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:« ojf the paper. The writer** nom* and nddre^f^ttit reserve* the riffht to ctmden*#.for. mercy for animals* ana teen ooing little children who came to tell .of their cures as a result of *xperimcnta on docs, 1 wonier just who were the animals ana,who were the humans. . CLARRE RUSSELLRev. Bailey’s Death FeltDear AFRO: ,ln the sudden death of the' Rev. J. T. Bailey, residing elder of the Potomac etrict of the Baltimore Confer-6ence, AME Church, the Allen Christian Endeavor League has lost a true friend.The Rev. Mr. Bailey believedthat a strong young people’sgroup, properly organized, would insure the future of the church.In my work with him as conference superintendent of ACE Leagues. I found him to be patient, cheerful, cooperative, andan inspiration to young people.We sorrow at his passing.JOHN W. WOOPHOUSEStuffingPoultry stuffing helps to give shape to the roasted hen or turkey, adds seasoning to themeat, and helps keep the roasted; fowl moist. The st^ffi pgL _ Is - -flavored with mcit ikes duringroasting.By B. M. PhillipHollywood’s latest movie with aa rial theme is MGM’t “Pinky.t’hich is coming to the New Albert I 'heatre on Nov. 23,. A -group of us was privileged to see a sneak preview, this week. 1 couldn't help but think that while Hollywood has gone whole hog for the racial theme, pictures, it’s a matter for discussion as to how realistic they have made them.I like “tost Boundaries, the film «'PinL-v'* d^als with a white-skinnedBaltimore s colored ctuzens just didn’t bother to attend the dogs-for-research hearings held on Wednesday afternoon in the War Memorial Building. They atayed away in large numbers.There were some 3,500 persons at the hearing on one of the most hotlv contested local issue* in recent years, nut tne euy person, who is torn between citizens were not_ - _ ■ ¥them.passing*’ or living as colored. Jeanne Crain, in the title role, nrt F.thfd Waters, as the grand-amongthat weThere must be a reason lor in isj * apparent lack of interest. Itther who struggled to send her couldn-t ^rth to school but expected her Mted ^ 0{ dogs or in theremain in Dixie and serve her advance oi medical research.History belies either of these con-tentions.own people,portrayals.give unforgettableBobbed of True AspectsBut, as the story unfolded and the familiar Dixie patterns came to life on the screen, I had a feeling that somewhere down the lineHollywood had doctored the storyand robbed it of its true aspects.TimeMaybe it was because most of us are unable to get time off from work for such demonstrations.Probzbly if the hearing had been held at night, more colored per-,uu'u 1L ■“ “ ““ —son3 wouia have attended.The love of Pinky *nd her doctor ^ ^ ^lend « too rfrong to be hrited ,ttendW the hiring. bee,u5e n!°r, ,. .°H , , , the group h„ learned, through.mached It to the point of having operieacM uke u,e Carroli Parkcase, that the present admini-vSi^'^iteouldat “’“Jaw'°rall the way and allow love to mm V S™ P*-And Baltimore s largest minoritygroup Is just waiting until election __ great lengths to tell us that Lme when these men can be re-fnterracialt marriages won't work, placed with more responsive repre-y do,-because love respects no sentatives. n-made barriers. And coloredple do pass, and successfully, movies v/on't tell us, as they do in'cross “pinky,” that we must stay in theBoston-bred doctor n a courtroomumph.Desnite the fact that “Pinky;ry year, 250,000 of us line.”Must Feel Sting of Bias t may be that as long as the rics for the racial-theme moviesmovies produced by pie, the result will be filmsunrealistic ring.rou■w — 1- W VsSouth and be treated as third-rate citizens with no rights the white man is hound to respect.It'* all very noble, as “Pinky people ----— -------------------white life. And the best evidence is theising migration from theSouth•Jveoeva* ‘v ---- -------can’t tell people how hor* cities over the past three decades.e # .._____t —- aw if__ A L h 1m -HiJ ^ * IV * W* ^ I *why;et out of the Deep e -to feel it.c never suffered rape attempts hoodlums how degradingOnThey movie which should be seen bymany white people, especially inpeopleFaces Some Hard Facts It tells two stories which many especially when in most cases the white people find hard tof conceive guilty parties go free if the girl Is when they hear about them in realcolored. They have to have it hap* life. “Oh no, it can’t possibly happen.'” they’ll aay In all sincerity. Well, it does happen; andniarly kills’ your spirit if “Pinky” shows In two graphic hungry and can't eat aimply scenes how prices double when the your skin Is black and customer is colored and how law restaurant* want “white enlorcemcnt officers manhandle They have to experience it- women for little or no reason_ . _? tkau’M /vtlnrnrf .to their sisters or daughters, ou cant tell people how jimApparentthey’ve ever felt the sting andbecausePinky is an entertaining movie- ),„i, U1 ut Jim Lrav. tWTBWTWio TTmirh.v. « dUfcwnt morningthe stories and make the for you- Be aur* to see it,
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Baltimore Afro American
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sat, Nov 19, 1949
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