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NAACP newsletters, Fort Madison Branch, Fort Madison, Iowa, 1965
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-2- For those persons,... Negro and white, who persist in denying the need for the still active programs of the National Association For The Advancement of Colored People and the other civil rights organization, it cannot be repeated too often, that there is still much work to be done as far as human relations are concerned, in this country. Hundreds of thousands of dollars which came from the National Association, are tied up in the state of Mississippi for civil rights workers jail bonds. Much of this money will never be recovered because of the peculiar type of justice which is meted out in the courts of that and the other southern states. As long as..., A fourteen year old boy in Mississippi can be shot for refusing to say 'sir' to a white man and the would be 'slayer' has the charges against him dismissed..., a Negro minister in Mississippi must fear for the safety of his church and say so while in his pulpit, because one of his members who is a college student in Iowa is taking an active part in and has accepted an office in the Iowa Youth Conference of the NAACP..., there are men with college educations who have chosen as their life's work to [b]each the Word of God, who ask such questions as, "Did you notice if the Negroes had an odor?"..., a Negro girl from Alabama cannot openly affiliate with an Iowa civil rights group while she is a student in one of Iowa's colleges,for fear of the repercussions, at home..., as long as Negroes stop attending church in a Georgia community where the combining of two parishes was ordered, to effect integration, because they are afraid..., a clergyman, traveling alone, in the state of Mississippi is warned against wearing his clerical grab because of the disrespectful manner in which they will be treated..., northerners 'believe' in the rights of man but are afraid belonging to an organization such as the NAACP will be frowned upon by his associates,... people remain afraid to hire capable their and qualified members of minority groups, because they are afraid it will hurt their business..., there are people who look at the situation in the Congo and are apalled not at the loss of life of men, regardless of color, but are concerned only because there were white men killed and the atrocities of the whites committed against the Congolese are inconsequential..., there are people who will turn away rather than let it be known a Negro well enough to speak to him,for fear it would harm their social status..., as long as all of these things are true,... there will be much work to do. For no man, in this country, can be certain he is free until all men are assured equal rights and equal protection of these rights under the law. " The laws of changeless justice bind Oppressor with oppressed, And close as sin and suffering joined We march to fate abreast." -Booker T. Washington The regular branch meeting which would ordinarily be held on January 17, 1965 is being replaced with the installation ceremony and the public social hour at the Anthes Hotel. It is our hope, that by inviting members of the community to come and meet the officers and members of our organization we will show that we are sincerely interested in doing all we can to create harmonious relations between all groups in our city..., and thereby make it a much better place for everyone! The names of the Chairmen of the standing committees of the branch will be in the next newsletter. If anyone is interested in working on a specific committee, they may contact Mrs. Norma Woods. JOIN THE NAACP! WE NEED YOU! Don't forget to attend the January 17th installation and social hour! University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa Women's Archives
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-2- For those persons,... Negro and white, who persist in denying the need for the still active programs of the National Association For The Advancement of Colored People and the other civil rights organization, it cannot be repeated too often, that there is still much work to be done as far as human relations are concerned, in this country. Hundreds of thousands of dollars which came from the National Association, are tied up in the state of Mississippi for civil rights workers jail bonds. Much of this money will never be recovered because of the peculiar type of justice which is meted out in the courts of that and the other southern states. As long as..., A fourteen year old boy in Mississippi can be shot for refusing to say 'sir' to a white man and the would be 'slayer' has the charges against him dismissed..., a Negro minister in Mississippi must fear for the safety of his church and say so while in his pulpit, because one of his members who is a college student in Iowa is taking an active part in and has accepted an office in the Iowa Youth Conference of the NAACP..., there are men with college educations who have chosen as their life's work to [b]each the Word of God, who ask such questions as, "Did you notice if the Negroes had an odor?"..., a Negro girl from Alabama cannot openly affiliate with an Iowa civil rights group while she is a student in one of Iowa's colleges,for fear of the repercussions, at home..., as long as Negroes stop attending church in a Georgia community where the combining of two parishes was ordered, to effect integration, because they are afraid..., a clergyman, traveling alone, in the state of Mississippi is warned against wearing his clerical grab because of the disrespectful manner in which they will be treated..., northerners 'believe' in the rights of man but are afraid belonging to an organization such as the NAACP will be frowned upon by his associates,... people remain afraid to hire capable their and qualified members of minority groups, because they are afraid it will hurt their business..., there are people who look at the situation in the Congo and are apalled not at the loss of life of men, regardless of color, but are concerned only because there were white men killed and the atrocities of the whites committed against the Congolese are inconsequential..., there are people who will turn away rather than let it be known a Negro well enough to speak to him,for fear it would harm their social status..., as long as all of these things are true,... there will be much work to do. For no man, in this country, can be certain he is free until all men are assured equal rights and equal protection of these rights under the law. " The laws of changeless justice bind Oppressor with oppressed, And close as sin and suffering joined We march to fate abreast." -Booker T. Washington The regular branch meeting which would ordinarily be held on January 17, 1965 is being replaced with the installation ceremony and the public social hour at the Anthes Hotel. It is our hope, that by inviting members of the community to come and meet the officers and members of our organization we will show that we are sincerely interested in doing all we can to create harmonious relations between all groups in our city..., and thereby make it a much better place for everyone! The names of the Chairmen of the standing committees of the branch will be in the next newsletter. If anyone is interested in working on a specific committee, they may contact Mrs. Norma Woods. JOIN THE NAACP! WE NEED YOU! Don't forget to attend the January 17th installation and social hour! University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa Women's Archives
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