Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-03-03

French beard. Surely that is not typi-
cal OF Africa; it is typical of that blood
which he loves so well and which he
bewails in not having more in his
veins-French.
LAZY AND DEPENDENT.
In referring to the effort of Marcus
Garvey and the Universal Negro I'm
provement Association to establish a
building in Harlem, he says in the ar
ticle: There was long, low unfiI-
issed church basement rooted over. Il
was designed as the beginning of u
church long ago, hut abandoned. Mar
Gus Garvey rooted it over. and out OF
this squat and dirty old Liberty Hall
he screams his propaganda. AS compar
ed with the homes the business and
church Garvey's basement represents
nothing in accomplishment and only
waste in attempt"
Here we have this 'lazy dependent
mulatto" condemning the honest effort
of his race to create out of nothing
something which could be attributed to
their ownership, in that the dirty old
Liberty haif' he speaks of is the prop
,erty of Negroes. while in another sec
ton OF his article he praises the beau
tiful and luxurious buildings he claims
to he occupied by other black folk max
ing it appear that these buildings were
really the property of these people re-
ferred to. such as. according to his
own description, "a brick block on
Seventh avenue stretching low and
beautiful from the Y w. c. A., with
a moving picture house of the better
class and colOred and 10 cent store
built and owned by black folks" Du
Bots knows he lies when he says that
the premises herein referred to were
built and are owned by black folks.
They are the property Of Industrious
Jews who have sought an outlet FOR
their surplus cash in the colored dis.
trict. The Y. w. c. A. is donation
from the good white people; but he
continues by saying down beyond on
One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street
the sun burns the rising spire of an
Abyssinian church, fine structure
built by Negroes who for one hundred
years have supported the organization
and are now moving to their luxurious
home of soft carpets. stained windows
and swelling organ.v He also knows
that this building has been subscribed
to by the Church Extension Society,"
which is white, and therefore the
building is not entirely owned by the
members of the Abyssinian Church.
Finally. he says "the dying rays hit
low, rambling basement of brick and
rough stone" This in reference to Lib
erty Hall. i = !
INDEPENDENT NEGRO EFFORT.
Liberty Hall represents the only indie
pendent Negro structure referred to
in the classification of Du Bots about
buildings up in Harlem, but he calls
this Independent effort dirty and DID,
but that which has been contributed
by white people he refers to in the
highest terms. This shows the charac-
ter of the mamie has absolutely no
respect and regard for independent Ne
gro effort but that which Is supported
by white charity and philanthropy, and
why so? Because he himself was edu-
Gated bv charity and kept by philan
thropy. He got his education by chart.
ty, and now he is occupying a position
in the National Association for the AID
vancement of Colored People, and it is
felt that his salary is also paid by the
funds that are gathered in from the
charity and philanthropy of white
people. This soft carpet" idea is go
ing to be the undoing of w. E. b. Du
Bots. He likes too much the luxurious
home and soft carpets and tina 20
why he is naturally attracted to white
folks, because they have lot of this:
but if he were in Georgia or Alabama
he would now he stepping on the car
pets Of Paradise; but that is not all of
the man, as far as that is concerned
Hn ridicules the idea that the Univer-
sal Negro improvement Associate
should hold a social function in Liber-
~ Hall on the 10th of August, 1922 at
which certain social hOnors were be-
slowed upon a number of colored
gentlemen, such as Knighthood and
the creation Of the Peerage
SOCIAL HONORs FOR NEGROES
In referring to the matter. he says
in the article: "Many American Ne
groes and some others were scandaliz
ed by something which they could but
regard as q simple child's play It seem
ed to them sinister. This enthrone.
ment Of demagogue, blatant. boast
er, who with monkey-shines was delud
ing the people and taking their hard
earned dollars; and in high Harlem
there arose an insistent cry. 'Garvey
must go!' Indeed Du Bots was scandal
lied by the creation Of Peerage and
Knighthood by Negroes. and In truth
the person who is responsible for the
creation Of such thing should go. be
cause Du Bois and those who think
like him can see and regard honor cor
ferred only by their white masters. II
Du Bots was created a Knight Com
mander Of the Bath by the British
King. or awarded similar honor by
some white Potenate, Ire would have
advertised it from cover to cover OF
the Crisis" and he would have writ
ten book and told us how he was
recognized above his fellows by such 9
Potenate. but it was not done thai
way. This was n enthronemeni - ~
groes in which Du Bots could se<
nothing worth while. He was behint
the "Garvey must go!" program start
ed in Harlem Immediately otter The
pDthrOnement hecauSo no roo1i1ef