The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-11-09
WE HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE
WHERE WE PLEASE


much right to locate in any part of
This country rs the other fellow, and
when he claims that the South is the
Ncgro'S proper place, he is running
on The wrong track. lr The Race had
left the South 20 years ago, our con-
dilion would have been 200 per cent.
better, and we trust tO see the exodus
spirit kept up until another million
COlorcd folks have located i'm all
PARTS of The United States. In a great
many Southern localities the Colorcd
Uian has and is still living under al
most slavery candilionS: too, our
men have been killed, our woman
hood iramplcd under foot homes
burned, we have been driven from
our homes. deprived of the ballot,
segregated, mallrcalcd. etc, and in
fact in a great many localities we
have been treated like dogs, and to
see white man who is willing to
stand up and claim that the South is
the Negroes natural home, il makes us
sick Of the stomach. We do not
mean that you Wi, not find in The
South some white people who are
friends To The Colorcd race, but they
are few and far between. Let the
Colorcd man not only 60 North, but
let him locate in the West, Fast and
in every section, aS its ioomfoolcry
TO hear some harping that the South
is where the Negro belongs" lie be-
longs where any other American cit
izcn belongs, and we trust to see him
scatter out, and help educate the
American white man up TO the fact
that if its all right to die on the bal
llcficld with him, il will not hurt him
to work side by side with him; Their,
il we are fighting for world democ-
racy.'ihc Colorcd man is willing to
take his chance in other sections aft
cr we have made the world safe for
democracy. What the Democrat and
all other white newspapers should be
doing is to educate The white man up
To the point that he will recognize
The Colorcd man as an American cit
iZcn.
We are moi foolish enough Ia be-
licvc that the white man in any parl
of This country is in love with us, but
we do know that there are many who
are broad enough to allow The
Colorcd race an opportunity to work
out lis own salvation, without want
ing TO lynch us on every little prcicXi.
The Democrat is very much wrong rs
to the Colorcd race returning to The
South: il can't be any worse for MS
elsewhere; yes, we are dissatisfied,
and thousands upon thousands 1rc
vet going 10 leave, and we are going
To keep il up, until the "Soulher1
comes to his senses. and
adopts different methods, SO far as
his treatment towards us is con-
ccrncd. The wholesale immigration
of the Colorcd race, has made him al
ready think some, and even now,
those of us in the South are being
treated better, since so many OF us
left. The Northern white man is cor
rect about us being "down troddcn'
in The South, il is even worse than
that. There are just hordcS III The
South who believe that there are no
rights the Negro possess that they
must respect. So long aS they think !
This, and treat us aS they think, we /
are going to leave. The Negroes place |
is the same place where any other /
true American citizen belongs. What .
does the Democrat or any Other
white newspaper think we arc fight .
ing for, if it's not for a chance to
enjoy the opportunities, etc, of the
country? Below we are rcproduc-
ING the article which the Democrat
Colored People Have Trouble.
They used to think thai if they
'ould get up north among their
friends they would be all right, .
Hundreds and even thousands oi
men and women have tried
il. and they know better now. II is
true that many of them have found
in the north since the !
war has been going on, but it will ,
not be so well with them, perhaps, |
after the war is over.
Complaint comes from the fed ,
cral employment service in this
city" says the Minneapolis Journal,
that il is difficult to find suitable
for Colored women,
wives and daughters of the Colored
soldiers, not because of the inability
of the Colorcd women to work, but
because of the refusal of white wom-
on io work with them. In one fac