The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-12-26
SP|NCARN READY
FOR LONG TOUR
VIII Make Strong Campaign
Against Race Segregation.
new ABOLITION MOVEMENT.

Former Columbia University Professo
and Head Of New York Branch Ma
tional Advancement Association I,
Wage Battle For Rights Of coIors,
Amssicans-9ears Own Expenses.
By N. BARNETT DODSON.
New York.-Professor J. e. Spin
garn. formerly Of Columbia university
New York. and now president Of thu
New York branch of the National As
ISOLATION For the Advancement of Col
ored People. will begin tour Of the
middle west Jan. In the interests OF
that assccia ton. for the purpose OF
protesting against the segregat ton OF
the races In the federal bureaus In
Washington and Of stimulating the up
lift Of the race In other ways
DR.. Spingarn is one Of the most ar
dent and uncompromising white cham.
pions Of the civil rights of the Ameri.
can Negro, and his western tour should
certainly help to crystalline the nation.
al conscience against segregation. jim
crowism. lynching and all other dis
advantages under which colored peo-
pie in this country now suffer.
Professor Spingarn's first speech Will
be delivered at Detroit on the even
ing Of Jan 8. and he will then visit
Indianapolis. Quincy. Chicago, Kansas
City, Topeka. st. Louis and other cit
les. He will make the entire tour at
his own expense. He has had distin
guished career as q scholar and pub
licist. For twelve years he was pro-
lessor of comparative literature in Co
lumbia university, retiring in 1911.
He Is the author Of numerous books,
some Of which have been translated
into foreign languages. and he Is also
the author Of volume Of verse, THE
New Hesperides and Other Poems,"
which has attracted much attention
In this country as well as In England.
He has been interested in public at.
fairs for many years. having been the
congress In the Eighteenth New York
district in 1908. when he received the
highest Endorsements from President
Roosevelt, Secretary Of State Elihu
Root and other distinguished states
men.
His services to the cause Of the
American Negro have been especially
important. He Is an ardent exponent
Of the new abolitionism, which aims
to bring to the cause Of the rights of
colored people the same devoted en-.
thusiasm which characterized the old
er abolitionism of william Lloyd Gar
rison and Wendell Phillips. As dele
gate to the FIRST Progressive national
convention at Chicago In August, 1912.
he attracted national attention to this
new movement by his gallant effort to
commit the party to plank In Its
platform which would open the door
Of hope to the 100000 colored peo-
pie of the Cnited States.
The National Association For the
Advancement Of ColOred People. Of
which Professor Spingarn will be the
personal representative during his
western tour. Is an organization COM
posed OF members Of both races. with
In New York and with
In over twenty cities. in
GLIDING Boston. Providence. Philadel
phia. Baltimore. Washington. Chicago,
Detroit. Indianapolis, st. Louis. Kan
sas City. Topeka. Los Angeles and
Tacoma.
The president Is Moorfield Storey.
The distinguished Boston lawyer. and
among its directors are Oswald Gar
rison Willard. Jane Addams, DR.. c. K.
Mary White Ovington. Pro
lessor J e. Spingarn. Charles Edward
Russell. DR. W. f. b Du Rois. Rev.
John Hayne, Holmes. william English
and Bishop Walters. The of.
1cial organ Of the association il the
Crisis. a monthly magazine edited by
DR.. Du Bots. which now has circula.
ion of $4,000 copies. distributed In ev
Try state of the Union and In over
en foreign countries About 20 per
,ent Of the readers of this paper are
white and 80 per cent colored. al
.hough, Of course, no exact figures
long these lines are possible to a.
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