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Editorial
February 5, 1939
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
What is this article about?
Editorial advises Negro leaders against accepting segregation in southern state universities prematurely, urging protests and lawsuits to enforce Supreme Court rulings like Missouri vs. Gaines, citing successful integration at University of Maryland.
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Race Leadership (Continued from page 4)
Governor of Georgia is not going to admit Negroes to their graduate and professional schools any Negro who knows this KNOWS TOO MUCH. It may actually work out that this might be true, for the moment, but NO NEGRO has any business showing it in advance.
"Frequently, I have similar experiences with red caps at railroad stations. I ask the red cap to take my suit case or hand bag—he knows it belongs in a Jim Crow Car." and so with the speed of Jesse Owens like a Martin to his goal he makes a leap toward the Jim Crow Car. Any red cap who knows where the Negro passenger belongs like the Negro leader, KNOWS TOO MUCH.
SHOULD PROTEST
If the officials of the State Departments of Education steadfastly refuse to admit Negroes to do graduate work in these state universities, the Negroes may have to accept this decision momentarily, in which event it should be done very much under protest.
"A lot of changes are taking place in the mass culture today, in the light of what is going on in the world about us. Negroes and white people in Maryland prophesied interracial disaster when Murray was insisting upon being admitted to the Law Department of the University of Maryland. Mr. Sidney Holland, a very prominent white citizen there, told me of the nervousness and anxiety expressed to him by a number of his white friends, who were sure that an interracial tragedy would result if Murray insisted on complying with the decision of the Supreme Court of Maryland, in his case. Murray entered the University of Maryland's Law School and not only did he meet no hostile attitude on the part of the students, but he became one of the most popular students on the campus.
"We have talked a good deal in the past about the extent to which ignorance has been responsible for interracial misunderstanding. We could prove that if we get the element of the two races on a graduate level to demonstrate how their education had lifted them above the underbrush of littleness and antagonism. There would be relatively so few Negroes applying for admission to the different state Universities and they could be so completely absorbed that their presence would scarcely be observed.
DECISION IS CLEAR
"Fortunately the Supreme Court's decision in the case of Missouri versus Gaines made it clear that Gaines was seeking his personal rights in the premises. This is significant.
Negro leaders, then, going into these conferences ought to make clear that whatever opinion they may register is their personal opinion and they have no authority..."
Scouts And (Continued from Page 1)
...of the Atlanta traffic department and J. P. Whittaker, chairman of Boy Scouts of the Tenth District, will be in direct charge it was reported.
By our right to commit the race to any decision they may make. Individual Negroes who are qualified and have a desire to do so, should continue to make application for admission to universities in all the southern states where equal provision is not made for them to secure training in the state otherwise. If refused admission, suits should be instituted with sufficient frequency as to make commitments by these Negroes who KNOW TOO MUCH, ineffective and non-operative.
"In justice to the children of the on-marching generation, both white and colored, there is only one logical position for Negro leaders and that is to make it clear to these interracial-minded white friends that the Supreme Court has made its decision and they are standing by the decision of the Supreme Court. If the white citizens insist on circumventing the decision of the Court and Negroes find themselves helpless to do anything about it they could at least have their records clear, and though feebly, make a protest.
WOULD BE INSPIRATION
"It would be an inspiration to the grandchildren of tomorrow to read the records that their grandfathers voted to stand by the Supreme Court's decision and accept anything to the contrary with protest. To do otherwise, it would hang like a weight of humiliation over the heads of their grandchildren to discover that their grandfathers, when called into interracial conferences opened the discussion by evidencing their superior knowledge of what could or could not be done.
"No member of the group can do quite the irreparable injury to the race today as the one who comes into interracial conferences KNOWING TOO MUCH."
Governor of Georgia is not going to admit Negroes to their graduate and professional schools any Negro who knows this KNOWS TOO MUCH. It may actually work out that this might be true, for the moment, but NO NEGRO has any business showing it in advance.
"Frequently, I have similar experiences with red caps at railroad stations. I ask the red cap to take my suit case or hand bag—he knows it belongs in a Jim Crow Car." and so with the speed of Jesse Owens like a Martin to his goal he makes a leap toward the Jim Crow Car. Any red cap who knows where the Negro passenger belongs like the Negro leader, KNOWS TOO MUCH.
SHOULD PROTEST
If the officials of the State Departments of Education steadfastly refuse to admit Negroes to do graduate work in these state universities, the Negroes may have to accept this decision momentarily, in which event it should be done very much under protest.
"A lot of changes are taking place in the mass culture today, in the light of what is going on in the world about us. Negroes and white people in Maryland prophesied interracial disaster when Murray was insisting upon being admitted to the Law Department of the University of Maryland. Mr. Sidney Holland, a very prominent white citizen there, told me of the nervousness and anxiety expressed to him by a number of his white friends, who were sure that an interracial tragedy would result if Murray insisted on complying with the decision of the Supreme Court of Maryland, in his case. Murray entered the University of Maryland's Law School and not only did he meet no hostile attitude on the part of the students, but he became one of the most popular students on the campus.
"We have talked a good deal in the past about the extent to which ignorance has been responsible for interracial misunderstanding. We could prove that if we get the element of the two races on a graduate level to demonstrate how their education had lifted them above the underbrush of littleness and antagonism. There would be relatively so few Negroes applying for admission to the different state Universities and they could be so completely absorbed that their presence would scarcely be observed.
DECISION IS CLEAR
"Fortunately the Supreme Court's decision in the case of Missouri versus Gaines made it clear that Gaines was seeking his personal rights in the premises. This is significant.
Negro leaders, then, going into these conferences ought to make clear that whatever opinion they may register is their personal opinion and they have no authority..."
Scouts And (Continued from Page 1)
...of the Atlanta traffic department and J. P. Whittaker, chairman of Boy Scouts of the Tenth District, will be in direct charge it was reported.
By our right to commit the race to any decision they may make. Individual Negroes who are qualified and have a desire to do so, should continue to make application for admission to universities in all the southern states where equal provision is not made for them to secure training in the state otherwise. If refused admission, suits should be instituted with sufficient frequency as to make commitments by these Negroes who KNOW TOO MUCH, ineffective and non-operative.
"In justice to the children of the on-marching generation, both white and colored, there is only one logical position for Negro leaders and that is to make it clear to these interracial-minded white friends that the Supreme Court has made its decision and they are standing by the decision of the Supreme Court. If the white citizens insist on circumventing the decision of the Court and Negroes find themselves helpless to do anything about it they could at least have their records clear, and though feebly, make a protest.
WOULD BE INSPIRATION
"It would be an inspiration to the grandchildren of tomorrow to read the records that their grandfathers voted to stand by the Supreme Court's decision and accept anything to the contrary with protest. To do otherwise, it would hang like a weight of humiliation over the heads of their grandchildren to discover that their grandfathers, when called into interracial conferences opened the discussion by evidencing their superior knowledge of what could or could not be done.
"No member of the group can do quite the irreparable injury to the race today as the one who comes into interracial conferences KNOWING TOO MUCH."
What sub-type of article is it?
Education
Social Reform
Legal Reform
What keywords are associated?
Race Leadership
Negro Education
University Admission
Segregation Protest
Supreme Court Decision
Missouri Vs Gaines
University Of Maryland
Interracial Conferences
What entities or persons were involved?
Governor Of Georgia
Supreme Court
Donald Gaines Murray
Lloyd Gaines
Sidney Holland
J. P. Whittaker
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Negro Leaders' Approach To University Admissions And Segregation
Stance / Tone
Advisory Against Premature Acceptance Of Segregation, Urging Protest And Adherence To Supreme Court Decisions
Key Figures
Governor Of Georgia
Supreme Court
Donald Gaines Murray
Lloyd Gaines
Sidney Holland
J. P. Whittaker
Key Arguments
Negro Leaders Should Not Demonstrate Excessive Knowledge That Accepts Segregation In Advance
Protest Denials Of Admission To State Universities For Graduate Work
Reference To Successful Integration At University Of Maryland Law School
Supreme Court Decision In Missouri Vs. Gaines Affirms Personal Rights To Admission
Continue Filing Suits Against Refusals To Challenge Segregation
Stand By Supreme Court Decisions In Interracial Conferences
Avoid Irreparable Injury To The Race By Knowing Too Much