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THE BRONZE REPORTER, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1956 LISTEN FLINT.

THE BRONZE REPORTER, I INC.
Is Published Weekly. ~ Editorial Address ~
1801 Lapeer Street Ph. CE 86688 Flint, Michigan

~STAFF~: Editor and Advertising Manager. John Gibson, Jr.
| Assistant Advertising Manager Ivory J. Beid
Public Relations Marshall Burns
Legal Advisor Herman Gibson
Reporters
Church, eee SD A. J. Walker
_ Sports John Harvey: Raymond L. Davis.
School and P.-T.A. __ Bessie Lewis
Young People _..--.-.- Cromwell Reid
- Writers
Juan Risco and Edward Dozier
Herman Hamilton, Jr.
Cc. F. Williams:
Elizabeth Gordon Carroll
52 Weeks (1 year)...... $4.50
26 Weeks (1, year) sabes $2.50

~ is faithfully dedicated.

' 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
ype hte). to protest acts or policies which deny the
~= ~ egro has full constitutional rights as a true American.
& - The Bronze Reporter is a non-partisan newspaper.
i Its neain objective is to render a public service through
good journajism and to this end, The Bronze Reporter

MOTHER
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and
sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may. de~ ~sert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother~s love
endures through all: in good repute, in bad repute, in the.
face of the world~s condemnation, a mother still lives on, and
still hopes that a child may turn from his evil ways, and
repent; still she remembers the infant smiles that once filled her bosom with rapture, the merry laugh, the joyful
shout of his childhood, the opening promise of his youth;
and she can never be brought to think him unworthy.

~Washington Irving

Dear Editor:

Never. has Flint been priveledged to have an outspoken man
such as Herman Hamilton.~ He
is sincere and outspoken; the
type of person we need_to raise
the ears of the Flint Negroes
and the eyebrows of the igh
=wrongdoers, white and black.
tiniest Mromey Seti
-tain minister when he _ gets
around to it. The Flint Negro
Population is dead and needs a
shot in the arm. Now is the time
for the Negro to:take his stand.
All over the world the black man
is rallying for first class citizenship. I would like to join~ Mr.
Hamilton in saying Listen Flintwake up-join together do something to help yourself.

Even though he is not from
my shop, fellows over here really
admire him for this outspoken

stand.: John Moreland

Dear Sir:

I am glad to see your paper
has grown to.a full size paper,
and to see you have some real

~, features writers now. I liked the

article by Attorney Gibson and
the one by Juan Risco. I am glad
we Negroes in Flint have a real. Newspaper now, and I pray that. it will continue to grow.

H. L. Younger

Dear Bronze Reporter:
I work at Chevrolet Plant 5

> en te

around
make me sick. I na gga got a0
articles

pa cmape ee ta will right ie
r, t
fre Pie; worked here for years
and watched Negroes be pushed
back while white men with not.a@s much sense as we make set
up men and foremen.

Even in high labor jobs, we
never get nominated much less

elected. So I am obliged to read
a piece like Herman Hamilton
has in our paper. Its about time
somebody started speaking up
for the rights of Negroe ayer ac. B.

Dear Sir:.
Didn~t think anybody had the
nerve to write anything that was

not favorable to Nat Turner. At |

one time, many of) us felt that

Nat Turner and his gang had

you in their pockets I have some
very hot information about our
~crusader~ that would expose
him for what he really is. Would
you print it.

(name withheld on request)
Ed. The prime purpose of the
newspaper is not to engage in
promiscuous character assassinations, but rather to. reflect the
thoughts and activity of the
Negro. If you have some information that would in the in
~ terest of the public to be printed,

we would have no qualms about
printing it. While 4mives are
being ~sharpened. in anticipation
of Turner~s fall, don~t forget that
Nat Turner has devoted countless numberof hours in behalf
of good citiznship.

Dear Sir:

That Herman Hamilton is
clever. His change of pace was
the thing. I'll bet Turner doesn~t
do but hope no one tries
to put him on the spet for answers to Hamilton~s: questions.

_ The Turner machine is

little scared.
Ed. Down Boy!

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press.

Sinee last week~s column, I
have been approached by many of
my fellow workers. Their react
ion to my column has been very

I~m reminded of

last week... Workers
are showing. tment in
the gresent administration (particularly Nat Turner) pes wd
are younger, ca
men to hold office... indicate that a present {you

- All ready a
~back to work movement~ for the
some union official is on foot...~~ Workers are calling for union leadership that shows best in
- terest of members and not self...

Pressure is being applied to this
same official who believe that he
could fool all the people all the
time... Workers are reported to
be buying a set of coveralls for
this officigl~s return to the foundry:.. Union membership is amazed over the heavy: silence of
this officer..
demonstration is reported to have
lasted for 45 minutes~members
of his own/camp active in demonstration... This officer is to be
dumped when the time is ripe by
members of his own party over a. A'welcom--

meet; this officer upon his return
to work in'June...

The impression that I get reminds me of the last days of Hitler.... Remember his last ditch

stahd to salvage his regime. We /

need leadership and many times
we are over -anxious to accept

any type of eoks-sounding person
as our leader...

Young People
With A Vision

BY REV. D. L. O~NEAL

Will our young people escape
destruction? Or will they continue the downward travel? Only, if
their visions are sufficient, may
they escape eternal destruction.
Infact, unless there shall emerge
on this continent young men and
women with vision and courage
to blot out that which is evil and
hold fast to the good, this nation
is doomed.

~Where there is no vision, the
people perish~ are the words of
the. Biblical writer Solomon
awakening the youth to their
duty to humanity. Children have
not lost the power of. imagination, but this Devine power is so
very often directed into the nonprofitable and idle reaims of life.
Children between the ages of one

When the enlac~ is able to visuexisting world

world conflict, and |

alize
visualize a Divine solution~ there
t
~ a. A: anti-Turner |

In The Wake Ot A
-GreatHuman ~

BY JAMES WILSON
Ed. Note: We invite high school |

we shall be happy to print it. Creative writing is invaluable in

The Supreme Court Decision
of May 17, 1954
On May 17, 1954, the. United
Court

lated the Constitution. Chief Jus
tice Warren said in part:

~Even if physical facilities are
equal, there are intangible -fac
prev

from ~equal.
(Negro children) from. other of
similar age and qualifications
solely because of their race gen-.
erates a feeling of inferiority as
to their status in the community
that may effect their hearts and
minds in a way unlikely even to
be undone... We conclude that
in the field ~of public education,
the doctrine of ~separate, but equal~ has no place.~

This case has not decided that
the federal courts are to take
or regulate the public schools of
the states. Neither has it decided
that the states must require them
to attend schools or must mix
persons of different races in the
schools or, must deprive them of
the right of choosing the schools
they attend. ~It has decided that

a state may not deny to any per- -

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JAMES WILSON
to. attend any school that it maintains.~

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The devise of the isdpremelt
Court has been very ~ effective.
All but four states have accepted.
Negro undergraduates in their
state supported colleges and universities. Of course, there was
much opposition to the desegregation decree ~whén it was first
announced, but ~as~ time passed
the majority ofethe state resigned themselves to it. ~

_In Alabama, _ Mrs, Autherine
Lucy was admitted to Alabama
University under court order and
pip the first Negro to enter

Alabama~s__ all-white

of
pa dy But admittance~ was not.

the only problem. Although Autherine was permitted to attend
classes, she could not ne the

er places around Tus
protest Mrs. Lucy~s presence on
the campus. Eggs and stones
were thrown at the car which
brought Mrs. Lucy back to Birmingham where her brothers and
father stood on guard with loaded guns. When one of the brothers was asked to comment on the
situation, he said, ~We intend to
see that Autherine is not taken
away like the Till boy.~

- Although she was not hurt in
the latest outbreak of terror, it
wouldn~t take much more en
~fh You

excellent
ch favosan x leadership

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2 iP

By CF
| Director, F.C.O.

Last ~week, we endeavored to
hig irg e ge bf aac
five most essential points in any
program attemp' by the Negro populoitan in the City of
Flint. If we are to close ranks
and successfully complete. a
positive program, we must
know where we are going; how
we will get there; and who we
will follow. Last week we discussed the first point~UNITY.
This week, we will continue
with point two.

Point 2 on our list of essential points is: Who will we follow? Do we know the type of
leadership we want or need?

an the very best leadership
at. our

speak of leadership, we are not
thinking in terms ih those
~leaders~ who point the way

or those leaders~ who do noth
de: to the F. C. QO:

A 3 ON!
rship means,a program
that ~is ~meanitigfal and positive. The program must be
beneficial to oie, Commmanmetey
and designéd to enhance p ~
"The winning football team
will ~have a head coach with
several assistant coaches. The
coaching element of the team
is able to demonstrate various

~. types of ~action~ that he wishes
to be used on the field of play.

The head coach usually has
at least one line coach and a
backfield coach who are capable of providing proper demonstrations and supervision, thus
leaving the head coach ~to strategy and tactic planning. The
head coach is respected because of his ability to handle
people and~real. problems. Even
ed water boy is glad to serve

im.

It is not difficult to under- __

and, why a winning -team must
g staff
namic hi

of "a dyead coach.

One of the main reasons for
poor housing, high rate of
munity respons tie,

unity res
because too manv leaders want
to be the~ head coach or else.
Irrespons
leadership ~will be corrected as
soon as the people realize that

leadership works for the group.

The forefathers of this great
Country realized that the best
of leadership -answers to
e group directly or indirectly. _As the result of the duties,
responsibilities - and the spirit
thet pet anna m rs
an ers, a team is
erage
_ The winn resents
with
cond age
of team spirit, and ability,
the words of one coach Mook
like a team if nothing ase: 1s
it i tiene

Progress Citations
Detroit, Mich.~A
of leaders who have

standing achievement |
Diggs Enterpri ~3
of Progress,~ ~ ~
June 30 nie ree |
Michigan

Charles C. Dies Sr. 8
Diggs indicated that | several
of the selected personaiiti
expected to. accept
tion in person. The gfoup selected includes men and@ eae
their ef
at this point are Jackie Robinson and; Charles Siffc golf;

Vincent E. dedi:

O Tealth:
Jr., Chief Health Educ itor of
Greets 4 of

Aviation: Neal Living! Amer- ~

ican Airlines and the Aerial
Club of Michigan...

on: Rev. Martin Luther, Rev. Crane,
Jackson and Rev. Howture: Roland, es

apes opportunity for

will we follow ~
in a unified manner? When We ~

ible~ and unproductive |

ion and a better way of life
than ao hat

ucation, is the Junior
College of the University of

Michigan and the Mott Adult
Education - In the field
of Art, how gs are
there for N enthusiasts?

The Van ley Studio is the
only Negro Studio available to. us, for the~ development of

poise and grace in our young
women. our young men
should have | some knowledge
and appreciation of the ~

If- there any other stud
ios operated by Negroes in Flint
should

they make ~ themselves
known. to interested.
Not many N in Flint

egroes
enjoy opera or ballet; it is because we have not been exposed

*to these fields along with our

other education. We.have been
exposed only to the ordinary
~~ s gpg ong emia ag:

us wa to expose
our children) to fields of interest which were not. open to us.
Let~s not have them criticized
for their lack of understanding
in ~the finer henge ue

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~It~s Great to Live in Michigan~ is the theme for 1956.
Michigan Week is sponsored by Greater Michigan Inc., a nonprofit corporation composed of the state~s business and industrial leaders.

WHAT....... An annual week during which Michigan citizens turn their attention to and reflect upon the penn
cultural, and natural resources of their state; and to

thoughtfully the things that make it a good place in which

to live, work and play.
JHEN May 20 through May 26. The seven days of
the week have been designated as follows: SUNDAY.
ual Foundations; MONDAY~Ex of Mayo:

bAY~New
ae os. To develop greater pride in and loyalty -to

Michigan among its own citizens. Out o
it is hoped, there will come

on the of the SD ataide the state. 3

to every community and county in the state. During the week
some national attention will be focused on the state via prese,

0 and television.
fie... Iti hoped that drecy peeen in Michigan tw
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county, and community ~committees.

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