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EDITORIALS
The views expressed in these columns
are those of the writer and not
necessarily a reflection of the policy
of The Voice.—Pub.
t
Between the Lines
One of the emphatic results oi
the recent elections was concrete
evidence that the Negro is in poli
tics no longer a child, speaking
and thinking as a child; but that
he is growing up and putting away
childish things. This of itself
should encourage the nation and
the Negro.
Too often in the past the Negro
has appeared childish trying to be
uncompromising and compromis
ing at the same time. The Negroes
of the South, beset with a contin
gent of whites determined to eter
nalize their second rate citizen
ship, have been forced, in the na
ture of things, to compromise as a
means of survival.
Negroes too often seem to for
get that domination and submis
sion are two of the cardinal quali
ties of survival. All great peoples'
and nations have taken their turn
at submitting and dominating.
Even the American Indians, the'
most unrelenting foes of oppres
sion, have been forced to submit or
perish before the white man’s civ
ilization and the tactics thereof.
The fact remains that most of
history’s oppressed or enslaved
peoples have chosen to survive
through submission, until the hour 1
« of deliverance had struck. This is I
illustrated no less by Israel in'
Egypt and the Negro in America
than by the American Colonists. i
The American Negro by submis-!
sion and compromise has survived
and - at present beholds a better
day in prospect. The most dan
gerous thing about being a sub
jugated people is that complacency
which ceases to hope for something
better. Negros in this country, to
their credit be it said, have never
been satisfied with their enslave
' ment or with the second rate citi—
■ zenship that has been meted to
them since their emancipation.
There was the further result
that the position of northern Ne
groes on many matters appealed
powerfully to the finer instincts of
men because of the forthrightness
of their speech and language. The
southern Negro felt quite as deeply
or perhaps more so than the north
ern Negro possibly could have, but
his voice was muffled by a differ
ent set of circumstances.
The point raised here harks back
to pre-election maneuvers when
Senator Sparkman was accepted
as a running mate of Stevenson.
Sparkman’s record in congress was1
not reassuring. It called for apolo-l
gies, but most of the Negroes
strung along with him because he I
was lined up with the Fair Deal
of Truman. Even Congressman!
Powell who is hailed as the most
uncompromising of the uncompro
mising strung along with Spark
man.
Jim Crow
(Continued from Page 1)
its last breath. They advise the
South to recognize this and pre
pare for the transition.
A spokesman for this group,
Neville G. Penrose, chairman of
the $exas Good Neighbor Com
mission, urged formation of com
munity committees to smooth the
transition.
Thomas Abernathy, successor to
John Rankin in '.he senate, said he
expected the court to render a de
cision similar to the recent one in
connection with interstate travel
on railroads.
Whatever the decision will be,
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Christmas decorations for our homes. Holiday arrangements in the new
style feature our favorite winter flowers, then capture the Christmas
atmosphere through foliage and accessories. Caroline Burke, NBC-TV
star chooses a Yuletide creation by Alyn Wayne, official flower stylist
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holiday green and silver. Flowers, foliage, candles and silver-painted
thistles are held securely in a shallow dish by white styrofoam.
; it probably will not mean the sud
den end of segregation in public
schools. It will mean, however,
that segregation no longer has
judical blessing.
Harvard
(Continued from Page 1)
opportunities which are sugstan
tially inferior to those available to
white children otherwise similarly
situated.
According to the article, the re
sult of these cases has been the
admission of Negro children to a
state-operated undergraduate col
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school despite a state constitution
imposing segregation.
The article summed up Red
ding’s legal philosophy:
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work, to live as a lawyer in the
south, not only as a professional
obligation, but out of sheer self
respect, must fight color discrimi
nation in all its forms. I do not
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conscience unless he does. Such
activity may well be the major
public service he can expect to
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