Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-06-12
CAMPAIGN TO HELP NEGROES
National Conference Is To Organize
Permanently.

ing last evening after a session some
what less noisy than Bedlam with
the adoption OF a series Of resoIu-
tions expressing the ideas OF the
members on the general subject of
the status and treatment OF the ne
gro.
The conference also authorized the
chairman Of the evening, Charles Ed
ward Russell, 10 appoint a tempo
raFy committee TO make plans and
recommendations for a permanent or
ganization, and the chairman named
a committee Of nearly forty men and
women, including negroes. white So
clalists and persons engaged in $50
cial service"
Besides the resolutions printed be
low the meeting adopted one deplor-
ing any recognition Of or concession
10 race prejudice in the appointment
OF men TO Office and disapprovine
president Taft's remarks in his in
augural address indicating that he
would not appoint 70 Office coiored
men II white citizens protested.
On motion Of Oswald G.. Willard
another resolution was adopted ex-
pressing Endorsement Of the proposa1
Tor a permanent national committee
10 be Incorporated. to aid the negro
IN every way 10 make his citizenship
q reality, the committee to be named
ne Committee for the Advance
ment OF the Negro Race"
IN the course Of discussion r
lhomas Fortune said that the onlv
discrimination against black labor in
TINS country was at the hands OF the
labor unions. The resolutions which
the conference adopted follow.
We denOunce the ever growing m
preston of our 10000 OO0 co1oro,
lelloW citizens as the greatest ne
mace that threatens the country
Oiten plundered Of their Just share
OF the public funds. robbed of nearly
al part in the Government. some
murdered with impunity and all
treated with open contempt nv on
cials, they are held in some States
IN practical slavery 20 the white com
munity. The systematic persecutIor
OF law abiding citizens and their dis
reimbursement on account OF their
race alone is n crime that will ulti-
hately drag down 20 an Infamous
END any nation that allows A. 30 h.
praetised, and II bears most besvt1,,
on those poor white farmers and Ia
oorers whose economic position is
cuted race. ''9
me nearest hope lies in the i'm
Inediate and patiently continued on
Hghtment Of the people who have
peen nveigled into a campaign 90
oppression. The spoils of norsao,,
tion should not 20 20 enrich any clae.
or classes Of the population. Indeed
persecution or organized workers
peohage enslavement OF prisoners
ana even acknowledgements ALREADY
threaten large bodies OF whites In
many Southern States.
We agree fully with the nro,.a,,
ing opinion that the transformer
OF the unskilled colored Iahoro~s a.
lI'uuStTy and agriculture into skilled
woIAers IS OF vital importance IN
tHat race and TO the nation. but u,e
demand for the negroes. as for an
others free and complete education
whether by city. State or nation a
grammar school and fndustriaI st.
ing FOR all, and technical. professioD-
al and academic education for ,be
most gifted. 'He
but the public schools assigned n
me negro Of whatever kind or e~a6o
VIII never receive a fair ana 60
treatment until he is given eGuaI
treatment in the Legislature and he
lore the law. Nor Will the nracti.
cally educated negro. no matter ~.
variable 10 the community no NO..
prove, be given a fair return for bfs
iaDor or encouraged TO put forth his
Dest efforts or given the chance -
ueNeiop that efficiency that comes on
~ outside the school until he Sc 70
slected In his legal rights as man
and citizen. ~
We regard with grave concarr -
attempt manifest Soutb ana NJ 'iie
ueny 10 plack men the right to work
ana 70 enforce this demand bv VIC
renee and bloodshed. Such a opestio,
- 100 fundamental and clear even
70 De submitted to arbitration Tba
ldte strike in Georgia is not sinpI,,
demand that negroes he dienIado.SS
Out mat proven and efficient noa,, -
made TO surrender their LONE O.,
competitors. " "hite
AS first and immediate stems 90
ward remedying these nationo,
wrongs so fun OF peril for the vbjtes
as wei as the blacks of all sections
we demand OF Congress and the Fx,
F1rst-That the Constitution Ia
strictly enforced and the civil r,obtS
Guaranteed under the Fourteentb
to all. P''i 'iaiiy
Second-That there be eoual cd,
iational opportunities for all and in
all the States. and that public school
Expenditures be the same for The
negro and white child.
Third-That in accordance with
me Fifteenth Amendment the right
n the negro to the ballot on fbe
same terms as other citizens be recog-
nized In every part OF the country
Inc conference discussed in the
morning the civil and political stains