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showed his ignorance of the English
languagei He probably meant TO say
that the colored people were not seeking
matrimonial alliances with white peo-
pie. Principal Motion may not wish
social equality, but there are millions
of colored people who do desire it.
Social equality means, equality in the
collective body composinga community,
especially when considered as subjects
of civil government" Here are some
of the definitions of 'equal:" of the
same degrees with another >OT each
other; uniform in condition or action;
of just proportion or relation; equita-
bic, just, impartial, exact; of the same
importance and concern; not distin-
guished by any ground or preference.
Social equality means the right to
vote, the right to equal and identical
accommodations on common carriers,
the right to service in public places of
refreshment and amusement, the right
to residence anywhere one is able TO
buy or rent home, the right to attend
the nearest public school, the right to a
legal trial when charged with crime,
and every other night which citizenship
~ a republic carries with it.
Principal Motion g dear friends of the
South have denied all of these rights
to the eOlored people, every effort for
advancement has been fought, in one
way or another, even if conducted on
jimerow lines. The purpose of the
South always has been and is now, to
segregate the eolored people from other
citizens and make them a paTiah class,
despised by all others, and subject TO
the whims and eapriees Of a master
class. In North Carolina, where Prin-
eipal Motion made his speech, eolored
people are treated as a group apart
from the white citizenship and subject
to different treatment. They have suf-
fered from all Of the inequalities Of
citizenship. They have made progress
not because of segregation, but in spite
of it If the Southern white people
had not placed hindranees, including
murder, in their path, they would have
ere this reached the plane which has
been attained by the eOlOred people of
Brazil.
Some Of Principal Motion s activities
in the past should not be forgotten.
Shortly after he succeeded B. Wash
ington as the head Of Tuskegee, his
wife was elected from a Pullman
sleeper because she was eOlOred. Ae-
eording to the Associated Press Motion
made no attempt TO defend her, but
stated that he had advised her not to
attempt to ride in Pullman. just
after the armistiee in the world war
Principal Motion was sent to France as
the special representative Of President
Wilson, the arch enemy Of the eolored
race The Crisis and other periodicals.
and many eolored soldiers asserted that
instead % investigating and endeavor.
ing to correct the outrageous treatment
70 which the eolored troops we're sub
jeteed, he rushed around, made n few
speeches telling the eolOred soldiers to
be "goods' and then took the first s,at
for the U. s. ''in order to attend a
conference at Tuskegee
For eOlored man to Iaud the brutal
South, which has beaped unspeakable
wrongs upon his people for hundreds
Of years is a disgusting exhibition Of
servility. Imagine Il you can, an Irish
man approving the awful murders by
the British soldiery; conceive if yOu
can, asJew eondoning tie pOgrOms IN
Russia, Poland and the Balkan states;
think Of an East Indian lauding The
English who blew many Of his country
men from the mouths Of eanaon. II
zen enn visualize these things then you
can get . true picture Of what it means
for . eolorea man to laud the South
THE Appeal ST. Paul. MIN, March 20
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