The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
BY chas. A. starks.

by it's ability and willingness to do
needful work effectively and unselfish-
ly. Such an organization exists and
lives in the great movement of men
and women, white and colored, who
are working for a good cause under
the happy appellation of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People" Strange to say this
organization has grown out of neces-
sity which Negrophobia-race hate
and barbarism have mothered and
brought forth to blot a progressive
civilization and hamper certain pee
pie who would rise and elevate them.
selves along all worthy lines Race
prejudice seems to be steadily taking
form in every community and in every
conceivable way just where it will
break itself we cannot say This
much: 1t exists and is industriousy
working to establish discrimination
on account Of color; baneful segrega-
ton OF government employees; mob
violence and in a thousand other ways
which only evil could suggest. Hence
this organization we speak of appears
to be necessary to protect and ad-
vance the cause of civil justice to col
ored people who are swindled out of
their rights and privileges as Amer
ican citizens. The very fact that such
an organization is necessary reflects
discredit upon the whole American
Republic and its sense of justice. We
say (he because. the national govern
msnt Mas practically sanctioned the
worI sasich prejudice has wrought
and eefved it in the very bosom of
civi&tD Dffice. The human hate, the
enT4pthe jealousy which appears to
exisW so widely among men has but
one effective weapon against it as is
ever the case, and that is God, Truth.
This will finally be demonstrated We
hold thai the Negro has every sacred
right to live and not only enjoy what
rights civil authority might assure
him, but to live that spiritual and So
cial life in which he can demonstrate
over the prejudices according as he
receives proper wisdom of God I'm
just restrictions of any kind narrow
the activities in the field of good and
impede progress. Civil law fights
against itself when it is so constituted
tofavor one set of individuals over an
other. When it exalts one citizen
above another. The spirit and the
letter Of the law should be to do JUS
tice to every individual, this is Truth
in divine law which permits of no
gainsaying is inevitably harmopious
and cannot be defeated in it's office by
any overdrawn technicality or false
argument We should therefore learn
to enforce the just laws which are
designed to promote the good to all
men. A law on the statute shows the
ignorance, hate and weakness of those
who enacted 1t. 1t is non-enforcement
of the good" laws and the strenuous
activity in enforcing unjust inca.
sures" is the cause of the existence
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People. It's
:. purpose is to see what the good laws
i mean and what the trumped up mea
N sures contain of truth and justice to
warrant their enforcement. In this
the organization is doing a credltable
work inasmuch as 1t is fighting
(often successfully these unjust laws
and securing a liberal number of ia
vorable decisions for citizens of color
Its methods of procedure are best
told by the editor OF the Crisis, The of
ficial organ of the Association, who
asks and answers this question wheT
speaking of it's policy: What are
+bo ,,roouoneo nroop;1aJ ,,,,hIinifv a.
vertisement, public meetings, peti
tions, arrest, law suits, protest, inves
tigation, research, resistance-every
way in which the civilized world has
fought and must fight and will flght
!, wrong, Kansas Citians have not beer
4 over enthusiastic about these things
"A and a certain lethargic spell has en-
n Atranced the minds of our citizens not
So thstandlng that we need such al
& anlzation to serve as a "watol
i Z" over our interests and help Sc
you're our lawful rights. Thursda!
night Prof ]. E, Spingarn addressed 1
representative gathering of coloret
people at Allen Chapel under the aus
pices of the local branch of the Asso
citation. More than 1000 peopl,
crowded the large auditorium to hea
him, among whom were number o
whites, but the politicians and whit,
preachers were conspicuous by thei
absence. Preceding themeeting con
ference of workers was held at III,
parsonage OF Allen Chapel, which wa
attended by Profs. H. D. Cook, G. N
Grisham. R. w. Foster, Healing, Gregg
r-Jacobs and Williams, Misses Ann