Bronze Reporter

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THE BRONZE REPORTER

Saturday, March 3, 1956

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THE BRONZE REPORTER, INC.
Is Published Weekly
~ Editorial Address ~
1301 Lapeer St. Flint, Michigan

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EDITORIAL POLICY

The editorial policy of the Bronze Reporter is to
reflect the thought of the Negro, to expose those persons
and conditions which prove contrary to (the American
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-par~isan newspaper.
Its main objective is to render a~public service through; good journalism -and to this end, The! Bronze Reporter
- is faithfully dedicated.

The Alabama Boycott
Serves Notice....es0:

They did not think it would happen - they were so certain that the
Socal laws and customs were adequate protection against the Negro
ever attempting to become a first class citizen in the South. _ Didn~t
they have the bigoted police force to enforce their unfair and unAmerican custom?

Pressures from the expected sources (NAACP, et ceters) and the unexpected source (Till Murder) caused the southland to push and continue to push the southern Negro into. the cdrner.. Time, education,
wars, Amercia~s position on the international front all played its role
in helping the southern Negro to reach his breaking point.

The southern white man was smung in his role as a supermist - he rejected the Republican Party to insure proper legistlative representation in his behalf; he cooperated with the Negro ministry as long as
the| ministry rendered harmless and ineffective leadership; he censured movies and literature that presented the Negro in a favorable light;
and he separated the races in the schools and: eas establishments.

While the southern white man busy being smug and eontandsi), something was happening to the Negro of the South.

The old uncle Tom type of Negro was being replaced. The new
Negro was coming into his own. No longer did fear control him as did
his forefathers. Intelligence will dispell fear ~and superstitions. No
\onger could his leaders tell him to stay in his place, because he could
~~t understand just where was his place. He had to fight and die for
his county just like anyone ~else. He had to have an earning capacity to
maintain a standard of living just like any one else. His intelligence
quotient was rising, but his restrictions were comparably maintained
In order to live with himself, he had to do sotnething as he was tired
of just waiting for ~things to change~~,

Ironically, it was the southern white man who. gave him the cause
and reason to exert himself. The house-bombings, the Till murder,
the \stiff opposition to h's right to vote as a citizen, the beatings given
several upspoken leaders were but a few causes for concern. In Birmingham, Alabama, it was the enforcement of a seating custom that

~proved to be the straw that broke the camel~s back. A fine of about |

- $24, 00 imposed on a color ed women, cost the bus company thousands
of dollars, caused the southern Negro to band togther in protest, to
refuse to ride the buses until a change in policy had been made. This
action in turn has captured the respect of honest people throughout
the world. The master stoke of diplomacy, was the adhrence to a ~nonviolence code.~:

Now it is up to the southern city tithets to break the ~boycott~ action wthout-resorting to stronger gestapo tactics which will bring criticism from many corners. The Boycott action serves notice that the
Negro is. just plain tired of the senceless restrictions placed upon him.

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Letter To
The Editor

Feb. 27, 1956

|The Editor
~Bronze Reporter
1301 Lapeer St.
Flint, Michigan

Dear Sir:

We have just completed a membership drive for the Urhan League

must say that it was a disappointment toa number of us not to have
a word mentioned about it in your
newspaper..Many of us support
your paper since. the very beginning.

It seerns that your paper is used
as.a NAACP organ. There are other worthwihle organizations in
~lint that merit publicty. Maybe
you haven~t heard of the Urban
League.

Ed - G.H. please check with the].
Urban League as to why we don~t
carry any of their news. We have}.
called organizations, civic and otherwise, asking to be placed on
their mailing list so that we would
have an opportunity to keep abreast with their activity. If the
Urban League or any other group
doesn~t see fit to cooperate wth us,
we are at a loss as to how to make
inyone send us news to their activity.

Feb. 27, 1956
Editor
Bronze Reporter

Dear Sir:

I want to take this opportunity to say how much fF appreciated your article~ on parents

n duty to their daughters. A Iot of
~rouble is had because children are
not properly looked after. Keep up
the good work and the best o
Luck -for you.

2

A reader

Feb. 25,
Editor
The. Bronze Reporter
Flint, Mich.

Dear Editor: | as
This is not a criticize, but a suggestion for what it is worth. Last

had to say about the boycott and
and the gallant stand of Autherine

anything concerning the brace
activity. of Negros in the South.

I thought you would appreciate
knowing that many people are
looking to your paper for cover on
significant nevs at home and on
the national s_ene,

R.H.M.

Ed. Whenever you see fit to criticize this paper, please do so. we
know that you are interested or
you wouldn~t trouble yourselz to
write,, We want to know what you

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Lucy. Of course you didn~t have]

cary is the inet of cold
weather and Valentines. Everyone
begin thinking of spring and what
it will bring:

For the women - tashtonk spring
redecorating, seed and bulb planting and changing menus begin to
come to mind. In this years women~s fashions are~ listed small
close - fitting hats in light colors
the pencil slim outline in| dresses
and suits the ~long~ bag and plain
calf or patent pumps. There is a
variety of hat shapes, sailor, pill
box, and clocke. The plain pump
fits into almost every.occassion
and is always stylish with a look of
quality. The stores will also be
featuring the straight coat with
three quarter length sleeves:
For home _ redecoration _ this
year contrasting dark and light
shades are used on apposite walls
of the same room. Carefully picked
rugs, lamps, and furniture colors
will give yotr rooms that ~well
matched look.~ Painting and covering will match up the misfits, using lamp shade covers, chair covers
and paint.

Inexpensive material can~ be
used to cover odd chairs and make
draperies for a room which has
been mixed - matched. In one room
for example, there may be green
rugs, walls and book shelves. Draperies with the same shade of gre2n
mixed in the print with a little red
red waste baskets red chairs (or

Lets Face The Facts

tail and sender and can be used in
the center of a garden. Larkspur
also grows tall. These can be surrounded by Pansies, Petunias and
Marigolds which are shorter flowers.

Menus ~for spring will turn
from the oven baked dinners to
more easily prepared lighter meals
Salads will be used, as weather
gets warmer, along with the: meat
or including the meat. Here are
some combinations which may be
useful} 1. Chicken and Ham Salad
with Mustard Dressing, 2. Tomato and Sardine, and 3. a salad
with diced cooked meat, potatoes,
carrots string beans ~and ~hard

_{boiled eggs;mixed - with French

dressing.and placed on a lettuce
leaf.

These are ideas and plans we can
look forward to.in the coming
months.

Miss Wilson Of
N.ALA.C.P. Speaks

Miss Betty Wilson of Maple
St., has been in Flint since July
of last year. She hails from Johnson City, Tennessee.

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Miss Wilson is a NAACP booster.

chair covers) and red lamp shades.
Wastebaskets can be painted to
match. One color should be light,

~j|and the other contrastingly dark.

Perhaps a netural color for scatter
~ugs and drape background would

out the colors (such as
white or grey.) |

Soon bulbs and seeds will go in
the ground. In planing our gardens
the size. and shape of: flowers
should be considered. For a bard- |
er bush, Sweet Alyssum ~an be
used. This plant comes in a variety
of \color. The aan grows

She thinks that every: Negro-should

be an active member of the Nat~ional, Associaton for the Advance~ment of Colored People.

Said Miss Wilson, ~Colored people in the South are beginning to
realize the benefit of leadership
and organization. The nonviolence
policy which they are using to cope

with the bus situation in Birming
ham, Alabama, will win the respect
f people throughout the nation.
Don~t you just love all those min
isters who are not afraid to go to

jail for their principles?~

Believe me, St; mie: k
o night goes by, bel %
ever so tired, but / y

week I expected to read what you} | 7,

like of the paper.

THE A MERICA N WAY

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