Bronze Reporter [Volume: 2, Issue: 9]

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Rights of the Federal Civil

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THE BRONZE REPORTER

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eee Saturday, ~November 12, 1955

Deaths, Boycotts And Vote Denial |
Cited By NNAPA Directors

* Washington~ D. C. ~ Last Friday, October 28, attorney General
Herbert Brownell, Jr. heard members of the National Newspaper
Publisher Association Board: | of
Directors urge Federal action: to
stop violence, intimidation and

threats against colored in Missis-|
ippi, Because he doesn~t want
~publize the step the Justice;

d i his re-|
sponse was off the record. The
boards statement that was presented by Carl Murphy. President
of the Afro-American Newspapers. He cited the two criminal

ights Statutes which are the
asis for prosecutions in this type
of cases. Murphy told how the
White Citizens Councils organized
in Mississippi with one of the ex-|
pressed pees. to keep colored.
people from voting. Other aims
on their program include continuance of segregation in the
schools and maintenance of the
status quo in relations. The
white Citizens Councils have encouraged ~an economic boycott -of
colored citizens who stand up for
their rights have sought to have
militant Negroes fired from jobs
and have instigated denial of!

credit to farmers and smal] businessmen in order to force them
to accept the Mississippi Jim
Crow ~system. Mr. Murphy received all the acts of violence of
record that have been cimmitted
in ser Peay
Rev. Geo. W. Lee (May 7, 1955)
to the brutal Till Murder (August
29, 1955). Said Mr. eceangg ah

> Sartnents to take with|timidation and violence. emp
Zrespect to atone, Which have!

@ecurred in Mississippi,

ized by the three known killings
give the picture to the world that
in areas of this country colored
citizens can be intimidated, beaten
and even murdered. Without the
Criminals involved being punished by either! the state or fed-;eral authorities.~ The Spokesman

Stated the position of the members of the NNPA.~ We are interested in seeing that our Federal Government find a way to
punish those responsible for the
Crimes in Mississippi, and to assure all the citizen that these atrocities.will not be repeated. We
think it is time now that prosecutions were instituted. The longer we wait, the more crimes will
be committed.~

~The temper of oppressed people around the world,~ continues
Murphy, ~Shows an impatience
with proffers of freedom on the
installment plan.when the con
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tacts in their constitution call for
cash on the barrelhead. A survey
shows non-Communist in France

have commented more amg 4
and more frequently on the Till
Lynching than the Communists.
_ ~Realities gazine, published
in Paris, polled représentatives
from nine Asian countries. Only

jone- out of - nine believed the

United States is now in top place
in world affairs. Four chose
Communist Russia, and four were
not willing to make a choice.
He concluded by stating that
the United States is constantly
seeking to round up allies in the
United Nations, lost because of

our shocking demonstration that
there is no such thing as equal
justice under law for our citizens. who belong to the darker
races.

Antioch To Have
Thanksgiving Day
Service

Antiaoch Baptist Church - Rev.
C.R. Neal and his congregeation
will join with the Antioch membership in observing. Thanksgiving
Day.

~Rev. Neal will be the principle
speaker and guest. Antioch Choirs
No. II and III will provided the
singing for the occasion.

The services will be at 11 a.m.

Rev. Pryor, pastor of Antioch,
extends a cordial invitation to the

public to attend the speical services.

Money Talks....

By Roi A. Mare

~Daddy-O, ahm tellin you the}.

class is gettin ruffah and ruffah.
I caint even add 197, 591, 380,
164, 312, 640, 320 and 160 and git
the same answer twice,~ Roosevelt
~Money-Honey~ Bown moaned as
I came in and walked to a comfortable chair.

~Don~t you think the Flint Civic
Organization is doing a magnificent job in promoting the Holsum
campaign?~ I began.;

~Man, yau, but ah has regrets -
some of us jest don~t make any
kinda sense,~ he snorted,

~What do you mean, my friend,~

~Well, Daddy-O~ when ah sees
some mah folks still buying othah
baked dough, ah jest gits ornery.
How can the white folks have eny
respect fo~ us when don~t have eny
followers. We all jest try to be

genr~ls - but no privates Daddy 0,
no privates.~
~I certainly think the promotion /
is maturing in a note-worthy manner. Therefore, it is indicative pf
support from the rank and file.~

~There you goes filing gad
ranking. Them Negroes who is not
hey is traidors and hyppocrites. Do
buying Holsum is sure nuff rank.
you realize, Daddy-O, what would
happen if we all stop getting the
othah bake dough altogether, Why,
man, we would break down those
lily white bars and make jobs fo~
more of us. Me - fo~ instance.~

~Now, Money, you admit having
a difficnit tide adding figures. If
your thoughts because a reality,
we would have to have more qualified men than you.~

~So ahm ignant huh. Well git
your qualified men, but get em.~

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