Evening star., 1921-05-20
|AM|TY OF RACES
SPEAKERS
Convention Told Of Need for
Harmony Between White
and CoIored PEOPLES,

! Pleas for the white and colored del
egates to the convention for amity be-
tween the colored and white races to
! spread the new spirit of racial under
standing were made by speakers at
Congregational Church, 10th and G
streets northwest.
Representative Theodore T. Burton
Charles Lee Cook OF Louisville, KY.
and Louis G. Gregory were the
! speakers.
! The races must. dwell in amity in
this country because they live side by
side. said Mr.. Burton. The colored
race should be recognized by white
men. not only because the Censtitu-
| but by the divine power of God.
! Must Reach Understandins.
i Both races, he continued. must learn
! to understand each other. He told the
| delegates that if a crime was com
! mitted by colored man his people
! should help in bringing him to justice
AT the same time. he added. if crime
was committed and the offender un-
known. and colored man happened
! to be around. people should not jump
! to the conclusion that a colored man
committed it.
| We are to take an important place
/ among the nations of the world" said
| the senator, but we must first put
our own house in order. One OF the
life is that Of lynching. This is not
against the colored man alone. but
against the white as well. l am ready
to do whatever can be done. by con-
stitutional amendment or otherwise
! to remove this frightful blemish from
; the nation
&. l.. Cocks Address.
Hope that the convention may be.
! come the stepping stone to the ma,
achievement of human and universal
brotherhood was expressed by Charies
Lee Cook, a manufacturer OF LOUIS
willie, KY. The world he said. Is look :
| ing. and has always looked, to this
country for social justice.
There is great work ahead. ne
! continued, in bringing about racial
| understanding. All must face it and
| help to achieve it. and not bury their
! heads in the sands Of optimism:
=; He pointed out that individuals
Lets try to vindicate the divinely
appointed mission of America. Break
every bond of misunderstanding"
F.! He told the delegates to go out
from the convention and spread the
new spirit. a stronger spirit Of Chris
"One in Origin and Destiny."
The white and colored are one ir
! origin and one in destiny. for from
; God we came and to Him we return
said Louis G. Gregory. 1T is for US
| to consider. in a way that is material
how to increase inter-racial harmony
In times past the whites have
| rendered the colored, looking at mat
ters in a large way. two great serv.
ices" he continued. First, you fought
| for our freedom, an act which result
| ed in freedom not only here but ir
the freedom of the darker races
throughout the world. Secondly
life. we are far removed from thai
primitive state in which our ances'
tors were brought to America, thf
measure Of our progress in education
and civilized usages. When the doors
of church and state, schools and col.
we entered, and no one can deny thai
your aid has been a good investment
But to remove all friction that re.
mains, it is our earnest hope that the
toward the colored, and that the col
bred will make such an attitude easy
by expressions Of gratitude and ap-
preciation. This Is wisdom. 1t 10 the
divine and therefore the effective way"
Violin Solo in Program.
Joseph Douglass. grandson OF
! Frederick D. Douglass, the great abo'
litionist. rendered. a violin solo.
Albert Vail of Chicago presided.
There will be a session tonight al
s 80. at which addresses will be deliv-
cred by Representatives Martin B
Madden and Alfred Martin of New
York. There also will be musical
program by the Howard Uni versity
Chorus, under the direction of Miss
Lulu We're Chiiders.
The convention will close. following
sessions tomorrow morning and
night.