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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