The colored American., 1901-04-06

his early cOuullOus DuI 1dlAC4 ACI LIZ
rejoice, as the Negro Is not the only
race or peoples who have been slaves.
In ancient times, when might and pow
er governed the world, one nation OF
race would conquer another and reduce
il to slavery; when the slaves were
strong enough they would rise up
against their masters, overthrow them
and themselves become the ruling |
power. And so it has continued, age
after age. through time immemorlal-
We should expect to take our chances |
| in common with the other races
world. All we ask is a just ana 1alr |
opportunity to better our condition. n
| few writers on the origin OF man hOId |
| that the world was peopled IN colo
nies; that is to say, the Negro was
created in Africa. The CausasIan III
| Europe and the MOngOlian IN ASIA.
While this is possible, it is not proDa-
bic. and those who believe this theory
cannot believe the Bible-GOd created
of one blood all nations of me2 for to
dwell on the earth, Adam and Eve the
common parents, and Eden the craa.
of the world. Accept either hypothesis
and the civilized world must acknoWI-
edge the twentieth century American
Negro TO be superior TO the primitive
Ethiopian.
The origin and history OF the Negro
is an important subject, and remains TO
be written by the twentieth century
Negro.
He will write it in letters Of gold,
and it will be read by all nations.
twentieth century Negro will deter
mine the Negro question, and the aY-
erage twentieth century school boy VIII
7 bn DTODlnnl Il
will say to every nation, There is the
history OF the Negro. Read 1t, and judge
for yourselves, and the whole world
will know it by heart. The sixteenth,
seventeenth. eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries produced many Negroes or
distinction. Prominent among them are
the names of CriSpuS AttuckS, the Ne
gro soldier and martyr; PhilIlS Wheat
ley, the Negro pOeteSS; Benjamin Ban
neka, the Negro astronomer and maLA-
ematician; Roberts and LOVertufe,
the warrior and statesman; ReYelS and
Douglass, LangstOn and Price, Elliott
and others. These centuries also pro-
duced many Negro schools, colleges
and universities of note. They saw
the Negro rise in civilization, and en-
ter into financial schemes and business
enterprises cOmmendable TO the civil
; lied world.
= On the threshold of the twentieth
! century we see rising in different
= States Negro grOcerymen and dairy
> men; wholesale and retail merchants;
: manufacturers and diStillerS; editors
= and writers deserving the name. Great
\ as these achievements are, and as en-
: cOuraging as they must be, they are
. but initiative steps TO what the TWEEN
= tieth century Negro viii accomplish.
The meridian sun of the twentieth cen
tury will shine on Negro railroads and
: telegraph lines, steamship companies
Il and great corporations. This the Ne
;. gro will accomplish by the aid OF the
: white man. whose friendship is well
: worth cultivating.
. While the white mans dealings with
y the black man have not and are not
"a now always just and equitable. tht
a black man has much for which tC
% thank the white man. There is a ia
II cial gulf between the white man anC
. the black man, yet their interests ara
- the Same-One and inSeparable. Tha
- which is good for the white man il
- also good for the black man. NOtwith
standing the trials and difficulties; tn
~ hardships and disadvantages accOrde'
n the Negro by the country he gave hi
ro hearts blood TO make free and labOret
p ! with his brawny muscle to preserve
as the Negro is rapidly, steadily, and sure
N lIy advancing in education, honesty, re
no ligiOn, and wealth, and all things tha
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