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MUTE GOOD IS BOUND TO SPRING FROM
INTERRACIAL COOPERATION PLAN
Hom a Southern Newspaper Views the Commission’s Work
(Editorial from Birmingham (Ala.) News, June 8,1926)
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The Commission on Interra
cial Cooperation has pointed out
the way of approach to the Ne
gro question which, if followed,
cannot fail to result in better
understanding and a more real
and sincere tolerance between
the races.
Long since there has passed
out of the minds of thoughtful
Southerners that feeling of
timidity and that false modes
ty which at first caused the
South to look on the Commis
sion on Interracial Cooperation
as an organization treading on
dangerous ground; as a body of
altruists seeking to perform
the impossible; as a group of
short-haired women and long
haired men with impractical
theories that would stir up un
rest rather than prevent it, and
lead to no end of fruitless dis
cussion.
But if we turn to the records
and read what that eminent and
really great Negro, Dr. Booker
T. Washington, pledged to his
Southern nieghbors during his
lifetime, whatever suspicions
may have been held that the in
terracial movement is a danger
ous thing are dissipated. Dr.
Washington said in part, ad
dressing White Southerners:
“As we have proved our loy
alty in the past, in-nursing your
children, watching by the sick
bed of yoUr mothers and fath
ers, and often following them
with tear-dimmed eyes to their
graves, so in the future we shall
stand by you with a devotion
ready to lay down our lives if
need be, in defense of yours, in
terlacing our industrial, com
mercial and religious life with
•yours in a way that shall make
the interests of both races one.
In all things that are purely so
cial we can be as separate as
the fingers, yet one as the hand
in aU things essential to mutual
progress.”
It is to the credit of the com
mission that it has published
similar excerpts from the utter
ances of great-hearted, rational,
-eaim-minded thinkers, both
Whites and Negroes, ranging
themselves on the side of toler
ance, openmindedness, compas
sion, justice, and mercy and un
derstanding.
Among these is a fine declara
tion by Henry W. Grady, that
matchless Georgian who was
ever ready to demand fair-play
for the lowly and the oppressed.
Years ago, before Booker T.
Washington had established the
Tuskegee School, but as if in an
swer to the prayer he would one
day utter, Henry W. Grady
wrote this for the Atlanta Con
stitution: --‘
' us give the Negro his
(uttermost rights, and measure
lout justice to him in that fulness
"the strong should always, give
the weak. Let us educate him
that he may be a better, a
broader and more enlightened
man. And let us remember
this—that whatever wrong wei
put on him shall return to. pun
ish us. Whatever we take from
him in violence, that is unwor
thy and shall not endure..
But what we win from him in
sympathy and affection, what
wC gain in his confiding alle
giance and confirm in his awak
ening judgment, that is precious
and shall endure—and out of it
shall come healing peace.” j
BUI Intel lALlal dtofiHStion
has passed beyond the experi
mental stage. Its discussion and
practicality are regarded favor
ably not merely by practical
Christians and sociologists, but
by all level-headed citizens as a
^ matter of practical business, so
cial and economic common
sense. Great corporations such
as the Tennessee Coal, Iron &
Railroad Company realize
through practice that fair treat
ment of the Nejjxo through
clean and decent housing makes
him a better citizen and a better
worker and means for him bet
ter health and a right and loyal
frame of mind. -**
Because Negroes, being hu
man beings, respond exactly to
kind and fair treatment as their
white neighbors are supposed to
respond. "
Such pleasant reflections
along the line of justice and
fairness are so trite and com
monplace that they may seem
to be stupidly insane. And yet
if the South had exercised fair
ness and mercy, and if the Ne
groes had invariably received
absolute fairness in our courts
of justice, and if they had never
been robbed and charged exor
bitantly high rentals for the
hovels they inhabit, probably
no Southern city and no pleas
ant and fruitful farm worked
by Negroes ever would have suf
fered from the exodus of thous
ands of Negroes to climates for
which they were totally unfitted
by training £nd heredity. Prob
ably there would neyer have
been an exodus of any impor
tance, if our guarantee to life,
liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness had been kept, although
this exodus doubtless has been
hastened by secret organiza
tions whose violent activities,
whether directed against so
called “bad Negroes” or against
the whole race, havf caused a
growing feeling of fear and in
But light begins to appear.
Thanks to these courageous
men and women at the head of
the Interracial Commission,
with headquarters at Atlanta,
the hopes and aims of enlight
ened Southerners have been set
to practical working. Many con
ferences have been held for
joint discussions of problems
which formerly were regarded
as 'too delicate for round table
consideration: The matter of
better housing, better schools,
better conditions of labor, safer
and more healthful means of
ventilation in shops and facto
ries, and so forth.
“How far that little candle
throws its beams!
So shines a good deed in a
naughty world.”
The plan of interracial ad
justment has even spread to
Africa, whence came the ances
tors of these Negro neighbors
of ours. According to visitors
to South Africa committees
patterned after tne interracial
plan adopted by Southern
States are serving in Johannes
burg, Capetown, Marianne Hill,
Durban, Pietermaritzburg and
other centers. These commit
tees meet monthly and seek to
influence public opinion and leg
islation in the interest of need
ed adjustments.
And what is being done here
at home?
Committees have been set up
in every Southern State and in
800 counties. In many com
munities their efforts have been
notably successful. Assistance
has been rendered in hundreds
of educational enterprises for
Negroes including millions of
dollars: health campaigns have
been promoted in every State,
hospitals and tuberculosis camps
established, clinics opened to
colored children, public nurses
employed; lynchings have been
prevented, and in a few cases
members of lynching mobs
have been prosecuted and sentj
to the penitentiary; legal aid
has been extended to Negroes
in scores of cases in which they
were intimidated, persecuted or
exploited; sewers, street paving,
water, lights, libraries, rest
rooms ana other civic advantag
es have been secured for Negro
communities; parks, play
ANNISTON, ALABAMA.
of Missions for Colored People of the Presbyterian Church,
U. S. A.
Under the Control of the
.
South Highland High Schcxl
for Colored Boys and Girls ai
Anniston, Ala., will Opel
Wednesday, September lsf
1926. 4
The South Highland Higf
School has two Departments-4
Grammar School, which consists
of the grades (third, fourtn|
fifth, sixth, seventh and eights
grades with well regulate^ stud
ies) ; and a High School with till
highest possible ranking.. |
The completion of an accredit;*
ed Grammar School Course is the.
requirement for the entrance to
our First Year High School*
This High School offers M
first-class High School Coursf
of four years. Our graduate^
are given high ranking by the
Northern and Eastern Unive%
sities without examination.
Diplomas are given for con#
pleting the High School Course*
Music, Cooking by Gas, Ad
vanced Sewing and Dressmalj
ing, Printing, Plumbing, Bricl#
laying are taught by weir
trained and experienced per
sons. The young men and wo
men can fit themselves for life’s
duties by taking advantage of
the opportunities offered in the
South Highland High School.
These trades will be offered
to any person or persons
at a reasonable rate of tui
tion. The Golden moment has
come for young men and young
“Women to prepare themelves
for the duties of life. Seize the
opportunity and learn a trade.
The Softool is well equipped
with modern Single Desks and
Chair Desks, Maps of all Coun
tries, Printing Press, Latin and
English Perception Cards, Sew
ing and Domestic Science
Rooms, large Student Library
and Scientific Laboratory for
teaching Physics and Chemis
itry.
Six large rooms and hall have
been opened in the last few
years with Lavatories fitted
with Shower Baths and the
best Sewer connection. A large
work shop was built and
equipped during the month of
March for teaching boys the
Plumbing afid Bricklaying
trades. The work shop has been
well equipped with masonry,
carpentry, and plumbing tools.
The building and grounds are
located just a mile and a half
from the business center of the
city of Anniston. The campus
is sufficiently elevated to give
a commanding view of the City,
has natural drainage on aSl sides*
is beautifully shaded with trees
—all these making it a beautiful
and healthful place for School.
A large play ground has been
made in the rear of the building
for tennis and other games.
Tuition and Entrance Fee.
Third and Fourth Grades—
$2.00 to enter and 30 cents per
month in advance.
Fifth and Sixth Grades—
$3.00 to enter and 40c per
month in advanced
Seventh and Eighth Grades—
$6.00 to enter and 60c per
month in advance.
High School or College Pre
paratory—$8.00, and 75c per
month in advance./
For further information
REV. A. W. RICE, Principal,
Anniston, Alabama.
Principal’s Residence, South Highland High School, now in course of construction, the work being
done by the Students in Masonry.
aaml
The Science Laboratory. A teacher for the Science Department is wanted for the next term.
grounds, pools and other pro
visions tor recreation have been
established; Negro welfare
agencies have been included in
community chests; day nurs
eries and social centers have
been conducted; colored proba
tion officers secured—these are
among a multitude of actual re
sults achieved.
These gestures of concern for
the Negro and in the direction
of making life a bit more habi
table, a trifle more tolerable in
the land of his adoption, are
bound to be of infinite value in
harmonizing racial relations in
the South.
ONE THOUSAND AT INTER
RACIAL MEET IN TEN
NESSEE.
Encouraging Progress Report
ed and Many Prominent Peo
ple on Program.
Nashville, Tenn., July 8.—
More than one thousand peoeple
were in attendance at. the an
nual meeting of the Interracial
League or Tennessee, held last
week at the A. & I. State Nor
mal College. - Among the prom
inent speakers were P. L. Har
ned, State Superintendent of
Education, Judge Ligon and Dr.
Phelps, members of the State
Educational Board, Mrs. Kath
erine Grimes, associate editor
of the Southern Agriculturist,
which has a circulation of 300,
000, Dr. Edwin Mims of Van
derbilt University, Hon. J. C.
Napier, former Registrar of the
United States Treasury, Presi
dent W. J. Hale, of A. A I. Col
lege, Bishop I. B. Scott, Mrs. F.
M. Pierce, President of the State
Federation of Colored Women's
Clubs, and Dr. R. T. Burt, of
Clarksville.
Reports were heard from over
the State, indicating encourag
ing progress in combating mob
violence, in the increase of ed
ucational facilities, improved
situations, and the improvement
of interracial attitudes, through
local and state-wide conferenc
SfS™
by the last legislature largely
through the efforts of the4m
fin the State is directed byliec
retanes J. D. Burton andBob*
ert E. Clay, whose reports were
received with interest and ap
preciation.
HOXTER DEVELOPING
MONSTER CHORUS.
Philadelphia, July 12.—The
great festival Chorus of Colored
Singers to appearjnajt|(|feal
Exhibition AugustSSrdnith#
Stadium of the Sesqui-Centen
nial International Exposition
here is being rapidly developed
by W. Frank Hoxter. Hundreds
of choral singers areassembhng
in various sections of the city
regularly for the rehearsals.
Remarkable voices have been
discovered in the response to
the general invitation to choir,
club and solo voices being* built
up ana harmonized for the
great ChoruSf
■ ( w , The- exhibition
will include not only the huge
chorus of Severn) hundred voic
es, but aiso instrumental
ists.
Exhibits Unique
Exhibits of out
are being assembled
compete in tne ~ ‘
culture ox the *
International
ing religious activities is being
made. The development, in the
insurance field is also a promi
nent part of the composite
show. The North Carolina Mu
tual has a health and, general
exhibit that is interesting and
instructive.
Great Pageant
“Loyalty’s Gift” was given
great attention. The. favorable
publicity has exceeded expecta
tions. One of the final rehear
sals was broadcast by radio on
July 7th and elicited much in
terest and comment. The cho
ruses were most effective. The
pageant under the direction of
Dora Cole Norman of the Play
ground Association of America
is the.first Negro feature,to be
staged at the Sesqui-Centennial.
credit is being given the Chair
man of Negro Activities, J. C.
Asbury, for selecting, this vehi
cle to emphasize the ability and
stress the high points in the. his
tory of the race, v - .
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
AMELIA C. H„ VA,
The Russell Grovechurch, un
der the pastorate of. ? the Rev.
W. H. Freeland, is still alive
and working . Also the.. Sab
bath .scnool connected there
with which has added , 8 new
members to its roll this reason.
Some of tftese persons were of
great assistance in ; the . Chil
dren’s Day observance. $
Children’s Day was observed
June 20th, at 4 P. M. The chil
dren rendered a program which
was said by many to be second
to none seen and heard this sea
80. A large And appreciative
crowd gathered with us.
Much of the success of the
occasion is due to the training
by Mrs. Mary Booker, Mrs; W.
H. Freeland and Mrs. Kimmie
Anderson.
The collection for the occa
sion amounted to $32.00. We are
very grateful to the children
for their successful efforts on
this occasion financially and
otherwise, also, for the financial
support given by their friends.
On the following Sunday,
June 27th, the writer was pres
ent with the Sabbath school at
our sister church, Big Oak, un
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