The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-15
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JAMES'T|0| |: ! | al
Giles B.atackson Tells What hat Has Has
Been Accomplished and What l'll:latS Il
Is Proposed.
ms HARD NORTHERN NEGRO | 6 1 3.
NO Business Opport t,liiLIe:' and I
Nothing t. Exhibit ..S.l1i u: Hence l,,c.3
III Opposition.

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@9Ast,iles IA jackson, director general Of
4 Tie Negro Development and Exposition
Company. makes an interesting statement Y !
h as to prospects Of having y asu t el u
u exhibit On behalf of the color4ed, people PC; p.Le
of The United States as q special feature
iof the jamestown 1cxpositlon.s6 IL
there is no doubt, said he, that the
ssscolored people will make q great 81, owing,
h - evidence OF their thrift and progress
from every point Of view. # will q , bc
4 startling 10 the pcopl Il Of U this country
Is see 4 tie marvellous progress that mas
a been made by the neg 70 in \ for ~ one
n years. ESPECIALLY iii the Southern States,
A where he owns 90 per cent. Of the wealth
Of the race. It will show to the white tlt,
4 people In the North and w est, Who know
a SO little about the negro his scapttcllty
Ii as producer. In fact our white friends
" among whom We live, have no &l,lea 81
Il the progress that is being made by the
negro IT Will be encourngln g to them
SstoE see for themselves that the illions of
dollars thnt ihaYe been. spent for the edu--
cation .of the negro have not been thrown
II away, S8 On the contrary, 1t has been pro-
ductive Of great results. les, the negro
& exhibit is now an assured success.
~ strange as 1t may appear. W " T. is
@neyerth true; tho only Opposition
& has been mad by members OF our 9 W ,
race. A5 few negroes In tho North have
fought the exposition. claiming that 10
S,uye 4 d. separate exhibit will be draw
Sing the color-line,s and that as they are
" American citizens they should be Btreat go
4 Is such , and nit as a separate race = MS
Sscontentiorl wa 8 made lii New; ! orl< by ri
Y few hot -headed polit lcians. They OPT osed,
the congressional appropriation to 4 aid
the exhibit they also opposed the npl'r0-
,priation by the state q MASSACHUSETTS,
Of any money to aid the JAMESTOWN In ri 81
position, and especially did i hey oppose
the appropriation to- assist the n r TO-
They assigned MS a reason for op posing
S.ff1 y opposition that the State OF rginia}
1 alad passed law Operating the races
on the cars, or in afterwards, had ~ ms
Gcrow,ed. the negroes. For this reason thoy
i said no aid should be given to the Sta,te
Il that would thus discriminate gainsr The
negro. 3.,s jssi s5S# III sSS
5$s H ow} He Met Issue.
met the issue 4 with the argument
8that while i myself opposed the a. ms
Grow 4 car law III untAss the distinction
Y Gould 9be made between the good n egro
and the bad negro. rs all races have
their portion Of bad members, and 81 be
negro Sis abundantlyi suppl ed with that
contingency, but since the law has passed.
and being d law a bidlng citizen, + pro-
pos TO make the best OF It, and Swhs thor
stha H law Its good or had Il: the people In
NEW Il ork md Massanhu setts have NO tn
Fina is 9do with 1t. It no matter Is to h 90
settled down here between the negroes
}l'andfthe White people and an not q rra,as
Ito trust tliem for all of tftsse thlngs Will
be adjusted In due sea SON. {. 4
i deny that the negro N exhibit Y is Il u
sim II Grow affair, NJ as alleged by the
Northern negro. 7 assert that the negroesi
SlnStlle North and the negroes In tho South
buy property, upon which they build their
Churches and their church or anizations3
consist OF negroes. Then, this Is 1 hes
case with the Negro DEVELOPMENT and
Exposition Company. It Is oft1cered by
negroes for the purpose Of holding q
5separatc and distinct exhibit Then. r.
\ tiliA exhibit is a Jim Crow exhibit, Z
the negro churches and negro Institutions
4 Of learning are jim Crow Silnstltut ions.
s5 gain, the fact that the negro. ,ll his
4 owr, motion, secured tho incorporation sof4
& the company & for the purpose of holding
this exhibit, Is evidence OF the fact that
this is no Jim Crow exhibit. The James
town Exposition Company had nothing
iii the world to do with It, and knew
nothing about 1t. until g presented the
ssche me to them On belaalf Of g. number q
y 81 the leading 5tolored men OF this coun-
I try; they accepted 1t, snd did everything
they could to promote the success of tho
Exhibit, Their reward has been tho In
i SaitR offered by tho Northern negroes, but
athgy / being men Of affairs, paid no att
\ testition to such unWarranted attacks.