The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-11-27
THANKSGIVING.


many conditions which would tend to rise to this
feeling thanuness all evidences Of individual
and collective advancement along many lines.
One year ago today still giving thanks for the
ton of the great and trying terms of rebth into
hitherto unknown racial consciousness to forecast our lot for
Today part Of that then future has become reality we
dons which were then but shadowy images whose true char
acter could not be properly determined.
prove equal to the task Of manuy combating finally
ueg the problems necessarily incident upon the reconstruction
of American thought in terms of true Democracy and Christian
brotherhood We wondered whether capable of weld
ng ~ nt0 a. n unit wen 1a no0 i
scheme of where efficiency the standard by which
parts of the whole scheme given their places
We wondered then but thankful now: thankful for
two above all others.
First all truly thankful that realized that
within us is the to help ourselves if but sufficiently
ecse the spirit of cooperation and mutual help which shall rend
We have demonstrated during the past year ability
gy uncanny in the light of former lack Of exercise of this
ability to support our own causes submerge Individual prefeen
for the of racial advancement give to all movements
more charitable inspection with view to determining their ca
pacy for mutual benefit and stand by the belief that right and
justice recognize middle ground their application to the
else Of citizenship and its privileges
During the past business projects have increased
both in number and prosperity We becoming and more
upon the charity Of their negRbors for mere existence
Our desire for share in choosing our chief executives and Of
lister the laws by which governed caused in the cam
pagn just closed to show ourselves unit manfuly resisting
to Decentralization of determination to obtain just and fair
civic chance We followed leaders We supported and champ
Instances Of cooperative effort along all lines more nuner
Gus than before are positive that we have at last found
by all others as inferior in no way in our ability to contribute to
the Of America that determined that
realize that dependent upon and indebted to other Amer
cans for help toward esenes must they realize that they
benefits being enjoyed by them and that ~ mutual
operation in the spirit OF hepuess mutual successes
We of ability than before and wei
thankful primarily for the greater realization of its
For many have been combating seemingly in
ceasng wall of prejudice and racial hatred of among our
neghbor which has tended to lessen contributions to the
total Of national accomplishment because has caused man
fold limitations to be placed upon opportunities to pursue
our courses mhampered
prejudice necessarily but has seemed to mark decided in
@ n C q those q our who that
result in increased benefit to all concerned During the past year
already productive Of good and fair an
important factor in producing harmonious scheme of e
tence for the races in America
pend upon the condition of mind of its authors and supporters
made to conform to scheme Of civilization at
tempt ideal following of the dictates of justice and regard
If Judge by the number of nterracal meetings of
the past the acts Of individuals in various sections Of the
country in uphodng the law spite of public opinion against
IN the Of Negroes the increasing ankness of expressions
instances Of concrete improvement conditions they a
fec the Negro we are forced to feel that the hope OF
thankful for such realization
As look back upon the Just past to see this
growth both in our spirit and in the spirit Of those about
And the growth such spirit greatest hope APP
parent that eventually better day may be brought into existence
without disruption of the general scheme prosperity
In discussing this phase of Americas problem the Phade
ha Public Ledger suy analyses this phase of Americas
cial problem when it says:
Wrongs may be righted by one what fundamentally
matters is that proper social industrial conditions behind
acts and thoughts sha Il be created.
Lynchng for example, brands the community wherein it oc
having low tone Of popular ethics debased public opn
ion No country rightly claim to be wholly civilized until
of fair live and operative force in the settlement of
disputes between and race, between and
The meengthe other night that Of friends Of the Ne
not content with the merely negative part Of putting down
aessness and keeping the by force Of Instead Of
force it wants to installed the influence of hunaness and of
Justice It considers and will further rational scheme TO secure
legal aid education, sanitary housing recreation reasonable
comfort in travel better condition and open door
of industrial nifty for those who today excluded from
many of these advantages
country not peace and its people not happy till
a fctons aayed and racial bgoty dispossessed till
every immigrant nationality has learned to live terms of law
and order with other Europe is distracted today by ma
tons that have learned to be neghboy by all sorts of
fish and supeuous DO nday Disputes by greed Of gain and
internecne foray
Here in America too have had the unedifyng and hum
ang spectacle ofwhe people and the Negroes in certain
failing to find the denomination of their nterdependence
and the results have been tragic Certain brawng agitatos
have risen up fame sentiment and ncite controversy
Foolish books have been written and aentabe plays produced
with result that has been blight upon both has
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