The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-01
THE RACE RIOTS IN WASHINGTON
BY Bishop James Cannon. Jr.

BY Bishop James Cannon. Jr
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sauIt. rs long rs sue utcranccs N tn above com from fs leaders II
these negro leaders desire o aHay race prejudice inc to prevent rc riot
they must adopt a different course
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solutely necessary for the good of the nation and OF the negroes themselves
There are ONE danger signals ahead n dunlessw wise counses prevail there
will b. more roting, disorder. boodshcd. and death-and the negroes will in
evitably suffer the most Social conditions in France ant wen in England
LAS they affect h white ant negro races car 10 b e duplicated IN tn United
Estates not even h attitude II white French English prostitutes toward
the negros soldier n any Mort to do so will be suicidal for tn negro either
in the North or in the South. The two faces are here in this land. They mus
live together under sue laws ant with such privileges INT limitations rs ex
lperience demonstrated to b. for h best interests o. both races. socially
their paths lie a apart but Notwithstanding that they an n must heir
each other in many ways
The negroes a a people are still a child race-immature. not fully de-
Iveloped. " course there is a small percentage of the rae fr in advance