The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-04-24


dustrial freedom Between the peon-
age of the rural south, the oppression
of shrewd capitalists and the jealousy
of certain trade unions the colored la
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. s b 4ss., , z,..zzss 8. Z.
I'm social intercourse every effort is
being made today from the president
of the United States and the so called
Church of Christ down to saloons and
bootblacks to segregate, strangle and
spiritually starve the colored man so
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 to
rule over all the citizens to the extent
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
dividualistic group when social inter-
course" meant merely calls and tea
parties; today social intercourse
means theaters, lectures, organiza-
tions, clubs, churches, excursions, ira
vel, hotels-it means, in short, life.
To bar group from methods of think
ing, living and doing, is to bar them
from the world and bid them create a
new world-it is to cruelty them and
taunt them with not being able to
live
Dr., Dubois suggest five practical
steps for action-first, economic coop
Grafton; second, a 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 60 much further and higher. Or.
ganization is sacrifice. 1t 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 far
short of reasonable accomplishment,
of our desires. Remember that we
are despised today by millions Of peo'
pie not because we suffer, but because
we suffer like, dumb, driven cattle,
with even smile on our faces. To
what other race could it happen on
Gods green earth that one of its great.
est leaders here in New York before
assembled thousands could congratu'
late his people because only fifty.twc
colored men and women have in one
short year been hanged and shot and
burned by mobs II that can give 10,
100000 people satisfaction, in Gods