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Good morning. This is Austin Coleman for the Ragsdale Mortuary, where
funeral services began at $195 complete, and the Valley Life and Casualty
Insurance Company, a pioneer name in this state of Arizona, bringing you
another in a series of Sunday morning programs designed for your listening
pleasure. On last Sunday, the corroli of the First Institutional Baptist
Church celebrated Negro History Week with a musical honoring a great Negro
composer, Mr. Ron Nathaniel Det. I think it is befitting to pay tribute to
the great Negroes in our history, and the staff at the Ragsdale Mortuary
and the Valley Life and Casualty Insurance Company wishes to thank the
coroliers and all persons who were thoughtful enough to commemorate a
great week of Negro history. Within the next month, the Ragsdale Mortuary
will have calendars with the birthdays of all of the great negroes of
yesterday and today. Look forward to seeing these calendars originated by
the Ragsdale Mortuary.
We would like to begin our program this morning with a selection by Miss
Mahalia Jackson as she tells you about my God and I.
My God.
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Together
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is
Be
And
The Ragsdale mortuary, where funeral services began at $195 complete, is
expanding its services over the entire state to meet the growing demands
of the people. Arizona is a fast growing state, and the Ragsdale Mortuary
would like to keep pace with that growth. All persons living in the state
may feel free to call the Ragsdale Mortuary at any time. We are just large
enough to serve you sacredly and beautifully, just small enough to know
you and to help you. At the Ragsdale mortuary, no one has ever turned away
for lack of funds.
Continuing our program with the five blind boys, there's no need to cry.
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I'll meet you in a suite.
You to
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I'll meet you in a sweet.
You
The Ragsdale Memorial Plan, a convenient way to take care of your last
expenses, may be just a program that you have been looking for. If you do
not qualify for life insurance because of your age or physical health, the
Ragsdale Memorial Plan is the right program for you. Call the Ragsdale
Mortuary for further information regarding the Ragsdale Memorial Plan.
Miss Clara Ward is next. The Lord will understand.
So when you stand
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Teaching the word.
That the savior.
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you
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well.
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And say,
well done.
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The Home Realty Company is open on Saturday afternoon and Sunday after
church for your convenience. If you're not satisfied with your present
location, come by the Home Realty Company today after church and let one
of their representatives show you the fine houses for sale in all areas of
our city. Each week, the Home Realty Company will feature the house of the
week. That house this week is located at 2141 East Alta Vista. That's 2141
East Alta Vista. Remember, if you need a home, call home. That's the Home
Realty Company at 11:44 East Washington. We would like to continue our
programming this morning. With the selection by Miss Mahalia Jackson, as
she was saying to us about that great getting up morning.
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The first half of our program this morning has been brought to you by the
Ragsdale Mortuary, where funeral services begin at $195 complete, and no
one is ever turned away for lack of funds. The second half of our program
will be brought to you by the Valley Life and Casualty Insurance Company,
a pioneer name in Arizona, offering new life insurance programs at a new
low premium rate. We would like to begin the second half of our program
with a selection by the Roberto Morton singers, as they will sing for us,
he's using me.
When you see me walking right. See me walking right when you hear me
talking right.
right
right.
When you see me giving up.
Yeah.
When you see me do my best. You too When you see me stand, my.
I suffered all night long.
Giving up the right for all.
Using my
You He's using my
Right
you
You
You see me bear my cross.
When I gladly stuff.
I the
some heavy.
When you see me going on.
could
In
The key to growth in many businesses is expansion. This is why the Valley
Life and Casualty Insurance Company is expanding. We hope to continue our
growth by giving more service to more people. As we grow, we would like
for you to be part of the Lys family of Valley Life policy holders. You
have a representative in your area that will be more than happy to explain
our programs to you. Call the office of the Valley Life and Casualty
Insurance Company on tomorrow.
We would like to continue our programming with a selection by the Gospel
All Stars. It's me, oh Lord.
the
it
me
The Ragsdale Mortuary and the Valley Life and Casualty Insurance Company
are happy to bring you these Sunday morning programs. We are happy for the
many comments regarding our program, and we would like to thank the staff
of this station for their wonderful support. And now the president of the
Valley Life and Casualty Insurance Company and vice president of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Mr. Lincoln
Ragsdale.
Thank you, Mr. Coleman.
My Bible tells me that Paul said. He that provideth not for his own. And
especially those of his own household is worse than an infidel.
And how are we going to provide for our children and our selves and the
members of our household?
You have a responsibility to support us in this movement to get jobs and
equality for yourselves and for your children.
And the only way we're going to get jobs and to Have equality is we're
going to have to Band together and work together. And join up in some
organization like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, where we can move forward as a group and Bring our own race and
our own family and our own church forward.
And I ask you this Sunday morning to pray for the NAACP and its leaders.
And we ask you to pray for the leaders that you have elected to go out to
the House of Representatives to represent you, and they have represented
you well. For last week they sent to the Senate House Bill 164.
That was passed that would make it illegal for a person to discriminate
against you or me because of our color. In any place of public
accommodation.
But it is in the Senate now and it's going to fail in the Senate unless
you do something about it. What can we do? First, we must write letters to
our senator. We have 2 senators in Maricopa County. And each one of us can
write to each senator individually. Write to Senator Hilliard T. Brooke.
That's Hiliot T. Brook, B R 00 K. or Senator Paul, Paul L. Singer, S I N
G E R Singer and ask him to support the bill to do away with racial
discrimination.
And if this fails after we've done all we possibly can do. We'll have to
maybe get together and march on Governor Fannon and march on the Senate
500 strong or more. And to let the world know that we want our rights. We
want all of our rights. We want them here in Phoenix.
And the only way we're going to get our rights is that we, like I said, we
must do something together.
Last week over 38 persons came by and joined the NAACP.
But we have something like 5000 more who need to come in and join with us.
Can I ask you this Sunday morning.
If you haven't joined the NAACP, speak your pastor.
And tell him that you want to become a member and and give him the $2. I
come by the ranksdale mortuary, 1100 East Jefferson Street. by the guy
Life Insurance building in 11:40 East Washington. And we will take your
membership in. And join the hundreds who are joining up with us because we
must stay together. And let me remind you what Paul said one more time.
When he was asked what can man do to help himself.
And that Paul
Tell us he that provideth not for his own. And especially those of his own
household is worse than an infidel.
Let us listen As the son of Martin singers rang. Our next number Precious
lord.
On behalf of the ragsdale mortuary. And of our life insurance company. We
want to thank you for listening to this radio program. We bring it to you
on behalf of the Negro community and the struggle that we have been making
for over 100 years. And we know that where there's no struggle, there's no
advancement. We also realize that power concedes nothing without a demand.
And we solicit this Sunday morning your prayers because we have problems
and all around us things are happening to us, we do not understand. Pray
for us this Sunday morning. Please go to church of your choice and ask God
to give us the strength to carry on. And until next Sunday morning, may
God keep and bless you individually and collectively.
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