The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-05-17
LIBERTY CONGRESS
CALL TO MEET
WASHINGTON TO ENTERTAIN
MEETMG-JUNE 1929, DATES
ORGANIZATIONS URGED TO
SEND DELEGATES-AIM AND
OBJECT STATED.

New York, N. Y, May IL, 191s,-
TO the Colored Americans of tn,
Republic of u. S. A: By virtue q
the vote Of the National Colored Lib
erty Conference in national conven
ton assembled at Boston, Mass
June 13, 1918, to wit:
The Aim and Object of this NJ.
tional Colored Liberty Congress- is r.
press the just claim of the Coloref
American citizens of the TIniteS
states OF America to share in tbf
world democracy for which thew are
SUBJECT to fight under the flag of the
nepupilc, and to take positiv.
measures to secure from the CIV
ernment guarantee of the abolition
oi disIranchisement and of all caste
determinations, civil and political"
we now send forth this CALI r.
our fellows in Color and in Proscr,n
ton: i'p
To all Colored Churches, business
GIVE, literary and fraternal societies
ana organizations, greetings: The
Natlonal Colored Liberty Congress Is
calIea to consider among ourselves
ana lay before U. S. Congress- meth
ods BY which President Wilson and
tne government may best carry out
MS ereat war slogan-"To make tbe
worid safe for Democracy, to make
the world a fit place to live in" And
we would also add to them-oTo
make democracy safe for the world
TO make the world fit place for ali
people to live in
we know that the present containc
the darkest hours of the worlds his
tory. ~ Mo
The earth is full of violence no;n
ana sorrow; of bitterness and hate
Many people are in a state of ner.
plexlty; their hearts are fail
nis them with fear because of the
eViis which stalk abroad by night
ana by day. Our people are tryine
10 mold fast their faith in God aud
Ill our government But to many Cod
seems to be far away and the gov.
einllrent strangely Indifferent to the
many wrongs and injustices done to
our people. And it is certain beyond
question, that neither culture, re,
iision' nor even our boasted Chris.
tian clvlliztiaon has saved our ma.
lion from many deeds and traits of
autocratlc barbarism. In the midst
ol much suffering and preiudicial
wrongs for centuries, we have heen
patient and loyal to our country, In
oil wars for independence and a
united nation, we have marched and
Fought in the front ranks. "Wben
dlsaster clouded the Unions cause7
we volunteered 100000 strong. and
served without pay for eighteen
months till given that of white
troopsJ Faced threatened enslave.
ment If captured; were brave in
actlon, patient under heavy and dan.
gerous labors, and cheerful amid
nardshlps and privations. Surely we
nave given to the nation and the
world undying proof that Americans
or African descent possess the
PRIDE, courage and devotion of the
patriot and soldier" That is the
compliment paid the Colored soldiers
at the close of the great Civil War,
we are no less patriotic. and loyal
today; we serve our country and its
nag; we know no other.
Representing as we do. more than
one-tenth of the fighting strength of
the U. S. we desire in Liberty Con.
gress to be assembled, place and
Date as above aforesaid, to ask
president Wilson and Congress- at
this time to remove from the statutes
or our Country all prescription laws
OF race determinations of whatever
KIND, That we may have at home.
Tor ourselves, our wives, our chill.
dren and our posterity, that which
we are fighting and dying in strange
land to secure for others. We are
ready to fight to victory for world
wide democracy which offers equal
opportunity and equal protection for
every man, woman and child, Ameri-
can citizens at home and beyond the
seas. With this covenant we stand
ready to pledge to the government
our fortunes, our lives, our wives and
children, to the last dollar and the
last man to win the war for world
VIDE democracy and to make the
world -fit place for all people to
i've in. Meet in John Wesley Zion
Church, 4th and Corcoran St., N. w.
washington, d. c., June 24-29, 1918.
"A CLAYTON Powell, N. Y, Pres;
aiien w. Whaley, Mass, National
organizer; Marion F. Sydes, R. l.,
recording Secret try; D. S. Klugh.
Mass, Treas; H. H. Harrison. N. Y,
chairman OF Board; Mrs. s. J., Allen,
Mass, Cor. Sec.; L. G.. Jordan, Penn.
WIN. Monroe Trotter Executive Sec.
retary. ,,' -
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