In the South's entire history!
there has probably been no so
ciological development more
unique and important than the
recent movement for interracial
co-operation, which took organic
form in Atlanta in 1919, through
the creation of the Commission
on Interracial Cooperation.
The purpose of this organiza
tion and its affiliated state and
local committees is to bring
about a better understanding,
justice and fair dealing between
the white and colored races. The
Commission Believes that the
white race, as the far more for
tunate group and the one re
sponsible for the Negro's pres-i
ence in America, is under obli
gation to be .both just and gen
erous toward the latter. It be
lieves further that the welfare
and even the racial integrity of
the two groups can be effective
ly preserved m no other way.
The results of this policy, as
worked out by hundreds of in
terracial committees, have at
tracted nationwide and even in
ternational attention. Though
the Commission has made no ef
fort to organize outside the
South, similar committees have
recently been set up in many
Northern States and cities
where there are considerable
Negro populations. The plan is
even being put into effect in
i Africa.
this movement Southern
" 5 i a most impor
the
met in Memphis in Oct., 1920,
for the purpose of considering
the situation. Four representa
tive Negro women were invited
to interpret to the meeting the
viewpoint and the needs of col
cared women and children..
A profound impression was
made upon the group and out
of the meeting came a remark
able statement, expressing “i
deep sense of responsibility to
the womanhood and childhood of
the Negro race and a great de
sire fora Christian settlement
of the problems that over
shadow the homes of both
races.” The statement recom
mended the conservation of the
life and health of Negro chil
dren through day nurseries, kin
ms, clinics and play
; the study of Negro
„„and sanitary conditions
with a view to their improve
ment; equitable provision of ed
1 opportunities; im
conditions of travel;
in the courts; and, with
:ial emphasis, the suppres
of lynching. A Continua
Committee of seven was
ly the Methodist, Baptist, Pres
1 man, Episcopal and Disci
Churches, the Y. W. C. A.,
the Women's Clubs,
a Memphis meeting having
' its cooperation to the
Commission, the
the Continuation
are elected to mem
„ the • Commission,
_ _i turn set up a depart
aent of woman’s work, headed
ty Mrs Luke ' 6. Johnson of
ktlanta! The work of organiz
ng the women of the South
tate committees of women, all
S positions of influence and
leadership, have been set up m
eleven states, in nine of which
they are doing good work. Each
of these committees has formu
lated and given to the public a
vigororus pronouncement in be
half of interracial justice and
good will, and m unmeasured
| The cooperation of the great
denominational bodies of wom
en has been sought mid {dans
have been worked but in a num
ber of them for the creation of
committees on race relations in
all the local societies. The meth
od of these committees is first
to find out the conditions and
needs oi Negro women and
children through studies of
their homes, schools, sanitation
and healtn, and then to lay out
plans for such improvement as
may be needed,. . • - Mwpj
The work of the Atlanta Wo
man’s Committee may be cited
as typical. This committee,
made up of thirty women of the
highest standing, set out on a
study of the Negro homes of
Atlanta. The conditions which
they found ip certain sections
were heartbreaking -- tumble
down tenements, congested
houses, unpaved, dark streets,
and lack of the commonest facil
ities for sanitation and decent
living. In one crowded section
they found three small children,
one of them a baby, lqcked out
of the house by the mother, who
turned them into the street
every morning when she went to
work, fearing to leave them in
side lest they be burned to
death. The need of a.day nurs
ery was evident and imperative.
The committee purchased and
established one. The sanitation
laws of tne city were examined,
facts have been found out, a
conscience has been created, and
the amelioration of conditions
is only a matter of time.
All the colored schools were
visited and in as many cases de
plorable overcrowding was
found. These conditions were
immediately taken up with the
school authorities. Repeated
visits were made to Washington
Park, a Negro recreational cen
ter, and the needs of additional
equipment and proper sanitation
mid oversight were brought to
iiie attention of the Park Com
mission. Just now the commit
tee is seeking the appointment
of Negro probation officers and
the improvement of the county
detention home for delinquent
Negro boys. Similar work is
being done in a great many com
munities. 1 / "
Three women are now on the
staff of tne Commission, Mrs.
Maud Henderson, Director of
Woman’s Woriti Mrs. C. P. Mc
Gowan, of Charleston, Chair
man and Direbtor of the Inter
racial program in South Caroli
na, and Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames,
of Georgetown, Texas, Director
for that State. •
It is increasingly evident that
in the interracial situation ex
isting here, the people of the
South have not so much a prob
lem as a grave responsibility.
The problem will diminish and
disappear in proportion as the
obligation is seriously assumed
and faithfully discharged. The
thousands of public spirited,
high-minded women who are as
suming tnat responsibility and
assisting in working out the
problem in the direction of mu
tual confidence and helpful coop
eration, are doing a public ser
vice for which generations to
come win call them blessed. * •
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C. M. E. SCHOOLS GIVEN
$700,000 IN FOUR YEARS
d# to'-i&l'tib Wfjfei
White Methodists of South Ren
der Substantial Aid to Sister
r4ji4:m a* vCMwife i&e.
Nashville, Tenn., July 30.-~
According to Dr. J. W. Peray,
Home Mission Secretary of the
Melodist; Episcopal ^Church,
South, that denomination di
rectly and indirectly has contri
mestic science building at P
College, Augusta, Ga.; and
,of »l —.
building for Lane College at
Jackson, Term., besides $30,000
in endowment for the same in
stitution.
In commenting on this a*
sistance rendered by the M. E.
Church, South, which is the
mother church of the C. M. E.
denomination, Dr. Perry says:
“Although our help to our col
ored brethren in their education
al program has aggregated
much more than half a million
dollars in the past four years,
we are not expending for them
anything approximating what
the Church expended for its
missions to the slaves in 1860,
in proportion to its strength
and ability at that time. The
expenditure then was 8160,000
annually. The meaning of all
this our people should realize.
We cannot minister to Africa
and neglect the people of the
same blood in America. The
work we do for them here makes
more effective our ministry in
every mission field.”
i
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama,
August 9.—Prominent speakers :
of both races will address the
twenty-seventh annual ' session ,
of the National Negro Business
League which meets in Cleve
land, Ohio, August 18,19 and 20,
according to announcements
made here this week by Alton L.
Holsey, Secretary of the Nation
al League. On the opening night
of the session, Dr. R. R. Moton,
President of the League, will de
liver his annual address. Senator
Frank B- Willis of Ohio will
speak at the same meeting.
The program provides for a
series of special sessions at
which the following problems
will be discussed: The Organiza
tion and Function of the Local
League; Business Building; Ne
gro Migration and its Relation
to Business and Health. There
will be one meeting known as
an All-Ohio session.
The trophy cups offered by
Mr. R. W. Emerson, secretary
of the National Clean-Up and
Paint-up Bureau for the best
health work done during Na
tional Health Week will be pre
sented at the Friday morning
session, August 20, by Miss Vir
ginia R. Wing, director of
health education at the Cleve
land Health Council. At the
same session Dr. Algernon B.
Jackson, director of the School
of Public.Health, Howard Uni
versity, will deliver an address
on “The Need of Public Health
Education Among Negroes.”
Banking, Newspaper Advertis
ing, Promotion of Sales Cam
paigns, Financing Business En
terprises, Life Insurance, are
among the subjects to be dis
cussed by experts in the Busi
ness Building Session.
The influence of
tion on business in its
aspects will^be diseased ^
old ^^^mdustrial^ecr
National Urban League,
; Mr. John C, I
New
chairman c
amittee 6fc
man L
Clevela
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Today the white
weeklies of the
ith the . other law
lawlessness,
the cause of tpe
record,
a marvelous improve
ment over that of a few years
ago when we usually had more
lynching in one state m six
months than is now shown in
the entire southwest combined.
It is a wonderful spiritr^the
spirit of lawlL;supremacy 4§e
against barbarism, and all that
is contrary to civilization and
good government. It should be
a lynchless year hi Georgia, and
the last half should see a re^
deeming record in Florida. We
can not hope to develop and
progress endunngly if we tram
ple upon law, a»d >giye thp mob
the right of way.;,.J!ortnnately
the mob spirit, too, .is passing/’
OPPORTUNITY ftlAGAZINE.
That the Negro is , not more
susceptible to tuberculosis, be*-!
cause of physical nibkeupor in
herent racial traits is proved
conclusively by.prl Cliaries H
Garvin, a prominent physician
of Geveland, Ohio, in a paper on
the “Immunity*- to Disease of
Dark-Skinned- People,^; in the
August number of Opportunity:
Journal of Negro Life, published
by the National Urban League,
127 E. 2Srd SCtreet, New York
City. Dr.Garvin’s finding^ are of
immense racial import. His pa
per reflects the passion of a re
search scholar, and is not too
erudite for the lay reader.
Other features in Opportuni
ty for August include “Muttsy,”
a short story by Zora Hurston;
“Doing fiis Bit,” the epic tale of
a Pullman porter, by . Nimrod B,
Allen; « The Pink Bat”ta'cork
ing . satirical sketch by Mrs.
Jir.; a review of W.
“Blues,” by Latrgs
is to spend the few hours
plannfcf m pleasure and recrea
tion. To have a real picnic we
must have the cooperation of all
concerned and selfishness must
be left behind and all become as
one in the pleasures of the day.
o1 But tne two essential things
to ray mind are first to select s
place' in some beautiful grove
Which furnishes ample shade*
but mot too woody, where there
is plenty of water to quench the
thirst- or even to take a dip if
such be our desire.
. Next we should select a day
that would be suitable for all
and if- God and nature give us
sunshine why should not joy be
In abundance and everything in
readiness for Whatever we can
get out of the day? We should
be on time and whatever mode
children make it as small as poor
sible. -r 1 »>
- Try to get every member and
as many friends as possible to
go to the picnic. Avoid selling
anything on the ground. Be so
ciable. Keep everybody inter
ested. AU kinds of good, whole
some “games should be played
and youth should be uncon
fined. Not only to the young
does this apply, but matron and
maid, father and son, should all
join in and forget all things but
the one day that is before us.
• But there is one thing I am
dure if I were to leave.out our
already planned successful pic
hic would be an utter failure;
that is, the refreshments of the
day. All should come with bas
kets filled with all good things
that will satisfy the inner man.
Everybody should spread to
gether and each be allowed to
say, "Feed me till I want no
more.” Then when aH have fin
ished and everything has been
restored to order, return to
pleasure and fun till the time
eomes to say adieu to the forest
and hills and river.
Surely jrou will feel re
freshed and glad-hearted after
a careful day spent in nature’s
garden of love, and will feel it is
good you turned away from
everyday life to enjoy the free
dom of the woods.
Columbia, S. C.
KALE'' EAtilmTS StiArllNli
UP.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 31.—
The space set aside for the com
posite exhibit by the Negro race'
in the Seaqui-Centennial Inter*
n&tioiial Exposition, now
being- '-held in Philadelphia,
is rapidly being filled with ex
hibits typifying the advance
ment of the colored people. Miss
Laura*15 Wheeler of Cheyney,
Pennsylvania, one of the race’s
most prominent artists, has giv
en several demonstrations of
her art* in her symbolic char
acters on the 4 pillows of each
booth. - Many types portrayed
by the brush of Miss Wheeler
have given a touch of originali
ty to the entire color scheme.
miniature reproduction
df the'North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company of
Btirham, North Carolina, under
bumLmI
an event of
August 28n
Swtwsisf'
■U54 , •.-.
Miller spoke from I Kmgs.;35V
15 using as a subject, “The Peril
Solomon us a concrete*example
and discoursed of hia extraordi
nary request and how God gave
him more thanfc‘<he u aakftd. He
spoke of: the splendor of Solo
mon’s Temple, && impressive
dedication and-the beautiful
dedicatory prayer ;€ Y
the peril of adversity. Happy,
fortunate is the man, the nation
that will not forget God in. the
lour of prosperity.^ The speak*
Three prizes Will be given two
weeks Tbeforis '* Christinas to
ipembers of the Junior congre
gation presenting tKb best notes
oh the 107 questions of the Cafc
echism. ; :,u
/Ther Sunday School Conven
tion at High Boliit wks well at
tended. Besides the pastor,
Rev, H. C. Milled the delegates
from St Jame^wg-e
Mrs.aGeor^' CaldwelI and Mr.
William Burgeu. Mrs, E. 9.
Meares mbtored up withrsbihewf
the delegates: including two
from Hanna’s chapel."- Art ex
cellent report was givS»vfh tty
the delegates front StJairtes/;
Mr. and Mrs, McClain, Of
Hanna’s chapel, were very Seff
ously^hurt^an autbjft$>ile ac
Mrs. Marie Florence and chil
dren and; : MrsiUu Gertpu#
Booker together with, Mr, ,^n4
Mrs. Barber and others motor^l
to. Gastonia, yesterday wfcejf
they will spend two weeks rtflr
iting relatives, £,..u =,<*)
There .were; many absent