The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-31
Nine Fields Represented.

: Nine Fields Represented.
1t is proposed to have representa-
tlon at the all-race conference from
the following phases of Negro life;
it will be apportioned by the commit
tee OF arrangements on the basis of
an equal number of delegates from
each section:
Religious organizations, fraternal
organizations, civil rights organiza-
tiens, social organizations, educational
organizations, organized press, labor
organizations, business and profess
sional organizations.
The task Of working out an agen-
da, basis of representation and pre-
pairing detailed call will naturally
take some time, and before the job
is completed many experts on the
various subjects to be dealt with will
have to be co-optated to the present
committee of arrangements. In the
meantime, however, the six organiza-
tions composing the conference and
issuing the call, express the hope that
the colored press will give this call
the widest circulation and that all
colored organizations and bodies will
begin at once to move in the direc--
ton of the all-race conference. 1t is
the hope of the conference that par
liamentary rules and the regular red
tape will be suspeY'ed in this case
and that immediate action will be
taken on question so vital and i'm
portant to the welI-being of the
masses as the calling of this all-race
conference with the view of realizing
a solid front against the ever-increas-
ing onslaughts of the enemy. The
call follows:
The Call.
"The world today has come to a
critical period of its existence. Our
race likewise has reached a crucial
situation. The promises of ameliora-
tion and of full citizenship so easily
made during the critical period of the
great World War have failed of full
fillment. In this time Of readjust-
ment there is growing very men,
acing spirit of animosity against the
race and a determination to thrust
the Negro down into the most servile
and degrading status and to maintain
him there forever. s-~
"Now while world readjustment is
in progress and when every other
oppressed group is exerting itself to
the utmost to gain it's rights and lib
critics, the Negro race must bestir it
self, must concentrate it's best thought
and energy to Withstand the terrible
onslaughts made against it and Sc
cure it's due and rightful status: equal
manhood rights and opportunities in
every department of life. The race
must be stimulated to utilize all avail
able opportunities for constructive
endeavor' and must be brought into
harmonious working relationships
with the white race.
Conference Need Urgent.
"The need is urgent, nay, imper-
ative,, then. for the assembling Of
national aIl-race conference to con-
slider the present position of the race,
to ferret out and unmask the hostile
forces arrayed against it. to formu-
late plan of defence and protection.
to discover the forces, agencies and
organizations which may be utilized
in that defence, to effect a united
front of the race, and to devise ways
and means for full and complete
emancipation.
The attention of the conference
must be focused upon the following:
Race prejudice. legal discrimina-
tions, economic exploitation, racial
self-respect, religious awakening,
moral and social betterment. cooper
alton within the race and between the
races, political action, industrial bet
terment; such evils as lynching, Ku
Kluxism, segregation, disfranchise-
ment, unequal enforcement of law,
peonage.
A detailed call specifying time and
place will be issued later by the COM
mittee of arrangements. Every col
lored organization should begin now
to move in this direction. and the at
tention and energy Of the race CEN
tered upon the successful conduct of
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