The Denver star., 1914-08-22
CALL FOR 7TH ANNUAL MEETING
OF NATIONAL INDEPENDENT
POLITICAL LEAGUE.

Hillburn, N. Y, Aug. 5th, 1914.
Dear Fellow Comrades: The prelim.
mary call for the seventh annual meet
ing of the National Independent Polit.
ical League has already been publish
ed in several issues of the Guardian
and other of our papers.
The call, however, was issued before
the exact date and place for the meet.
ing could be determined. Now that II
is settled as to when and where we
shall convene, it remains only to an.
nounce the same and to add brief
word of earnest appeal to our people
in all sections Of the United States to
awake and to get together in self-de-
fense of their own most vital civil, So
cial and political interests.
Meeting Sept. 70, 1914, Bethel Church,
New York City.
We feel peculiarly fortunate in be-
ing able to announce that the seventh
annual meeting of the N. I. P. L. is to
be held in New York City, in the new
edifice of the Bethel A. M. E Church.
of which the Rev. B. w. Arnett, D. D..
is pastor. We are to meet on Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday Of the 7th,
OIL anu Ctu, JUDI PAVNAOAo W SAAS o. ASHs
National Baptist convention to be held
in the city of Philadelphia.
The Prime Objects.
The determined purpose Of the
League is to assist in leading our Ne
gro-American population out Of politi-
cal bondage, to wage, perpetual and
eternal war against any and all kinds
of segregation based on race or color.
and to restore the federal franchise to
our oppressed brethren in the southern
states.
These needed reforms cannot, we
believe, be successfully accomplished
for us by our friends of other races.
While we appreciate their interest and
welcome their assistance, we know
that 'They who would be free must
themselves strike the blow" We
must, as a fundamental factor in the
struggle, produce and follow our own
leaders, and we must get together and
work and. fight for ourselves or we
can, never be free. Do this. our neces-
sary part.
XIII the idea We are Child Race.
At any necessary cost and sacrifice
we must educate the masses of our
people to become an independent, race
loving, people.
The impression that has been de-
liberately built up and published world
wide that we are a child race, and,
therefore, are not to be dealt with as
with other races, is a false claim that
we must, as people, blow to atoms
This false impression has been stu
diously disseminated throughout this
and other civilized countries, taken up
and expounded by teachers. editors and
politicians everywhere. Such damag-
inb impressions Of our people should
begin to stir US to action.
All seIf-Respecting Men. and Women
Of Color.
We therefore call upon, not only the
members of the League, but upon all
self-respecting men and women OF col
or to cooperate, and join with us IN
our struggle for equal civil, social and
political rights as American citizens.
Come to our annual meeting, join the
League, or give it your moral and H.
nancial support.
Let all who read this call do all
within their power to start the ball
rolling in their respective communi-
ties, form local committees, organize
branch leagues, plan to attend the
meeting, assist financially and in ev.
cry other way possible. Let all church
es, lodges, civic. lierary and equal
rights societies send delegates and let
us demonstrate to the world that we
are determined to become American
free men. -.ft.i
Yours for freedom,
BYRON GUNNER, Pres.
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uation today and Negro will eventually