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nlnJIV KlLl IBiW I riM themselvet with th«e “Let-
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[h“ «7b^tch**bo“ r.^.5 „t Th. To»b.,
formed into dkmt »««a of prop.- ““d .tpenenew
gandft und «ills to actioa it h ia
much to offer the N^o intelli-
gentsiai many of whom all too eafl-
ily iuocumb to a eondition lying
In hiB own tior> >nt of 43 in
mates, 20 were Negroe*. Soinethiug
to think about! There was GerdlJ
the printer, Bayiftond Ot the kink-
.o»..h.r. bel,«» eo»,pW. X" bS «
“ ThOTVinotbM r“»n *tj N-l* ‘‘V“ ^epo intdleotu.V I think
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I am not* being supercilioug or JNegro p,’ajudi*c, then what ab.mt [whwe the*# i« Bgline»«| hope whe’e
facetious to ask the question,'us Negro intellectualf'T Jail m«v fbom j. dTid th« smell »t
“Whyt»» not b« the place for us, but cti t.
* Browdtr is in jail, Rchappe«, the tainiy wu ne»‘»l fo be in the kind ot
intellectual sphooi teacher, wrote' fiviufC lin« nnd battle ;rouinl for
these letters from The Tombs. Ijep;- o«tr people which inevitably niai«e
ion is the number »f victim in onr the jail-house porinl an imniinen'
jails' because they dared to nim- A one.
the word in behalf of thwisstruf^- ' But this book is not only fur
gling fellow men. But of N^ro iu the Negro inteUcetvuls. Kvery No
telectuala . . f > gro worker needs to read it- Wheu
Let me not be miMunderstood. Richard Wright in his introduction
This is no plea for more Nep^o in~ »ays, “Rend these letters With an
telectual; in our jails. There is no hoirent heart nnd your heart wil'.
virtue as such merely in reclining j tell you that the Horiety whifh
behind prison walls. But apropos «eeks to inipriaon Morris U. Sehap-
of this situation George Sehuyler. I peg is wrong,” he is saiyiug in fact/*
recently has uttered what I think
is a rather significant challenge:
"When one of our weM-:fed, de
gree-burdened ‘leaders’ goes to
jail for Negro freedom from dis
crimination and segregation,” hi-
says, “I’ll Volunteer to take n
Bunbath in January in Nova Zeui-
bla.” (wherever that is).
I do not follow the sardome
Schuyler in much that he savi^,
but these words give us reason to
pause and think. If a Morris U.
Schaj^es can risk jaiJi, actually go
there in fact, because, among ot*’-
er things, he is determined to ■'e*:
at the root of the issue of anti-
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Tlie society which oppresnes the
Negro people is wrong.”
Schappes was a ronimuni.st. Pot
this.he toBt his position as tenehcr
in the New York City (^ollege, did
a stretch in the Tnmbs, and is now
appealing a sentence of one and a
half to two years in Htate Prison.
Whatever your feeUngs about Coni-
muniam, your honest hea^t must
tell you after rending these beau
tiful expressions to. his wife, that
soul like Sehnppes, devoted to the
pursuit of justice’and happiness
for nil people, parttculariy the
crushed of the earth like the eco
nomically ttnderprivileged and ♦!.»•
Negroes, needs to be out in the
cVar where it may be frej? to op-'r-
ate among th inasscs, fas well nf
within the classes), bringing light
where thPre is darkness, beauty
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1 hope e%ery Negro reader will
try to obtain a copy of these let
ters. (The price is only 25e). Af
ter he has rend them he should
out to do the following things:
1. Pass OB the copy to -Aother.
2. Knlist in the common struggle
for democracy throughout the
world,
3. ConcretiKe every reaction to
the volume by fighting side by sid*'
with those who are demanding
that Morris U. yehBp|>eH be made
a eompleteVy free man.
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TIMES
-m WMT tem i nuu
Private Joe Louis, World**. Heavsrweight Champion, w*Il»rf off with doqblc honon at the AnrwaJ
Writem' Awodi^on diimer heW in the Jacob Ruppert Brewery, New York City. Flr»t he w«i award
Edward J, Neil Memorial Plaque as the man who contributed mort to boxii^ dorinc 1941, and th«
left to right: Nat Fleischer, Editor of “The RiBg”; Mike Jacobs, boxing promoter; former Po
General James A. Farlw; Joe Loitis; Geoi^e E. Bappert; Murray Lewia, Prefc Boadnc Writer's Aan;!
Central High Wins
Three Out of Four
Still Undefeateid
- Goldsboro. — The fighting Pan
thers of t'piitral High Seh«si a’'fe
stiU undefeated after nine starts
season. During the }>ass week th"
Panthers and Pantherette- ;.i y ^
Selma in Goldsboro on TueaU»i> i
night and Williston Hiya in Wil-|
mington. N. Friday night. j
On Tuesday night the J’anthers
and Pantherettes fonnd it easy in
over coming their foes. The girJa
winning by^ a score of 11 to 3 with
J. Bi-aswell leading the way with
five points. The Boys won 24-12. {High scorer ffor Central High wa-|off and w^as leailing ■)-() ait the
rocmTed the Bin« Magaaihe’s'Plaque for being voted the oatatanding fighter of the year. Fhoto
left to right: Nat Fleischer, Editor of “The Ri*
General James A. Farley; Joe Lotua
and J. Edgar Hoover^ rel Chief.
tt,;:. A. i«iks liigh scorer for ’h- J. Hiu-,wfll 20 and K- Hobb„ S„end of the first kuarter, ^t »
Panthers with 13 jwints and Covp- tor Wiliiiington, Nixon 2M. • first three nuaatea of plaj «
er of Selma with 5 point.s. ■ , 'the ^‘»ad quarter Central made
' w‘)uiir into the boys game tii^ |three ijuiet fieM goals to take thi
In Wilmington on Friday the WilminsitonFaris were out for re- lead and kept it the remaining of
Pantherettes lost a hair raiser to .vcng*- for the gariie they liwt ^ame to win by a :score of 29-
the sextet of Williston by the tune the I’jinthers a week b*‘fore in an jiS..
of 40-32 after 32 minutes of excit ;over time jSeriod. i'
ft'ast. breaking basketball. I In, th beginning Wilmington gi t
mg.
A. Park.-, was high scorer for th*
Panthers with 1-t and Jones aeit
rith 6.
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