Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-18
The Color Question ~ xn.a,,,,,

There are usually many Sides Oh. e,...
question. Much is being said about ,Ae
treatment Airo-Americans orc reo.ty',,
az the Nashville Centennial. John p
Bruce, or Albany, practrsI .R.r4ro,
writer and one Of the Afro-4mor.,ar
Commissioners for New York b, tt.
Nashville Centennial .pont soma ,,,.
at Nashville and IS writing "a se-lsr =.
articles for the Washington co.r..
American on the exposition pr..,
is black man. IN his latest arrlrl. t..
makes the following remarked. rort-l
button 70 the Information we POSSES. an
the subject Speaking n race d.s.-.ri.
nations OF which so much fa.
heard recently In ,ec press and r. sole
/ am r. TX q. saw 'l.f .n I..
obsery a-.u rent 'hrro is Do more - b.
I'm Nashville than there rs in Wash.uz.
ton Baltimore, or Boston. n le a uftie
more pronounced 20 be sure m Nash.
Vile. than In the other places name.
because there arc good and suhsarta.
reasons for it's existence chief aw1r-
which Is the fact that some .f the lower
class Of blacks are bumpt Hf 0y,rh..r-
ing. and greasy In public places arI ODD
public carriers. They an, boIstero.s nI
sometimes insulting AID are always
looking for trouble. TA,v rcal. Is.
they are free citizens. bur forget ta CONE
port themselves with the deccnC, alf
decorum which become an citizens.
did a good deal Of street-car riding when
N Nashville, as my lodgings were quite
three mnos from the exposition. Dr.
going 20 and from the grounds 7 saw.
things which did not altogether please
me. Half-grOWn negro bOys would STOP
al. 81.
smoking vile pipes or cigarettes meg
coata on md under their arms. DER
clothing filthy and dirty, and their lln.
Tuage sf0ndingly dirty When
they had finished their smoke they would
make q break Tor the first vacant seats
ln the car II there wns n space De-
tween two well-dressed coloreI passou-
gers they would pump themsare5 rto
IL with an their dirt and d'sglfrns
doors and they would crowd white pas-
sengers In the same wsv entirely n-
different 10 the fact that they were ofrn-
siye 10 sight and SMELL Among fns
class OF negroes everywhere there o.
decided absence OF self-rCspcot ana pride.
and 81 g. this class that makes Jordan
a hard road FOR the average reapo.'
negro to travel. ana whose di-e'lreI-i
conduct IN public places intensihes ne
prejudice against The race
From what he saw at NASHVILLE bruce
draws the following conclusion, lido
same class Of negroes 10 amy northern
city would produce the same effect 90
public sentiment. There is adj )utey n.
use kicking against southern rreIii
against negroes as log as those VINO
know better who are more rcNn'i. N'p
have had larger opportunues i'f s-
Gull walton. are doing nothing 'o t lp
this mass q black and yellow ignorance
and deprav.ty which BIS Largely h .'.
majority In that .-t.cn ] dl pot h'L
d single lyceum or debating society l'l
,ur young people during my fIiy I'D
There may be- some DOB IN'
,itv but dld not succeed in hnl
NV I'm ooerat -u the Sunday J stHii.t
,ut TO hunt one up. I found ON
,freet corners. however large unii'l
p Young men and halfgrown girls I'D
fle conversation. and some of the young
osn shooting craps ana pitching pt'
rbere are am told. forty nt
.lufrches m Nashville and "A negro llI
,tion of about 1900 souls. This WOMB
oeun TO De "a magnificent neid TOT in'
fonarv work for the professors ".'
earbarg IN ihe colleges arounl Nt''
.ple as well as the preachers VINO '
,ear 10 have their hands full o. fal'.
,orev and paylng or The indcotshh
= n Il the duty OF the strong to hI
"a sUccor the weak and h' p'rs'
ducated and moncyed negroes OF N.
,iile are manifesuy dcfeict ln H.
,,,snco Of a plain duty Nhaf I-
y NASHVILLE In this respect is true ~
'fher large cities Tie ignorant
.,c,ors Afro-Amorlcans are lcft to
.wn devices by the educatod fr.l.
n thelr race. who feel no re-no'
or trem until their misi'ela
BE- no and Umb " The "ho.f
,meric-n ponrauon OF gf
The rnisslonar- spirit has l.,
-elooed Their. is great need OF
!. r@f,-ehio, TO have a member '.
.,ce lake hold Of The matter ,,
.ourage and clearness as t.,..
lone Afro-Americans have thies
,olieges az Nashville.