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1968-02-15 Newsletter, Fort Madison Branch of the NAACP Page 5

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cannot be found in the average history text of any given field. There is much to learned and gained from seeking out the facts, and the time has come for them to be made easily available to everyone, white and Negro, alike.

As you have probably noticed, in reading through the program, there is no notice regarding our regularly scheduled Executive Committee meeting on Thursday, the 15th or the membership meeting on the 18th. We are hoping that the program substitutes will effectively encourage our membership and our friends to work harder on the elimination of the communication gap. Of course, we also hope that everyone will try to attend as many of the meetings as possible. Do your part,...and bring a friend.

February 12th is the anniversary of the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as well as Lincoln's birthday. The Association was founded in 1909 by a group of citizens who realized that silence in the face of such atrocities as the Springfield race riot of 1908 in Illinois would only be a disservice to the country and its minority groups, mainly the Negro. This year we celebrate the 58th year of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 

With the increase in postal rates, we are asking that each member contribute at least $0.25 a month so that we might continue sending it without putting an added drain on our treasury. Those not present at the regular membership meetings may give their contribution to any Executive Committee member.

* - From "LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING" by James Weldon Johnson
..."God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by Thy might
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray,
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand.
True to our God,
True to our native land.

"Civil rights is the most important domestic problem facing the United States today," the chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights said in East Lansing, Michigan. A solution to the problem "cannot wait until the war in Viet Nam is ended," said Dr. John A. Hannah, president of Michigan State University, in a discussion show aired by MSU's television station. Lawmakers and officials are powerless to solve civil rights problems alone, he said. "They are helpless until a few more than half of all the people do something about it."
- taken from JET - February 1, 1968

JOIN THE NAACP....ENLIST IN THE ARMY OF FIGHTERS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CITIZENS,...REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR OR CREED!
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- 5 - cannot be found in the average history text of any given field. There is much to learned and gained from seeking out the facts, and the time has come for them to be made easily available to everyone, white and Negro, alike. As you have probably noticed, in reading through the program, there is no notice regarding our regularly scheduled Executive Committee meeting on Thursday, the 15th or the membership meeting on the 18th. We are hoping that the program substitutes will effectively encourage our membership and our friends to work harder on the elimination of the communication gap. Of course, we also hope that everyone will try to attend as many of the meetings as possible. Do your part,...and bring a friend. February 12th is the anniversary of the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as well as Lincoln's birthday. The Association was founded in 1909 by a group of citizens who realized that silence in the face of such atrocities as the Springfield race riot of 1908 in Illinois would only be a disservice to the country and its minority groups, mainly the Negro. This year we celebrate the 58th year of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. With the increase in postal rates, we are asking that each member contribute at least $0.25 a month so that we might continue sending it without putting an added drain on our treasury. Those not present at the regular membership meetings may give their contribution to any Executive Committee member. * - From "LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING" by James Weldon Johnson ..."God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who has brought us thus far on the way; Thou who has by Thy might Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray, Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand. True to our God, True to our native land. "Civil rights is the most important domestic problem facing the United States today," the chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights said in East Lansing, Michigan. A solution to the problem "cannot wait until the war in Viet Nam is ended," said Dr. John A. Hannah, president of Michigan State University, in a discussion show aired by MSU's television station. Lawmakers and officials are powerless to solve civil rights problems alone, he said. "They are helpless until a few more than half of all the people do something about it." - taken from JET - February 1, 1968 JOIN THE NAACP....ENLIST IN THE ARMY OF FIGHTERS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CITIZENS,...REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR OR CREED! We need YOU...NOW!