The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-08-14
/, THE NEW AROEiTloN.

vacement of Colored People came as
4 direct result of the Springfield riots
Of 1908. After several conferences 1t |
was organized and permanent head
quarters opened in November 1910.
The growth of the organization has
been phenomenal. Today it has fifty
branches throughout the country and
1000 members and the crisis, edited
by DR.. w. e. B. Dubois has reached |
a circulation of over $4,000
The platform of the association is
broad but uncompromising. The off, !.
clal statement contains among other |
thinks the following strong statement
and demands:
( The National Association For the
of Colored People seeks
to uplift the colored men and women
OF this country by securing to them
the full enjoyment of their rights as
citizens, justice in all courts and equal
lty Of opportunity everywhere It ia
vors and aims to aid every kind OIL
education among them save that which
teaches special privilege or preroga-
tlVe' class or caste. It recognizes
the national character of the race
problem and no sectionalism. It be-
lieves in the unfolding of the constitu-
ton of the United States and it's
amendments, in the spirit of Abraham
Lincoln. It upholds the doctrine of
all men up and no man down. It
abhors Negro crime, but still more the
conditions which breed crime and,
most of all, the crimes committed by
mobs in the mockery of the law or by
individuals in the name of the law.
1t has no other belief than that the
best way to uplift the colored man is
the best way to aid the white man to
peace and social content. It has no
other desire than exact justice and no
other motive than humanity"
The proposed program for the ad.
vance OF the colored people has been
laid down by DR.. w. E. B. Dubois:
I'VE need not waste time by seeking
to deceive our enemies into thinking
that we are going to be content with
half loaf or by being willing to lull
our friends into false sense Of our in
adherence and present satisfaction.
The American Negro demands euuali.
ty-political equality-and he is never
going to rest satisfied with anything
less. He demands this in no spirit of
braggadocio and with no obseuuious
envy of others, but as an absolute
measure of self defense and the only
one that will assure to the darker
races their ultimate survival on earth.
THE colored people. must have In.
dustrial freedom. Between the peon.
age of the rural south, the oppression
OF shrewd capitalists and the jealousy
OF certain trade unions the colored Ia.
borer Is the most exploited class in
the country, giving more hard toll for
less money than any other American
and with less voice in the conditions
Of his labor.
I'm social intercourse every effort is
| being made today from the president
| ct the United States and the so called
Church of Christ down to saloons and
bootblacks to segregate, strange and
spiritually starve the colored man Sc
as to give him the least possible
| chance to know and share civilization
The colored man must have power
the power of men, the right to do. to
know, to feel and to express that
| knowledge, action and spiritual gift
He must not simply be free from the
political tyranny Of white folk: he
must have the right to vote and tc
rule over all the citizens to the exten,
of his proved foresight and ability
He must have voice in the new In
dustrial democracy which is building
and the power to see to it that his
children are not in the next generation
trained to be the mud stills Of society
He must have the right to social in
tercourse with his fellows.
There was time in the atomic In
| d1vidualistic group when social inter
course" meant merely calls and tea
parties; today social intercourse
/ means theaters, lectures, organiza
tons, clubs, churches, excursions, ira
vel, hotels-it MEANS in short, life
To bar a group from methods of think
Ing, living and doing, is to bar them
from the world and bid them create q
new world-it is to cruelty them and
taunt them with not being able to
live" H-
DR.. Dubois suggest five practical
steps for action-frst, economic coop
GRAFTON: second, revival of art and
literature; third, political action
fourth, education; fifth, organization
For the accomplishment Of all these
ends we must organize. Organization
among us already has gone far, but it
must go much further and higher. Or:
ganization is sacrifice It is sacrifice
of opinions. Of time, of work and OF
money, but it is, after all, the cheapest
way Of buying the most priceless OF
gifts-freedom and efficiency. I thank
| God that most of the money that sup.
ports this association comes from
colored hands. A still larger proper
ton must come, and we must not only
| support, but control, this and similar
| organizations and hold them unwaver
ingly to our objects, our aims and our
ideals.
with such organizations and with
all the progress that they can point
to let us never be satisfied with mere
progress SO long as we fall so Gar
short of a reasonable accomplishment
| of our desires. Remember that we
are despised today by millions of PEG.
pie not because we suffer, but because
we suffer like dumb, driven cattle,
| with even a smile on our faces. To
what other race could it happen on
Gods green earth that one of it's great.
est leaders here in New York before
assembled thousands could congratu.
late his people because only flfty-tw.,
colored men and women have in one
short year been hanged and shot and
burned by mobs If that can give TO-
100000 people satisfaction, in Gods
name what will it take to make them
fight?
.As for me and those that think
with me; so long as one black man in
the United States is illegally punished
or unjustly treated or has the door of
opportunity closed in his face we will