Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-11-20
NEGROES WANT EQUAL. CHANCE
WITH OTHER AMERICANS.
DIR II. X. Motion Addresses the Negro
Organization Society and Teachers.
tB" VIM. Anthonv hcry.)

tB" VIM, Anthony Arry.)
llamtou Va, Nov. That the Ne.
al. equal chance with other Amerl-
>ana al luc pursuit oI lie and happi-
n,Ss -~th,S WAS the plea ol "a.
a, Dtr, n. Mo,un, principal ~ Iu$kc
zee Institute, made before the mcm-
pvrS or Inc .>,&Io OrtaulIat.un Socle-
Is ot Virginia (Ancn Washing ,ulI,
nanspton institute. prca.urnp and
TIE .\cerU Sta,c Tea, hers Assoctat-
ION OF \rgiuiu ID. &. ia u&, No:lolk.
prt@idcnt tt tnctr Newport News
Joint meeting. Dr. AuIun said:
The time IS past, II inoccd there
ever was Such Il time, wncn We can
assume inul all Whl,c pCoptr, whC h
CT U.ucIa.s or private Ctr.Zru$, arc an
friendly toward us. Sucu an attilud"
o. our p@rl toward tucm is as un-
just as It is 10 charge the whole NJ
Gro rae" with being criminal.
There are :, great nlany strong and
.ulIurnt. al white men and women III
the South who are moi onl yiricudly
toward the Negro but who are now
dcvotlnE much Ol their time and cI
CrEy Without reserve 10 see that thr
Negro receives justice and fair treat
mcut throughout the Soutn.
South Of the Mason and Dixon
Line there AZ" approximately thirty
nlllGn white people and about nine
million colorcd people, with comparA
lively few orc.gncrs. With all of tho
Da, hBround OF the past us a u.dc,
the two races that have been born and
hl ought up together ought to he able
To adjust relations in such way as
t. bring To both races the largcsi
measure Of happiness and prosperity
usefulness and service to c.ch other.
atonE with the largest measure of
use .ulncSS and service to each other.
believe this can be done.
DIR. Motun referred TO the lnry8
share which the Negro Organization
Society has had in blazing the way
for important inter racial cu-opcr;u .ou
and congra1 ulatcd the Socicty's oil
c.rs, including Major Allen " hi -
ton, lis president, and Prof. John NJ.
Candy. executive secretary, FOR keep
inG the organization on Its even keel
o. progress ANA sanity
The white people Of the South, said
DR.. Motion "wcrc never more ready
and anxious to know what the Ne
go i$ thinking about, to know what
/ in the back of his head. than they
are today. There never was n time
when they read more widely from
Negro periodicals than they do TO
day.
What the Negr wants in Virginia
and elsewhere is an equal chance
With other Americans in the pursuit
of Efc and its blessings; what he
wants is To 80 his way peacefully
and puiotly so long AS he violates Ito
laws and does not trcSplSs on tho
Fights Of his neighbour"
After outlini'E fJr whiic pcop'r
somo of the disadvantages under
which Negroes are compelled to Eve
and after recommending ;hr use Il
Negro deputies cruStahlci. and 9th.
er ou!ccr$ OF the law. in communities
where there are considerable mum.
h"rS Of rGlorod people as Il means OF
OF reducing crime. DR. N0tnn made a
vigorous plea for the enforcement 1f
law and order among all ii. izrns for
the development Of hrtcr schools.
better churches. and better homes,
and for the prCmot.ng of the work OF
the Intcr-racial rommlSS'on. which
aims t" adjust and 10 prevent racial
ditliCmltjcs.
Never before has the South been
as willing, I may even ny eager"
declared DR.. Motion. ''to deal with tho
Negro in fairness and Justice as it is
n present. | wish to express my
thanks and appreciation for that in
cFcnSin% number Of INTEL gent. God.
fearing men and women Of the South
white ami black. who have dctcrm;ncd
II: 4 rational way that every citizen
shall be fairly anG i"stlv tr atod
DR.. James T.. Gregg nrincipal Of
f'1mptOn Ins'itutc IN intrn"u"inr DE-
Motion sad thnt civilir"t ron rcnl'y
means IN" gradual hrin"i"g torcthcr
o. rcrnlc and the nnoli.hinr Of old
Sns'i"'n''S and animneitioS He dc
''A""d thnt DR.. Mct0n who has hrcn
p'ihSlhS pc"pl" '"""'""'' piritually.
i2 force Of civilization.