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...seems impossible that Bryant Bowles, his followers, and the people of Milford could call themselves "democratic," but they undoubtedly do. What do they think they are accomplishing by starting these race fights? . . . Perhaps they are deliberately passing the plum of prejudice to Russia for her to present to the Communists as proof of American idiocy...
...Milford, Del., already seething over the fact that eleven Negroes had been admitted to the high school (TIME, Oct. 4), a tall, wavy-haired man of 34 popped up to add his mite to the mess. He was Bryant Bowles of Washington, D.C., head of a nine-month-old pro-segregation group called the National Association for the Advancement of White People. A onetime Baltimore contractor who has brushed with the law over bogus checks. Bowles yet to say just how many members his organization has, but he has already collected enough money to support a race-baiting bimonthly called...
Last week in Milford, some 3,000 citizens showed up at a mass meeting to hear him. He assured them that he was against violence and that he was not anti-Negro but just prowhite. Then he called for volunteers to start a local N.A.A.W.P. chapter in Milford. The first to step forward was Mrs. Mildred Sharp. After her came Farmer Charles West ("If God had intended us to associate with the colored race, He wouldn'ta made niggers. He woulda made us all white"), and Evangelist Manaen Warrington. Bryant Bowles promptly made these "three red-blooded Americans" directors...
Next day, when Milford's schools reopened after having been temporarily closed, only 456 out of 1,562 students attended. Later the boycott spread to nearby Lincoln, where 116 out of 146 pupils refused to go to the elementary school. That night a motorcade cruised through the county with such banners as "Stay Out of School:", "Kick 'Em Out;" and in a field opposite the Milford high school, a wooden cross was set on fire. Finally the Milford school board decided to give in, ordered the eleven Negroes dropped from the rolls. Crowed Bryant Bowles: "The only thing...
...board decided to close the schools, arranged a meeting with the State Board of Education to find out what it should do next. Upshot of the meeting was still more confusion. The state board blamed the local board for not having consulted it earlier, and the Milford members resigned in a huff. As for the eleven Negroes, the state board ruled they should remain. At week's end the schools of Milford were planning to open once again, with no one knowing what to expect...