The Appeal., 1905-08-12
NATIONAL AFRO-AMERlCAN
HOliNCIJ

ber 1, 1905.
To the Members of the National Afro
American Council, Delegates from
Local Councils and Affiliated Organ.
.izations, such as Churches, Colleges,
Benevolent Societies, Newspapers
and other Race Organizations
Greeting:
The Eighth Annual Session of the
be held at Detroit, Mich, August 80
81, September l.. 1905. !.
The Necessity for the Meeting.
The systematic efforts of the South
aisfranchising legislation and Jizncrow
enaCtments, to insult, humiliate, and
degrade it's AfrO-Amercan citizens;
the occurrence of mob murders in the
country; the race riots in Northern
cities: the demoniacal rawlings of the
governors of several of the Southern
States; the increase of race prejudice
in all parts of the country, call loud
ly to the members of the National
Afro-American Council and the friends
Of fair play to arouse themselves and
check these onslaughts.
The hostility upon the part of the
enemies of the race has been so per
>sistent that many of our friends have
become timid and Indifferent in our
defense. 1t is with the view Of COM
batting this opposition of our enemies,
Strengthening the hands of our friends
and working for the absolute undoing
CT all determinations against the race.
! that this meeting is to be held. and We
ask the hearty cooperation of every
fro nc intArnctGH n
| the welfare of his race
Why the Council Should be Supported.
| No other organization has done so
! much, through annual addresses to the
people, to create favorable public
! sentiment as the National Afro-Ameri-
can Council. No other organization
of Afro-Americans has ever had the
hardihoOd to meet at the Capital Of
the Nation and openly criticise the
President (Mr. Mckinley for neglect
| ing to make some utterance against
1.-THE bloody massacre at Wilmin gton,
! N. c., Of number OF inOffensive men
and women. A committee Of the
Council visited the President and
called his attention to this seeming
negligence. He stated that he had
been advised by some prominent Afro
! Americans to keep quiet on the sub
ject, but he promised that in his next
message to Congress he would call
attention to the matter, and he did
SO. The National Afro-American
+ Council was the first Organization of
| the race to institute a test case
against the constitutionality of the
disfranchising election laws of the
Southern States 1t was the National
Afro-AmeTlcan Council that was sue
cessfur in getting an expression from
President Roosevelt against the Lily
sentatives of this body were at the
! White House when his manifesto
breaking the backbone of this heresy
was issued =.
Reduced Rates on Railroads.
=. Delegates attending the National
Afro-American Council at Detroit will
have the benefit of rate of fare
and third for the round trip from
all points in the United States as far
West as Cheyenne. Wyo., and all
points in Colorado. Each person de-
| string the reduced rate must purchase
a first class ticket to Detroit, Mich,
paying full fare therefor and upon re.
| quest the ticket agent will issue a
! printed certificate of purchase. Tick
cts for the return journey will be sold
by the ticket agent at Detroit at one
third the first class fare, only to those
! holding certificates, signed by ticket
agent at point Of purchase and coun,
tersigned by the Secretary of the Ma
tional Afro-American Council, = certify.
ing that not less, than one hundred
/ persons holding certificates have been
in regular attendance at the meeting.
Accommodations at Detroit
1 r. Delegates and visitors who desire
to secure boarding places during the
meeting of the National Afro-An1er-
! ican Council should address Dr. James
i w. Ames, Chairman of the Sub Com
,ynttee on Accommodations, No, 276
Beaubien Street. Detroit, Mich, who
will give information as to rates and
assign persons to their, boarding
places. tn. s. Il !
i All Should Be Represented -
I It is our earnest desire that every
Church, College. Benevolent Society,
and other Race Organization send rep
resentatives, accompanied by the an
nual tax OF $500, to this great Ma
] tional gathering. We have every ~rea-
son to believe that the Detroit meet
1 ing will be the largest ever held in the
history of the organization. Let all
! the organizations above named elect
their delegates as soon as possible and
{, send their names to Cyrus Field
Adams, Secretary, 934 s Street, N. w.
i Washington, D. c. Err
The citizens of Detroit are prepar-