The broad ax., 1909-10-09
Wants Booker T. Washington to
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rooms and other places of entertain
ment amusement, etc. At Akron, last
Saturday DR.. Washington was but a
single victim of his own folly. If he
is the national leader many white
people and some misguided trucking
Negroes" would have him, DR..
Washington will resent the Akron
insult to his manhood, citizenship and
the race, by entering suit against the
Butchell hotel proprietor, under our
Ohio civil rights law, and punish him
for the good it will do members of the
race in Ohio and the entire country.
This much he owes not only to himself
and it, but particularly to the boys and
girls he and thousands of others in and
out of this state in this country, are
trying to rear properly. His pernicious
doctrine or surrender will not do ami
his Akron experience is an illustration
and exemplihcation, that ought to make
even him and his "dough-faced'' and
trucking friends, black and white
awaken to a full realization of the
fact. Our franchise, civil and all other
rights in this countrJIhre fast slipping
away from US and none are being re-
gained because Of criminal failure t.
fight for those lost and to retain those
we still enjoy at least in part that
never characterized and other quasi
intelligent people in the history of the
world 1t is such culpable, weakening
and disgusting leadership as Booker
T. Washington and his friends, white
and black, have sought to actively in
recent years to saddle on our people,
that has resulted in a racial retrogres-
sion along civil and franchise rights
line as will all but stagger any intelli-
gent, honest and honorable man of any
race who win take the trouble to famili-
arize himself with the facts 1t is indeed,
sad, very sad condition of affairs, one
that is positively inexcusable, too, if
our people possess one-half the intel
hgence we boast of Notwithstanding
the fact that we have this national
leader" FIVE or six national" organi-
cations, thousands upon thousands of
university and college teachers, grad
uates and wealthy men and women, one
cannot point to single case in the
United States supreme court to test
the constitutionality of a single one of
the eight or nine southern state dis
franchisen>nt laws, or to test the con-
stitutionality of southern state @JimI
Crow" car laws, even so far as they
effect Interstate passengers; or any
effort whatever in northern states to
regain civil rights in public places lost
because we viii not in most instances
use laws, like our Ohio civil rights
law, and others, passed particular
ly for our benefit If we are a race of
''Washingtons, or a race of mon
grels," as Bishop Henry NJ. Turner of
the great A NJ E. church is alleged
to have termed us, there seeems to be
no better way of proving II than for
Booker Washington to refuse to sue
that Akron hotel proprietor, and for
the rest Of the race to 60 on sleeping
.he sleep of criminal neglect of their
most vital rights and interests until
the day soon arrives when Afro-Amer-
leans win be reduced to the plane of
the Russian serf and the American
slave for years ago, one practically de-
void of all citizen and manhood rights
Fer Gods sake for your own and
your family's sake as well as for the
races sake, Booker 7. Washington and
Negroes" Of American, WAKE UPl
and act like intelligent MEN and
WOMEN 50 unfortunately placed and
situated, ought to. There are not many
more years left in which to do this,
eifher.-The Gazette. Cleveland. Ohio,
Oct 4 1909.
Never fear brother Smith, Bookel
Taft Washington, who has IN many
ways and many times proven timseli
to be a good white mans Niger
win not bring suit against the ownei
On the manager Of the hotel At Akron