
her vacation in Des Moines. She
will be leaving Friday.
If you lived in Lincoln long you
know there’s not much news, so
I have to sign off.
-o
Our Children
By Mrs. W. B. Davis
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Animals
If a child of this age has had
some experience with animals, a
strong interest in them is likely
to have developed. He enjoys
animal picture books and the
simplest of stories about the ac
tual animal itself or the picture
of one.
These stories may be of the
simplest type, .o brief ^sentence or
two about the animal and what
it is doing.
Interest in “things that go” as
trains, boats, wagons, automobiles
shows itself in very young chil
dren but depends on experience.
* * * *
It is not at this age particularly
a story interest, but children like
to look at pictures of trains and
boats and to talk about them.
Some nursery children still try
to take objects out of pictures.
Sometimes this is done as a play
activity with perfect understand
ing cf the fact that it is really
impossible. They like to carry
books and pictures around, and
single pictures on cardboard
meet this desire.
The child from three to four
has somewhat the same interests,
but they are becoming more
varied as he adds to his store of
information and experience. He
is beginning to be more inter
ested in other children and in the
people outside his home. He is
no longer satisfied with the mere
naming of objects in pictures but
wants to know what they are
doing and why; in short the pic
tures must include activity and
human interest. The First Pic
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