The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-03-07
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Department of Elk.
position
At Jamestown Now Under
Capable Managementand
the outlook ii Bright
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Washington, ID. c., March with
the reorganization of the Executive
Committee in charge of the Negro De-
| partment Of the jamestown. Ter-Cen,
tennfal Exposition comes a gratifying
revival Of enthusiasm On the part of
| our people throughout the. country
Whatever have peen the doubts ana
ttearS of many, because OF Meagsrness
| of information obtainable and the de-
| lay In getting the building under way,
the situation has now taken ON q rose
ate hue, and that the Exposition will
be success is entirely assured. The
men at the head Of the enterprise are
all well-known and enjoy the fullest
| confidence Of the people. Mr.. Thomas
j. Galloway, the chairman Of the com.
| mite, has had large experience in ex-
position matters, having had charge
of the special Negro Exhibit at Paris
in 1900. and again at the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition at Buffalo in 1901. The
displays made On these occasions wer,
highly Creditable to the Negro, ant
stamped Mr., Galloway as a man Of
rare energy, industry and resourceful-
ness. Mr.. Andrew F. Hilyer, the sec
rotary, Is not less well-known, being
am expert accountant and business
| man of conspicuous ability. Mrs. A.
M. Curtis, the fiscal agent, will be re-
| membered for her splendid work at
| Chicago and ST. Louis and in other
! connections helpful to the race. These
and others associated with Mr.. Gallo
way on the committee are painstaking
and conscientious to the last degree,
and under their guidance the work is
rapidly assuming form and color, fore
| shadowing an exhibition that will ap-
| peal to the pride of every member of
| our race in the land The Negro did
we'll at New Orleans and at Atlanta.
| but at jamestown the showing will be
| grander in every way, measuring up
to the improved status Of the race in
education. material accumulation and
industrial development.
The sometime division of opinion
as to the wisdom of a separate exhibit
ton for the colored people has practi-
cally disappeared. - Decry it as we
may, there is an increasing tendency
all over the land to- put the Negroes
| capacity for civilization on trial for
it's life. The black mans citizenship
lis still in the balance. At every con-
celvable opportunity the Negro is sub
jected to the most rigid tests, and is
required to establish his right to seri-
Gus conside' alton as a factor in the
! equation of American progress. Willy
| Or nllly we are set apart, and made
to prove our ability as Negroes. The
.DauntAdt IS thrown down to us in q
manner so unmistakable that we are
compelled to take it up in self-defense
In business, professional life, religion
and in the industries we are building
up a distinct civilization, parallel
with that of our white neighbors and
equal at many points with theirs, not
outstanding the Caucasian's superio;
advantages and centuries Of bodily
freedom. The Negro does not fear
open competition with the whites. This
is clearly shown by the readiness with
which he enters universities of the
Harvard type and car! les off the hon
ors. by his phenomenal success in the
civil service examinations; by the bril-
lance of his efforts in the pulpit, at
the bar and in the arena Of medicine,
x h2:EH Aa Is ttzSSSSas into 5si7tsGt con-
tact, on equal terms with the intellec-
tual giants Of all races. But, since he
| is placed On trial as a Neg:o for vim
dication he is forced to label his skill,
his achievements and triumphs with
the Negro tag, In order to get the
! credit that is justly due him. For
this reasOn-and this reason alone
the wisest colored men and women OF
the country are justifying the separate
exhibition idea at jamestown