Louis Battles Prejudice
t A Fight He Has Always Wanted
NEW \ORK. (ANP). Joe Louis, who has displayed a
knack for simple eloquence in his few brief public state
ments, has written a full-length feature article in the cur
rent issue of Salute magazine entitled, “My Toughest
Fight: Prejudice.” Going into detail for the fiffet time on
the lesser known incidents in his career and on his ambi
tions for fostering racial understanding, the heavyweight
champion asserts, “There’s one fight I've always wanted—
that’s a crack at jim crow.”
Louis states that when he was
Parting his career, Jack Black
burn said, “You’re colored. Joe.
Anc> a colored fighter’s got to be
ibis oeiter ihan *he other man—
if he’s gonna go places. But you’ve
got to have more than just two
good hands. You gotta do the
right thing. And never leave
yourself open so people can talk
.•bout you.”
' The fighter describes incidents
from his army career—the drunk
en colonel who tried to force his
way into a private dinner given
for the touring champion and
who shouted at Cpl. Eddie Green,
“I can hardly wait till I get back
to my home town in Mississippi.
• There we know what to do with
Negroes like you and Joe. We’d
tar and feather you for not obey
ing a white man.”
Louis states that on several oc
" casions he refused to fight army
: exhibitions until segregated Ne
gro troops were permitted to view
the bouts from the same locations
as the white soldiers.
Also described is an incident in
a Georgia railroad station in which
Louis reveals that he was ar
rested for using a telephone on
the “white” side of the station.
In spite of these experiences,
Louis closes the article with the
statement, “Prejudice is weaken
ing. The good people are softening
it up. So we can’t stop punching
now. We just have to punch fast
er and harder. That’s the only
A way we can make America a bet
y ter place 'for my little boy and
girl and all the boys and girls
in our country. I’m going to do
my part.”
Mary Bethune Club
Elects Officers
The Mary Bethune Literary and
Art Club held its usual meeting
on Thursday, November 6th at
2:00 p. m. at the Urban League.
The nine ladies present enjoyed
a very pleasant and educational
two hours in needle work and
open discussion of interesting
topics. Also held at the meeting
was election of officers with the
past president, Mrs. Jennie Ed
wards presiding. Mrs. Edwards
has very ably served in that ca
pacity for the past two years. The
new officers elected were as fol
lows: Mmes. Dorothy Lewis, Pres
ident; Alberta Cooke, Vice-presi- ;
dent; Viola Coulter, Second Vice
president; Amantha Handy, Sec- |
retary; Frances Robinson, Assist
ant Secretary; Estelle Davis,
Treasurer. There is to be two
members appointed to meet with
the Inter-club Council at the next
meeting held at 9:00 p. m. on
Thursday, November 20th, at the
residence of Mrs. Alberta Cooke.
Club Reporter,
Frances Robinson.
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Omaha Presents Program
The Mt. Zion Baptist Church at
12th and F Streets will present
the Junior Choir of Pilgrim Bap
tist Church of Omaha, Nebraska,1
Friday night, November 21 at 8
p.m.
This program promises to be
1 very entertaining as they will
sing classics as well as spirituals.
Although tickets have been out
for some time there may be some
left. The price is surprisingly low. .
U.N. facts and Faces ....... LIBERIA j
Liberia whose 350-mile coast line on the
South Atlantic Ocean is backed up with
the heavy tropical forests of West Africa,
was founded more than 100 years ago by
freed slaves from the United States With
the nelp of colonization societies, the freed
men settled at Monrovia, Liberia’s capital.
41 Today an independent republic, Liberia includes among her leaders
many descendants of the original settlers from the United States.
Most of Liberia’s 1,500,000 people are occupied in agriculture and
forest industries Among the most important products are piassava,
palm oil, coffee, rubber and timber. Her delegation to the United
Nations General Assembly is headed by Gabriel L. Dennis. Her flag
has red and white stripes and a blue corner containing a white star.
Carver Foundation Sponsors Research Fellowships
TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE. (ANP)—Of the 14 graduate students enrolled for research at the
Carver foundation and for stud y in chemistry at Tuskegee instit ute, 11 have been awarded gradu
ate assistantships and fellowships.
YW Ceremonies
Are Impressive
The World Fellowship program
at the Y.Vj.C.A. Sunday was very
impressive.
It began with a processional
made up of young women from
other nations, white robe choral
reading group and choir and rep
resentatives of all Y.W\C.A. club
groups.
First on program was the World
Fellowship prayer with a solo re
sponse by W'inifred Winston who
is a member of the Y-teen group.
Eloyce Finley and Winifred Win
ston were members of the choral
^»roup that sang the hymn, “The
New World.”
Presentation of gifts wTas made
by representatives of twenty
Y.W.C.A. organizations. Vonna
Finley wTas a member of this
group. Lighting of the fellowship
candle was performed by Betty
Rose and Betty Pence.
The inter-club council of Y
teens met for supper Tuesday
night at the Y.W.CA. Mrs. Sarah
Walker and Mrs. G W. Harper
were among the guests attending
this meeting.
Usher Board Sponsors
Calendar Project 3rd Year
The campaign for names for
the Quinn Chapel birthday calen
dar is on. Those who put their
names in last year and for some
reason they did not appear on the
calendar may have them put in
this year free of charge. Just
phone 2-2084.
The final meeting of the Usher
board will be Sunday, November
23 at 5:00 p.m. Mrs. L. Allen and
Richard Holcomb are co-chair
men. Mrs. John Robinson is secre
tary. All names should be phoned
in to Bill Mosby, 2-2084.
This project, which has been so
successfull each year, is sponsored
by the Usher board and the Usher
board auxiliary which is made up
of about 14 women. Mrs. William
Woods is sponsor.
John Irving to Rochester
Mr. John Irving, who has been
ill for the past several months left
Tuesday morning for Rochester,
Minnesota where he entered the
Mayo Brothers clinic. He will be
gone about a week.
In keeping with the wishes of
the late Dr. George Washington
Carver, the Carver Foundation is
making it possible for young peo
ple to develop themselves in the
fields of fundamental and applied
research. Some of the work is
| made possible by the original do
nation of some $60,000 by Dr
Dr. Carver himself and by sub
sequent donations from interested
friends throughout the country.
In addition, the foundation re
ceives grants-in-aid from several
corporations for research.
Students are, "sitting left to
right: Miss Julia M. Martin, Mal
vern, Pa.; Miss Fannie R. O’Ban
non, Durham, N. C.; Mrs. Letitia
Plummer, Tuskegee; Miss Helen
R. O’Neil, Chicago.
Standing, first row, left to right:
Frederick D. Timmons, jr., Bald
win, La.; Miss Audrey E. Minga,
Spring Hope, N. C.; Miss Norma
A. Spaulding, Cape May C. II.,
New Jersey; Miss Alta C. Waddle
ton, Oklahoma City; Roland L.
Wims, Clarksburg, Md.
Standing, second row, left to
right: Fred R. West, Baltimore;
'Harold W. Lucien, New Orleans;
Roland E. Harper, Winchester,
Va.; Calvin C. Wanser, Deleplane,
Va. and W. C. Gordon, Albany, Ga.
Woodard Loses Suit; Said
Policeman Blinded Him
Charleston, W. Va. — Isaac
Woodward, Jr., 28, a Negro vet
eran who said he was blinded by
South Carolina police officers,
Thursday lost his 50 thousand
dollar damage suit against *the
Atlantic Greyhound Corporation.
A Circuit Court jury of one
Negro and 11 white men found
for the bus company after six
hours of deliberation which began
Wednesday afternoon.—W o r 1 d
Herald.
On Grand Jury List
ATLANTA. (ANP). There are j
52 Negoes listed as on the Fulton
County Grand jury eligible list
ing. This number is in contrast
to the 999 whites listed as grand
jury eligibles. Forty-seven of the
eligibles live inside
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Negro Town
Is Doing Well
Ohio Place Only One
Of Kind in North
Lincoln Heights, O.—This vil
lage of six thousand, which claims
j to be the only Negro governed
municipality norfh of the Mason
Dixon Line, is starting its second
year of operation.
Mayor Michael Mangham says:
"Were just learning to walk, but
we’re going to make it, all right.”
Located in an outlying section
of Hamilton County, some 15
miles from downtown Cincinnati,
the community includes 15 white
families. The remainder of its
| population is Negro.
About 10 years ago the Mayor,
who also is pastor of the First
Baptist Church, and a group of
civic club members drew up a
petition and made their first ef
fort to incorporate the community.
The move touched off a court
battle, lasting nearly nine years.
"Some of the folks who owned
considerable property opposed the
idea,” the Mayor said. "But they
were in the minority, and we won
out in the summer of 1946.”
The administration operates on
a 14 thousand dollar budget.
The village is without street
lights, but the Council has taken
a chunk out of the budget to buy
light standards and plans to have
lighted thoroughfares before the
year’s end.
(World-Herfckl).
Seek Hymnals For
Church in Africa
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, West
Africa. (ANP).—Rev. Isaac E. C.
Steady, of Freetown, pastor of the
AME church here, announces
that the,newly renovated AME
church which they have been re
modelling for five years, will be
ready for use this month. He
needs 100 AME hymnals for now
they are using Hymn books from
England and feel much out of
touch as a result. They may be
sent in small parcels of four
pounds each. He will be glad to
have used papers and magr-^-je*
also. Rev. 1. E. C. Steady.
church, will reach him.