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Uy J, a. WilsonThat sumo prom Intmt Negroes wiio hav« charge of public affairs aro unlt; fortunately negligent of de utile and that the rank and file of the Negroes I of thlH city are painfully ignorant of the fit iiobs of ihingn wan very evident ■luring the parade of the Negro over teas soldiers lent wmdc, The military 1 inudf a« the request of the mayor, con ben o*t | to allow the soldiers lo stop 1 over bo that the citizens, black and white, all who were intereatetL could aee them in a body, unit so that lb la city aided by their Negro friends and relativeh could espcoinliy entertain them The merely curious and the student of human tint tire both are an* louft to see what effect the greatest war in history had on those men, mid what wan the bearing of men who had 1 loyally and bravely faced allot. «h«d1 uuti death uhd hud alive ret 1 trued home, and ho mi the morn fug of the parade the streetn were thronged with on look era. First cumo uu auto whom* white occupants represented the city's welcome, then «umo the Lined In High i School Cadet Hand. ‘onlpomd of tine V , young fellows In natty uniforms who f» made a very creditable appearance. ai These were followed by the prominent a professional and business men of tin* n Race. The women representing the Rod Gross came uevt. always ,1 plea-log sight, and then came the objects of ititereet. the unit 11 feature of the parade, the* buys, our boy a whom everybody canto to see. hut were disappointed and disgusted ut the sight Somebody failed to arrange that the soldiers Ktiould In* *• on and from the atari tu the finish those men were Hanked, covered and Hidden by a motley mob of unkenip. disorderly, bo lute rou iv, tjnMghtly uncouth N ’ groan who paraded themselves through the priori pul street* of the city, there- by lowering the prestige of the NV* **' gm clriEtnis I taw 110 ftngs or ban nc*m of welcome in Hie downtown dltfarc wine In accepting tit nil aultlratis,cltriers and I Bcnxnnimeit wonder if wa jf'liseparate r^coRiillinn 'if muselve* ;e ■*'I’ll t» very evlilent that the had pubKlie manner*. deportment nod appear mice of certain chinaes of our people JJ 11 in greater Kansas city is a detriment 10 our civil progress, U In ubnolutei\ necessary thin something he done by tin who can to attempt t*» remedy thin evil. I have spoken of this several times In these columns nod I have heen dreaming 1 hat some day the schools, churches, fraternal drgatiiza-tlcuiK, hoitP'H. women clubs, would work together for llii^ purpose. Again I offer both my Idea a and money to *' mtftltit In realizing the fulfillment of my it renin. If is said of the peacock lliut while strutting around with its '} uplifted beautiful plumage In adinlr 1 lug evidence, if it happens to look J down nt Its rusty feat, it drops both !’ IU head and fall, ho if those gentle* men who were mar eh lug so proudly * at I lie head of the procession had seen its rusty end. they would have had the name feeling that prompted this art icla.
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Kansas City Sun
Kansas City, Missouri, US
Sat, Mar 29, 1919
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Gina S.
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