The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-22
THE NEW ABOLITION.

isi6 NEW A0OII
The National Association for the Ad-
vacement of Colored People came as
a direct result Of the Springfield riots
OF 1908. After several conferences it
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
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
Advancement of Colored People seeks
TO upllft 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 of
education among them save that which
teaches special privilege or preroga.
tive, class or caste. It recognizes
the national character of the race
problem and no sectionalism. It be.
lleves in the unfolding of the. constitu.
ton of the United States and it's
amendments, in the spirit of Abraham
Lincoln. 1t upholds the doctrine of
all men up and no man down. It
aDhors Negro crime, but still more the
conditions which breed crime and.
most of all, the crimes committed by
MODS 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
a half loaf or by being willing to lull
our friends into false sense of our in.
olherence and present satisfaction,
Inc American Negro demands eouali.
ty-political equality-and he is never
gong to rest satisfied with anything
less. lie demands this in no spirit of
braggadocio and with no obseouious
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 neon.
age of the rural south, the oppression
OF shrewd capitalists and the jealousy
OF certain trade unions the colored Ia.
Dorer is the most exploited class in
inc country, giving more hard toll for
less money than any other American
and with less voice in the conditions
Of his labor.
IN 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
oootblacks to segregate, strangle and
spiritually starve the colored man 50
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.
ne 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
dustrlal 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
d1vldualistic 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 group from methods Of think
ing, living and doing, is to bar them
from the world and bid them create a
new world lit is to cruelty them and
taunt them with not being able to
live
DR.. Dubois suggest five practical
steps for acti0n-frst, economic Good
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. / thank