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BLACK BROTHERS
(13y Nichol)
Since Last writing en racial
discrimination a terrible tragedy
has occurred. Saute lunatic or
lunatics planted a bomb in
Street Baptist Church blowieg
four little negro Sunday Sehoe/
girls to smithereens. 1 wonder
how we would feel if
one of those children. was our
own? Surely then, we should not
be surprised if the uegro retal-,
lation is sometimes 'violent. &Loh
wanton,. irresponsible destruct-
,Jon or life is an outrage beyoud
human tolerance.. The worst part
of it is that this heinous crime
was planned and perpetrated by
a gremp,. of white fathers all of
Whom had reached the age of
full discretion. Small. wonder
that juenile deliquency is ma-,
wing rampant in. a nation where
parents display such 'bizarre and
perverse example for their child-
ron to follow.
Yes, it is a most unfortunate
truth that prejudices are learned,
not inherited, How often we have
all watched little children of
sundry races with their arms
about each other playing happily
together; completely oblivious of
their differences, 'r few years
hence they will realize that they
are not the same but they will
accept their differences as a nat.
oral and inconsequental pheno-
nietion, The White child may even
envy her little friends rich "tae,,
but they will continue to love and,
share until the ugly day when an
older brother or sister becomes
,sufficiently "enlightened" in the
school of prejudice to ridicule
the colored companion or the
mother forbidS her child to play
with that "nigger brat". Oh,
the raw and bleeding shame of
!it! The initial confusion and
hurt of the little playmates, The
irreparable damage to their,
beautiful friendship. As they
nia.ttire in the Ways of their eld-
ers the chasm will widen be-
tween. them. Soon they will walk
on opposite sides of tile street.
1..a,ter, when the brain-washing
is complete, 4 they may hurl in-
sults or even bombs at eadh
other.
Lakeiy most of us know un-
oured people wao have made
good despite their handicap, tor
litany nave excelled in the fields
of eaterilsi111110Ut and sports.
DoubtAess they have worthy
cUncilbutiOn8 tO, Malte 11J, Oilier
pratessionai areas, too, if and
when tue "master race" is ready
u.nd willing to let them.
I suppose that none of the
more than 40,Unti persons Who
jammed the baud sitell area et
the exhibition grounds to near
Zloariou Anderson sing will ever
be quite the same. It was a.
sowing afternoon, in late Augnsti
of 1069 but MISS Anderson was to.
sing so the dOWntown workers
planned•to stay dciwn and gran
a bite at the grounds while
others journeyed from distant
places to hear her sing. The
perfOrmance was to begin. at
7:00 p.m. but the chairs
filled by 6:00. By 7:00 the
est crowd which uve.r faced the
hand shell wailed for Miss
Anderson to appear.
A. breathless htlsu fell over
Clio vast audience as the aging
negruss stepped unto the Stage.
and introduced nerself and lint'
musi0 in simple termS, No one
iieed.c:d co be told that here was a
devout Christian as she sang the
great songs of nor people, reveal7
lug with deep emotion and
verve all the longing and heart-
ache of a Ilia1031 ander slavery.,
For more than an hour Miss
Anderson held, her audience spell-
bound. When she paused to
announce her next selections
there was no cause to raise hen
Voice for not a sound or rase-
Jess Sizb, issued irom thu u.itent-
ive thousands seated before bar or
the standing thousands beyond.
Then, heart in voice, she sang
"Ile's Got The Whole World In
ills land" and everyone knew
.her song arose from the depths of
her own profound experience of
Him,
When her last words had drifted
above the treetops and subsided
upon, the sparkling waters of Lake,
tQntario, Miss Anderson stood
'with head bowed reverently be-
fore her audience. There was a.
Prolonged silence, for hearts were
full and no one wanted to break
the magic spell of that hallowed
moment when all barriers were,
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