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THE FEDERATION JOURNAL
“Lifting As We Climb”
Issued by
The N. C. Federation of Negro
Woman’s Club
Editor: Mrs. Fannie T. Newsome,
Rich Square
Editorial
Guest Editor
Miss Frances H. Williams
St. Louis, Mo.
A member of State
Board of Ed. there
Sister of Mrs. David D. Jones
Bennett College, Greensboro, N. C.
Historians of the future may find
that the American Negro from
1864-954 spent a major portion of
his energies in adjusting to and
making comfortable the White
world. If there was any energy
left over the Negro spent this on
himself, his family, his neighbor,
and his racial group.
The Supreme Court decision of
1954 regarding segregation brought
a change. The Negro stopped and
took a look-see into himself and
his own condition. What he found
was too much out go and too little
in-go. It was this profound obser
vation that brought on the march
es, the sit-ins, the freedom riders.
The Negro said to himself I must
preserve myself so that my chil
dren can be persons of dignity
and worth. They must have the
chance to work for themselves as
weU as for others and for this no
price is too great to pay.
The White population long used
to pampering which it did not en
tirely earn or pay for, not only
found the marchers, the sit-ins,
the kneel-ins, the freedom riders
strange but found themselves sud
denly exposed to the cold reality
of human indiference. Their ser
vants, the Negroes they knew were
now preoccupied. These former
friends worked for the day’s pay
but there was no longer on the
doorstep that bonus of warm hu
man affection. ’The bonus now went
for “Freedom.”
The Negro regardless of his ec
onomic and cultural status, who
was vaguely thought of as depend
ent upon the white world’s generos
ity and goodness of heart, faced
police dogs, electric prodders and
jail bars alone and qnafraid. It
was as if the Negro was now a
stranger. In reality he was pre
occupied with his Father’s business
—the preservation of himself for
the Kingdom. He who had so long
preserved the White man now had
turned his face resolutely to anoth
er and far more realistic goal —
namely his own salvation.
That some White men and wom
en have been able to comprehend
this profound shift in thought, feel-
THE FEDERATION JOURNAL
State Scrap
Book Display
It was nice having seven scrap
books on display and certainly hope
there will be many more clubs
concerned with the value of pre
serving “History of Club” with
pictures, news clippings, programs
and other interesting treasures
that will tell your story to the next
generation.
First place to Daughters of Do
ras, Durham
Second place to Matron’s of Eliz
abeth City
Third place to Mary B. Talbert,
Rocky Mount.
Fourth place to Flower and Art,
Rich Square
The following suggestions were
given by the Judges, please study
them.
Days To Remember
In November
National Cat Week (Nov. 4 - 10)
“Be kind to felines!”
Birthday of the U.S. Marine
Corps (Nov. 10)
Children’s Book Week Nov. 11-
17)
“Three Cheers For Books” is
the 1963 slogan for the National
Children’s Book Week, November
10th through 16th. It is a rousing
acclamation that heralds the 45th
annual celebration of this event,
sponsored by the Children’s Book
Council. 175 Fifth Ave. — New
York 10, N. Y.
American Education Week (Nov.
11-17)
Aviation Month (starts Nov. 21)
’Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 28)
ing and action is nothing short of
a miracle.
One day a new accommodation
wiU come. It is hoped that this ac
commodation would be a working
together of men and women of
equal worth and dignity. An inti
mate look at things as they are
will reveal that there is not hate
in the Negro heart — but neither
is here any love. What must be
born is mutual respect and this
is a two way street. Neither the
Negro world nor the White world
can create this street alone. I
must be done together.
This of course wiU be just one
more chapter in the history of the
relationships of human beings one
to another. There will be nothing
new. Just something better to work
for.
N. C. Council On
Human Relations
The N. C. Federation of Negro
Women regularly contribute to the
Council on Human Relations.
The releases come to the desk
of the president. To share some of
the highlights with you we list
the following.
(1) We are enclosing two state
ments coming out of our executive
committee meeting on July 11. One
is a statement commending Gov
ernor Sanford for his constructive
leadership in the current racial
crisis. The other is a statement
commenting on certain aspects of
the racial crisis and urging con
tinued efforts to end discrimina
tion and segregation in our state.
Both statements were sent to all
daily ne,wspapers in North Caro
lina on July 12.
(2) The executive committee
urges our members and friends to
write to our North Carolina con
gressmen and senators, expressing
individual views in regard to the
need for civil rights legislation.
Particularly, it is hoped that the
democratic processes of the con
gress will not be obstructed and
defeated by a filibuster; that our
own representatives will not aid
in such obstruction.
(3) One of the reasons why so
much desegregation has been ac
complished without incident in the
past few weeks is that for years
the Council on Human Relations,
and before it the Commission on
Interracial Cooperation, has been
disseminating facts and informa
tion, holding conferences with pub
lic officials, and working in local
communities to increase under
standing of racial problems and to
sensitize people to the injustices
involved. This fact is generally
overlooked when credit is given for
the changes that have taken place.
(4) CHURCH ORGANIZA’nONS
GEAR FOR ACTION
The UNITED PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, USA, at its General As
sembly in May, set up a Presby
terian Interracial Council of 250
members, and voted to allocate
$500,000 for emergency program to
implement the teachings on human
relations in scripture and the pro
nouncements of the Church. Ac
cording to Dr. Marshall L. Scott,
Moderator of the Assembly, this
interracial council is the “first
spontaneous movement within the
Presbyterian Church in a whole
generation.”
The GENERAL BOARD of the
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF
CHURCHES, in the face of “a cris
is involving the entire nation and
the fundamental concepts of free
dom and justice,” has called on
the churches to “confess omissions
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FaU—1963
Religious
Emphasis
A Day At A Time
By LARRY SCHWARTZ
Reprinted from
“The Missouri Ruralist”
Seven tips for daily living
you might want to post
over your workbench,
desk or kitchen sink
There is a workable solution in
dealing with our problems, and
that is to live a day at a time.
We might be prompt for one day
or refrain from gossiping for 24
hours whereas the thought of
promptness for a year and the
elimination of gossip for 365 days
might overwhelm us. Furthermore,
if we fail in our intentions on one
day, it is better to start on the
next day than to wait for another
year. In days of difficulty and
times of tragedy, it is impossible
for us to see very far ahead. Then
it becomes absolutely necessary for
us to live one day at a time. But
when the sky is cloudless, we can
not see very far ahead. Who
knows, for instance, what an hour
can bring forth? If we could look
into the future, some of us might
not have the courage to proceed.
But if we live a day at a time,
somehow we get through the worst
weeks and the years.
We do not have strength to bear
today’s burden and tomorrow’s
anxiety. “Sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof,” said Jesus. But
we can trust tomorrow to Ck>d, and
He will give us strength for today.
In the Book of Deuteronomy, there
is an assurance we need to re
peat: “As thy days, so shall thy
strength be.” In God we can find
resources to be our best today. So,
1. Today, I will try to fill my
life with so many worthwhile inter
ests and activities that everything
unworthy will be crowded out.
2. Today, I will try to make the
choices, speak the words and do
the things approved o' God, regard
less of what others may think.
3. Today, I will try to under
stand those about me, considering
their motives as well as their con
duct, their needs as well as their
demands.
4. Today, I will find job by
bringing happiness to someone
else. Great friendships may be
mine if I am friendly.
5. Today, I shall humbly try to
learn something new and thus
strengthen my mind.
6. Today, I shall be confident.
If fears assail, I shall trust in God,
my friends and myself.
7. Today, I shall set aside a
little time for Bible study and pray
er to develop my relationship with
God.