The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-03-08
conference Of
HISTORIANS To
MEET APRIL "a
Prominent Speakers Will Ad-
dress Body to Discuss All
Phases of Race.

On the 3rd and 4th OF April the
Spring Conference Of the Association
for the Study of Negro Life and His
tory will take place in Philadelphia.
Reports on the status OF investiga-
tions will be made, men of scientific
preparation will be invited to discuss
serious aspects Of their studies and
prominent persons interested in the
Negro will bring a word Of cheer. We
are endeavoring to make this the
most significant meeting in the his
tory Of the association.
The conference will direct its at
tention to the Negro In Africa; the
Latin-American of color, the migra-
tion in its historical setting, racial
crossings or inter-breeding, labor be-
fore the Civil War. labor during the
reconstruction, the free Negro prior
to emancipation, folklore, and the
development of the church.
Various Speakers.
Practically all or the speakers are
persons of national reputation and
the topics which they will discuss
are of paramount imy rtance. Mr..
L. Hollingsworth Woou, president of
the Urban league. will discuss Some
Happy Results Of Race Contacts;"
Mr.. Charles s. Johnson, editor. of
Opportunity. will present the "Migra-
ton Of the Negro in It's Historical
Setting;" DR.. Melville ]. Herskoyits
of the New School Of Social Research
will speak from the results of his
study OF Racial Crossings Of the
Whites and Blacks In Harlem, New
York CITY," Or. Alain Leroy Locke,
who has recently returned from Afri-
ca, will disclose New Approaches to
African Culture" Professor Charles
ii. Wesley OF Howard University will
deliver discourse on the Economic
Status Of the Negro In the Decade
Prior to the Civil War" DIR. Robert
1. kerlfn, the noted author and re-
former, will discuss the --latest De-
velopments in Negro Poetry" Mr.. A.
A. Taylor, associate investigator of
the Association for the Study Of Ne
gro Life and History. will speak ON
THE Movement Of the Negroes to the
Southwest Between 1880 and 1885,"
the Honorable Thomas e Miller, for
mer member OF Congress-, will en-
tighten the conference on the Free
Negro Prior to the Civil War" DR..
r. G. Woods, president Of Virginia
Seminary. will deliver an address on
THE Value Of the Association to the
Race" and Miss Mamie II. Bur-
roughs. head OF the National Train
Ing School for Girls, will speak on
THE Importance Of Negro History"
Here Is a new movement of tremend-
Gus significance and possibilities.
We hear much about down-with-Ne-
gro and the like, but such spokesmen
represent the mob. As the years 20
by the public learns more and more
to appreciate the value of the Negro
In the life Of the nation. This change
Is not an accidental result. It has
been brought about by the men and
women who are using the printed
word to put the case of the Negro
before the world. Some of this has
been done by means Of propaganda
and some Of 1t by scientific research
and publication. The latter is the
task Of the historian.
Advancement Seen.
A few years ago 1t was considered
exceptional to meet q Negro who
could write an article for a magazine
or publish a book. Now with the
rapidly increasing number Of these
studying the social sciences In the
best universities Of the country, we
find a large group Of scholars pre-
senting the Negroes case to the
world in deinitive form. They have
not as yet won their point. and 1t
will require some time before men
given to bias will concede the force
Of what these historians are writing;
but no man can in the future write
the history Of this day and genera
ton without taking into account
What thouo sf,,dontn ore mn an rt6fn0
and publishing to the world.