Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-09-24

.lut1,= W"ldon Iuhu>nn. secretary
of the National Association for tn"
N,rHnCCu"nt a. tolor"d People. 40
Fifth Avenue. New York city. to-
cay Dad" the Following statement:
iu" oaV !, ut ago u"" a. tnr .tan
officers u. tn" \alionul A. ociaiion
rOtr u letter 10 III" headquarters
OF tn" llm NluX ill@u il Atlanta au,i
in reply received an application for
membership hNank aud some utnrr
lit"ratur" ot tie klan. This was tn"
beginning, ot ;Ac trhl which tn" Ma
tioral Association for The Advance
ln"n' ct tui0r"h tcuplr has keep; up
against lhy ia llluN Nlan ever since.
After CunSliorahl" correspondence
We secured enough information re
EardinE the Khan to give widespread
publicity % il and to show its real
purposes. We placed the evidence
that "" had gathered in1o the hau@s
OF the mayor ~ the city of New
Work.. governor OF New York state.
police commissioner OF New York
and tn" district attorneys office. and
also into the hands OF the depart
mcnt OF Justice at Washington.
Later = member of our office staff
mad" tho trim to NcorC, Fla. aud in
vcS,igatcd the Eu kluX Khan riots;
in that town in which twenty-five to
forty colorcd people We're killed.
III" first mass meeting in New
York against the Ku NluN Illan was
hold under the Hu$pir"S Of tir Ma
tional hS&ociH; ion for tho Advance
mcut Of Colorcd people ON the Sd
of January. Th" National Associa-
tiOn for the NdranCcmcnt of tOlorcd
People has not only fought the liu
kluX Khan from it's national Office
and through lis branches by puhlici-
ty, by mass meeting and by appeal
ing to the authorities, It has also
fought the klan as il is Elorilied In
the Infamous moving picture, ''Thc
Birth of Il Nation" In return the
klan, through its organ, The Search
light, launched Il vicious attack
against the \. \. A. &. y. and used
| every means i'll its power to intimi-
date members Of the association in
the South. This fight OF a year
wagcd by the association has at last
borne fruit. and the battle has been
taken up by a great and powerful
champion, The New York World.
And The World is dealing tho Ku
other prominent newspapers IN va
rious sections OF the country are as
sociated with The World III giving
publicity to the inside workings OF
this nofarious organization.
About a little more than two
months ago q representative OF The
World came into the National Office
of the Association and told us plans
for nm investigation and expose
which his paper was undertaking,
and asked us to furnish him with
all the data and information posi-
bic. Our U"ice Immediately placed
nj his dispos.l its files OF data, in
formation and documents relating to
the Iiu Klux Klan. We are glad
that we were able to render this AS
SiSt;ncc to The World in the great
fight which it is carrying on. The
World is performing Il great service,
not only to the Negro, but to the ma
ton, because in stamping out the
ku kluX Khan il is conserving its
institutions Of law and order. The
World merits the appreciation o. the
whole country and especially oi the
colored people. because the dcStruc-
tion OF the ku KluX klan means
more to them than 10 anybody else.
In addition. the New York Amcri-
can has begun the publication OF Il
series Of articles exposing the Khan.
The articles are written by C.. An
dcrson Wright. former King KlcaEle
OF the Invisible Empire OF the Kn
kluX Khan. In the issue OF the Amer
lean of September 10th MIR. Wright
made the following disclosure re-
garding the policy of the Khan to-
ward the y. a. 4. G. p: