Activities Among Negroes
News has been received from New York telling of the activities of one of the branches of the National association for the Advancement of Colored People. It states "under the leadership of its president Dr. Meyer Jacobstein, former congressman and bank president, the Rochester, N.Y. branch of the N. A. A. C. P. has entered upon a program of obtaining industrial opportunity for colored people."
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle writing of the branch's most recent meeting says: "To open the doors of opportunity in industry to every colored person in Rochester is the task of the Rochester branch, of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People," it was declared by Meyer Jacobstein, president of the branch in opening the annual membership drive at a meeting in Mount Olivet Baptist church.
"Especially the colored boys and girls who someday will be the leaders of their race must be given the chance to participate in the city's industry." Dr. Jacobstein said a survey of the situation is being planned and it is hoped that it win be completed in time to bear fruit next Fall. "Industry must be impressed with the fact that the colored people want to occupy and are capable of filling positions of responsibility," he went on, "and unless the colored people themselves have sufficient self-respect to demand their opportunities they never will get them."
A feature of this meeting was the presentation by the principal of Washington Junior high school of Harry Bray, colored boy recently elected president of the high school class.
COLLEGE HONORS NEGRO
Many Negro students attending white colleges in the East have won high honors. Harriett Pickens, daughter of Dean William Pickens, field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is the first of her race to received the coveted award of the "S" pin, one of six awards at Smith college, Northampton, one of the foremost women's colleges in the country. A special dispatch to the New York World states that the pin is the highest honor that can be bestowed by the college for excellence in athletics and that the presentation before the student body at chapel services on Thursday, March 13, won cheers and applause from the students.
FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED
A news item from Atlanta, Ga. stated "Two fellowships providing tuition and living expenses have been awarded the Atlanta School of Social Work by the National Tuberculosis association for college graduates qualifying between now and September 1, according an announcement by Forrester B. Washington, director of the school.
"These fellowships are an expression of appreciation on the part of the Tuberculosis association for the successful institutes in tuberculosis prevention conducted by the school during the past two years.
They make a total of eight fellowships now available in the school, others being provided by the Methodist Episcopal diocese of Georgia and the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's clubs."
LOCALS
The national Negro health week observance under the auspices of the committee of the colored group of the Public Welfare league held their mass meeting Sunday in Taylor Memorial church. It was well attended. Mrs. Allen deserves much praise for her efforts to have Oakland observe this week. A well balanced program of music and addresses is being prepared. Dr. R. J. Bondurant, represented the colored physicians and dentists of the city made the opening address on the value of such public meetings. Mrs. H. Artedia, of the Public Welfare league followed with an address on problems of a social worker and paid a high compliment to Mrs. Ruffin, whom she said had worked for years to get the citizen to recognize the value of national Negro health week.
Dr. Walter M. Dickie, director of public health, delivered an address on tuberculosis prevention. He was followed by Mrs. A. A. Bird, wife of A. A. Bird of Baby hospital. She spoke on social hygiene. Her talk was very informative. The colored doctors and dentists held meeting Thursday evening in Beth Eden Baptist church as a part of the observance of national Negro health week.
FOREIGN RELATIONS DAY
The Universal Negro Improvement, Oakland division No. 188, held Foreign Relations day last Sunday in their own hall in West Oakland. The speaker was Joseph Cypriano, second vice president, who spoke on "The Negro and Monopoly." He told his hearers that the "Negro must organize, morally, industrially, financially, politically, intellectually and spiritually against monopoly." The Ethiopian national anthem was then sung.
The third reciprocity meeting of the northern district California State Federation of Colored Women clubs, met in an all day session Wednesday in Bethel A. M. E. church, San Francisco. It is the last meeting before the annual state convention in Oakland June 24 in Fifteenth A. M. E. church, Mrs. Lawrence Sledge, president of the district, presided.
The Booker T. Mothers, and San Francisco Women's clubs were the hostess clubs. There were over 40 delegates, beside over sixty guests for lunch, and a number of citizens of both races in attendance, some coming from San Jose, Stockton and Sacramento which sent the presidents of three of their largest clubs. The most outstanding business of the session was a resolution adopted by the body representing thousands of California club women, asking President Hoover to have the war department withdraw the segregation of Negro war mothers (Gold Star mothers) whom the government will send to visit the graves of their sons in France. It has been proposed that the Negro make the trip in an inferior separate ship. These colored California club women make the plea that their loss was as great as the white Gold Star mothers and should not be humiliated before the world.
Rev. Hughes, in whose church the meeting was held, read several letters and clippings concerning recent adverse legislation toward the Negro which President Hoover will be asked to investigate. The ways and means committee stated they were planning to give a concert in May to raise money to defray expenses of the convention.
YOUR DUTY
Your duty as a resident of Oakland is to contribute to the Community Chest liberally. There are hundreds of persons, many with families of children, now without a job. They must appeal for aid to some of the social agencies of the Oakland Community Chest. Will you help the chest to meet the urgent and most humane appeal? Do your part.
HELP CALIFORNIA GROW
It was Congressman Oscar De Priest, Negro congressman from Illinois, who when addressing the citizens of Oakland last fall called their attention to the great number of votes necessary in California to elect a congressman, whereas in the Southern states no such number was required. He definitely proved the injustice to California and other states by the inequality. But added the remedy would be found after the completion of the 1930 census. Hence if you wish California to grow and give her additional United States congressmen, then answer truthfully and readily all questions asked for when the census enumerators call..
Activities Among Negroes/Sun, Apr 06, 1930 06 Apr 1930, Sun Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) Newspapers.com
