‘AND YE SHALL JCNOW THE TRVTH* A]
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THUlttPA
VOL. XLIX.
18TH CONFERENCE ADDRESS TO THE
AMERICAN PtOfU
New York, July 8.—The Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, 69
Fifth Avenue, today made pub
lic the text of the Address to
the American People adopted
by its 18th Annual Conference
in Indianapolis. The text of the
address, which was drawn up by
a committee headed by Dr. W.
E. B. Du Bois, is as follows:
The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People meets in its Eighteenth
Annual Conference with a dis
tinct feeling of triumph.
For twenty-five years the
white primary system of the
South has been the most suc
cessful method of disfranchising
Negroes. This year for the first
time we have secured from the
Supreme" Court of the United
States, in the Texas case, a de
cision which is the beginning of
Jthe overthrow of the white pri
'mary; and not only this, but in
its decision the Supreme Court
in the most emphatic language
rewrote and reaffirmed the
Fourteenth Amendment as the
fundamental charter of the
rights of Negroes in America.
The champions of race segre
gation have been chased from
pillar to post in city council, leg
islature and court by this As
sociation during the last fifteen
years; the pursuit was crowned
with success by the Louisville
decision of the Supreme Court in
1917; and that decision was, this
last year, reaffirmed and
strengthened in the Louisiana
case.
The Association during the
past year has clearly pfoven the
-■^Jteuf^dewy of Tstate^tav to tbp#
with lynching. We have shown
that a state like South Carolina
is unable to punish mob murder
even when furnished with cir
cumstantial proof of individual
guilt. At Aiken, S. C., the
lynchers are known. Their un
molested freedom is the final de
mand for national action against
lynching.
We have studied during the
year the Negro public common
school in seven Southern States
and shown to the nation the
present demand for elementary
education for black America; a
demand reinforced by the cultu
ral movement in literature and
art which this Association large
ly inaugurated and first encour
aged, and which is still showing
vigorous development and
healthv growth. The reform in
Negro higher education negun
at Fisk and continued at How
ard, has with our continued en
couragement, spread to other in
stitutions.
* We note with hopeful interest
the beginnings of liberal senti
ment in the backward South,
manifested in a changed atti
tude in some of the more cour
ageous newspapers; a growing
open-mindedness among white
students; a gesture, still all too
feeble, toward correcting the
outrageous discrimination
against Negro schools; an in
creasingly sympathetic, attitude
on the part of the cultural ele
ments of the South; and, final
ly, a more decent respect for the
public opinion of the civilized
world. These sentiments do not
dominate Southern opinion as
yet, but their existence is en
couraging to every lover of jus
tice. The persistent campaign
of the N. A. A. C. P. for social
justice has played no small part
in the rise and development of
thin new. conscience in the
South. . .
This record of achievement is
by no means complete, but it in
dicates the magnitude of our
task and the encouragement
which crowns our efforts.
It would, however, be a grave
mistake for this Association or
fon the Negro race in America,
to feel that our recent record of
triumph is reason for relaxed ef
fort or lessened anxiety. On the
contrary, from this record of
achievement we have just
learned true methods of aggres
sion and defense and we have
just begun to tight in deadly
earnest.
Let us be frank and open with
ourselves. Tfie American of Ne
gro descent is still a slave in the
United States. Lynching is
still increasing and the burning
of human beings has not ceased.
False accusation of crime as at
Coffeyville is meat for mobs.
Many Negroes are forced to la
bor at wretched wages and un
der impossible conditions. Peon
age, even in the midst of such a
calamity as the Mississippi
flood, has been carried out open
ly and publicly with armed
guard and militia. The doors of
trades unions still remain par
tially closed, and the path of the
professions is strewn with dis
couraging obstacles even to con
spicuous ability.
The position of the Negro
children in the public schools,
both North and South, is still
deplorable and they are not be
ing given an equal or decent
chance for common school train
ing. Adequate high school fa
cilities are being denied in a
large part of the Southern
States and in many of the North
ern States. Negro colleges are
starving for funds. State insti
tutions like Lincoln, of Missou
ri, are at the mercy of grafting
politicians and the admission of
Negroes to Northern colleges,
even to state universities sup
ported by public taxation, is be
ing restricted by race discrim
ination.
Residential segregation, clear
ly against the spirit of Ameri
can institutions, the law of the
land and the decision*of "the
courts, is still being carried out
by the manipulation of real es
tate dealers and financial inter
ests. Unfair marriage laws to
encourage bastardy and prosti
tution are proposed annually in
those states where they have
not yet been enacted. In the
government departments at
Washington Negro civil ser
vants are still openly segregat
ed with the approval of the ad
ministration.
Above all, the “Jim Crow”
car rides its unchecked career
on the railroads of the United
| States throughout the South and
even openly and brazenly into
the Northern States. This form
of open and deliberate stealing
by charging black travelers for
accommodations which they do
not receive must be attacked in
the courts with the view of ut
terly abolishing the iniquitous
and undemocratic “Jifn Crow”
system.
Despite, then, all that we have
accomplished, our task for com
ing years is all too clear. We
must continue to strive for a na
tional law against lynching, for
more intensive investigation
and prosecution of peonage, for
the better education of colored
children and for the abolition of
“Jim Crow" cars in interstate
traffic. We must continue to
attack disfranchisement and
segregation and constantly
stand on guard against further
encroachments on our funda
mental rights. And we must
above all remember that our
most effective weapon is an in
dependent and unpurchasable
ballot mortgaged to no man nor
party and cast not for past fa
vors but only for those individ
ual candidates who vote and act
for our best interest and good.
Girding ourselves for this bat
tle at home, we are not unmind
ful of our oppressed and segre
gated fellows abToad; we send
greetings to the oppressed peo
ple of Haiti and Central Ameri
ca; to the enslaved natives in
the Union of South Africa; to
the people iff Kenya whose land
and liberty Mve been taken
away; tojthe people of West Af
rica still struggling for full polit
ical rights; an4 to the indepen
dent, but gravely threatened
States of Abyssinia and Liberia.
We hail the dawn of freedornefn
China and the hope of ind^MiN
dence in India and‘ Egypt. And:
thank all nations whd are;
we
helping the darker peoples to
gain the recognition of eqiiahty
for all races of the world.
THE ATLANTA SCHOOL
SOCIAL WORK.
OF
Atlanta, Ga., July.—Many
good, paying positions are now
available in social work for
young colored men and women
who have had proper training,
according to Prof. Forrester? B»
Washington, who has just tak
en charge of the Atlanta School
of Social Work, the only insti
tution in the country devoted
solely to the preparation of Ne
gro men and women for this in
teresting profession. Positions
as probation officers, communi
ty center and settlement exec
utives, boys’ club leaders* re
search directors, Urban League
secretaries, welfare workers id
industrial plants, case workers in
family societies and child wel
fare agencies, and research in
vestigators are among the op
portunities pointed out by Prof.
Washington.
To prepare his students for
these positions Prof. Washing
ton is laying out for the coming
school year a thorough-going
program of study and experience
in both the class room and the
field. The school has been
asked to assist in a state-wide
research project in cooperation
with the State Department of
Welfare. In addition the stu
dents will study first hand the
field work of the Family Wel
fare Society and; other social
agencies of the iity and, UndflS^
competent direction, will act%
ahyjarry (A. a&ri&ggjf .8®
SnpJrSntcoTOunTtyo^W
tion. It isv hoped thus to fit
them to organize the colored
population of whole cities and
counties for the betterment of
industrial conditions of Negroes.
Training for real community
leadership is the goal of the
school. Previous college training
is not required for entrance, but
is highly desirable, according to
Prof. Washington, who desires
to correspond with any who are
interested.
The Atlanta School of Social
Work was established some five
years ago and is located at 239
Auburn Ave. It is supported by
Laura Spelman Memorial, the
Russell Sage Foundation, and
the Atlanta Community Chest.
Its Secretary of the Board is
Miss Rhoda Kaufman, Sec. of
the Dept, of Welfare of the State
of Georgia, and the chairman of
its Finance Committee is Will W.i
Alexander, Director of the In
terracial Commision. Well known
colored members of the
Board are John Hope, President
of Morehouse College; Willis J.
King, Gammon Theological
Seminary; M. S. Davage, Presi
dent of Clark University, and
Jesse 0. Thomas, Field Secreta
ry of the National Urban
League.
The New Director
Forrester B. Washington, the
new Director, is recognized as
one of the leading workers of
the country. He received his
Master’s Degree at Columbia
University, and -did graduate
work in the social-/ sciences at
Harvard University and the
University of Michigan and fur
ther specialized at the New
York School of Social Work. He
has had wide experience in both
public and private social work
in local and national fields. He
was the first director of the De
troit Urban League, and later
was appointed supervisor of Ne
gro economics for the States of
Illinois, Michigan and Missouri*
under the United1 States De
partment of Lidbbr, He next be
came supervisor of-Negro labor
with the General'^Motors Cor
poration whettrifc hewas called
tb direct the f&sCWOh Bureau
the Detroit Community
Chest. From thfart* position he
went to the secretaryship of the
Armstrong Association of Phil
tfftelphia, probably the largest
HYDE NOW AT STU
HTE, ¥A
new pastor, Rev. R. L.
M. A., has entered on Ids
I of work at Cumberland
curch, Stuart,
He came to us from Nich
Jville, Kentucky, one of the
~ srs of Fee Memorial Insti
The people, both colored and
, are very much impressed
Rev. and Mrs. Hyde. His
k, so far, has been very ira
ssive upon the Stuart peo
He is giving all of his time
the work except the first Sun
y of each month, including
:ty prayer meetings. The
le, especially the young'
, are taking active parts
in the weekly prayer meetings
and Sunday service.
iDuring one of Rev. Hyde’s
pastoral calls, holding services
in the home, the father and one
til professed hope in Christ,
ipfce have been added to the
tHtttvh since his entering upon
the field.
ipn July' 10th Mrs. R. L.
Hyde, Mrs. Bulah Logan and
Mrs. Mayme G. Jackson spared
np pains in making the Chil
i’s Day program a success,
church wag crowded with
U& hearers. The Supt., Mr.
and Rev. made
impressive and thw|y re
Rev. Hyde has divided the
church into four clubs to raise
means< for repairing the church
and the plan meets the approv
al of the whole congregation.
The rally is to take place on the
3rd. Sunday in August.
Our Sunday School Mission
ary, Mr, S. L. Young, visited our
school July 14.
Rev. Hyde is an experienced
and able minister and has served
churches in Kentucky, South
Carolina and W. Va. He and
Mrs. Hyde have had quite a deal
of experience in educational
work.
MRS. MAYME G. JACKSON.
Box 16, Stuart, Va.
FIVE PHASES IN TREAT
MENT OF TB.
Sanatorium, July 16.—Five
phases of treatment constitute
the program of tuberculosis
treatment today, Dr. Alfred
Henry, of Indianapolis, Ind.,
said in a paper read before the
meeting of the National Tuber
culosis Association in Indianap
olis in May. The five phases of
cure are absolute rest, nutritious
food, 'fresh air, proper mental
attitude and proper drug thera
py.
The chief of these five essen
tials the doctor stresses is ab
solute rest. In the modern cure
of tuberculosis absolute rest,
physical and mental, can not be
stressed too much. Mercury an
titoxin, Flexner’s serum and qui
nine are specific cures for cer
tain diseases such as syphilis,
diphtheria or malaria, but abso
lute rest is the nearest approach
to a specific cure for tuberculo
is that has'been discovered.
Heliotherapy (sun treatment)
and various light therapies have
a place in the treatment of tu
berculosis. These treatments,
though, should be taken only
under a doctor's directions.
Drug therapy has a relatively
small place in the cure of tu
berculosis, but it should be in
cluded in a complete list of
methods of treatment for the
disease.
In the last ten years a more
rigid management of patients
has been the chief development
in the cure of tuberculosis.
TAKING THE WRONG STEP
m BDUCAflNGOUIt CHIL
Where is the hunter who will
try to train a bird dog to hunt
rabbits or a coon dog to hunt
birds? To do so would be pre
cisely the wrong step in training
the dog and would be indeed a
great mistake on the part of the
tseiner. Probably the desire to
bring in by the aid of said dog
such turns of game as the great
Indian hunter Manston, would
be all a failure.
We can all see what a great
mistake this would be in the
training of a dog. Yet mistakes
just as great as this are being
made year after,year by the par
ents of our people in the educat
ing of. their children, and espe
cially their sons. I do not mean
te say the sons and daughters
should not be educated. It is in
deed a fine thing to educate
them and it is the duty of the
parents to do so. Glad indeed
am 1 to see more of our people
talcing advantage of the oppor
tunities which are so greatly su
perior to those of old times.
And I would to God that the
number could be greatly in
creased.
To the parents I would like to
give a few hints on the right
Way of educating your children.
I believe any parent who has
raised a son up to where he is
able to enter high school and
college by a little careful con
sideration can tell what that
child is the most capable of be
ing in future life. Many moth
ers want their sons to be
preachers, others to be lawyers,
etc.
The consideration of the par
ent should not be what they
it should be what the boy or girl
is best suited for. For instance,
the little boy who has always
loved his books and pencil and
paper is likely to become a suc
cessful preacher, doctor or law
yer; while the one who likes his
pictures and paints may turn
out to be one of the world’s
greatest artists. The young
man who is always interested in
small children quite likely would
be successful as a teacher. The
boy who likes to take his toys
to pieces and put them back,
and repair broken ones and oth
er broken articles around the
home should be trained as a me
chanic. The boy who never
likes to study and never likes tc
play arouna me nouse, uul im.e»
to ramble in the fields, see the
tall corn and count the first cot
ton blooms, ride the horses,
drive up the cows, etc., what
should he take in school but ad
vanced agriculture? While the
one who plays with stones and
builds mud and sand castles
should study for a mason.
The girls who always makes
fancy dreses for her dolls and
little frets and wants her own
thimble and scissors certainly
should be a seamstress. The one
who always likes to write and
tries to make her letter as neat
as possible shows the ability of
a stenographer. Look at the girl
who likes to take care of her
little sick brother and is always
kind to the lame and ailing.
Should she not be a trained
nurse? We find also in our girls
the virtues of teachers and
other leaders of the people. But
if all are leaders who will there
be to lead?
I once knew a man who had
finished high school, college and
fVipnlncrv and had gone out to
preach but he was not appeal
ing to the people. There was
continued dissatisfaction be
tween him and the officers of
the church. It was necessary to
frequently move him from one
church to another. What, was
the reason? This man said that
when he entered school he had
the desire to become a doctor;
but probably by the influence of
his mother or some friend he
was persuaded to study for a
preacher which made his future
unpleasant and unsuccessful.
I pray to Ged that the par
ents who read this will consider
what their children are most
enable of being professional in,
ahd be governed accordingly
when they send their children
to school that their future life
n$ay be successful. i
'A READER OP THE AFRI
00.
■Barber, N. C.
MILLER MEMORIAL PRES
BYTERIAN CHURCH, BIR.
MINGHAM, ALA.
j?The summer months find
things going smoothly in Miller
Memorial. We have had sever
al visiting ministers during the
^onth. Among them were Dr.
QJ. Baker, Dr. C. H. Johnson
and Rev. L. R. Taylor, who is
Sunday School Missionary for
Alabama.
J Much interest has been shown
m the Community Sing which
ws been conducted by Miss Ju
lia Kennedy, who is spending
we summer with relatives and
friends here. Miss Kennedy has
spent some time singing with
*he Williams Jubilee Singers and
has Conducted choral classes at
'arious points in the United
States. The community at Enon
tidge is showing much appreci
ation for her talent and her in
terest. She has held rehearsals
three times per week and has
had an average attendance of-47
present at each rehearsal.. Pub
lic programs have been given
twipe a month. The programs
havp been one hour in length
and ere composed of Negro spir
ituals. All programs have been
well attended by both white and
colored. It is hoped that Miller
Memorial can keep Miss Kenne
dy here. The “Sings,” through
her, have been a valuable adver
tiaemnnt for the-obercb;^”^ ->»
Miller Memorial Was indeed
glad to welcome" Dr. A. C. Dud
ley home. Dr. Dudley has just
received his degree and has
passed the State Board of Ten
nessee and is- ready to practice
dentistry.
The Sunday school gave its
annual reception for the re
turned students who are back
home for the summer. A vote
has been taken to send a dele
gate to the School of Methods
at Knoxville, Tenn.
Mrs. A. S. Tanner has returned
from a visit to her viother at
New Albany, Miss.
The Frisco officials arh em
ployees held a very interesting
Fuel Conservation Conference in
the Miller Mens 3rial building.
These conferences prove very
helpful to the employees and of
ficials along the lines of saving
coal and giving new ideas for
better working conditions for
those in the service of the Fris
co Railway. For a long time
these conferences have been held
on Railroad property in a coach,
but because Miller Memorial
happens to be conveniently sit
uated near a number of employ
ees, and because the officers of
the church made them welcome
there, the conferences are held
in our building every two
months. This credit is due to
Mr. E. F. Roberts, who is Gen
eral Advisor for Colored Em
ployees.
The report of the Women’s
Biennial was made by Mrs. E.
F. Roberts, who was the Presby
terial representative at the Bi
ennial, May 19-24, in San Fran
cisco, Cal. The entire Sunday
morning hour was given for this
report.
Mrs. C. H. Johnson has been
confined to hospital and home in
bed during the month. It is
hoped that she will soon be well
again.
MRS. E. F. ROBERTS,
Reporter.
It's real progress when every
body moves forward, not just a
few individuals, or a few cities,
‘but the whole nation.
I -
More fellows are run over by
men from the rung below on the
ladder than slip down the lad
der.—Type Metal Magazine,