THE NEGRO'S RAZOR.
A SOCIAL NECESSITY
American negroes in Jackson, Mississippi, demonstrated recently to show their approval of the decision by Supreme Court declaring that a razor is not a weapon but " an implement of the toilet." It must be explained that the American negro has long cherished the right of carrying a razor in his vest pocket. Statistics show that Americans of African descent are even more ready than their white fellow-countrymen to whip out their weapons when provoked, and not infrequently social affairs in the South —more particularly dances under negro auspices— have terminated in sanguinary melees.
A despatch from Jackson, Mississippi, stated " Out of gratitude to the court for returning the razor to its place in the vest pocket the negro cotillion leaders have organised what they call a Supreme Court Razor Club, which will have charge of social events among the village cutups." - Dances were almost entirely discontinued in Jackson's fast black set when razors were barred, " but on hearing of the courts-decision local society immediately commenced to arrange for a series of summer events
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Northern Advocate, 22 August 1913, Page 2
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179THE NEGRO'S RAZOR. Northern Advocate, 22 August 1913, Page 2
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