The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-02-21

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ID n, OF oPln-
lo "a, thersS toi,,s4 nsthe long run the
!, ~ .s J = 49, A9s nlgnest
knowIed se,TShsrsi.ts an inclination
4.st Il S tt.sst I .o,pe fHfPaLtsnt
Wltn any a1nel9nfes OF tnought about
tsvlSs'. thoughts
pe sIf aa1. I ssst cr fnet 1N one
1 ~ - pt7opte, t.aRl they muse IoiioW
r. sts N12 4il4 ~ elieS|tbo NOT II Is
9uu tnat s3SMs sys oeep 1n their1
va sHAlet9 ats raulcally wrong!
~ 49, Shen' Aleeuoln ln Work ana
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~ 81; * Krnwttsdu4, Wa,,tad, >. ~, s.,
l.. We want knSwiedpa w, Owe To-
nora Wa. arsF ipn GRANT in1IsatSa
sense, OF helm 3 ;flIffarate J. ,,nyah1a 70 q
a mass to ansY,St RIA foors ~ Lno,vI
edge i'm Hs ter ib,;lea W. . ,::e,
unacdu aintadi With mo n ~ ceee.sas
of work and ffeSiffiif,ne wa ore IN.
acu,lainted WitHF4hs hes+ EraSffiSne,
of family lffatTSaTff the mafh 49, ~
democratic et,vsTnmant viii & wbof
the world, has a1ina to dfs{tnenish
as. this greatsr iffe3is of 'life No. 10
this ignorafce wiifllIv our oWn fonIt
If it were! Wa wb,Ild have 8 nraprf te..
right, to stand hefore modern Fci1i1i.
zation and ask5,ak%nur duS IGf;yGr-
anca from tAe faffars NJ this o. nor
ance.sxRut when In addition "a that
we are ignariant because. f4ths, de-
liberate plan ana law OF tba7 eoEn-
try TO which WfS halonp IN uhIcb
we were horn And which Wa hava
served, wa haveHalf tho n,opa,riobt =
not simDly fl askE.and ~ rnn, 1,loi1,
but to comnIatn. tRtffar1v and, n,nrsIst'
ently. The la1w1sS4.n tho s}sntha,,,fa
States for generahi6rs forhadas,i.a~ : -
learn. and even ifhdav whan A.: /.
assumed thai thas Negro is: ranaIv,n o.
toe, mich edI,catinn FOR his e.nod nof.
onerNegro child in. three :. 10 at,tandj:
is ioI1L.,fy the. public schools an
lahV 9 rnas5naIn,ah ln chaHna -
learn how, to read and write IENot on.
ly are the Negro "a schools had bnt !
save in some !feWS*cities thev ara
worse TODAY thar thew wera tan
years ago, and there is M sign 81
their getting better. - -
wee We are. beyondS the pale Of bumaatnn
.brotherhood In the Ssimn matter ~,
protecting ziunnan&@3ffe Tn a tia nt a.
during, the riot, when the white, neo-
Die had killed thaENaqroas< Nv doza,ia1
and the militia cHffie uDon ,the scene
to restore order IWhat waa. dnna 3
The Negroes weresSiisarrfled and .tb:a;
twf1itaI fsbIl was fined < IAnv, white
man practically, cab Id Inv armx.l no
Negro man coi,l sB3{ IS arms, VIE weye
left naked: to oar enemies Not onIv
is that so in time, 'ofYti,pheaTaI hut
generally the life, Of, a. Nearo, IN. this
land is treated as little or nothing
and that which is! more than life
the virtue of Negro women, is left
with little protection In law and" less
protection in custom. 1t IS aimnJv
ridiculous to see how the laws os-
'tensibly for the prevention of race.
inter marriages In the South have
been the very refuge which make the
seduction and violation of colored
girls without penalty and without
shame. One Of the great difficulties
in the South in sending our daugh-
tiers to work is the, fact that while
white women there receive all pro-
lection, no matter how humble their
work is, Negro women can look for
practically no protection, no matter
how good their work nor, how
are, and despite these perfectly we'll
must endure the -. taunt Of
vice from the chtvalrous white
fathers of more than two million mu-
lattos, who have sneaked behind
their own laws: to hide their force
and fraud and lust. We are beyond
the pale of brotherhood, because our
property is unsafe. 1t is. usually said
to the Negroes of the South the one
great panacea for your condition to-
day is wealth; accumulate property
own your own homes3 and thereby
get the respect of your neighbors
But how much did the accumnlation
Of PROPERTY avail during tho Ala mo
riot? 1t was the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the hard working peonls that snfSar
cd during that RIOT ,N '''