Bronze Reporter [Volume: 2, Issue: 9]

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long way off from u~!
~igan. But, this kifd of atrocity

We here in Michicgen can do well
~to examine our civil rights sincé
this latest Mississippi decd has br
~ee in this country.

_ what effect

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THE BRONZE REPORTER |

B scr sss November 12, 1955

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good journalism and to thi, is faithfully dedicated.

EDITORIAL POLICY
-The editorial policy of the Bronze Reporter is to
~reflect the thought of the Negro, to expose those persons

_way of life), to protest acts or policies which deny the
Negro his full constitutional rights as a true American.. The Bronze Reporter is a non- partisan newspaper. | 4}
Its main objeetive is:~to render a public service through ~

and conditions which prove contrary to (~he American

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By Arthur J. Edmund

November 8,.1955

It is L with @ great deal of pleas
sur that I brin; back to this paper
a few thoughts that I have about
matters that concren ali Negroes.
First, I would like to say ~welcome
back~ ~to the Bronze Reporter. I
cannot help but notice the improveménts in this publication.

Continued and increased support,

by all of us can help insure even
higher standards, greater coverage

and more iathaence in our total |

community:
* * a *
The FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
FUND RALLY sponsored by NA
~ ACP was an outstand~ng success. '

Ths kind of demonstration is indicative of the support that the
fight for equality can achieve. W=
should all realize tlt this kind:
of moral and ~finaycial support,
i necessary if we expect our civil |
rights organization to be successful
in their. progsam efforts.

The TILL CASE that. was the!
rallying point of the meeting is a
here in Mich
has béen felt around the ~wor'd.

ought into sharp focus many of
the ills that colored people suffer

if * * x
FEP has: been in force in our
state for almost a month. ~ Of
course it is still too early -to tell.
this law will have.

FRANKLY =e ani)

time and time again, this law wi!l
not mean anything if you are not
prepared for jobs by trainingprepared to apply by desire-and
pepared to process a legimate complaint by recognition of your
duties and~ rights.

Have yop examined your quali-,fications recently? How prepared
are you?

Jcb Equality Is Good
Business Says Secretary

Of Labor

Washington - Secretary of
|Labor James P. Mitchell told the
conference for Equal Job Opportunity which convened in Washington, that ~equality of job opportunity is good business, both in the

short run and over the long ran.~ |

Mitchell ~keynoted the meeting) ling the racial hiring problems.
of Goverment officials, and board! They have had in their employ a

chairman or presidents of sixtyfive of the country~s largest firms
who gathered here to help the

Goverment hart a course of action |

against racial discrimination.

The conference was
over by Vice President Nixon. The
Goverment let the business and
industry leaders known that it
means. business in its policy of
non-discrimination by firms hold
ing government contracts..

The conference marks the first
time that such a group of impotant government. and piviate individuals has tackled the problems

However, as we have cautioned

of job discrmination.

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By C.F. Williams
Director, F.C.O.

On the heels of the recently passed Michigan State F.E.P. and in
the wake of the Till case, a very
unappreciated remarked is alleged
to have been made concerning the
Flint Negro.

Mrs. Augusta ~Williford, a
church an civic worker in our community said, ~I approached McDonald Dairy for a church contributon and was told ~we don~t hire
Negroes and we don~t give to Negro churches.~ If Mrs. Williford~s
statement is true, then we should
all give thanks to McDonald Dairy
for giving us an insight to their
true feelings toward the Negro
contributors ~to their coffers. According to factual information, it. presided |.

~October 29 issue of the Bronze Re
| object of concern of the City At|torney~s Office.

is known that the McDonald Dairy
has made taken efforts at hand
Negro secretary, a Negro auto
mehanic and Negro electrians at
various time.

This, some would be prone to
think, is enough to proof that they
couldn~t have said the aforementioned statement, but is it? Possibly the relaization that they have
a very large percen of Negro customers ~might be the reason behind this ~lenient hiring policy~.

Have you seen a Negro~ milkman
lately? How many. Negroes are on
their payroll now? We of the
Flint Civic Organization are with
you, the Negro buying public. You
answer these questions and we wi!]
act accordingly.

Regret Omission
Of Dateline

The article appearing in the

porter was a source of embarrassment for the BR publisher and the

The article related that.a sick
white woman was caught with her
Negro maid in a cab. The cad
driver received a warning from
the reporting policeman for. violating the racial segregation cab ordinance, but no case was made.

This article without the dateline ~Atlanta, Georgia~, which
was inadvertenly omitted, suggests
that the incident happened in
Flint.

We are proud to admit that
there is no such ordinance in

DO YOU KNOW....

Under Color of 7 i

By Herman Gibson, Pres. Flint Branch, N.A.A. Pi

ANOTHER CASE--ancther VICTORY! Segr
in public parks, golf courses and other public re
ional facilities unconstitutional. Every member of th
N.A.A.C.P can be proud of that victory because their:
membership help made that victory possible.

Throughout the country local branches aid and,
assist one in their struggle to live without being dist
criminated against solely because of our race, creed 0,
color. Structurally, the N.A.A. C. P is like a pyramid.)
The local branches form
the broad base and each
branch within a state usually is coordinated through one ~entral headquarters--The State Conference on.N.A.A.C.P.
Branches. Each State Conference comés under~a Regional Conference. At the
top of the hierarchy stands
the National Office with
its highly trained and experienced staff of race experts and its National
Board of Directors which
reads like ~~~Who is Who
in America~.

Somewhere in the United States a Negro gets into}
trouble. It may be a case similar to Rev. Lee who was +
xilled because he registered to vote in Mississippi, or}

another case where a Negro was. killed because of his

N.A.A.C.P. activity. It may bea ~Mrs. Katherine }
Thompson case in which there is a policy of excluding}
colored teachers from a fily-white school, an ~mmettj
Till case in which envolves deep seated racial hatred?
or Johnny Trouble-maker who gets into trouble with &
his teacher. Each problem is referred to the local legal H
redress chaiman for a determination as to whether?)

there is a racial problem which affects or may affect |
the race a whole or whether it is purely a private
matter. ii

On the other hand, a case may arise as the result of
an.exhaustive study ofa racial problem. Our Ho
Committee, chaired by Dr. William A. Simms,
seek the answers to our segregated neighbottionia) in!)
Flint. An Educatioi Committee to be appointed will~?
under advisement, consults the State Legal Redress}!
Committee, Consults the National Legal Redress Com:|;
mittee, starts the suit where appropriate and usually
takes it through the local courts. Such was the case~ |
of Mrs. Katherine Thompson, school teacher. It invo- |}
Ives not only Mrs. Thompson~s priviate right to teach~
at Bentley School for the violation of which the Bent-.
ley School District is responsible in damages. More}!
fundamentally, it envolves a policy of excluding all}
members of the race from teaching in the many lily-i}
white schools throughout the state which schools are |}
desperately in need of qualified teachers. It also envolves the duty of public officials to protect the right |}
of all qualified persons to teach without regard to distinctions based upon race, creed, color or religion. |

The Katherine Thompson case has been under ad
visement for several months without any attempt be-'
ing made by the responsible public officials to arbit-.
rate or mediate the problem. Atty William S. Price & ~
has had our position checked with Atty.. Edward ~)
Turner, President of the State Conference of Branch- i
es, and Attys. Thurgood Marshall and. Robert Carter ~
of the National Office. We cannot compromise with

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Flint, Michigan.

prejudice. We shall eee:

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