Frank Barnes Papers

Résumé du livre

An essay discussing his thoughts on leadership among African Americans in the civil rights movement: "A Parade of Servants," [1963], commenting on the "present era of adjustments between the races in this country," and the objection of "our Negro domestics ... being referred to as servants;" expressing his view that the "Negro uplifting movement lost its most voluble disciple when lawyer Thurgood Marshall was elevated to the Supreme Court of New York to let the mantle fall on publicity-craving Martin Luther King, erstwhile obscure preacher, now leading the doubtful strategy of promised march on Washington the latter part of this month;" claiming that "by instinct the Negro is a fun loving individual," and giving as example minstrel Johnny Healy; and concluding by asserting that "I am all for improvement in race ... but it leaders have the wrong approach and are in too much of a hurry to attain their ends."