1/J.·,; .. .,. 1 V•JI~ot~~~~ i~Wt-11!\lli l'ROOD, Jll,AC~ t::IDS TAKE A S£\'Efi-II'EEK aJRE 39 ust C>r.>r.. N. L, ~lllnft

( . cJ -1-tJ #/ Jej 404;237..

Itt \e;~o ~ rJ t~fi,--p~s: .,~ ' ~ 1 J ~rk i.frdj~,~}.t' ~ lr--r~,

••e kept goin&• 1 don t care hDw aucb tr~b e •• had. Tbey e~a

'liMbed our ehurcn. Everytlung they tr.&.ed t.o do. 'l hot di.dn t atop ua rr­

soins to sehool 1 boeause at 88 Still COinga And ~yba 1t 1a-not but 20

coin& bnek or 15 this year. Uut I kn~w !! so.&.ng bsck. My mother signed ua

ript b,.ck OV11r tbftrr. o\nd 1'• glocl lihe did."

·~ aoJuti~n to tbl& problo4 1& not food alone. It's the problaa

to be cl.asaified ae a hullllUl betnte•"

,.._ bundrotd ot them spent aeven week.e l.hia aumm.r workins rraetiona,

~oaitions, and drawing ~ rivera and oouadariea (ineludins the Mi .. aurl

eo.,r~se Line) on outline mapa while th~ir la.hea healed and t~ir

Tlla,y were atudenta in the Tougaloo s.,...,,. £nricluHnt Prosr-. a

,.aiA8utlal tutorial proJeet housed an a Junior collese eaapua 1A

,1: ._iaaippi. 'l'heir,teaehera were 10 Smith students, lQ

~0 :rougaloo atud•ntr, and 6 loliaeiaaippi te11ebere (on•

• tw.. white "eouuaelors"--one a train•d pay.,hologiat--a Negro direotor, a

~ita assistant director, a whit• buaiaeaa &anager1 and a whlte

.. cretary oGSplet•d tbe stotr.

Eloch bearing hia perooonAl hlstory plua three bUAdred a.od fift:t :t•ara '

of Aeerica's ra.,ial histor~, th@Sa 250 individual• played all tbe tortur ..

~· that American~ have eo

all the dtlen~as, exprebsed

lons practieed plaMing with each other,

all the guilt wnd reeentaent. The edulta•

aoatlieta awirled about th•· dtUdran--and ao did thuir love and re~ct.

fi!What was tho boat thiug ubaut the prosram7" the staff evaluation

responded.) l:.o th<· cluldr< 11 ~not·"d thl' con!lieta

wa.aaerman----2

plenty of experience ir aurviv1ng conflict aituatioaa) &Ad, when tbeJ

couldn't, tbr~aded their way by makins illogical cboioea. Confronted with

a choice between black power and lDtegrat•on, !or

Tbay arrived lri,...ng witb th11 anxiety thAt coaea

example, tbay ch~• botb.

Crom pain, and tbey left

bri .. ing with the determin11tl.un that coMa rroa pAin.

Some 10,~00 Negro atudenta all over Hia,iaaippi had entered pt edoainant.rl

white acilooia in September 1~66. Ot Lbea~)the 150 in Grenada (population

8,0001 about half wh1teJ are ~ret known to the outaide world. On June

14, 1866 1 the MeredHh ~larch pasaed thrO\IM>h Grenada and carrud the town

into the twentieth century, (Meredith'• own encounter in au-mer 1067 witb

tbe loud, prou~, ~ .. klack kide waa aoaeth1ng elael) After a au .. er in which

local Necroea wit the aupport of SCLC de•onatrated aod boycotted for

intacratad Cacilitiaa, J.ncluding ~ntegrated voter re~ietration rolla, aDd

local whitea with the aupport ot law-enforcin~ authorl.t~ea toucnt aavacel~

to retain the1r feudal righto, acbool opened.

Dreaaed in firat-dey-ot-achool treabaeaa, the 1~0 Nogro children who

~ aoght to enter th2 pr~v1ously all-white elementary and hi&b acboola w.ra .. t

, by rovinc banda o~ whtta ~\llta ar~ed with axe bandlea, lead pipea, chaina,

and SUJUI•

''There ... one er J.ppled g.irl ln tho group. And ilJJ we got ltall•83' to

the achool 1 they •a. a lot ot grownupa--white grownupa--witb aticka, bricka,

gun.e1 axe lulndlee, ever·ythJ.og--you Dillie Jt they bad it.

the1 aajd, 'Uerl come them oiggera. ~t'a cat '••·' •

11nd when we cot

o And·- WAG

fall1o 1 in the street, you know eliding. And aoao waa gettinc boat up ••••

And we finally &ade it baclt to the church."

The mob beat the crippled girl, wno couldn't run away, and wben aha

triad \q r;ct

hraiJout."

up, a man with " gun aaid, "Niscer, you aove L aboot your ,_ Ftnal ly al>e wa11 rt-eued and told not to ccao bac:k (to tha

white ac:bool).

•t••••raan---3

c:b.lldron who aUonded whit., ecliools tbrough.out the alalo exptl.r1anc:od a

taachora ~~ during tbe school y~ar.

"Every

,you at~nk.

epitballs.

tl~ you ait down, all those •h.1tee

Nigpr, nigpr, tugger.• And th:!d r

' And the tooeher s~y don t Always be

throw thi.Agth And throw

€.. t&lJ ing her ev.rything. 11

"In claa11, tht>y c:alltllle 'kooJue, • tb.ey call 118 1nigpr,''eed 11 'eic:JI;•"

'look at that uiggc:r, she don't kllow nolb.1ng. 1 " • "lWo of the b.oya, the1.r ratbl.'r beat. up -.y father in the dark. '!'bey

g... jlielced at lH ot llo11.e, on tbe roadside, l.D ton, but

1 can't even sit J.n the l.ihrary and c:oncentrnta but

aost (t JLI.l in achool.

b.are c:oae Frankie and .Jt.•

'All r;~.gb.t, nigpr, I'm gnnnfl get you lUte 11y daddy got your dadd,y.'"

"Thora ,.,.,, a girl. ~~et.she sunled at Ilia the first day. She aalcad

•Marcaret, what you do•n' tal kin', to tbJI.t MIUI;er7' And abe ac.:~.d, 'I'• not

atudyiog abuut you, Willi<llll, becow,;e the awu man 1118de ber made -·'"

111 stayed in tile otfie~ more than 1 did in cluaa. J>;very lillie l would

•o down ~be hRl~, t.her~ wca soma k~d they would hit me, they would spit ia

~ !ace, run into mo, knoek 111~ toto the wall. All tight• 1 would go to the

ott ice and report it. ·'ext t.b.ing 1 !<no• I'd be 1n 11y eluaa IU\d I'd be

c:alled wto the oi Uee, 1urktng why d1d I 1tpit in the kid •a race or why did

I hit a IU.d. And when I'd tell about it, the princJpal he would aay1 •I

think you'd better step out, young l~dy 0 bee~ua~ you getting qbita aaaa;r , around htt-r@. 111

"One day 1 g1 ve a oral book report "to biollory. And th<! kinG Wll& r~~-•al

Cl~, you ahould ~;ive .Jeanette 11 !:_ Cor that •' Dut 1 got r...£• • • • .cltlt that

Mua Clay • • • a he wilil old."

Htaaiea1pp1 menauro& at or

•••••rman---4

eduCAtional achieYement: ••acbera• aalarJea; percent of high achool atuolanta

!56th at.ate in the Union," Fanniot Lou H..a.r aaya, "ia becauae they don t

bave :56 atatea." But evon .10 Miaa:l.aaip!)i, white education 1.& vaatly aora

delaaJidius than ~'~esro "ducation. (For one thins, the textbooluo in Nap-o

achoola--where there are taxtbooka--Craquanlly conaiat of the a .. apinfl tr~

the whit• uchooJa. Tbia pr0 ctica, by the way, or packing up about-to-be

diacardad textbooka and ahipping them to the black achooJa ia not coafiaed to

Miaaiaaippi; the writer obaorvod it in ~w York City,) Thua while aoat of

thea eere long faaiJiar

white achoola that aany

with phJaical work, it woe ,,~ ....... ~

or the- •ere introduced to

not until they antared t._

work in achool.

"lou sonna hAve t.o atuc~¥. l -- atud¥ 1 " a veteran of l~t 'fOar tel• ...,L.,

aa audience of kida '- planned to go to the white acboola thia year. ~

.. ak, l aean ever} week, you have a vocabulary teat, you hava a book report,

you bava I& lot to du, I aean a lot."

ki• ~- ~ Many or the ... tailed one or aora couraaa--~ failocl all. ~tl ...._

a Miaa Clay gave an ! to a atudent who hAd got !'• and ~·· in tho ... ¥-PiDC

• Hesro achool, be wouldn t knoe, the eaaiatant director at Waat Point aaide

"Whether 1t waa puniahaent for baing black or whether it waa becauao he ...

nothin&•"

The J:ougaloo Su-r Ellrlchaent Prop-.. ••• deaipecl tu atreagtllen tile

intesrat1ng etudenta both in their ability and in their will to atiak it oat ,-

in the white uchoola and hopefully to provide a aode•l for other pro,.. ...

tbrou&bout the state and throughout the South.

The 200 tutaaa lind in dora:~.torlea along with their c:ollep-atud-t

tutora. l~o• 8 o'clock, after braakraat, until 12 o'clock, luaob, they

attended two clasaea conducted b¥ racular teacher• and two aaall•,roup ~~ ...

,up aeaaiona, cooductad by oollege-atudont tutora. &aob tutor ~ the ....

JIII'IIIIID or 6 or 7 tuteaa Cor all aubjac:ta all e" 1r anti bad tar -.,. ~

waaaer.ID.!lD.•••-!5

' ' onr thea than their teucheru did. .I.IJ tut<>ee took English, 01aLh1 "clfce,

aad social atudiea •• htb school ~adt l~vel. RPgroupod by counties, rather

thaD by school gradt's 1 oach tutoe md oneo e 11cb w ... t'k in a "county coua..•liaa"

.. aaion with una of the tout counnelora. There th~) diacuLsod their home

and school e~poriene~~ and togeth~r aought ~eantng in th~ direction of their

lives, Late-afternoon nett V it fee C'OII .. illl<'d or 10 8J>~ClAl interest 11 ~0Up8l

art, ... aic 1 French, Spaniah,1\.aaian, dr&~~~a, ne•:.•1•aper, and a vory popular •

course in Negro history which w.uo attelldod by =an,y tutors u ,..,u lUI by

tut,ee. There w:w a conat ant sound of shuf rJ ing And dr ibbl i.ng &roM the

evanln«ll basketball court, and two or three txaa.;w~ekly a bua took a group to a near~~

hoatillr; vlaita by their t.utore , ( 11Tako a tuto~ ho•" to your •ot)er. rhay'ra

batter titan Uower11," reads an "d in the proJect. '• w .. t Point Free ~'reaa. J

rutora took their own little group• on abort excursions and pincica,

acrapping like jackals ror the two proJect eara . The: whole COltlpany took oaa

alc:h-acclaiJiled t.-ip to New Orleans and one to )lemphia, upon which lat1.er

t~arc case to center the bitterest 1nter&roup hietil~tiee of the entire 1:~4<{4-

r·=rr. ,.. \hero w'"~r• IAOYl~a, talent ahowa, d11nce•, and playa, ev•• i 28', And

a eeriea or out6i4- epoa.kera, tho reepollBea to who111 probably beat rapreaont

the project's exuberant unityJng apirit aetd ao QUch dietraaa and diaeanaion.

The Hu~mer'ethealing proceea be1 aa w1th two or two and a half weaka

of aometh1ng like aaaa paychic breakdown. Magnified aumacr hoaoaiexnoaa oa

tho part of the maoy tutus who had ngt':~}C~~~:r away fro~a horue for a aH.ht,

rarely }~ft thelr home COUDtica, plUS B roJaAae or nino mOntha O( lmpOaaibl)'

overta:x .. d reotra1nta ( ''1 don't cry. 1 never cry when tl>e,)' hit "'"•" a

Grenada gir 1 liD.id or her ec:hool otltperiencoa.)' plus thlt IU\X18tiee or thoea

wbo by tbe1r presence were ool!llllll ted to «ttend wh1te iiChools tbia Septellbsr

b1aterl • une ,lrl khougbt she woo gotns blind.

be aecident- proce. oJn., O( ll J;I'OUp Of gu·la 1R IS dons loun..- at 1 d r1a

a tbuoder at or,. "aow" a •.~tn ~hind a Clul terl > curt .. ia, "'' tb wh 1

voup pa.oicl.od, knockint; one another down Aa tbc)' ruahed fr""' the ru011 .

Three or tour had bfterio on a1d of! l or " veral da,r•. Sc.• • would paao

Arlllll of a !avor U e ''esz-o mala t utor when t be;y lutpj.ened t o out cold tnto tho

paaa h~ b;r in a hal Iwn;r. (Tid a ver) tutor wa• at coco t he moa t u t&JlOI.aA • apoatlo oC black power, !requentl;r hnrah and bitter wi t h the whi t e tutora ,

aad a &r•at iofluence oo tutaes as we .l ao on h i a fe l low tutor~, includio~

theao aauo whites.)

'l'he 11ai~urea gr~tdua.lly atortped. The px·oductive (laily rout i ne wap

t~arapeutic and a ou.ber or aprcial events t~lped. ~he ~ttudanta besao to

ooalront thei.r pa11t and future e:xper:>enc:aa. A repor~er !or t he liaet Point

l"rao ·firo1111 .&,ntorvi.t:Wt!d t.utaea •ho bad J•:·eyinualy aUanaod white acbool11 1

ca. ol •h- aaid, "I •a going bac:Jc to Lllfl •lute ocltoQl ooxt year bocaua" l

10\ ~ cla~tlt r~ng a year aarli•r th110 the colored ~c:hoola. ADd l al•o thiuk

tloat 1 can ll'urn aoro." A white b.1&b act.ool graduate fro,. Jack.aon addraaa•d

t ile uoup and told about a ''eve clnsa.ate wlto hnd ande tbo baelcetball tea~&

ADd waa r o tainl!d and honored deaplto obJectiona !roa oTher teaas t~at they ,

pl!Q'od. 'l"ha county sroups bl!gan to ~o llou tor tho1r weuotnda.

Mar it Wript, young Jaoltaon attorney, ca.e and apolt•c 1t ,.... aha who

bad i nitiated Lhe procraa when aha came to rocosn12e thAt w1tbout aupportive

11et 1on in the ~e~o co..uait;y btr legal elforta for daaegrolatton would be

She

aehoolo, • •

oaid1 "' know boo h.u-o. it ia !or you to sc. on in the white

• Vour !rienda atay away fro• you bocau•• they oay you think I

~'CIII r e batter tbc.n t')••· .•• Tbe white children will barril&& )OU• • • •

out. We a~ed you people, ln the next rew ;yoara, all ot tha

et,il rJcbt• leadore will be gone and where are t ho now ooe• eoaio~ tr~?

~· the youns peopl• ot H~a•i•aippi, au•t •LA1 hera MAd corry on th• fllllt

r.(: ,iuatica, truth, traedoa ••• •"

Mo•ntiaa a •tudeot &ove rnmant ~B• baing orsani~ed, and with the aid of

the no• cla5nicnl pa1.\arnr prCite.Gt to tbet aoiminiatr· Uon at darolto 1 n1lea

co~laiats about the food, do~nds !Cir a TV in the loun~e, far weekend tripa,

tor live banda ot weekend dances, and lor a studefit run assembly to tall

8 bout th~ir experi~ncea at integretld &choola. 1he director was bewilder.d

and diatro&sedt the tutors thecaolvc& brid p~ticipnt~d Jn muking tho rules

and were now ~tigatlD! o protest egnin.Gt ~ With h~rdlyx.x4 .. •••cw h

+'-~ .._ ..,ount or shilly-ehallying required by deceoe;y, but feeling that the,.

were getting "more freedc;ll! than they klle• bow t.o handle, 1' tho director

Diet the

to bo a

tutee•' Jem:u>cla. Som~ ot 1.he tutoro who wished the black direetcxr

''strong ather ligure '' probably bad hoped !or a tousher fipt 0

At the student-run naaombly which they had d~•anded, n panel or .. terana

• told about their experieneea in the white achoola, not leevin~ out the

brutalitiea, tbe humiliations, ~be iojuaticea. (Intere~tin!!Yt ~each•~ AA4 .,...., ... , .... priacipal "uotairneee" eeeiiiA to produce '"" ••"t lasting end bitters ..

tl. ... "" l." ,~. c. ... l b l"l.t 1 ... ( i+y. reaen •~nlA) They repeated asain and asatn how you have to work to paaa.

The student chairaan exprubaed tb~ generation's intention to aaaume reapoa-

sib:i.lity when he etunaed up: 1111 ao•dhing happen to yC>Ut you ahould 1m-

onouch about the Movement und different ibin&s te> carry tb&a to •~e peraoa

that ia in leadership ot ~be Nesroaa. Take theae eaaea to aomebod¥• DoD't

wait around for things to pila up on your parenta."

The antire cnmpua now ~oved on to ~he next and tinal pha&a or the

treatment by ordeal. Aaong the protagoniata and iaauea werer J ... s ,-

M•r•dfith va. FanAie Lou Uaaar; tho black director ... tha white asaiataat

41rector {poaaibly morena oy.bole tha6 in tb.aaelvaa)j black tutars

Yao white t~tora; black power va1 iote~atioo1 a trip

... a football gamo va. a trip to an 4muaeaeot park.

The tuteea we.-.

ooutant emphaais In All their neadoi111c wot•k on &p'!ak ng out, ex• ,. lJif

teaclutre. They wrote esanya about whether whilao a.llotlld lflorn r<evo dlalect

~ ' aad whotber Tbo•na e!feraon, slnvef.uer, hAd n right to atgn the Declaratioa

of lnd~peadeac:e. ("R<talJy they shouldn't have utgned i!.nd written the Declar11tl011

ef ~depeadenct> 11 tlte Nesroea bau to hght this way for equ&l ity1 • ML

alav.ath-grade (irl wrote.) They wr<tte a good deal of poetry, including

COWltllllppOII .. to Lanptoa llughee • "Florida Road.aiAker," expreaains what thal'

felt to be a prcper tone or militanc)'.

Thea, on a awins through the atate endorsing Roaa Barnett for ~overaor,

Meredith atoppod at wr•t Point and told the asaembled tuteea ~•d ataff t._t

Vietaa. waa the boat thins that <tV~r hRppaned to tho Aaericon Nesro (whea . he •at into tile Ar~l he 11;;id, he cASe ou\. a .ersean1.,; that tl\ey oushua•t

to get all hung up on the race iaauo ("every time the white aan doea •-thi.Dc

to ~ou it ia not because you are black, but because he or abe -.y not like

• ._t you are do ins"); that be would only coae back to Mi .. t.aippi it it ... •

• to aaka a lot o•' _., •7• be kida arpod every inch of the ••Y• "Thel'

woulda1 t let bia leave," e tutor said later. "They kept rullDi.D& alone ., I, o .. :{ ~iual

TalkiniJHeredith ia a wfeel iV.X•a~iOR "

aaaaioo oo the oext to feat day, the atudente kept uains the word 11atupid"l

"U.'a OD17 interested in hi.aelf and hie t .. il)'o • • o He's ID1AI to leaww

be'• hatter ~ban ~bod)' alae juat hecauae he went to a white acaoole"

'l'he o._irllan of \he evaluation aaaaioa that procSu~d thia ju~t waa

P"aduate of 01 1 Mi .. ' 1 a craduate atudeat at the opulaat •bite 111N17 Uaiftl"aUJ' ,

l.a Atl011ta1 ead the gilted teacher of the Nacre IJJ.ator;r aOU"aa. llw p.iU.

croup to a diacuaaion of the role of the Hecro who ptea to a CUe

lt "-• Meredith proVided tlla whUa haoJccrCIUIUl for tbe tatna'

~f hlaak eelf, Fauaie Lou ~provided the alrror that refloated ,

•

\

'

, . +~k~t..

"!•ut7 andlll..-and buaar. T~ wboh c .. pua tall in love with Mr- -uad

tba .. alvea. (Jn the laat daya ot tba aummer tb~ Kida all went about

writ1DS tbair 1111tographa and bea11gaa of trianct.bip to eternity in each

~fiea of V8~illie Lou U..er'a autobioKrapby.t

''People 1 ilta y\11," abe began in bar aeasu~cl,. in', 1 •• contralto

tonaa, ~Y owu black people, people that care, black and white, givoa ..

~be a~ength to ke~ .. acing. Bacauae today thia ia a boautir~ audienc.1

' &Dd without knowinJ the true recta about our country, you will not ~ able

to atud up IUld tirht tor what wa don't have uow." The;r asked bor abo:tt

'

•

V.ietna&t ud ane aaid 0 111 JUst don't eee no sanae 1n .. figbt1n 1 BOIDowbare

• ~ alae tor aomethia' 1 don't have hare." l'L!!Y aakl!d her U abe tbousht it waa

ricbt tor black kids to -•-=s•I'OI'O go C.o white acboola and ah'l aaid 1 "lf

I bad the cluulc;e, baby0 J woul<l go in titers wi1h you. •• They aakod her ~t

.,_ tbovgbt aboul J ... a Heroditb endorains Roa~ Barnett and -"- brcughl

f clowa the houa• with, "la l'• coJ.ng to llava to arunrer about poor little

Nlorellitb?" Someone asked, "l!l your book you talk about Africa a lot1 and

~ could you tell ua why you decided to co- back and llalta your lite 1n the

Uaited Statea?'' She responded with indirnation: ·~ did I Clecide to c-

baQk? I wu born hare and l han a ri1ht t.o II• huel Allericft ia oura eel

.. have a ricbt to !i~t to &Ake it a better place tor uao"

Ho11tly they aake~bout black power and nonviolence, bacauee by tba

' tt.. l~nnie Lou Unmar ~nee ell libido aea .. d to be r11aninc into the black-

wllite oontlict. A buUd-up ot ewumer-lMC and l:He-lon, reaeot.anta bad

• erupteci in a r;uyaer' of accuaat !one 1111d countar-nccusati on• : Tho whit•

~~tore were puahing their auperior education and abilitiaa. Tbe black tutora

ware aoo!in& ott. Feaple fro• the ~orth were siviog the kida notion. about

p•raoJl!U 1.-oodom th11t wore iaappropriate tor Southern !iegro~ia cl~eque •a• running the oftico. Black tut~ra (alternatively, white tutora)

had unfair advantacr. in uoing tht carao lhe whita aaai•taut director waa

watJooeriAAn --10

reAll:r the bose bohlnd the boeo;, The blar-S. director •na fl negllgttnt

a\bli.abtrator. lJie black tut.or·a were 1n.t.lll1n~ hate in tbe innocent ,

tateoa, The •b~te a1 chi tecta of the prov~ had eng•neered that the white

tutora o;~tau•ber the black tutol o and Lha~ a bl .. ck director be a h·ont tor

white control,

Tba 1saue ... tinall:r drewn over a lrlp: the black tutors c.~th 501110

white defectors) wanted to go to Mon~gomer:r ~d 11 football game at Tuckegoe)

and the whit.o tutors (with sumo blakk defec,ors) wanted to go to Grenada

Lake, An u.uav111ent piU"k. '.l'he white tutora woro a cu11ed ot rejoctlng Tuakepe

becou • it waa a Negro~ 1nstttution, In a 8eriea ot muetiD&8

tba director, "The~ asked ac," bo said, "i r I wanted to 110 to 'tu.akegea and

ta. ealliatent d1ruotor •anted tu gu to Grenada Lake, wbere wuuld we au.

'Ibat got tb l dast applause o! the n·enins•"

1 aaid ! ·~ld decide, f

He did decide: the¥ went

neitht!r t11 Teske 'lee or tu Grenada Ln.ke but to Meaphie.

Jl t t uto~.ll wer~ IIWUerlng ~hat the •hito tu,or• "didn • t want ua

........ IUlJ" t " !I ... • usins thot.r auperlor votins poser to control tbo

tr1 <Jhoic t t &.1 the llegroeo wcare being uaed to get ., n y' pr8atl.ce,

t 0 ro white • h-.. or " Jo: girl tutoos cornered a 01 th girl one

to

and r rid t oi resant~nt nnd ln'A h upon hor, eho:.lt1ng nnd apitttnc

d threatening u ~. t. h r 8&a

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Dl't ODl,Y theee etudenta, but IQ'&elf and 1,. cown.ry as well."

l'be trip criaia OUJd it& aft«J"110£tb "c0111e tho JDIUlliX group's vell!ch ~ A.,· ~ a kind of orgy of aol f-exwainnt icm '" cb laJi~od unt.il tbr. p1·onr-' s end.

lfbat aro ehite people hke? ''So;Du u" all right, but they're 1Jbito•"

_.!!L~ doga." ''They..,.., two-faced end they atill tlu.nk tblly cue better than

Can a black kid l "ern how to be a black mw.n rro• a whi to lllaA7 "I!

7ou wanted to learn to be a carpenter, you'd ge• apprenti~od to a carpenter~

not a bricklayer."

, If you hod your choice, wou1d you ehoo~ ~ black tutor or a white tutort

~lesro, becauee when they ape~ you can underatend better their dialftct.

II. Things tba"t Negro11a aay hava a tru" aelllling." ''11hite 1 bccoue" a ehite

teacher or tutor never taught m.. I want to aee how th4ir m1nd work. lo

~heir 11111d dU'Ieromt. froa ay a.Lnd?" •~"agro1 becou!lfl I. bat' a r:J:f 1 aca. lt.

will tr~"t aa baUer thiU\ the wh.ite." ".'ieuo, becauao {w ia m;.· colr:or end

ho aolllll aoro cloae to aae than thl! whito.••

8hOtJld another p:rofiTlllll ll.ko thia hc·re a atatr that •a all Vegro, aootlz

~eEOz bl\lt 1 d bolt 7 mostly while, all ld whita7 1'Moatly l'legro7 ao whtn

thiiJ" 'I"Ola oa a tl"ip tbe;:p rnn 't outYoto tho Negro tutara." Jlbtk"HaJ f =f.

llaJ.C1 boo~n!!le ;rc•J eoulol g.,t used to tl•• illen ot goir.g to a white achool,P

''7'1 _ • ., • rl cdo,..d ao that whvn ktda who aight be afraid of white people

w en they co to the white aehoal can feel a little aarll aocuro. ~ ~I tb~

~hat tAlL ola progrtuD mc.uld bo rue by Hagrooa, who ar•• trying to tl'Ot 0\!r

trCH!d.,., "6~ the pour whitea Sflt thl!ir 01r0. 11 111Ialt and holt b~tcauao the

boun axpoaftd to IIUcb -ore In aany f1elc18 and ahc .ll d bo ablo to

re~a • t r .:now!•dge to thto Negro lutora artu atudonte, 11 "HAlf Lnd halt~

oe11uec ' filion COI!ltl •hite> folka liko wurkins •hh tbe Net;ro childrello ••

an iota tba11 " r.htUlce 1 to11. n 11.Ul black 1 l thillk thAt 1~ l.a t {n •