The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-09
SEGREGATION OF
NEGRO SCHOOL
CHILDREN HIT
Fl e a t 9 d Discussion at
High School
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characterized the history OF white SUI
premacy" as "the history Of exploita-
tion," and the caste system Of Great
Britain and Of America as ''the result
of two forces-political hypocrisy and
economic greed"
Such an incident as the entertain
ment at the White House of Booker
T. Washington does not disprove the
caste system Of America. 1T is AN
OUTSTANDING PROOF THAT A
RIGID CASTE SYSTEM EXISTS"
said Professor Cornelius.
Negro Woman's Rights.
The presence of the South in the
North" of prejudice against Negroes
in the great industrial centers and the
consequent need for such activities as
those Of the Inter-racial commission
were explained by Mrs. Charlotte
Hawking Moses, prominent member of
the commission. With an outspoken
demand that the Negro woman be
given every privilege and every op-
portunity that the white woman en-
joys, and a statement that this is the
time for the blasting and tearing up
of all institutions" Mrs. Moses effect
lively sllenced the contention OF capital
ist newspapers-a contention intended
as praise-that the National Associa-
ton of Colored Women is a mild and
unaggtessive group.
|, The raising Of $4,000 scholarship
fund for promising Negro girls oc-
casioned much excitement during the
session.
Among. the better known women at
the convention are Miss Halle @.
Brown, president Of the Association,
Mrs. Booker T. washington, who gave
brief talk on Tuskegee Institute in
Alabama, a Negro educational institu-
ton, and Mrs. Alice Dunbar Nelson.
widow of Paul Lawrence Dunbar,
writer Of Negro lyrics.
Secretary Of Labor Davis, who had
been invited to address the convention,
sent Acting Secretary of Labor Theo-
dore G. Risley to speak in his place.
Denunciation of the practise of
segregating Negro children in the
public schools, voiced by Miss Rob-
erta Dunbar, Rhode Island teacher,
created heated discussion at the
sessions of the Fourth Biennial Con-
vention of the National Association of
Colored Women at the Wendell Phil
lips High School More than 500 del
egates from thirty-four states attend
ed the meeting.
Delegates of the professional Negro
middle-class of the South expressed
their fears that Negro teachers might
find it difficult to obtain appointments
If mixed schools prevailed. This is
the same argument which wrecked
the resolution, advocated by working
class representatives at the Sanhed-
rim conference in February, favoring
mixed schools for all states.
Miss Halle w. Brown, president of
the association. addressed the dele
gates at their opening session last
night Robert S. Abbott, Chicago,
editor, spoke on "The Newspaper and
the Public"
The first installment of a $4,000
scholarship fund for the benefit of
promising Negro girls was raised
last evening. Over $4,000 was con-
tributed by the two thousand persons
present.
Well-known colored women partici.
pating in the convention are: Mrs.
Booker T. Washington, widow of the
founder of Tuskegee Institute; Dr.
Sara Brown, Of the q. S. Public
Health service; Mrs Alice Dunbar
Nelson, widow Of Paul Lawrence Dun
bar, famous for his Negro lyrics, and
Mrs. Florence Randolph, a mission
airy.
Secretary of Labor Davis, who was
asked to address the convention, is
sending in his place Acting Secretary
Of Labor Theodore G. Risley, who will
address the last session Of the con
vention today.