Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-02-17
"GARvEYIsM."

The caustic denunciation of the Hon
Marcus Carney and Garveyism as
voiced by DR.. w. E. B. Du Bots and his
cOterie of followers seems to be bear
ing fruit, If we are to Judge by the edi-
torial utterances Of that ably edited
paper, The Philadelphia Pa. Ledger,
winch newspaper has always taken q
friendly interest in the colored people
and all that relates to their welfare.
Under the caption of "Garveyism," in
its issue of the 9Th inst, it reaches the
following conclusion:
G2rveyism is the counterpart,
among the Negro populations OF Amer.
lea. what the Ku Klux Khan is among
the whlte people. 1t is in its essence an
appeal to prejudice and passion AMI
II unchecked will Dear fruit in the hor
rors OF racial conflict. The formal pro
test, therefore, addressed to the Attor.
ney General by q representative group
or the leading educators, business men
and fpa0iicists of the Negro race will
be read everywhere with approval and
sympathy by order-loving and humane
peopleSof whatever color
1t may be that the final conclusion
OF our pble contemporary is correct,
but to compare the Garvey movement:
to that of the Ku Klux Khan is an alb
surdity. The Ku Klux Khan believes In
white supremacy or processes so to be.
lieye- The Gaeyeyites do not believe In
black supremacy. They advocate tn,
leaving to the white man his own
lands so to speak and advocate the
transplanting of the black people or
the world to their own land. which
they specify as being Africa.
The Ku Klux Khan believes in con-.
cealment OF membership. The Garvey
ties willingly display their member.
ship and in al of their parades wear
covering on every part of the body.
but their faces, which faces the Ku
klux Khan organization conceals. The
ku Kiux Khan believes in regulating
the conduct Of others not members of
the organization. The Garveyites have
no such tenets in any part of their
ceremony. The Ku Klux Khan believes
in night riding. in whipping men an.
women and in torturing other classes
of people. They believe in super-gov.
eminent and they take the law into
their own hands.
During the entire career of this re.
markable black leader, Marcus Garvey
but one case of assassination has taken
place and he and his followers hay,
disavowed responsibility for the act.
ion of the notorious characters that
committed 1T. 1t may be well to remark
too that the victim was Negro and
not white man. Just how this act
would arouse the passions Of the
whites is a mystery To speak plainly,
Marcus Garvey has apparently pander.
ed to the Negro hating elements of the
Southland by advocating the removal
of the Negroes from this country.
He is accordingly safe from injury
mt their hands. The lynchers. the hoon
lum classes of the Southland regard
him as Negro Moses. who would re-
move from competition with them
this working industrious Negro. who
has been the ever potent force in set.
thing the industrial problems of the
Southland. Disagree with the Hon
Marcus Garvey as much as you please,
but do not be unjust to the extent of
comparing him and his organization
with one of the scourges of this West
ern world today. which scourge is
equal in severity to pestilence and
famine. The Public Ledger says.
The significance of this protest lies
in us origin and in it's manifestation
OF a growing realization among intelli.
gent and educated Negroes that their
liberation from injustice and oppre5.
sion can only be brought about by n
more perfect understanding between
the white and colored races and by a
cooperation in which the latter must