Atlanta Daily World

Negro Voters To Meet In Macon Sat. October 9

John Wesley Dobbs, president of the Georgia Negro Voters League, has announced a meeting of Negro voters of Georgia to be held in Macon, Saturday, October 9, 1954.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. at Steward Chapel AME Church on Cotton Avenue, Rev. George A. Sewell, pastor.

Mr. Dobbs, along with other officials of the League, are urging attendance of all interested voters.

Mr. Dobbs says: "The Negro citizens of Georgia, now as never before, face a crucial political situation."

Mr. Dobbs points to the following reasons for this meeting:

First of all, he is calling attention to the general election which takes place November 2, at which time Georgians will vote on the private school amendment. He says the Negro voters, along with whites of Georgia, should rally to defeat this amendment. If the amendment is approved, he says the children of Georgia will be set back a generation or two.

Mr. Dobbs mentions as a second reason the necessity for Negro leaders of the state to set in motion organized methods, county by county to enroll the 300,000 Negro voters in the state.

"Negroes of Georgia must stop waiting for opportunities," Mr. Dobbs says.

He adds that they should begin to make opportunities for themselves by united and demonstrated methods of action.