The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-05-10

The agitation nNN going 81 nore
81 lea1 throughout tSe csuutry On
~ subject of lynchipg Is timely,
.jsrchlae must 10. Although short
"a this1 white mon are unable 10 SEQ
/ IN IYncbInG a menace to OUT coun-
/ Try. slIII neyerlhkless. the menace
/ Is fbofe LeWIcs6nese, booted and
/ SPARED rides roughshod today All
oyer tho republic. Ia every quarter
+, 81 the UnitsA States II stalks bra
/ zcf|v and 0DN1Iy about n n Suited
! 4I tse blood Of the Arrow American.
IT lifts ila crimson hanoe everywhere
the Afro-American cati be found.
When one reads IL Whst2 newspaper
q protest against lynchIns. be Is
I reading protest against the overt
set of laWlcaenoe6 which ends with
1 the rope or the iaeOt It has no
/ reference to that More common and
snblIa crime Of the almost holy doc
trinc Of separation OF the sAEeg and
! the lifling Or the awful barriers IN
tended 70 teach the white man, that
because he Is white, be Is superior,
ana the CoIored man. because Ne Ii
C6lorod man, that he d W nature an
Inferior; and yet unlc1g his brac-
Csc u broker up, the overt act u
Tracking cannot bo stopped.
Al oorls Of white men IN All aee-
tons Of the country today, with here
and tkero silent exception. are d.
ing what they can to establish and
maintain the separation Of the races.
"a such manner as to teach the
Col0red nothing and that tho white
man IL Just about the whole show.
IN al the avenues Of peace today
one meets this monster Of separation,
this giant 0f race hate. this demon
Of o8iraci1m. II Ii In the white
mans church Only the other day
We saw IN front OF a white Christian
% church where revival was in
progfoae. this sign: All who are In
VIted here are welcome" Although
the white Christians % were trying
10 get men to come to Christ so
that they might take passage on the
b0af 10 heaven. they had provided
against the possibility Of any Col
ored passengers.
Only the other day. we were in
courthouse whore the arm OF the
law extends itself and should show
ikS strength In protecting the weak
against tho agfreasions Of the strong
where blind justice shouiG be slit
ing on her imperial throne, there
were seats labelled For Negroes"
rf'or Whites" and II q Colored man
had talrsn seat any where except
whore BE sign FOR Negroes" APP
poared, 10 would have perhaps been
murdered.
on every railroad train. the separ-
alton agents are working overtime.
At every railroad eating house. he Isl
directed to the kitchen or to dining
room IN which biooded bull dog
would not eat.
Even when a white person comes
to CoIOred church he demands a
whole bench down IN front for him
self or chair at the front Of the
stage II the pulpit, and 0ftimes the
ignorant CoIored preacher. out Of re-
spect for the infaniy 80 far forgets
his manhood as to disgrace himself
and the balance OF his congregation,
BY preparing special seats fur de
WIFI folks"
This awful practice Is not confined
alone to the avenues Of peace, but
even during the war, when German
aggression and priifsIan autocracy
standing triumphant horse and fort
on blood soaked PROSTATE Europe,
were looking toward our shores. IN
all the preparations 10 meet the
Ieuton peril. the white man from
President Wilson down took this
program Of race discrimination into
the army and the navy bent on teach
ing lhe Colorod man that he was in
fcrior land must fight behind and
help save the country from the rear.
And now that the war has been won
and the conflict over, the Colored
soldier and sailor are coming hack
frof. over there and as they land
ION the shores Of the country for
which they fought. bled and died to
save: they are being met at the land
Ing and being told to get back in their
places.
Such are the condltIcaB. which
white men have made and under
which they are Willis for a Colored
man "a live this country "the land
of the free and the home Of the
brave"
We submit that the hottest Of the
white man against lyn,hings and
other crimes Of which Coiored people
only are Victims can not be stopp-
ed BY them until they chinge their
program Of race hate and color preiu-
die.
There Is remedy. howt fer. even
Il white men fail and refuse TO M
itlate II Thee can be found way
10 !eke right from the scaifold to
tex wrong from the throne