Richmond planet., 1921-07-23
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NATION.


IA" National Association FOR the
advancement OF tOlorCd proplp. 20
tllth Avenue. New York, today pul,
llShrd the can to the Nation adopted
by resolution AT the final mrrtiug OF
the twelfth annual conference in De
/ troit The call WAS presented by
Harry T.. Davis, colorrd mcmbcr OF
the ohio Legislature. and read as
follows:
Call to the Nation.
Ihr National Association Tor the
Advancement of tolor"d People in
it's twelfth annual conference. meet
lnE in this great crisis OF the worlds
reconstruction. would remind the ma
ton that from cur very first confer
cncc We have planted our agitation
ana action upon Il careful and thor
ouEh INVESTIGATION OF the truth CON
ccrnlng the Negro problem. OFTEN
when we have published in our or
gan. lhc Crisis. ana in letters and
articles IN the press. our findings and
conclusions We have been accused OF
eNa&$crating. To-day we stand vim
dlcatrd before the world in the rcyc-
latonS Of Georgia. and knowing that
Georgia is little, if any. worse than
half Il dozen other States, we sol
cmnly adjure this nation to give
more serious attention and more ear
nest action to this fostering social
sore.
lNnching and mob violence
against Negroes still looms as our
most indcfrnsiblc national crime.
and unless the present administra-
tion takes early action by legal
enactment it will stand condemned
Of all thoughtful citizens north and
south. increasingly the Negro at
Washington. Chicago and Tulsa has
been forced to give his life in self
defense. No man can do less for
his family and people. and il is a
cruel campaign OF lying that repre-
S"niS this fight for life as organized
aggression. Negroes are not fools.
Eleven million poor laborcrs do not
seek war on Il hundred million pow
"rfnl n"ighhurs. But they cannot
and will not die without raising n
hand when the uation lets its OF
ScourinG& and bandits insult. harry.
loot and kill them.
What is the cause of the new con-
lllci OF race in Am"rica? II is not
simply growing sense Of manhood
ON the part OF the blacks. il is in
creased Lack oi sympathy and sense
OF Justice on the part of the whites,
OF those human bonds which must
exist between nrighhorS. If the No
gro child is not educated: if the
Negro is segregated in federal de
partmcnts and Oklahoma cities; ii
he iS publicly insulGcd by Jim
Crow cars; ii h" is treated uniuStly
in the courts a. in the twelve pend
ing Arkansas p"onagc cases: if in
the army and navy the Negro is
grossly ana continually diScrimi-
mated against and faces plans for
further discrimination in the ma
tional guard; il he has no voice in
the administration OF the law cSpc-
cially as TO labor. agriculture and
education; and ii finally the nation
is being honcycombcd by secret So
cicticS like the l<u KluN Khan. who
stir up race hatred by innucndo and
appeal to the lowest brute instincts
If all these things are done, how
can we help but kill the human SYM
pathy, the spirit Of the Prince Of
Peace. the strong faith and the de-
sire for humble effective cooperation
which alone can save civilization?
Men and women OF America, the
program Of those who would save
America from bitter racial hatred
and conflict and murder is short and
simple:
/. The right to vote under the
same conditions rs other persons
vote.
:. federal law against lynching
and mob violence.
3. Justice for the convicted poems
in Arkansas.
4. Equitable treatment for Negro
soldiers and sailors