Bronze Reporter [Volume: 2, Issue: 4]

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~A Reflection Of Negro Thought~

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Volume mo - No. 4 age PRL Flint: Michigan, Saturday, October 8, 1955 eT } 195&

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Decision Ends
Chance Of.
Making Peace

Sumner, Miss ~ (ANP) - Moses
Wright can never again live in~
safety in the Mississippi he has
known all his 64 years.,

He knew that whatever chances
he had of making peace with his
white neighbors ended when he
took the-witness stand here and
pointed unflinchingly at J. W.
Milam and swore that Milem was
one of the white men who took
14 year old Emmett Till out of ~
his bed and into the night-to
death, -.

For Moses Wright committed
an act of bravery which is difficult for most people to ccmpre-~
hend. He could expect neither
pity nor sympathy from: the
white people in Mississippi; he
knew! better than to believe that
the law could or would protect

Moses Wright is a hero. Not to
the white people in the Mississippi Delta. Not to. J. W. Milam or
Roy Bryant. Nog to Defense Lawyer Sidney Carlton. Perhaps not
to a jlot of cowed

Mee Africans Get More
\Civil Service Jobs

Mrs. Mary Alice Lewis, 34, 315} LONDON-(ANP)- Africans ocK. 8th Street, describes her excit- | cupying higher posts in the Ugan|ing experience in the recent\da Civil Service number more
Hamann Store holdup. than 50, compared to five less

~It was} about 9:15 p.m. when a|than three years ago, it was recustomer with her child came in-|vealed by a committee study.
to the store. (Identified as Mrs.| ~ Thig does not mean that we
ce lee oa ayton, 1422 Liberty, | consider everything has been done
jand her 4 year old daughter, |that needs to he done.~ the comJanice). Seconds after they come | mittee reported. ~Far from it. We
in, two vibe er and hcg have merely signposted the way.
oles a sensing en cen a's, nis Now our work is to be continued
fc in thi ~. ses an i the ht and expanded by the newly-con
oor - IS a holdup. 1 thought | stitued Public Service Commisthey were playing at first until | sign whose appointment was one
I saw the big knife in his hand |o~ our earliest recommendations,~
and. the handkerchiefs over their The report points out that the
faces. I did as they demanded, |.ommittee~s primary. task has
although [ didn~t lay on the floor. |} eon to get heads of departments
The fellow with the small brown thinking and planning how best

bag tried) to open the cast regis- Sea
ter, being careful not to leave 4 ry et ga their higher ranks

any fingér. prints. He used a::
handkerchief. ~How do you~open| The comittee describes the
this D___|__ thing? he asked me, |Progress made as ~appreciable,~
appearing) very nervous. I ex- but adds: ~We would be the first; to admit that it may appear not

plained -to him and he used his!
elbow to] open the register. He|to have been brought about very
quickly. The reasou for this {s

scooped up all the money except | @
rf P * sins simply that Africians of the re
the small, change.: _ Arr
quired qualifications are not vet

After they left, I called to the ~ C;
customer | and -asked. her if she |coming forwards in anything like

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After graduating from Flint
Northern, Miss Barbara Bolden,
26, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Billingsley, 741 Leith St., was:

unsuccessful in obtaining employ-|

ment. She was trained to be a
bookkeeper-typist. Her mother
saw an ad concerning practical
nursing.~ Miss Boiden Became interested. She passed the entrance
examination and took the course
at. Hurley Hospital. During the

(photo by Van Dyke Studio)
last six weeks of the course, she
was affiliated with St. Joseph~s
Hospital, and after completion of

the nursing cours
ployed.:
~Now that I~m in ~, she. said,
~I like the service. I don~t have
racial bars to.contend with and
Tim quite..satisfied hig 53... scckMiss Bolden is a member~ of
St. Bethlehem Temple on Spencer. ce
Rev. B ~T. Scott is her pastor.

e, she was em
James Edwards Stars
As Dr. Bunche In |

~Toward Tomorrow~

NEW YORK~Stage and screen
star James Edwards. appears as
the young Ralph~ Bunche in
~Toward |Tomorrow~ on ~Du
Pont Cavalcade Theater~, Tuesday (Oct4) at 8:30 p. mi, over
WLWA channel 11 and ABC-TV.
Joel Murcott~s original television
play is based upon actual! events
in the early life of the famed
meditator |of: the Palestine dispute who js now Undersecretary
of the United Nations. |

Orphaned at the age (of 8,
young Ralph McHenry Norman is
promised a college education by
his grandmother, ~Nano ~(Ruby
Goodwin). She goes to work: to
make this possible, saying that
~the Lord helps those who help
themsebves~~. t '

Nana~s constant: inspiration to
Bunche as he~gtows older (James

Edwards) helps him to grow into}

a: self-reliant: young man. When
he comes in from playing hasketball on the street she asks him
why he doesn~t plav in school. She
poohpoohs his reply that he does
not think ke can make.the team
by asking him how he can! be so
sure when! he hasn~t even) tried.
Later, assisted by the undrrstanding coach | (Gregory Wolcott),
Bunch becomes a star athlete.

During his! first -vear at TICLA.
Bunche becomes seriously ill and
his college money is used to pay
medical expenses. He pores to
work. later returns to.college and
Nana~s promidest-day is his graquation dav v\enshe receives a Harvard scholarshin hecause of his
amazing academic career and athletic. record, -'

Women suffer more from disavvointment than men, because
thev have more of faith and are
naturallv more credulous ~ Marguerite:de Valois:

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1,000 Attend Paris
Meeting To Protest
Till Case

PARIS-(ANP)-More than _, 00
Parisians attended a meeting here
this week to protest the acquital
of Roy Bryant. and J. W. Milam
on charges of murdering, 14-yearold Emmett Till.

The International League against
Racism. presented to the~ U.
embassy in Paris a motion protesting freeing of the two MissisSippi white men who. are. still
charged with kidnapping.

The group approved by: acclamation the, protest motion, which
said the verdict ~~consecrates the
legality of lynching in the U. S.
and insults the conscience of: the
civilized world.~

Josephine Baker famed entertainer, was one of the chairmen
of the meeting.

Negro Detectives -
Report For Duty

The first two Negro detectives
in: Atlanta~s history went on duty
yesterday at 4p.
neatly-creased elvilien clothing as
partners on the newly reorganized homieide squad. ~

Homicide Squad Detectives,
Howard Baugh, and Ernest Lyons
were briefed before the - daily
police lineup by Superintendent
of Detectives I. G. Cowan and
Sgt. R. E. Little, second in command of the homicide squad.

The two detectives will work
presently on a 4 p. m. until midnight basis as full time homicide
sleuths on an equal basis with
other officers. Their duties will
consist mainly of investigating
murders and assault cases. They
will be commanded by Lt. J. L.

Mosley, former head of the Vice
squad,

S. Negra vote. Mr. Wilkins declare

~member of the Chicago. branch.

|National Committee.

~can be maintained.

m. dressed in}

was afraid to close the door? She
closed the door and I came around to/turn off the lights~ because I |was fearful that they
might return..Then I called the
Police.

Mrs. Lewis said ~one of the
bandits wore a hat just like yours
(meaning| your | reporter~s hat),
but they were short and young~

Mississippi Murders
Perils Democrats, ~

Wilkins Warns

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NEW YORRK ~ SNS ~ The
actions of) leaders of the Democratic party in Mississippi have
created ~a situation not likely to
be dear to the hearts of colored
people in |New York, Philadelphia,
Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Kansas City and Los Angeles, to say
nothing of Indianapolis, Cleveland and! Baltimore,~ Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive secretary
warns in 4 letter to Paul M. Butler, chairman of the Democratic

Citing three murders, other acts
of deintimidation and pronouncements by|/Democratic leaders in
Mississippi plans to. curtail the |
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that ~the|allegiance of the average Negro to the Democratic
party can! be maintained in the
face of speeches by professional
southerners, but it is doubtful if it

Long Way To GoSays Charter
Member Of NAACP

CHICAGO ~ Archie L. Weaver, 61, who- helped organize the
first local) NAACP chapter here in
1910; Says the organization has
a long way to. go.

The only surviving chapter
Weaver states that he is proud of
the progress that the Negro has
made here.

~There |weren~t. many Negroes
here in 1910 but ~those who are
eouldn~~t iget jobs, and couldn~t
get a.decent place to stay,,. he
recalls.. ~

Many ~
leaders w
NAACP,
who head
them to
ities! for

He is st
although

utstanding: white civic
ho were members of the
went to their friends
ed business here to. get
open up job: opportunNegroes.~ Weaver said.
ll active in the NAACP,

he resigned as secretary
treasurer/in -1944 because of ill
health.

Weaver pointed out that. many
of the gains Negroes have made
here in housing and _ employment opportunitics came about
eee the activities of the NA
plans for the Fall and Winter seasons.

sufficient numbers.~

It adds that this condition will

remain~ ~until scholars begin to
return from
and no doubt that for many vears
to come the government will be
able and anxious to absorb all
those who graduate.~

their - universities

Mrs. Ruby Hardin ~

Elected Prexy

The 50-50 Social Club met
Tuesday, October 4, at the home
of Mrs. Gwennola Smith. The 50 -50 Club is probably best remem
bered for the unselfish work it

did in the interest of departing

service men during World War

The meeting was~held to elect
fficers. They are: Mrs. Ruby Hardin, president; Mrs. Robert
Adams, vice-president; Mrs,

cigar Smith, secretary; and

rs. Ruby Fergurson, treasure
The group plans to formulate

Mrs. Lillian Newman was pre
sent as the guest of Mrs. Smith.

een en Carlton

frightened,
Negroes in Mississippi ~ they
think) him a fool.

But to millions of other: people
who understand the enormity of
decision, the temerity of spirit
that could lead a Negro man to
stand up and point out two white
men as the murderers of a Negro,
he was truly. a hero. |

The day before the trial began,
Carlton went to see the old man.
That in itself was:an unusual act.
~defénse counsels are not accustomed to calling Gn the chief witness for the prosecution.

Moses Wright met Carlton and
a group of reporters at the door
of his house, wheldggie,had been
sleeping-alone with ~a 32 calibre
rifle under his pillow and a
double-barrelléd shotgun under
the bed: nee

~The white haired old man stood
there, tired and perhaps a little
-bewildered. But there was not a
trace of fear about him as he
asked his visitors to enter. And
there was even a little defiance
suggested. that
hings might not go well with
Moses Wright if he fingered Milam and Bryant.:

Mrs. Irma Williams.

| Entertains Californian

Mrs. Irma Williams, 324 E. 8th

| St., is playing to role of hostess to
| her aunt, Mrs. Rita Harvey of Los
m~ | Angeles, California. The charmBiiing aunt of Mrs. WilliamS and
= |Mrs. Burnell Wilson is ~spending
'a week with her neices.,.

| As this was Mrs. Harvey~s first
itrip to the East coast, she in| cluded in her itinerary. Washington, D.C., New. York City,
| Philadelphia, Buffalo, N. Y. Niagara, Ontario; and Detroit, Mich
digan. Whil& here ~in Flint, she
~| visited all the sights of interest,
~and was made welcome by many
| friends of Mrs, Williams and Mrs,

Wilson.

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Second Colored Youth

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United States Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, D. C. A

second colored youth, Frederick
Jerome Saunders has been appointed to the United States Supreme Court staff. The first was
Charles Vernon Bush, who.was
appointed a page in 1954. ~ 4
Saunders, who is 16, was~apstigh,,Scho
pointed to serve as under library
assistant |in the Supreme Court
library. He was named to the
position by Miss Helen Newman,
librarian, with the approval of
Chief Justice Earl Warren.
Saunders has been attending |

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the Capitol Page School since
Sept. 12. His salary is $3,200 a yr,
A native of Washington he Ip

west. He is the) son of Mrs. Sara
H. Saun@efs. His father is dead.

~ A graduate of Banneke Junior
ol, Saunders attended
Dunbar High Schoot last year. His
school activities at Dunbar included: Student assistant to the
dean of boys, track team, sergeant in the boys~ cadet corps and
vice~ president of the arts and
crafts club.

at 3312 Thirteenth Street, norfh- -