Phoenix tribune., 1922-12-02
MRS. MARY B. TALBERT IS LEADER
OF ANTI-LYNCHING CRUSADERS
WORKING FOR MILLION MEMBERS
preston News Seryice.l

Buffalo, n Y, Nov. 30.-Mob violence is no respector
OF race or sex the contention of the who the
moving spirits in the Lynchng Crusaders newly
formed organization representing every state in the
On These women under the leadership of Mrs Mary
B. Talber formerly president of the National Federation
OF Colored Womens Clubs and winner of the Spingarn
Medal for distinguished service rendered during 1921
The organization is working in conjunction with the Ma
lona Association for the Advancement of Coored Peo-
pie and during the past few months have been able to en-
list the cooperation and support of some of the leading
white editors and thinkers throughout the country in this
movement.
These have set as their task to secure mem
bership of million Negroes throughout the United
States to work for the abolition Of ynchng and the pas
sage OF the Dyer AnLynching Bill general education
of the public and to the and shame of ynchng is
the hard part Of the task set out to accomplish How
much is being done in this direction Leading edl
Gators and editors being influenced to use their tai
ents and means to mould public sentiment against the
crime OF lynchng million united in an effort
to suppress ynchng is the slogan acuatng these women
their strenuous effort to the country against
this form Of barbarity
The officers of the organization are: Mrs Mary b.
Talbcr national director; Mrs Helen Curtis first ma
tlOna director; Mrs Butler r. Wilson second ma
tiona vice drector Mrs Lillian Alexander secretary:
Mrs. Grace johnson, director of publicity; Miss Mary
jackson, national organizer Mrs. Etnah Boutee Mrs
Nina I'ul5ols Mrs Geneveve Cannon Mrs. Laura Rol-
lock, and Mrs. Lillian Ray Walker, program directors;
State directors Arizona, Mrs. Lynn Ross Carter:
Arkansas, Mrs. L. B. O'Bryant; California Mrs Lulu
Slaughter; Colorado Mrs. Laura Hl Connecticutt Mrs
Nelson; District of Columbia Miss Mamie a. Burroughs;
Florida Mrs Blanche Beatty Georgia, Mrs George vii
ams; Illinois, Mrs A. L. Anderson Indiana Mrs Saie
W. Stewart Iowa, Mrs. S. Joe Brown; Kansas Mrs Bea-
trice Chds Kentucky Mrs. Lizzie B. Fouse Louisiana,
Mrs. Nance Givens Maryland Mrs. NJ F. Virgins: Mas
sachusetts Mrs. Butler R. Wilson; Michigan Mrs Vir-
ina 6. Lucas; Minnesota, Mrs M. M Donovan Missssip-
pi, Mrs. Lawrence Jones; Missouri Mrs. NJ L. Cros-
thdate; Montana, Mrs. j. w. Duncan New jersey Mrs
Genevieve Cannon; New York. Mrs Helen Curtis North
Carolina, Mrs A. L. E. Weeks; South Carolina Mrs Mag
gle H. Levy; Ohio Mrs. Johyne E. Barnett Oklahoma
Mrs. Anna FL. Cooper; Oregon, Mrs. E. D. Cannady;
Pennsylvania, Mrs Daisy E. Lampkn; Rhode Island,
Miss Amey Harry; Tennessee Mrs. Nettie L. Napier;
Texas Mrs Ethel Ransom; Virginia, Mrs Margaret
johnson; West Virginia, Mrs. Maggie W. Arter;s
sin Mrs Clara c. Montgomery; Wyoming Mr. sOlle
Redd
When asked what progress being made in their
efforts to interest the people in the movement Mrs Tai
bert said eve are having wonderful letters from hun
dreds Of outstanding white of the country as we'll
coored women of every state in the union The cam
paign is progressing almost mraculousy We have had
but few knocks and those due to misunderstanding
Of this campaign