Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-18
HE URGES COOPERATION
BETWEEN TWO RACES
Whites and Blacks Must BE
Frank in Dealings With
Each Other. Says Motion,
TuskEGEE HEAD SPEAKS uEuE
stresses Importance "f "Emphu>ixing
MnnE G'u'd Things happening in
south Itnthcr Thnn Few Had
Things. in Address.

The time has come when both
blacks ana whites must hr more
frank in their dealings with each
other Or Robert L. Notion. prin-
cinal ~ TusLcEec Institute, Alabama
said in niI address before the Negro
Organization society at its closin:
session last night in Ficth street
Baptist Church. I'VE must cmpha-
size tho thousands OF good things
hat are happening here in Virginia.
and tho South in general. between
the two races. rather than the few
bad things" he said.
The world hears o, tho few
clashes between the races, but does
not hear or the hundreds Of cases
Of unselfsh and helpful co.operati"u
between blacks and whites that take
place daily" Or. Notion said. The
progress that the negroes in Amer
lea have made in the last SiNty years
Is most remarkable from every
angle. The thousands Of successful
business enterprises, The accumula-
ton OF property on the part Of the
rlack race, including 100000 acres
q; land. s95,ooO,O0 worth OF church
property owned by black people, and
tho reduction of Nlitcracy. saying
nothing about the Improvement in
the moral ideals OF the negro people.
is most hopeful and encouraging.
Improvement on Part Of Negro.
All this improvement; on the part
ot the negro, We must Keep con-
stau;ly in mind. could not have been
POSSIBLE had Il not been for tho fine.
SylDpathctiC and helpful co-oDcration
Of the white people in all sections
~ the South. and we as negroes.
must not permit. for our own sake.
moral iapscs hero ana there on the
part OF few thoughtlcss white poo
NJ" who misrcprcscut their own race.
to hcfop those strong. uumistallablc
evidences Of friendship and cc-opcya
lion on the part. not only Of the lead
rc white people. hut frequently OF
The average white person
1t is gratifying 20 mo that ~.
hear little nowadays "C this foolish
question OF social equality bciu.
brought up TO disturb the good fell
ing on the part OF botn races to-
wards each other. when the negro
asks for better educational tactii-
tics. adequat" sanitary ARRANGEMENTS
I'm his part Of the city. good roads IN
his part OF the county. OF equal rail
road accommodations H. is not seek 3
uS social equality, but he is aslliu:
for civic justice. 10 he treated on
his moral. intellectual and ccouomi c
merits.
\"t Question "f "snrini Equality"
THIS. then. is not Il question OF
social equality which neither race
wants but Is q question OF Simple
lusticc. which Is as important for
the good OF tho white race as Il T.
for tn. good of tho black race Tho
white race is not fair 10 itself when
), Is unfair and unjus; To a weaker
group. The black race is unfair 10 it,
SELF II 1t permits itsclf to become en-
Filtered or TO hate the white race. The
TWO races in the south have lived
fought. sacrificed. and died for cacl
other and for our beloved Southland
and tn" relations between the races
were never better. IN spite OF all that
is said We never had more str1uG
uusclhsh. God-f"ariug white fri-nds
right here in Nirgiuia. and in every
state i'm the South. than v" have
now. count among ms best and
most helpful friends in Alabama and
iu Tuskcgcc the whit" people Il my
stat" and community"
In resolutions adopted by Tho meet.
nag. IL was declared that the orEduI-
cation would have tn. state know
that lit - our desire 90 cnrourap.
good Will between the races: that
"" desire TO Share i'm all efforts to
advance tho Intelligence ana build
up the state"
Among those speaking yesterday
were: Harris Hart. stat. Supcr.n
tendent az Public Instruction; Mrs
r - Munford, Dr. ". j. Clarke. pres
ident OF Union University and Dr.
lanes u. Gregg. principal or Iamp-
ton Institute.