Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-11-20
NEGROES WANT EQUAL CHANCE
WITH OTHER AMERICANS.

NN2lSOES WANT EQUAL CHANNE
WITH OTHER AMERICANS.
DIR IL. IL. Motion Addresses tho Negro
Organization Society and Teachers.
tBr VIM. Anthony Aery.)
Hamton. Va, Nov What the Ne
gro in Virginia and elsewhere wants
ali equal chance with other Ameri-
.ans al inc pursuit. OF life and happi-
nCss"-thIs was the plea OF Dr.
.,uDert h. Mo,On, principal OF Tuske
gee Institute. made before the mem.
pers O. the Negro Orgamzat.on Socie-
ty Of Virginia tAlIen Washington,
llunlpton institute, prcs,aenO and
the Negro STATE Teachers AssocIat-
ion of Virginia %. &. Ja~oX, Norfolk,
president tt their Newport News
joint meeting. DR.. Moton said:
The time Is past, ii inueed there
ever was such Il time, wncn we can
assume that all While people, whc,h
ger oulcials or private citizens, arc un
friendly toward us. Sucn an attitude
Oh our part toward them is as UNI
Just rs 1t is TO charge the whole Ne
gro wce with being criminal.
There are great many strong and
Influential white men and women III
the South who are not onl yfriendly
toward the Negro but who are now
devoling much Of their time and ch
crgy without reserve TO see that the
Negro receives justice and fair treat
mcnt throughout the South.
South Of the Mason and Dixon
Line there are approximately thirty
million white people and about nine
million colored people, with compare
lively few foreigners. With all Of the
background Of the past as n guido,
the two races that have been born aud
brought up together ought to he able
to adjust relations in such IL way as
t, bring to both races the largest
measure of happiness and prosperity
usefulness and service to each other.
nlong with the largest measure OF
usefulness aud service to each other.
l believe this can be done.
Dir. Motion referred to the largo
share which the Negro Organization
Society has had in blazing tho way
for important inter racial cooperation
and congratulated the Society's OIL
GERS, including Major Allen " ,-hiJS
ton, its president, and Prof. John M.
Candy, executive secretary, "for keep
ing the organization on Its even keel
OF progress and sanity"
The white people of the South, said
DR.. Motion were never more ready
and anxious to know what tho No
gro is thinking about, to know what
i: iIiS the back OF his head, than they
are today. There never was 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 FIFE and it's blessings; what he
wants is tC 60 his way peacefully
and quietly so long as he violates no
laws and does not trcspass OH tho
rights Of his neighbor."
After outlining for white peop'n
some OF the disadvantages under
which Negroes are compelled to five
and after recommending the use CT
Negro deputies, coustableS, and 9th.
CT officers Of the law, in communities
where there are considerable num-
hers of colored people as a means Of
OF reducing crime. DR.. Motion made a
vigorous plea for the enfor cement of
law and order among all citizens for
the development Of better schools.
better churches, and better homes,
and for the promoting of tho work OF
the Inter-racial Commiss' on, which
aims to adjust and 10 prevent. racial
difficulties.
Never before has the South hecn
as willing, I may even ay eager"
declared DR.. Motion, "to deal with tho
Negro in fairness and justice as it is
at present. I wish to express my
thanks and appreciation for that in
creasing number Of lligent, God
fearing men and women Of the South
white and black. who have determined
IL: ! rational way that every citizen
shall be fairly and t"stly treated
DR.. James r.. Gregg principal OF
Hampton INSTITUTE in introducing DIR.
Motion sad that rivili2Ht:on really
means the gradual bringing together
o. peonle and the anoliel'ing OF old
susn'"inns and animositins He de
c'arcd that DR.. Motion who has been
bringing people t"""'""" ~piritually
is force OF civilization.
Constructive PROGRAM