Friday, May 10, 2019

Life in the Colored Village in Badin, N.C., May 1919

From The Badin Bulletin, May 1919. To see a photo of the house with this article, go to http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/2014236802/1919-05-01/ed-1/seq-18/

Activities in Colored Village

By E.G. Harris

Real life seems to prevail in the Colored Village of Badin these days. The hopes and prayers of the most hopeful of the two races concerned in this village and in Badin are now being brought to realization. Our dreams ae now being realized. The social life of Badin is being bettered—not by steps, but by leaps and bounds. The colored people have, seemingly, taken on new life. They take interest with pride in all things started for the development of the town and race. Thus far, nothing has been a failure that has been started for the betterment of the people of our race here and elsewhere, along with the purposes of the Company by which we are employed. Some time in February we organized a Club of musical entertainers for the village, including a Brass Band and a Glee Club, vocal entertainers, who are specializing in the music of our fathers and mothers, old plantation songs and melodies, Dunbar readings, etc.

Both the Band and the Glee Club are now able to entertain the public very creditably. It had the honor of entertaining the white people of Albemarle under the auspices of the Red Cross on Easter Monday evening, and had a splendid crowd of hearers. All seemed much pleased with the program. I think we shall have the picture of both teams in the next issue of the Bulletin.

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