Editor’s Note: The following are excerpts from a commentary by Pittsburgh Courier columnist George Schuyler. The iconoclast was the foremost Black columnist of the 1930s and 1940s and one of the paper's editorial writers. Author Frederick S. Voss described Schuyler's style as "a blend of colorful terminology, unmincing frankness, and a sometimes-withering wit." These attributes are on display in the following column, with some spelling changes and editing. It printed in The Courier on January 10, 1942.
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Depression Era
CRUSADING IN DETROIT
The words following this introduction are from the book "Walking With Presidents: Louis Martin and the Rise of Black Political Power" by Ebony veteran Alex Poinsett.
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A QUESTION OF SEGREGATION
A NAACP founder advocating segregation? In the pages of The Crisis, of all places? Highly unlikely, right?
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