The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-03-21
SCHOLARS OF BOTH RACES TO
DISCUSS THE NEGRO
At Durham, N. c. April | and


Under the auspices Of the Associa-
ton for the Study Of Negro Life and
History, students and teachers from
all parts Of the country will meet in a
spring conference at Durham, North
Carolina, on the first and second Of
April to discuss the Negro. The day
sessions will Be held at the Durham
State Teachers College and the even
ing sessions at the White Rock Baptist
Church. Schools, clubs, and cooper
alive organizations from the various
parts of the country will be repre-
scented. What has been done in these
fields will be reviewed and plans for
further efforts will be worked out and
put into execution.
The speakers will be representative
Of both races. There will appear Pro-
fessor w K Boyd Of Duke Univer-
sity, to speak on the Negro in Durham.
Professor William T. LaPrade Of the
same institution to deliver an address
on the Negro Before the Civil War;"
Professor J. R. Hawkins to emphasize
the Importance of the Past of the
Negro" and Professor R. H. Taylor
Of the University Of North Carolina,
to give a resume of Plantation Econ
omy."
A special session, at which Mr.. w.
A. Robinson will deliver the opening
address, will be devoted to the teach
ing Of Negro History. Professor D.
NJ. Jarnagin Of the State Colored Nor
NAL School, will read a paper on valid
Claims for Teaching Negro History"
Mr. N. c. Newbold, head of the De-
partment of Negro Education in North
Carolina, will follow with appropriate
remarks.
The morning session Of the first day
will be devoted to discussion of the
present social and economic condition
of the Negro. Professor T. E. Nc
Kinney of the Agricultural and Tech
nical College, will read a paper on
Our Uniting Forces" and DIR. R. G.
Brown of the North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company, will enlarge
upon the present status of the Negro.
The conference will close with the
evening session of the second, when
Dean w. S. Turner Of Shaw Univer-
sity will deliver an address on "The
Development Of Negro Leadership"
and DIR. c. G. Woodson will speak on
the Negro in History"
DR.. James E. Shepard, president Of
the Durham State Teachers College,
is doing everything to advertise the
meeting and to make the visitors com
Portable. Professor E. E. Smith, DR..
James B. Dudley, DR.. S. G. Atkins,
and President Frank Trigg are giving
the effort their cordial cooperation.
AT this conference the Association
viii report unusual progress. The ef-
fort is now in the midst Of its greatest
achievement During the last ten
years, the Association has been collect
ing and publishing sociological and
historical data to promote the study
Of Negro Life and history and to bring
about harmony between the races by
acquainting the one with the other.
Recently, throughout the Research
Department, moreover, the Association
has been able to develop certain val
liable scientific studies Of the Free Ne
gro Prior to 1861 and Negro Recon
struction History. The results Of
these efforts are now assuming the
form Of works bearing the following
titles: "The Negro IN South Carolina
During the Reconstruction" (lo24),
The Virginia Negro During the Re
construction" available IN 1926 (;
Free Negro Owners Of Slaves in the