Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-02-24

scraps of information at his command
he had to draw considerably upon his
| imagination.
Tlrus DIR. Du Bots intimates that the
Back to Africa" idea was the only
dominant idea in the Garvey move
ment. But the two ideas-the COLOMBIA
ton and empire idea-which formed
the Back to Africa" idea were only
two OF the eight ideas which went in
to the formation OF the Universal Me-
gro Improvement Association. The
other six ideas were forming ccnfrs.
ternity of the black people of the
world, protesting against caste prejI.
dice and prescription which ignorci
the worth of a man and looked so'eIy
Mt his color. teaching black men t. re-.
spect themselves and each other. buld
Ing factories. launching a steamship
line and developing Liberia Industrial.
ly and commercially.
DIR. DU BoIS' TEN MISTAKES
DIR. Du Bois' Century Magazine art,.
Gle is so brilliant and perfect q liter
airy creation that we hate to dissect it,.
1t is like analyzing the beauty and
VA iooC WHaI
chemical elements entered into it's com
position. But as DR. .Du Bots is writing
history, we must consider his article
as history and not as magnificent
bit of prose poetry. These ten mistak-
es are not mistakes of Interpretation.
but OF historical facts.
Mistake No. DIR. Du Bots. on
page 539 of the Century Magazine,
IL III
'potentates!" Answer: In reality there
was only one potentate. Gabriel NJ.
Johnson Of Monrovia.
Mistake No. 2. DR.. Du Bots, on page
539, says: Before him knelt succes
sion OF several colored gentlemen.
Among the lucky recipients of titles
was the former private secretary or
Booker T. Washington" Answer: In
reality DR.. Emmett ]. Scott was in
washington, ID. c., and did not attend
the convention.
Mistake No. 8. On page 541 of the
Century Magazine DR.. Du Bots says
Then came the new economic demand
for Negro peasant labor on the Pana-
ma Canal" Answer: But Colonel Goe-
thals in his book "How I Built the
Panama Canal" states that many West
Indians were employed as engineers
and mechanics, and many Italians az
laborers.
Mistake No. 4. pr Du Bots. on page
541 of the Century Magazine says thar
w. Indians began to migrate in Larger
numbers to America during the World
War" Answer: In reality West Indians
began to migrate to America in 1896
when the Brussels conference barred
and boycotted West Indians and i'm
ported sugar and when the German
beet sugar began to thrive. See article
on Sugar in the Encyclopedias Br:-
tannica. 1t would be advisable for the
learned scholar to also read Crabbe 5
Guide to the British West Indies
Mistake No. 5. On page 543 Of The
Century Magazine DR.. Du Bots refers
to Marcus Carney as "This black peas.
ant of jamaica" Answer: Marcus Gar
vey never worked as n farmer or agri
cultural laborer. When he quit school
at the age of sixteen he worked four
years as a printer. four years as a fore
man of printing. Since then he has
i travelled and studied conditions in
Europe and other parts of the world
edited newspapers and formed organi.
cations.
Mistake No. 6. DIR. Du Bots says of
the Yarmouth, the first steamship of
the Black Star Line. "She made three
trips to the West Indies in three years
Answer: In reality she made three
trips in nine months.
Mistake No. 2. On page 544 of the
Century Magazine DR.. Du Bots says
/ Thus the bubble of Garveyism burst
Answer: There are still over 500 well
organized divisions functioning as
they did before the delegates went t,
the League of Nations from the Aug.
ust convention of 1922.
Mistake No. 8. On page 545 of the
Century Magazine DR.. Du Bots says
He did not quite dare call himself
King Marcus 1, but he summed himself
while in the address of your Males
| ty Answer: If Dr. Du Bois would ut
tend the meetings in Liberty Hall or
read The Negro World carefully he
would learn that Marcus Garvey's Off
cial title is Your Excellency:"
Mistake No. 9. on page 546 Of the
| Century Magazine DR.. Du Bots says OF
the U. N. l. A., cts main and moving
nucleus has been a knot of black
jamaican peasants resident III
AlHeTlCd Answer. III Dr. Du Bots mad
carefully observed the parades of 1926
he would have seen over a score OF
bright, respondent banners with Bar
bados, Jamaica, Grenada, st. Kits
Antigua, Cuba, Haiti Porto Rico
Santo Domingo, Trinidad, Demerarp
New York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania
Washington. Virginia North Carolina
Georgia, Florida, etc. emblazoned W
on them. These banners indicated that
| the groups of from ten to one hun.
dred who marched behind them were
born in the country. island or State
designated on the banners and that
The Univf Tsal Negro Improvement AS
fH"'"- ion s recruited not from the
STAR Of jamaica, but from the black
Neopi0s Q" the rorld. Two-thirds Of the
two-sCore divisions. whose membership
runs into the four figures, are located
in the United States Of America.
Tist"b" 20 20 Dr Du Bots on pag
rs of the Century Magazine says: "As
compared with the homes. the bust
ness, the church. Garvey's basement
represents nothing in Accomplishment;