The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-01-28
THE CALL OF DOUGLASS
Observance Urged to
signalise Anniversaries Of DOuglass
and Attueks in Spirit Of Douglass
ERorts for His Race and Rights.

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and Attueks in Spirit Of Douglass
Efforts for His Race and Rights.
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Boston, Mass-The National Equal
Rights League from its national head
quarters, at "a Cornhill opposite the
spot from which Chrispus Attacks set
out for the Red Goats March S, 1870,
has issued the following appeal on the
coming anniversaries of Douglass and
Attacks.
An Appeal to colored America for
Race Action
Fraternal Greetings to our Colored
American Group at the unfolding of
the new year from the National Equal
Rights League of the u S. A., which
makes heart appeal to all brothers and
sisters, prescribed for color to start
anew sturdy. internal concert of &C
ton for full American rights.
January is the month when our
status became persons and not prop
erty. February when a great freedom
champion was born to US, March when
our race produced a martyr for crea-
ton of this very Republic.
Manumitted now three score years
less one, even then as soldiers saving
the Government, let US resolve that
we whose blood was first to flow to
found here a nation shall not be the
only group denied public rights at
least through a lack of our own.
Douglass Day, February IA, and At
tueks Day, March 5, afford the pres
ent opportunity.
Colored Americans cannot win, or
deserve to win, against this contempt
on our race if we are blind to history
and ourselves fail to meet the require
ments for success. Frederick Doug
lass set the example. Starting his
agitation under the noble white Alb
he later struck out to wage
a Colored mans crusade for the free
dom of the colored race, from Roehes-
ter, N. Y. to London. He saw the
law of success, Those who would be
Tree themselves must strike a blow"
White friends objected, but it proved
10 be the strength for our cause,
Movement for the enslaved,
! Douglass Movement by and for the
giving added prestige to the
ace.
The Equal Rights League, therefore,
iuggests to the race and urges public
observance everywhere of the 18th
anniversary of Douglass birthday on
rs great principle of ourselves strik-
ng blow. This can be done by cele-
rations under Colored committees {
which on that occasion or thereafter
ecome permanent Colored organiza- {
ions for self-defense of rights in the
pirit of Douglass, branches of the /
National Equal Rights League. This v
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he field, was formed to enable the e
ace to have what every other race al il
eady has in full force except our own, h
nationwide race agency. c
These local bodies in communication n
18th the Leagues national headquar- r,
RS will enable US to "Ourselve Fl
trike a Blow"
Thus will Douglass be truly hon s
red Feb. IA, and permanent bodies c.
,rmed which will not hinder or inter- E
re with any other organizations, do
g what others do not do, Carrying -
IT measures, suggested by National =
and especially observing
e anniversaries of Crispus Attacks,
arch 5, Peter Salem, April I9, Fort Gu
,agner, July Is, and so on. On
Act now, Colored Americary, pc
NJ. A. N. SHAW, President. ar
w. Monroe Trotter, Secretary. no
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