I guess my views on that soapbox column were not shared by at least one reader. So far, haven’t found anything on Rev. Dalrymple.
The New York Age, April 21, 1934
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Letter to the editor on Will Rogers and Mr. Ray
16 JulApparently, my father’s columns on the Will Rogers affair – Rogers referred to black people as “darkies,” an offense that resulted in some community members calling for a boycott of Gulf gas stations – did not sit well with this reader. Although my father did not condone Rogers’ use of the term, he felt strongly that as long as “Negroes” continued to refer to themselves in derogatory terms, arguments that others should not use them were shaky. BTW Gulf Refining Company was the sponsor of the television show on which Rogers appeared. The letter below is from a reader who thought m father’s views were off base.
The New York Age, March 3,1934
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