The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-01-06
AMERICAN NATION AROUSED TO
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A. C. P. REPORT FOR YEAR 1922

and justice and tolerance to the
American people,"
The consensus of opinion is that
this advertisement was the greatest
Jingle stroke of propaganda ever
struck in behalf Ct justice to the COL
ored people.
The temporary setback on the Dyer
bill in no way affects the determine
ton of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
20 continue the fight on this issue un-
til lynching in America is stamped
out.
Defense of Arkansas Peonase Victim
Defense of IL Arkansas cclored
peonage victims, first sentenced to
death in 1919, in connection with the
riots in which $50 colored people
were killed. has been carried by the
United States supreme court where
1928. The cases of 6 of the IL men
have gone to the supreme court after
passing through four state and fed
eral courts and the men were saved
after twice being sentenced to death
and five times having dates for their
execution set. In the other 6 cases
through action of the associations at
torneys the Arkansas supreme court
twice reversed the verdict Of guilty
of the Phillips county circuit court.
After the second reversal the asso-
cations attorneys obtained a change
cf venue. On four occasions date
for retrial was set but on each of
these occasions the state of Arkansas
announced it was unready for trial.
The associations attorneys are striv-
ing to obtain the release of the con-
demned men under the statute of linn
itations.
Before the United States supreme
court, the association and the men
will be represented by Moorield
Storey ex-president of the American
Bar Association who is now presi-
dent of the N. A. A. C. P, and by
Scipio A. Jones of Little Rock, Ark.
Besides the IL colored farmers SEN
fenced to death, 81 others were SEN
fenced to various prison terms from
few years to life Imprisonment.
Fight Against Peonase
The association in carrying on the
defense of these men has expended
$4,000 of funds raised for the pur-
pose. Considerable sums have also
ben raised and expended by the col
ored people of Arkansas. The fight
has been conducted not only to right
a grievous wrong done to these col
ored farmers. It is hoped as we'll, by
taking their cases before the highest
tribunal in the land to open up the
entire question of peonage, which is
the greatest economic handicap and
source of much of the brutal exploita-
ton under which the colored man
suffers in the cotton-raising commu-
mites Of the United States.
Civil Rights and Extradition
In addition to these two outstand-
ing efforts, the N. A. A. c. P. in
January fought successfully with its
Buffalo branch and other agencies to
prevent the extradition from Canada
Of Matthew Bullock to North Caro-
lima where he would probably have
been lynch. Through efforts Of the
District of Columbia branch and the
national Office discrimination affecting
thousands of colored ship stewards
in the United States shipping board
was ended. Legal aid and advice was
given in the winning of numerous
civil rights cases in New York and
other states. Strenuous fights were
begun through branches in Indiana
and other states against threatened
attempts to introduce segregated
public and high schools. Through
the Cleveland branch we> prevented
the extradition of a colered man to,
Georgia. Through the Buffalo branch
we secured the arrest and conviction
of white man who had criminally
assaulted a nine-year-old colored girl.
Through the Prince George county
and District of Columbia branches
we secured the release of a colored
man arrested and accused of the
murder of a white woman, of which