i the Monitor
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i A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS
OF COLORED AMERICANS __
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA. BY THE
MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY'
Entered *a Second-Class Mail Matter July 2. 1915, at the Postoffice at
Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879
THe“rEvTJOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS_____~ Editor
W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Neb__ Associate Editor
LUCINDA W, WILLIAMS-Buslnes Manager
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ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE <;
UNITED STATES j.
Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged
1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States. £
! | and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the
;; United States and of the State wherein they reside. No ;j
'• state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the <
11 privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor *
;; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- £
1 • erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person j
!! within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. !;
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AN IMPERATIVE NEED.
IT is becoming increasingly appar
ent that there never was a time in
the history of our race in this country
when an honest, sane, fearless and in
telligent press was more urgently
needed than today. As the race ad
vances in intelligence, moral charac
ter. wealth an dself-respect, malignant
and hostile forces oppose its progress
and advance. These forces are not to
be feared, but they are to be met and
conquered and this can only be done
by the moulding of a right public sen
timent and for this we need our own i
publications, which should be ade-1
quately supported and financed. The j
race press is growing in power and in
fluence and is continuing to grow, but
it is regrettable that so many of our
race are so short-sighted as not to
appreciate the important work race’
newspapers are doing. They are meet-1
Ing an imperative need.
We are not a pessimist, but an op
timist of the first rank. At the same *
time, however, we are not ignorant of!
conditions as they are and realize that
they WILL be BETTER only as we use
every ounce of energy given us to
make them better. Opposition makes
one strong and that, we take it is, the
Divine purpose back of the opposition
which confronts our racial group to
day. Pulpit and press have an im
perative duty to perform in encourag
ing racial solidarity, self-respect, and
self-resourcefulness. We need to have
stressed the constructive side of our
racial life and this the race press is
striving to do. It can be done and will
be done more effectively as the race
journal, magazine and newspapers are
more adequately supported.
WAKE UP!
OUR self-respecting, forward-look
ing citizens who are paying taxes for
the support of the public schools in
this city must not sleep on their rights.
We must not cease our efforts until
we have representation on the teach
ers’ corps of our public schools, and
representation in other departments.
There are nearly 3,000 employees in
the public school system of Omaha and
while almost every nationality has re
presentation in some department our
people have not even a janitor. Is
there anything right about this? Are
you content to have it so?
Well-qualified teachers of color are
just as competent to impart knowledge
to an ignorant and unlettered child,
white or black, as are well-qualified
white teachers to perform the same
praiseworthy service. Urge your chil
dren to qualify and then organize and
fight and continue to fight until the
cause is won. Omaha has many fair
minded people who have the courage
to stand for right and justice and we
are only asking for right and justice
when we ask that our sons and daugh
ters having met the standards set, edu
cationally and morally, will be given a:
square deal. Taxation without repre
sentation was accounted tyranny in;
the early days of this republic and it
is tyranny still.
Wake up. Cea*e sleeping on your
rights.
PLAN FOR BEAUTY
SPRING is at hand. It is not too
early to call attention to the Import
ance of laying plans to make our
homes as beautiful as it is possible to
do. We have many home-owners in
this city who take great pride in keep
up their property. These need no
urging. There are,however, many who
are tenants and the houses which they
occupy and the surroundings are such
as to lend little incentive to beautify
ing. And yet, even these, can be made
attractive and sightly. Suppose we all
try to see just what show-places we
can make our homes and those sections
in which we chiefly reside. Let us
plan for well-kept lawns and beautiful,
flowers. I<et us do our part to make
Omaha a city beautiful. And let us
pound upon the hacks of the City Com
missioners to do their duty in improv
ing the st/eets and alleys of the neg
lected sections in which some of our
folks live.
AND TO START IT.
WILL Joseph Koutsky and Dean
Noyes jump in their flivver some day
next week and drive to Twenty-first
; and Nicholas street and view the beau
tiful rubbish piled up on the northwest
corner of Twenty-first and Nicholas?
Invite Ixtuis R. Bostwick who is fea
turing beautiful spots in Nebraska to
photograph the scene, have it publish
ed in the photogravure section of one
of our dailies with the inscription:
1 ‘This beautiful scene is on a much
traveled thoroughfare within less
; than a mile of the city hall.”
WHY NOT?
WHY should not North Twenty
: fourth street be as beautiful and at
tractively lighted as the corresponding
; section of South Twentyfourth street?
! Whose fault is it, that it isn’t? The
Northside merchants should wake up.
There are outlying residence sections,
better lighter than this busy settion
1 of Northy Twenty-fourth street.
OUR BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
HOW do you like our Negro Bus
iness Directory? Good idea, isn't it?
Well, if you feel that way about it, get
into it and just see how many and
various are the businesses, callings
; and professions in which our people
' are engaged in this city. That’s the
object as well as to advertise and help
build up your business.
BE CHEERFUL.
BE cheerful, it’s good for your own
health and also the health of the other
fellow.
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THE NEGRO S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE |
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A moment’s thought will easily convince open-minded j.
!! persons that the contribution of the Negro to American £
>! nationality as slave, freedman and citizen was far from •>
• > negligible. No element of American life has so subtly and <.
! ’ yet clearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking <.
!! and acting as the American Negro. He came with the first «.
' > explorers and helped in exploration. His labor was from < •
< > the first the foundation of the American prosperity and < •
• > the cause of the rapid growth of the new world in social and ;;
< > economic importance. Modern democracy rests not simply ; >
<1 on the striving white men in Europe and America but also ;;
• on the persistent struggle of the black men in America for •;
; two centuries. The military defense of. this land has de- •;
<; pended upon Negro soldiers from the time of the Colonial ;
; wars down to the struggle of the World War. Not only does ;;
; the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American litera
; tare but a Negro American literature has arisen of deep ;
• significance, and Negro folk lore and music are among the <•
; choicest heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has played :
’ a ntruHar spiritual role in America as a sort of living,
breathing tost of oar ideals sad an example of the faith, <1
: hope aad triorssn of anr rsligiea.—Du Bote, “The Gift of
; : Stock IWk."
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CHICAGO EDITOR
DELIVERS ADDRESS
TO BIG AUDIENCE
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places upor himself and continue to
meet with rebuffs and discrimina
tion.”
He told how the race riot in Chi
cago had unified the race. He stressed
the need of this unification every
where. He plead for thoroughness of
preparation for all work and insist
ence upon getting work upon merit.
Efficnecy will break down harriers of
prejudice. He scorned the short
sightedness of those who favored
separate schools as illustrating the
discounting of the Negro’s American
citizenship. His closing counsel was
“get together, stand together and take
your status as American citizens. He
satisfied with nothing less.”
Preceding Mr. Abbott’s address
there was a varied program consist
ing of musical numbers by a choru
from Pilgrim Baptist Church and
Bethel, solos by H. L. Preston and Miss
Irene Cochran; a well-written history
of Bethel by Mrs. S. K. Brownlow; re
marks by C. C. Galloway, master of
ceremonies; an admirable anil well
prepared address by Mr. Robert!
Smith, clerk of the District Court, on.
“The Value of the Church to the Com-1
munitv”; an earnest address and plea,
for Bethel’s mortgage fund by Bishop*
Carey and the receiving of offerings!
and pledges for the same, which total-1
ed about S400, and well-spoken words I
of welcome to the guest of honor by,
Master Thirkield Garrett, a thirteen
year-old high school lad. which was j
jan outstanding feature of the prn
[ gram. The invocation was said by
j Rev. J. K. Ellis of Grove M. E. and
j the benediction was pronounced hv
I Rev. C. A. Williams.
Tuesday night there was a banquet,
at Bethel A. M. E. Church as the
closing feature ofthe celebration at'
which Mr. Abbott delivered an ad
dress on his observations in South j
America.
The Rev. Frederick Divers is the'
pastor of Bethel.
CHRISTIANITY AND
THE RU'E PROBLEM
Continued from Page One
1 gospel.
These are vital suggestions and
while practical are difficult enough
| to carry out. To have correct know- >
, ledge on racial matters, M r. Oldham
| points out some of the vital errors n
our scientists, especially our psycho
1 logists, is no simple matter. Scientist
as well as other folk think In propn
da. They test the ability of the
colored child on a basis of the capa
bility of the white child. To create
| a right public opinion. Who has not
| dreamed of this and waked to see it
: impossibility? To spread the gospel.
| One may question that. Apparentl
the only Western nation free from
race prejudice, anti-imperialistic, is
I atheist Russia. Certainly in those
I parts of the United States, where the
! church flourishes the most, there is
the most racial intolerance. It is like
ly that if the doors of every Christian
I church were to close for good tomor
row, there would not be a whit’s dif
ference between the relations of col
orred and wThite. But the appeal to
! men’s humanity is always worth while
and this book in sane, kindly fashion
insists on the fundamental doctrine of
all great religions, that all men are
equal in the sight of God. With this
truth in his heart Mr. Oldham ex
amines the relations of the English
speaking peoples to the colored race
and for the most part argues wisely
and convincingly regarding what he
sees.
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RECORDER OF DEEDS FROE
TO HAVE ADDITIONAL DEPl'TY
Washington, March 13, 1925.—Just
as F’ebruary closed. Congress passed
Bill S. 1934, authorizing the appoint
ment of a deputy recorder of deeds,
as an additional assistant to Recorder
Arthur G. Froe, appointee of the late
President Harding, and Coolidge hold
over. According to the new bill,
which, it is said, is now ready for
signature, the second deputy recorder
is authorized to perform any and all
acts which the recorder is authorized
to do. The salary is to be $2,000, pay
able with the approval of the U. S.
Attorney-General. The Recorder has
not yet given any intimation of the
person who i s to receive the plum.
Mrs. James Bell, of 2620 Grant St.,
who has had an attack of la grippe is
much better.
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RETURNS FROM BURIAL OF HIS
MOTHER.
Dr. L. E. Britt, well-known and suc
cessful physician, returned Saturday,
February 28th from Higginsville, Mo.,
! where he had been called by the ill
ness and death of his mother, Mrs.
Anice Britt, who passed peacefully
away in the home in which she had
lived for forty years, February 25th.
I The funeral was held from the Me
thodist church of which she had long
been a devoted member, Friday’ after
noon, February 27th and was attend
ed by a large concourse of friends of
both races. The local paper paid a
I high tribute to her as one of the most
highly respected citizens of Higgins
viile. She is survived by several chil
dren and two grandchildren.
N. Y. CIVIC CLUB HEARS SPEECH
ES ON NEGRO* GIFTS.
The Civic Club of New York City
recently gave an evening to the dis
cussion of the Negro's gifts to Ame
rica. The meeting arose as a conse
quence of the “Harlem Number”, pub
lished as the March issue of The Sur
vey Graphic Magazine.
Speakers at the meeting were Prof.
Alain Locke, of Howard University,
who planned and worked on the “Har
lem Number” of the Survey Graphic;
Ur. W. E. B. Hois, Editor of THE CRI
SIS; James Weldon Johnson and Wal
ter W hite, Secretary and Assistant
Secretary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple; Konrad Bercovici, author and lec
turer; and Miss Elise Johnson Mc
Dougald, Assistant Principal of Pub
lic School 89 in Harlem.
Prof. Locke spoke of the youth
movement in the Negro race and its
spiritual and cultural significance. I)r
Du Bois censured the historians’ con
spiracy to deny the Negro credit foi
his share in America's upbuilding.
Mr. Johnson spoke of the bad moral
effect upon the nation that comes of
oppressing a minority group and said j
the race problem involves “saving- j
black America’s body and white Ame-!
rica's soul.” Konrad Bercovici gave
his impressions of Harlem life and ri \
diculed “Nordic” pretensions to sup- j
eriority. Miss McDougald told of her
work among race mothers anil chil
dren. Mr. White discussed the effects
of race prejudice on white and colored
people.
A packed auditorium applauded the
addresses. The Civic Club is the out
standing liberal club of New York
City, and a meeting of this sort held
there is expected to have far-reaching
effects.
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LINCOLN NEWS
A series of very successful revival
services are in progress at Mt. Zion .
Baptist church, under the leadership
of Dr. W. H. Hill, of Independance ,
Mo. Dr. Hill is quite a fluent speaker
and has been drawing immense crowd
each night. A large accession to thi
church has been made. Rev. H. W.
Botts and church are elated over tin 1
fact.
Mrs. Guy Wiley, who yet reside
at Omaha, spent several days with her 1
husband here.
The Utopian Art Club will mee
with Mrs. Anna Christensen, 828 C St.,
March 19th.
Mrs. E. J. Griffin attended the ex
ecutive board meeting of New Era
Baptist Assn, at Omaha this week.
Ye correspondent Is ill at this time,
hence news is brief.
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