The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
Colored Americans
Rallying for Suffrage
National Race Congress TO Formulate
Practical Program for a Fuller Citi-
zenship for the Negro People--"On
to Warrington" October 7th!
Special to The Whip.

ship, the National Race Congress of
america is preparing its program for
sion," which convenes in this city al
Metropolitan Baptist church
Twelfth and r St, Northwest, begin
ming Tuesday, Oct. Z, and continuing
through the 18th. Early announce
ment of the details will be made.
1.-THE right to vote and to be voted
for is the first of rights" says the
National Race Congress. at is the
vital principle Of self-government and
individual liberty. The ballot marks
the difference between the citizen and
the serf. Without the ballot the COL
ored American is powerless to contend
for right and justice and civil equal
ity; with the ballot he is all-powerful
to act in defense of every lawful privi-
lege."
The address, declarations and reso-
lutions will cover every phase of the
so-called "race problem" in this coun-
try, and through full, frank and
fearless exchange of views on the part
of the most influential forces among
our people there will be worked out
definite and effective plan whereby
the cruel and un-American practices
of discrimination in public accommo-
dations, mob violence, lynching, I'M
| fairness in the courts and disfranch-
isement-the crux of all the evils
growing out of color prejudice-may
be wiped out and "reign of justice
under the law" established wherever
wave the "Stars and Stripes" Con-
crete results will be the aim of the
congress, and true and tried men and
women of the race will be asked to
employ their best brain and execu-
tive ability to evolve practical meth
DDS through which the betterment of
the civil, industrial and educational
condition of our 100000 Negro
Americans may be most speedily
brought about.
A premium will be placed on how tC
get done the things that can be done
through sane, firm and intelligently-
directed appeal to the conscience, the
sturdy sense of justice and broad
public spirit of the American people
The Suffrage Session" of the Ma
tional Race Congress will bring to the
attention of the world the plant OF
the darker peoples of the universe
and will voice the demands of the Ne
groes under all flags for the right tC
participate on equal terms in the vital
work of reconstruction that must now
be engaged in by every member of the
human family.
Reports from the field to the ma
tional headquarters, 903 Third St, N.
W., Washington, D. c., indicate that
the country is aflame with enthusiasm
for the Oct. 7 meeting of the race
congress. Local units are being
formed throughout the states and in
the populous colored communities, and
arrangements are being made to send
delegates of the most representative
type.
Sunday, Sept. %, has been set apart
as "rally-for-suffrage day." and it
is requested that the local units hold
mass meetings in the churches all over
the land, to stir the Negro heart to
the needs of the hour and to urge the
necessity for sending delegates to
Washington for the National Race
Congress on the 7th of Oct. This is
important and vigorous action should
be taken.
In the meantime the loyal and
courageous leaders of the race con-
gress are working day and night in
Washington, influencing the American
congress to act on the bill to abolish
"Jim- Grow" cars and to give the
Negro equal accommodations on all
railroads. They have been before the
committee on foreign relations of the
senate to urge justice for the African
colonies wrested from Germany. They
have joined with the president-elect
of Liberia in pressing the claims of
our "Sister Republic" for aid that will
lead to its proper development, and
have indicated a sympathetic inter
est in promoting fraternal relations
with Abyssinia. They are pushing
the s25O,0O0 Emergency Defense Fund
for the protection of the race in gen.
eral, and are taking high ground upon
all questions that involve the enforce
ment of law and order, the preserva-
ton of the national dignity and in