Tulane Paper Lauds U. Of I Queen Choice P.4
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Tulane Paper Lauds U. Of I Queen Choice P.4
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"NEW ORLEANS-- The “Tulane Hullabaloo,” official student publication at Tulane university here, gave fine editorial treatment to the University of Illinois’ selection of a Negro girl as queen of its annual homecoming, Nov 10.
The paper said editorially: “Biggest and best bouquet this weeks [sic] goes students of Illinois for their part in one of the most courageous actions taken by any student body in recent years. The Illini elected a nineteen-year-old girl as queen for their 42nd homecoming two weeks ago.
“The girl, Clarice Davis, is the daughter of a streetcar motor-man and is a social science major. Her selection as the first Negro girl ever to reign as a queen of a Big Ten conference school, is a demonstration to all the world that at least on the college campus Americans are beginning to fight their way out of the jungle of racial prejudices. If we are to maintain our position as a world leader, we must show clearly that democracy is a living, working principle, not just a lot of idle chatter expounded by Fourth of July orators. We like to think of Miss Davis as a symbol and of what intelligent Americans can do when they cast aside their hates and prejudices and begin to think rationally and sanely about what our constitution means when it says: ‘All men are created equal."
The paper said editorially: “Biggest and best bouquet this weeks [sic] goes students of Illinois for their part in one of the most courageous actions taken by any student body in recent years. The Illini elected a nineteen-year-old girl as queen for their 42nd homecoming two weeks ago.
“The girl, Clarice Davis, is the daughter of a streetcar motor-man and is a social science major. Her selection as the first Negro girl ever to reign as a queen of a Big Ten conference school, is a demonstration to all the world that at least on the college campus Americans are beginning to fight their way out of the jungle of racial prejudices. If we are to maintain our position as a world leader, we must show clearly that democracy is a living, working principle, not just a lot of idle chatter expounded by Fourth of July orators. We like to think of Miss Davis as a symbol and of what intelligent Americans can do when they cast aside their hates and prejudices and begin to think rationally and sanely about what our constitution means when it says: ‘All men are created equal."
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Chicago Defender
Date
1951- 11-24
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N/A, “Tulane Paper Lauds U. Of I Queen Choice P.4,” African American Fourth of July, accessed April 26, 2024, https://africanamerican4th.omeka.net/items/show/432.