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been Mi Views smadi IKexmcBWQ Booker T. Washington Banks Are Worthy Gifts tn this ooiuzna ara tboaa tht wiOar and aW mat 'ajaaaaamiOr i ariM iai (Th. 18 "uuob TM Coonac Ta S4U4n! nrTTTTr; and resourceful S. J. brouefit mora of thu traorl tnfnm rf Uf to thA Booker T.

more Bcople tfian anv other society in his fhich i know n' Birthplace Memorial at Book tory. Ijyy Vft ajwava Som people chose to construe thla doc on new nlan trine decrying mere (as one coma Decome proficient in any teen oroficient Aiatnan rmhlie more con. ndn'T nt i' the great contributions of the 4r of Tuskegee time Air. has conie. up S'A ft, which Book A Washington lg I on the plan miles II Qe Roanoke, Va rL bank de t0 promote iiea or $1 SU.

and Cwith it goes, i fin L0f Wisdom, In fa' Trust, ana Rogers THE many varieties t)f lie human race the two have met and tet and most are what are as Negro and Caucasian. ja white scientists say irew matin? 10,000 or years ago others even fit the are, a pd out f. race tat Afri Europe re once i it r. Europe pical. how.

is as sun Since j. II I I Trie pe 3Ir Rogers ataut 3.000 years ago, 3 and blacks have been They did abundantly in North Africa and Blaoks invaded Europe Hannibal and lor cen ter 711 A. p. for 600 years. Moors Aincans raided the coasts of PJurope for "lte wompn and Marie Mature of Negro, mulat Tite harems in all Is Ml AIX) CAME to Thev came Pr the Givrks arid Ro they are still com 'Xg in mate with white ha0 nmlaftn Viil.

3S for. Viae Tiarv." 1 ll the New World. that up? Ji'lS is trilP nnlv an win isn't there be doubt or t.en certain whlro scholars, rep from colr ca ven, jiaydn, Goethe, gather ntid royal Pa? the English and the. that the VirVin known as. rk nnV tn.

trhaf ar.ces ShiTf! European uumzn them into snomdn't The answer "is PttW.u with the Negroes 15 frw 1 Afra. not tn mon. dooming to white peo a H) pi; ikp Aegroes "rffi no nart in Tn ume "hite" civL nirti mere hope for them ex BIr. Schuyler 1950 San Francisdo valued at 1 4 a vffflU lis qune Book. Says A.

ROGERS opinion of Th Courlar Th Editor.) cept to produce for white masters. Why should net world history now be rewritten to Include the Negro's part In it? The answer to that is' up to Negroes. SO FAB WE'VE left work of this sort to white philanthropists, as inaeed we've done to most of the things in our life that really count. Almost every Negro, prominent in the public eye, has been pushed up there, by white liberpls, and when that has been done "only then do Negroes begin to cry hurrah him. But when it comes to putting the Negro in his place in history, which is important for world peace and brotherhood, your white philanthropist and white editor are not going to do it jnd were I white, be hanged if I'd give money to be used to take the glory I've been taught that inheres in my pale skin.

SOME EIGHTEEN YEARS ago a friend tried to get me a Rosenwald grant. The foundation replied (I have the letter somewhere), th'at it didn't give money for what I was doing. The same year, however, Jt gave $1,000 to one of its Negro favorites for a vacation in Japan. Please note I'm not kicking; I'm glad now I didn't get it, because I've gained strength, not to mention independence, by being on my own. I've been carrying on for thirty five years without white support.

I've dug up my material, assembled it, published ita nd sold it to pay the print nical field without consulting books). My personal view is that we have been grinding out of our colleges for far too many years scores of thousands of graduates with a Ismattering of literature, so called history, languages (in which they were unable hold a conversation) the pseudo science of psychology and similar, claptrap confused far more than it educated. 'IT HAS BEEN largely reactionary because it "trained" youth for roles in life for Which there was little market and would be less in, the future. In our technological world there was a gerat need for the technically trained but not much for the others. So we ha4 the incongruity of B.

As and M. A.s waiting table and hopping bells. Although the laundry business (on a primitive scale), sent many of them through the colleges; not one of them contributed any advanced ideaj or technique to the laundry business, one of the nation's big industriesA fill. A. 1 A 1 xne same mini oe saia oi ouier iieias 3 3 a ii rw.eViiftfrton.

half dollars. Anybody of endeavor. They were educationally, all 1 1 i Ti a. 01 uigu icvci pyuiuuuu uiciSBcu up wjui uuwuere IU gU. XI, 13 at least as important to know about plumb ing as about Plato.

n.WE BEEN fifty other me ns cast, and together they brought ONE OF THE things Booker T. Wash SoOO. The Booker T. Washington ington stressed all of the time was thrift Cty first memorial coin and it alone Without it little can be accomplished in the faoceht in $1,200,000. world as it There are thrifty Negroes, 'is memorial coin was designed by a of course, but there are not nearly Cirtist, in competition with some of Perhaps if more of our youths were Sett artists in the country, and tells taught from infancy, the necessity of sav 'HjiatlC Siory oi uic pciiniiuoo a.ux tuyiucuiuig cacu uay, uie xiauit woiuu youth who became one of the best stick through adulthood.

This little toy Americans of his day and widely in bank as a birthday or Christmas gift might world thinking on educational start a child on the right path. The Cooker T. Washington Memorial Mact that his bust is now in the Hall half dollar as a pocket piece con tos at New York University attests stantly remind him of the need for saving Wica's opinion of him. He was quite instead of squandering, and at the same Hie first American of color to win time keep in his mind what a man born in Wide the most unfavorable circumstances can ac complish in America. WAS the simple one that in Right now parents are thinkine hard i i i i 1 a.

j. xi i wild 3 most nieniy lecmucai civuiza wnac io give meir cniiaren ior dnrisimas. with should oe tramea to maintain weu, wiis Danx is one present tnat snoujo; fcprove tnat ciyinzation wmcn nas prove useiui ana mstructive. The Tragedy of Negroes' History Is That White! Writers Ignore the Facts nnt zprcaaed la tbU cohBi tr the th wrttr a.sd 4o set nioaasartlr axpraaa th dltorlal er. The Carnegie Institution gave Gunnar Myrdal $209,000 for preparation of his "American Dilemma." And he had a host of helpers.

MY GREAT Men of Color, 3000 to 1946 A. which I hold Is a bigger undertaking, did alone. While Myrdal's is largely opinion, mine is historical research through tens of thousands of books and articles. There was also vast research on the portraits, some 150 of them. And I hold my book has greater ultimate social value.

Treating as it does of the deeds of great Negroes, 200 of them, it is a sort of Plutarch, whose "Lives" have been an inspiration for 2000 years. Yet the white critics ignored my book and because they did, snooty Negro scholas did, too. THE SAME WAS true, too, of my "Sex and Race" (Three Volumes) which I did alone and published myself, and which was used as an. authority in the printed brief to the Supreme Court in jim crow on dining cars. Now get this straight I'm not complaining.

I love my work. One must when one carries on in any field without financial reward for thirty five years. Butvdue principally to letters from, and interviews with, Negro students and youths, I feel that something must be done to lift Negro history from the low level to which it is being held. WhatJ Til say next week. Business Review By William A.

Occomy Rental Agent, Part 2 LAST week we discussed the evolution and nature of the rental The, interrelationship and the similarity between the rental agent and other, enterprises were mentioned. The functions of the rental concern production, or the acquisition and assembling of a list of available housing facilK ties: marketing' or the distribution of these available openings to those' need or desire them: Financing, or the' supplying ot sufficient capital to facilitate the acquisition and distribution of these available housing facilities management or administration or the coordination of all of these activities creating one unitary, symmetrical enterprise, OPERATIONS are in vol ved in securing suitable rooms, kitchenettes and apartments to offer to the public? Unlike other businesses, the rental agent has to put on as vigorous a campaign to secure openings as he does to dispose of them. To secure openings he has to advertise extensively to landlords through such media as the news papers, magazines, souvenir programs and circular letters. I He may even place a person on the field to secure a sufficient number of openings. This cam paign must be unrelenting and ceaseless.

Every rumor or report about a possible opening must be followed up systematically and vigorously. THE ACQUISITION of orders or openings Is similar to the production activities in a factory. The vacancy is the product, it Is that which Is sold and all of those activities centering' around the gathering of openings are classed as production activities. After these orders or vacancies are secured they have to le distributed, marketed or disposed of to applicants. How is this done? A vast application file is com J3 JJlM riTfccgsclVBeteCtoixifl A.S.iWJLAI at LAST RadNING QUEEN op ethiopia.

daughter of the dreatmenelik, one of her first acts was to enforce his DECREES AdAlNST SLAVERY. FOR CENTURIES ETHIOPIA WAS RULED BV QUKNS.CALL whom was the queen of sheba Another is mentioned in the acts OF THE APOSTLES. ZAiDiTu wad Succeeded BY WAiLE Selassie. Quits Tom Role By JOSEPH D. CLAIMING that the producers of the televised "Beu lah Show" Insisted that he play "chicken and pork" roles.

Bud Harris announces that he has quit the show. 'T will play no Uncle Tom parts," he affirms. Harris is right. His. attitude shows courage, character and vision.

Colored Americans have been depicted as buffoons, scoundrels, and ignorant uses long enough and it is time to call a halt. But sad to relate, it seems that Mr. Harris will trod a lonesome road. Very few colored actors refuse these shameful characterizations and the majority of the colored American citizens have not expressed any uniform resentment. WHILE HARRIS QUITS the Beulah show there are those of his people who praise the burlesque skit.

Some have gone so far as to hail Beulah as a strong factor In improving" "race relations." But on and off the stage, misled members of the darker minority have func tioned as "Dear Old Mammies" and "Blessed Uncle Toms." Down South, where such fawning characters are cherished and adored, the relations between the races are sorely strained. The Southerners would like to perpetuate the piled and kept. In this file are placed the names, personal histories and desires of persons who want living quarters. Each application card contains the. name, address, telephone number, members In the family and other data.

In addition to these details a rather exhaustive examination Is made of the needs and desires of the applicant. In addition to this data, though, the applicant gives the job on which he Is employed, the years he has worked there: the name of his landlord and the time he has lived there. Although compact this serves the office In fitting aprlicants to orders received. bowing, scraping type of colored citizens. These wily Dixiecrats have no "use for red blooded, upstanding colored citizens.

That is why they ban first rate pictures where colored people are permitted to play respectable roles. BEULAH, AMOS and Andy, the Kingfish, Rochester, and other silly, ignorant, ridiculous characters are highly acceptable to the Proctor and Gamble Soap Company. These sponsors of Beulah and Amos and Andy employ more than two hundred thousand workers. It is claimed that none are related in race to Rochester, Hattie McDaniel, nor the rest of the darker Americans, who play the parts of flunkies, scullions and nitwits on the screen, on the airj and now on television. This commentator warned his readers that television would soon seek to perpetuate such abominable stereotypes.

BUD HARRIS does not understand how the presentation of "Beulah" is going to better any race relations. That is why refuses to be portrayed as a ghost fearing, crap shooting. gin drinking jester. Lena Home has taken the same stand. The salaries received by the actors In burlesque roles does not fairly compensate for the harm done.

The colored American has been overpaid to play the fooL Stepin Fetchlt stamped colored people as being lazy and shiftless. Many other movie stars of color have been depicted as being thieves, panderers, and petty criminals. It Is time for this sordid business to be halted. It is disturbing and puzzling to this reporter to comprehend and understand why so many colored people endorse Beulah characterizations. It is strange that they do not realize that it is the desire of the opponents of racial equality to keep colored people "in their places.

MANY WHITE CITIZENS "Th unify of atioa fiqhtinq for fro world Includes trm of wary color and raeo. FRANKliN DELANO ROOSEVELT. 11(1 z'' ivotos Aovoc RCHP WTY AS LCCTV Koz2 courts RACIAL SOTU. U08TH A3) SOUTH OM U'ORLO PR0a7S DAY (SWD usre iiavARD uravsRShv. its vwsf A WASlllNdrrDN.tXC.

ATTCSy EUTdAVg UP MS PRACTICE TO INTH1S WORK. VJS A CIOSS PISRSOMAL IRlSlZP TW2 LOTS ABDUL OAllA, ONS THfi BAHA! M0VgAfiNT. EBSblMi (Little WCWaj Or THE ANGEL5J OR TVE BUCK VIRGIN OF COSTA RiCA.CENTRAL AVERlCAflS THAT REPUBLICS MOST VALUABLE TREASURE. MAGNIFICENT YVHS Ss, BUILT 300 YEARS AGO TO HOUSE IT. THE STATUE 0y FIVE INCHES HIGH Black mad JhV onnas are small Rirr tup AVID TWAOXTlOV1l 7 ABOUT IT APE sl WORTH AILUONS.

ON MAY 1950, Actor Bud Harris Rates Accolade for Showing Such Courage (Th vlvwa expressed thl column ar tho. of tti writer and do sot BciHlr xpra pi Dion of Tba Courlar Tba ditora. Mr. Bibb tb adltonaJ have declared from time to time that "the Negro is all right In his place." Proctor and Gamble deem the darker citizens as being all right in Beulah roles. The boys In Korea and the countless thousands now being drafted into the armed forces most certainly are deeply desirous of first class citize ship.

Bud Harris is tired of being a second class citizen and there are thousands and thousands of colored people who loathe such piffle as is dished out by Beulah, Amos and Andy, and the Kingfish. "It ain't funny. MeGee." Bud Harris does not think so. Neither does Lena Home. COLORED AMERICANS should fight for economic representation.

They should contend for fair employment opportunities with Proctor and Gamble. These radio and television fiascoes are insufficient. The great George Bernard Shaw used to say that "in the kingdom of the. blind, a one eyed man Is king." Bud Harris Is not one eyed, but his eyes are wide open, while those of his fellow workers are shut tight Colored Americans who play the roles of Uncle Tom and Aunt Dinah on and off the American stage are tragically blind. They do not comprehend the Implications.

They do not calculate the psychological effect. They do not seem to perceive the dangers and hazards of the stereotype. BUD HARRIS should be awarded a vote of He has won the accolade. He has taken an heroic role that will pay his people much higher dividends in the long rur than playing on the Beulah show. Meanwhile colored Americans should Inform the producers of these insulting farces and fiascoes that they do not approve of them.

Maybe it would be wise and diplomatic for the NAACP and the Urban League, and the pulpit and the press to seek better job opportunities with Proctor and Gamble. Beulah and Amos and are Insufficient. We agree with Bud Harris. ess sikn fir Ysv tK si when it was Stolen, coSta Rica went INTO TKREE OF MOURNlNfl MOST COSTA RlCAMS ARE WHITE. Copyright 1331, by Ta Pitxaburgh Courier Publishing Company Reproduction Kxprtuly rorhiOAtn TVrm tvtv lira I i YES.

WE ALL TALK By MARCTS BOlTLWARiC New Year's Speech CINCINNATI. Ohio Our church is planning a New Year's program on the eve of Jan. 1. The formal program will consist of speaking, music and oral readings with some dramatic Interpretations. I have been asked to deliver a fifteen minute address io keyntte the occasion.

I am particularly concerned about the subject matter of the speech. Please offer some suggestions In your column. A Reader. Answer: There are several ways by which you might develop this speech. You might give a history of New Year's celebrations, including dates on which the occasion has been observed.

You might even bring In the traditions of New Year's in this country; for example, the President's reception, the Philadelphia Mummers' Parade and Tournament of Roses. To be novel, you might set forth the Idea that for every end there Is also a beginning. The end of one day marks the beginning of a new one, and so on. The passing of the old year might be symbolic of "forgetting the past, and preparing for the future." The theme of your message might be built around this idea. Whatever you do, give your audience an idea for every word.

For my tree model speceh of dedication, send two stamps and a self addressed business envelope. Write Marcus IL Boulware. P. O. Box 2401, Charlotte.

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1W Mays The Most Hopeful Area Of Human Relations In The South Is Still the University of N. C. s.y IfJUJuO MATS rrfca vtew oraoaa4 tm Ml amaui ukm of im wnu oo imiiiruy axprwa im adiionaJ optojoai ot Tba CoorMt TM SAitorsj THE second time I have 1C participated In a Religious Emphasis Week at the University of North Carolina. Frankly, there is something very delightful about the university. In most respects It does not differ front universities tn the East and West.

One feels free and at ease there, i have rvvfr i run into any unpleasant ex i perlences. The professors you meet are con genial and friendly. The students are a fine group to 1 at know. In dls cussion fTOupa, they appear as liberal as students find on campuses In the North. And this Is a significant statement because my guess Is that the majority of the students are from the Sooth, do not believe theflne atmosphere at the university can be attributed to students from the North.

meet Southern students who have rone a Ions way in their human relations thinking as far as students from other sections of the country. AS YOU MOVB around the campus they take you for granted. They ask pertinent penetrating questions about the South, religion and human relations. A person could go there and leave without knowing that there are stm very conservative sppts in the university. A few might be discussed.

I get the impression that the students in the University of North Carolina would readily accept Negroes in the univer sity as fellow students. believe further that they would not only accept Negroes, but many would assume responsibility for making it pleasant for them. I believe the faculty of the university would not object to hold back resides outside of stu dents and teachers. THAT. THE UNIVERSITY ot North Carolina did not lead th way Jn breaking down racial barriers in higher education Is disappointing to me.

I never dreamed that the University of North Carolina whtca has spearheaded in the field of human relations would allow the Louisiana State the University of Arkansas. University of Oklahoma, th? University of Tennessee, and the University of Virginia to forge ahead of It In this aspect of higher education. It is indeed strange. The University of North Carolina can hardly maintain Its leadership in this area If it is to keep its doors barred to Negro students. It is the one university in the South that could admit Negroes with the minimum of objection from students and faculty.

I believe the climate is ready. THERE ARE OTOER areas of conservatism which one would not expect to find ln the great University of North Carolina. In public gatherings where people from the commuj nity are expected, there Is to be segregation. Recently a meeting, where Kagawa of Japan was scheduled to speak. Was moved from the university to a church in the dty because the meeting had to be segregated if it were held on the campus of the university.

This means that the religious leaders who planned the Kagawa meeting were! not In harmony with the university's policy of segregation. So there are many people in the university community who do not agree with this policy. I UNDERSTAND FURTHER that Negroes are not allowed to stay in the Carolina Inn, where ordinarily, I believe, unl versity guests stop. The Religious Emphasis people got around this problem by placing all eighteen leaders in private homes. Here again the religious people protested by hot using the inn.

All these are "areas where the university does not have to hold back. But as long as there are llbal forces at work in the institution there is hope that the University of North Carolina will soon regain its place of leadership among Southern universities. Despite these areas of conservatism. I believe that the University of North Carolina is still one of the most hopeful spots in America for assisting mightily in solving Ihe problems of human relations In the South. It is also hopeful, that there are families in the university community who am willing to have Negroes a guests in their homes..