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$2.00 a Year 5c a Copy ^ OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15th, 1921. Vol. VII. No. 24. Whole No. 336.
WHAT OBSERVERS
ARE OBSERVIRG
IhVASHIHGTOR
President's Message ^ '’ongress Is
Considered Thorough merican
In Tone And Has In • All
Citizens of Repub. *V,
EARLY ACTION ON DYER BILL
Anticipated By Those In Touch With
1 National Legislation. Johnson’s
Rejection Deemed Unwise.
Daugherty for Justice
(By The Associated Negro Press)
, WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 15.—
President Harding has a thoroughly
American message to Congress, ac
cording to the opinion of a majority
of the people. The President made
no reference to racial matters, nor
lynching. This is regarded as being
in keeping with the fundamental pur
pose of the message, and the avowed
ideals of the Administration of talk
ing to all Americans alike.
•With reference to lynching, a sub
Y ject occupying much attention in
Congress with Administration back
ing, the Dyer bill promises to take
early precedence over other legisla
tion. In other words, Congress is at
last aroused to the necessity of heal
ing the wounds of disappointment in
the body politic caused by the inflic
tion of painful silence.
"Passing the Buck," has become one
of the season’s pastimes. House
members and Senators who returned
from a brief vacation to the home
lands, bring back news of most dis
quieting unrest because there has not
been enough practical politics played
in the Iiew Administration. There
are murmurings about the White
House with fingers pointed in the di
rection of Capitol Hill, and there are
murmurings on the hill about affairs
at the other end of the avenue polit
ically speaking.
Around Republican headquarters—j
National—, in the Munsey Building,1
which is about half way between ttye*
two other locations, they are pointing!
their fingers with outstretched hands,'
in both directions.
The plain facts of the case, as view-j
ed from the Washington monument,
which gives a bird’s-eye-view of all,
there should be considerable speeding
up in all directions. Alibis and "pass
ing the buck” will not carry the cause
of 1922. Party workers, who get out
in the dust and mud and tune the
electorate up to singing the song of
victory on the first Tuesday in No
vember, will refuse to accept excuses.
Determined Leadership Needed
It is being said by all the folks con
cerned, and this includes those who
are coming up for suffrage approval,
or condemnation next year, that a
I, really determined leadership, void of
' sentiment, is needed.
It is being argued, especially by
members of Congress, with whom the
A. N. P. representative discussed the
situation, that the Senate "Pulled a
terrible boner,” when it failed to con
firm Henry Lincoln Johnson. The re
action of the Race press on this mat
ter seems to justify the contention
of the Congressional side. From one
end of the country to the othf , the
press has condemned the failure in no
uncertain terms.
Ah a matter of cold fact, party man
agers, responsible for the election suc
cess of the party, have expressed the
fear that the Democrats might con
tinue to play, a bit of "Senatorial
Courtesy” politics, and put in a per
sonal objection on all Presidential
nominations, from now on.
Investigation by The Associated
Negro Press discloses the fact that
the majority of the good places held
by the stalwarts of official prefer
ment, are still occupied by Democrats,
a few of whom profess to be Republi
cans, and many of whom still con
I Nebraska Civil Rights Bill j
Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. Enacted in 1893.
Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state shall be entitled to a
full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of
inns, restaurants, public conveyances, barber shops, theatres and other places of amuse
ment; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable
alike to every person.
/ 2 Penalty for Violation of Preceding Section. Any person who shall violate
the foregoing section by denying to any person, except for reasons of law applicable to
all persons, the full enjoyment of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or
privileges enumerated in the foregoing section, or by aiding or inciting such denials,
shall for each offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be Fined in any sum not
less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costs of
the prosecution. _
“The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not discriminate
against persons on sccount of color. Messenger vs. States 25 Nebr. page 677. N.
| W. 638.”
"A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with refreshments in a
certain part of his restaurant, for no other reason than that he is colored, is civilly Ji
able, though he offers to serve him by setting a table in a more private part of the
house. Ferguson vs. Gies, 82 Mich. 358: N. W. 718,
tinue to admit with gusto that they
are "Dixie Democrats.’’
W. E. Gibbs Is Retired
It will be gratifying information
to those who followed the series of
articles carried by The Associated
Negro Press last summer, to learn
that W. E. Gibbs, who was then sec
retary to Attorney General Daugh
erty, has been retired from that po
sition where he could not see why
Colored Americans should object to
segregation in the Department be
cause white people did not object, and
his position has been filled by Secre
tary' Martin, who was formerly sec
retary to the late Senator Knox. Mr.
Martin is both a gentleman and a
good Republican.
Attorney General Daugherty has
declared in an open statement that
his department must be run with ab
solute fairness to all. In discussing,
recently the grave responsibility of
selecting thirty-two additional Fed
eral Judges, who are appointed foi
life, Mr. Daugherty declared that they
must be men who will be just to all,
"rich and poor, white and colored.”
He further declared that they must
be men who will see that all laws are
enforced without fear or favor.
Special Assistant Attorney General
Perry W. Howard has handled the
cases assigned to him with much cred
it in the “Claims Department," that
he has been given the privilege of
promoting his former clerk, Attorney
Lewis Mellinger, to be his assistant
and I,. R. Lautier, acting as secretary
and C. A. Evans, who was stenogra
pher for years in the office of the
late Senator Knox.
GUIOU TAYLOR
MAKING GOOD IN MUSIC
Omaha Hoy Receives Complimentary
Notice in Kansas City Advocate.
In Son of Mrs. Northern
Jenkins.
The Kansas City Advocate in a re
cent Issue contained the following
item which will be of interest to Om
aha readers.
“Last Sunday at 3 p. m. the public
was given one of the few musical
treats that it has been their oppor
tunitv to hear. It was a concert ren
dered by the Western University
hand and was held in the auditorium
of the First A. M. E. Church. A
large and appreciative audience was
present. While this is only a college,
organization it has a score or more
of excellent musiciahs.
“Mr. G. Taylor, a young man of
Omaha, Nebr., is the director. He is,
also director of the orchestra and
teacher of violin and is making out
of these departments the best music
al organizations Western has evei
had.” 1
Guiou Taylor, who is the son of
Mrs. Northern Jenkins, of 2917 North
Twenty-fifth street, this city, is not
,et eighteen years of age.
RUMORED COTTRELL
MAY BE RECORDER
Ohio Politician Selected In the PI«k
Of Henry Lincoln Johnson Who
Was Not Confirmed
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1",. — The
name of Charles Cottrell, colored pol
itician of Toledo, Ohio, is expected to
be sent to the Senate shortly after
congress reconvenes for confirmation
as recorder of deeds for the District
of Columbia.
Cottrell will get the job following
the refusal of the senate to confirm
Henry Lincoln Johnson, of Georgia,
who was first nominated. Johnson
is said to have been opposed by Pres
ident Harding, who favored giving the
plum to Cottrell.
Efforts being made to keep the job
from going to any colored man will
prove unavailing, it is now in Heated,
Cottrell when named, will become the
employer of a number of white wo
men working in this office. , ,
RETURNS FROM DENVER
The Rev. John Albert Williams, pas
tor of the Church of St. Philip the
Deacon and editor of the Monitor, re
turned this week from Dnver, Colo.,
where he preached an eight day mis
sion from November 27 to December
4, in the Church of the Holy Redeem
er, of which the Rev. Harry Ellsworth
Rahming, a talented young priest, is
vicar. The niision services were well
attended. Father Williams remained
for several days after the close of the
mission, taking a brief, but well earned
vacation, and was most hospitably en
tertained by the vicar and many
friends in the congregation, some of
whom were former residents of Om
aha.
NATIVES OF INDIA
GIVE WALES PRINCE
A COLD RECEPTION
Proclaim Day of Mourning and Re
fuse to Take Part in Ceremonies
. At Allahabad
LONDON, Dec. 12.—A complete
boycott by the natives marked tht
Prince of Wales’- visit to Allahabad,
India, today.
Obedient to Ghandi’s orders, the
natives proclaimed a “partal,” or day
of mourning, when the prince arrived
refusing to attend the ceremonies to
the royal visit.
No violence or other outbreaks
were reported during the prince’s
visit but it is said that threats, intim
idations and terrorization were used
by the native extremists to prevent
the people from attending the wel
come. There was a remarkable scene
when the prince arrived. Instead of
tumultuous cheering crowdds such as
have greeted them elsewhere, the roy
al party was apparently a city of the
dead.
ADAM’S OiM'HESTPA
GIVES GOOD CONCERT
—
Pine Musical Organization Pleaso
Large Audience With Excellent
Program at Zion Baptist
Church
The lecture room of Zion Baptist
Church was filled with a large and ap
preciative audience Monday night
when Adams’ orehe=tra grve an ex
cellent concert of classical numbers
under the auspices of the Laymen’s
Club of the church. This fine musical
organization Is under the management
of Holland Harrold and the leadership
of W. P. Vaughn, and includes in it3
membership such artists as Jeff Smith,
solo cornetist; W. P. Vaughn and Her
bert Walton, violinists; H.McGill, pi
anist; L. L. Gaines, clarinetist Lloyd
Allen, tromlMjnlst; Joe Drake, Baxa
phonist. The ensemble work and solo
Holland Harrold, drummer and xylo
phonlt. The ensemble work and solo
ists were delightful and won repeated
encores. The program opened prompt
ly at the hour appointed, 8:30, with
Barnhouse's march "Worthy Sons of
America,” followed by Lutsplel Over
ature by Bela and Reverie—D. Au
tomne by Golden, all given with splen
did interpretation and musicianship.
Other orchestra numbers were Alexan
der’s march, "The Southerner;" Prin
cess of India,” overture by King;
“Memories of Stephen Poster," med
ley by Holmes; "Dream Chimes,” In
termezzo, Wyatt; Sousa’s march,
“Stars and Stripes Forever” and Hans
flath’s overture "Sunshine and Show
ers.” Special features of the excellent
program were a cornet solo, "Facil
ita,” by Jeff Smith; banjo solo “II Tra
vatore” by R. W. Reed; soprano solo,
"When the Heart Is Young," Miss Ir
ene Cochran, who also sang by special
request as an encore with ringing In
spiration, "We’ve Fought Everey Ra
ce’s Battle But Our Own;” and a drum
solo, with xylophone obligato by Hol
land Harrold, and a saxaphone quar
tet, March of the Vikings, by Drake,
McGill, Gaines and Allen.
ABDUL BAHA PASHA
SERVANT OF GOD, DIES
Head of Movement Which is Gaining
Adherents Among Colored People
Of United States
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—A cable
from Haifa, Syria, announces the
death o^ Abdul Baha, “Servant of
God,” expounder of the Bahaist move
ment and recongnized as one of the
greatest philosophers of modem times.
In spite of the age old intolerance
of religious beliefs and mankinds un
iversal jealously of his chosen faith,
Rahaism, so called, has taken a great
er hold on the masses of mankind
than any teaching since the life of
Gautama Buddha. It is claimed that
50,000,000 people believe in and
preach the Bahaistic philosophy that
“of one blood God made all nations,”
There are many thousands of colored
people in the United States who have
left orthodox Christianity and have
become Bahaists because of the hy
pocrisy of so-called Christians on th
color question.
Abdul Baha was bom at Teheran
Persia, of noble parentage. In 1868
he and his father were banished to
the prison of Akka, in Syria. When
the Young Turks overthrew the des
potic rule of the Sultan in 1908 he
was freed and in 1912 he travelet
through America. On May 1 of tha
year he dedicated the sit at Chicag
where the Bahaists are how building a
temple costing many millions of dol
lars which is intended as the center
of their culture for all the world.
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
DEFEATS FISK
(By The Associated Negro Press.)
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 9.—Oi
Thanksgiving afternoon in the South
ern League Ball Park, Nashville,
Tenn., before a large attendance ol
football enthusiasts, the Morehouse
College Tigers defeated the Fisk Bull
dogs, 6-0. This annual battle for su
premacy between the Tigers and the
Bull-dogs was played on a sea of mud
and water with a steosv. downpour of
rain during three quarters of the
game. The rain, however, seemed to
increase the brilliancy of the playing
t>f the two teams. Neither had tasteu
the cup of defeat and both fought
with a determination to finish with a
clean slate and the title of Southern
champions.
The referee’s whistle brought the
game to a close with the ball in More
house’s possession and the Fisk team
fighting valiantly to stave off anoth
er touchdown. Both spectators and
officials were loud in their praise of
the players of both teams and the
manner in which they conducted them
selves. The officials were capable and
efficient and the game went off with
out delay and smoothly.
The Morehouse team this year has
proved itself a remarkable defensiv |
team, only one time has any colleg
team carried the ball within its thirty
yard line, this honor going to Fisk
The only scores recorded against the
team were made in the first game of
the season by Camp Ilenning. While
the Morehouse varsity was subsiding
the Fisk Bull-dogs Thanksgiving Day
the Morehouse reserves were taming
the Knox Institute team, at Athens
Ga., 13-0.
Morehousei .41 Camp Benning 18
Morehouse . 7 Morris Brown .. 0
Morehouse .41 Biddle . 0
Morehouse .13 Knoxville . ()
Morehouse . 7 Atlanta Uni. 0
Morehouse . 6 Fisk . 0
Morehouse Res 13 Knox Inst . 0
WEST VA. INSTITUTE
WINS FROM WILBERFORCE 14-0
INSTITUTE, W. Va., Dec. 9.
Fresh from their victory over the in
experienced and rugged Kentucky
State Normal, and trusting to their
bewildering aerial attacks with vari
ous trick formations and the famous
Dartmouth “shift”, the Wilberforce
warriors matched Institute on Turkey
day and most submissively bowed
their heads in the stinging defeat
dealt them by the hard fighting “Yel
lowjackets” of the West Virginia Col
legiate Institute. Both teams were on
a par and the rain drenched gridiron
warranted their playing at a great
disadvantage, nevertheless, that dar
ing of the West Virginians resulted in
a 14-0 victory.
The lineup:
W. V. C. I. 14 Pos Wilberforce 0
Holland (cap) le (cap) Trigg
Wilson It Shearen
Moore lg Caldwel
Jones c Maghe
Saunders rg Butle
Preston rt Robert
Smith re Edward
Gough qb Mumford
Harris lhb Sedwick
Cardwell rhb Hurd
Eaves fb Huff
Score by quarters:
W. V. C. I. .0 7 7 0—14
Wilberforce ...0 0 0 0— '0
Touchdowns—Cardwell, 2. Goals
from touchdowns—Holland, 2.
Referee—Gardner, V. P. I. Umpire
—Stark, West Virginia Wesleyan.
Head Linesman—Stratton, Howard.
Timekeepers—Burk, W. V. C. I., and
Smith, Wilberforce. Time of quarters
—15 minutes.
YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE MARRIED
Laura May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
B. M. Buckner, will be married to I.e
Roy Kelly, s<on of Mrs. Edward Spann,
Saturday night at Zion Baptist church,
the Rev. W. F. Botts officiating. A
reception will follow at the residence
of Mr. and Mrs. Spann, 2018 North
Twenty-sixth street. Mr. Kelly is a
member of Hose Company No. 11 and
prominent in church and musical cir
cles. Miss Buckner is also active in
church affairs.
BRITISH LOOK IHTO
CASE OF MINISTER
TARRED BY K. K. K.
Episcopal Archdeacon, British Kubjec
Was Flogged For Christian
Work Among Negroes
In Florida
MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 15.—Acting un
der telegraphic instructions from the
British embassy at Washington, A. H
Hubbajrd, British' vice-counsel .here,
tday has begun an investigate.n into
the taning and feathering hero las1.
Aug. • f the Rev. Phillip S. Irwin, Arch
deacon of the Protestant Episcopa
Church, who was engaged in doing
work amongst the colored people of
this section.
Mr. Hubbard said the inquiry also
would include the case of Ceorge Doty
a colored blacksmith who was “arret
and “feathered and ordered to leave
the town.
Both of these men being British
subjects, a great deal of interest is
felt in the investigation and many of
the members of the mobs who were
guilty of mistreating them are known
to have become very uneasy as to
what the result will be.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
ANNIVERSARY
The beautiful home of the Rev. and
Mrs. D. M. McQueen, 2079 Charles
street, was the scene of a delightful
social event Monday night, when
guests to the number of ninety, were
present to extend congratulations to
the host on his fifty-third anniversary.
A bounteous repast was partaken of by
those present. The tables and house
were artistically decorated. Mr. Mc
Queen was the recipient of many beau
tiful and useful gifts.
IOWA MASONS DENY'
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
LYNCHING ATTEMP1
Regular Masons Not Concerned In
Attempted Lynching at Sioux
City, Iowa
KEOKUK, la., Dec. 15.—The at
tempted lynching of Sam Jones, Ne
gro, Mason, at Sioux City, Iowa, on
the night of November 30th by mem
bers of his lodge for alleged betray
al of Masonic secrets, has been in
vestigated by the regular Masonic
authority in Iowa, who found that
those concerned in the affair were not
identified with, nor recognized by the
regular Masonic fraternity.
A little more than a year ago, some
kind of an organization was placed
in Sioux City, Iowa, by persons from
outside the State, which they said was
a lodge of Masons, but with which the
legitimate craft has had no fraternal
intercourse whatever.
This statement is made for the bet
ter information of the public and as
a measure of justness to regular Ma
sons wheresoever dispersed.
W. W. Gross, Grand Master of Ma
sons in Iowa.
JAPANESE GIRL WINS
HIGH SCHOOL HONOR
OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 15.—Ang
ered at the selection of Yuku Furuta
a Japanese, as speaker at the com
mencement execises, white students
of the Oakland high scool have offi
cially protested against the selection
and threaten to absent themselves
from the exercises unless a change is
made by the faculty.
According to the principal, C. E.
Keyes, the girl was selected on her
merits alone. Four members of her
fam'lv are students at the University
of California and her two brothers
are students of the Oakland High
School. She scored 24 "ones" and '.1
“twos” for work during the past three
years, according to Keyes, a record
hitherto unknown in the history of
the school.
Investigation into the selection and
the subsequent controversy was orde
ed by Sperintendent of Schools Fret
M. Hunter.
THE N. W. C. A. HOME
* ACKNOWLEDGES GIFTS
The management wishes to thank
those who have so liberally donated
t© the Old Folks’ Home. The Thanks
giving offerings were the largest since
the establishment of the home. As
knowledgement is made of the follow
ing: St. John’s A. M. E. $46.35; Zion
Baptist, $19.18; Pilgrim Baptist,
$13; Allen Chapel, South Side $8.04;
Bethel Baptist, South Side, $7.45;
Pleasant Green Baptist, $7.15; St. Phil
ip’s Episcopal, $6.33; Adventist, $5.00; I
St I*aul Presbyterian, $3.00; Grove M.
E. $3.00; Spring Hill Baptist, $1.05;
Iroqouis Lodge No. 92, $100 from ben
efit ball given June 6; Keystone Lodge
No. 42, K. of P., $50; Mrs. R. W. Free
man $1.6o; Mrs. Arthur Remington,
$1.00; waiters Brandeis cafe $5.10 and
two tons of coal; Mr. Charles Wasb
'ngton, load of kindling; Mrs. P. Letch
er, a chicken and a bushel basket of
vegetables; Mrs. W. J. Broatch, basket
of canned goods; Mrs. Oscar Carlson,
groceries and jars of fruit; Mrs., jelly;
and Mr. John H. Broomfield, turkey
and everything that goes with it for
Thanksgiving dinner. The association
also thanks Mrs. Doane of the Asso
ciated Charities who sees to it that
each year the Home is remembered in
the school donations.
Four mew members have recently
joined the Association, Mesdames
Hickman, Sr., and Jr., Mrs. Miller and
Mrs. Shelton.
COLORED AUTHOR WINS
FRENCH NOVEL PRIZE
PARIS, Dec. 14.—Rene Maran, a
young colored author, born on the
Island of Marinque, French West In
dies, has won the annual prize of the
Goncourt academy for the best French
novel of 1921. The novel, enLued
“Batoula,” deals with Negro life in
Central Africa, the race quesMcn and
problems and aspirations of the Ne
groes.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Mrs. John Huff returned to her
home in Hastings la,st Thursday after
several days visit here. She met the
O. E. S. chapter Tuesday night and
was initiated into the Daughters of
Isis last Wednesday night.
Mr. W. C. Williams, photographer
of Omaha, was in the city last week
doing a lucrative business in his line.
He does good work and we note with
appreciation the willingness of our
people to patronize our own.
A surprise birthday party was giv
en on Mrs. Ida Cohron last Tuesday
night by her daughter, Mrs. Opal
Westberry, her son William Robinson,
and Mrs. Lottie Hale. A large num
ber of friends were present and many I
useful gifts were received. Mrs. Coh
ron thanked her friends.
Mrs. Mayme Griffin is able to be
out after her illness.
Mrs. Mabel Galbreath has returned
home from the hospital.
Mr. Charles W. Dickerson of Om
aha was a Lincoln visitor last week.
Mrs. Virginia Clark has gained suf
ficient strength to be able to be out
the past few days.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Robert B. Alex
ander entertained the Utopian Art
Club last Thursday night. A success
ful meeting was had.
Mrs. W. M. Clark returned to her
home in Wichita, Kas., Sunday after
a pleasant stay with her daughter
in-law and son, W. R. Clark.
The Sunday school at Mt. Zion Bap
tist church was well attended last
Sunday morning. The pastor, Rev. H.
W. Botts, filled the pulpit morning
and evening. The Sunday school will
have a Christmas tree Saturday, Dec.
24 th.
The Rev. W. A. McClendon of the
A. M. E. church is gradually getting
acquainted with his congregation—
hence more like home. He filled his
pulpit Sunday morning and night.
Sunday school was held at the usual
hour after morning service. The
young folks literary was well attend
ed at 4 o’clock.
Mayor and Attorney Take Just Stand
We were elated over the position
taken by Ma.vorr Frank C. Zehrung
and Deputy City Attorney Wilke in
the matter of the petition made by,
it is said, thirty property owners in
the vicinity of Twenty-first and Q
streets, to the City Council to forbid
the Morning Star Baptist church
building on their lot. These gentle
men gave the petitioners to under
stand that the Council had no pow
er in law from preventing the con
gregation from building there, if they
desired. The constitution does not
permit any discrimination between
colored people and white people. If
there is nothing to prevent the build
ing of a church for white people in
that locality then there is nothing to
prevent colored people doing so. The
Morning Star Baptist church of which
Rev. J. P. Staves is pastor, has a
membership of 200. It has applied
for a building permit which has not
been granted because plans were not
submitted. Hence the delay is not
due to the opposition.
VICTORY IN SIGHT
AFTER TEN YEARS’
PERSISTENT FIGHT
National Association for Advancement
of Colored People For Decade Has
Waged Unremitting Warfare
Against Lynching
FEDERAL LAW SEEMS SURE
Continued United Action Upon Part Of
All Loyal Americans Who Real
ize Menace of Mobocracy W'ill
Insure Passage or Dyer Bill
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—With the
i Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill before Con
gress, and public sentiment daily be
I coming more insistent that this meas
i ure be passed by Congress, the Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People has published
a resume of its ten years of struggle
for a federal law to endlynching.
Expends $35,000
In its ten years of work, from 1911
to 1921, the National Association has
raised and spent some $35,000 in its
anti-lynching campaign. The intro
duction of anti-lynching bills in both
houses of Congress and the favorable
reports of the House Judiciary Com
mittee in the 66th and 67th Congress
es were the d’-ect results of the Asso
ciation’s endeavors.
Issues Statistical Study
The most important statistical study
of lynching ever published in the Unit
ed States, “Thirty Years of Lynching,”
was compiled by the Asociation and
distributed broadcast throughout the
country. Literatcre on lynching has
not only been sent to every important
white and colored newspaper in the
United States but to many foreign
newspapers of influence as well. As
part of the Association’s anti-lynching
fight, more than FOUR MILLION
copies of The Crisis have been sent to
every state in the union and to every
part of the world.
Sends Press Releases
Hundreds of press releases have
been sent to newspapers and have
been extensively printed, telegrams of
protest at mob murder have been ad
dressed to state governors, more than
2,000 public meetings were held at
which more than THREE MILLION
people were -given the facts about
lynching in the United States.
Informs Congressmen
Constant contact has been main
tained with members of Congress In
Washington and Senators and Repre
sentatives have been furnished with
facts and statistics upon which they
could base their proposed legislation.
Representatives of the Association
have appeared at all the hearings be
fore Congressional committees on
lynching and a brief was furnished
members of Congress, setting forth
the essential facts concerning lynch
ing in the United States.
Calls Anti-Lynching Congress
Under the leadership of the Nation
al Asso.;'ati« n for the Advancement of
Colored People a meeting was held in
New York City in 1919, to which a
call was issued by 120 leading citizens
of the country. They included five
governors, four ex-governors, mem
bers of congress, judges of the higher
courts, members of the President’s
cabinet and other prominent men and
women. Following this meeting an
“Address to the Nation” was issued
demanding a federal law against
lynching, the address being signed by
me >t c? those who had issued the call
tc t he conference.
Moulds Public Opinion
Meanwhile pub’c sentiment
tV.i-nu.Lout the Uiutil States, by
rceaus of personal inve-.rigHt.'.ns of
lynclmgs, made by members of tie
As ■■ nation's staff, ♦hi'the piess
and public meetings, has been farmed
to such an extent that nowhere does
anyone dare to openly defend lynch
ing. Only recently white women in
Georgia and Alabama have denounced
the lynching spirit, and denunciations
have come from the most powerful of
Southern newspapers.
The National Associations investi
gations of -ynchit'gs made on the spot,
have done much to bring the facts to
light. No other agency in the United
States has been able to investigate
lynchings as has the National Associ
ation for the Advancement of Colored
People, whose representatives have
frequently risked their lives in order
that the facts might be made known.
After ten years of unremitting ef
fort, the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People is
confident that if public opinion will
rally to the support of the Dyer Bill,
it can be enacted into law, thus crown
ing the long and arduous afforts made
to obtain this legislation.