Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-29
BISHOP ADVOCATES
i,sTUIDy OF RACE
Urdks Plan That Younger Me-
CRIES May Not Suffer an
feriority Complex"

A Study Of the history OF the Negro
race ithat all members Of 1t may be
prouA OF its accomplishments and of
their eorigin, was urged by Bishop r. A:
Cart Of the Methodist Episcopal
Chwxh. colored. at the opening OF
rounT table discussions at meeting
undeN the auspices of the Association
for De Study of Negro Life History. in
the CArnet-Patterson School today. The
meetAg was one of series held In con-
nectik1 with the fifteenth annual con-
venti%1 of the association, which opened
Bid op Carter urged such a study.
parti'N llarly by the younger members OF
the Dee, in order that they may not
suffer- "inferiority completes" he said,
as suffered by their elders, but be proud
they Ire Negroes. Perhaps there cam
not Ne much done among the older
memtArs Of the race to eliminate an
inferitrity complex" Bishop Carter de-
claretN but indicated that much can be
accomplished by and among the younger
generS tion.
Urges Study of Past.
Rek DR.. w. H. Jernagin, pastor of
MounA Carmel Baptist Church (col-
oredD spoke OF the evidence of prog
Yess ftnong the Negroes of today and
urgedAthat they make study of the
past famillarizC themselves with the
background OF their race history.
Othsrs speaking during the round
table discussion today were Rev. DIR.
r. w. Brooks, pastor of the Lincoln
Temple CONGREGATIONAL Church; Mrs.
Lena Trent Gordon of the Philadelphia
branch Of the association, who official
ly represents Mayor Harry A. Mackey
Of Philadelphia at the meetings; Mrs.
Ada ~. Waters Of the Chicago branch
nH f1aA
Of the Columbian Educational Associa-
Th7 afternoon delegates to the an
nual 4leeting delivered addresses at the
colorfE high and junior high schools,
urging the pupils to undertake an ex-
tensiya study of Negro history.
AmHng the speakers at the various
schoo4 were Prof. r. w. Logan of Vir-
giniar& Union University, who spoke at
Armstrong High School; ]. E. Dogs, at
tcrneN VINO spoke at the CardoZa High
Schools Prof. Donald Young of the Uni
versitN of Pennsylvania, at the Dunbar
High Kchool: w. E. Griffin of the Kan
sas Cky branch of the association, at
the FXhnciS Junior High School; Mrs.
Charl4te Hawkins Brown of the
Palme4 Memorial Institute, Sedalia, N.
c., wiA spoke at the Garnet-Patter-
son Jlehior High School; Miss Jane z.
HunteH Of the Phyllis Wheatley Asso-
citation Cleveland, who addressed the
pupils II Randall Junior High School,
and "A r. Evans of the Washington
High Echool, Atlanta, who spoke at
the S)E1 Junior High School.
DIR. Woodson Presides.
DR.. Karter G. Woodson of this city.
director of the association, presided at
the op2hing of the session this morning
in the absence of Prof. John r. Haw-
kins, President, who was prevented from
attending the meeting due to illness
DR.. Fvoodson announced that Mavor
Mackea Of Philadelphia had invited a
delegaton of this association which is
to visiA Philadelphia to be his guests at
q reception in the City Hall there for
them November /. The delegation will
60 to Philadelphia to visit the Barnes
Museum Of African art. III
The columbian Educational Associa-
ton on this city will send five teachers
from HheS colored public schools with
the dekeation, twas announced by M.
Grant tLucas, president Of that body.
The bic school ofacials are coop
eratinf& In granting the teachers abb
sence PR the trip to Philadelphia, with
the understanding they viii visit pub
lie schAols In Philadelphia and report.
ProfE s. r. BemiS, head of the de.
partmeHt Of history at George WASH
ington University, and DR.. G. H. Wesley,
head the department Of history at
Howar2 University, were to address a
meetinA Of the convention In the Ger
nett nst-Fat erson s"hool later this after
A pfgeant, when Truth Gets a
Hearing was presented as feature of
the cofEention program by the pupils
Of the kNational Training School for
WomeiN and Girls In the Armstrong
High Sslool last night.
Addresses expressing interest in the
movemt 1t for the study Of Negro his
tory wtke delivered at dinner of the
Association for the Study of Negro Life
and H4tory in the Whitelaw Hotel
last nit9lt, rendered by business and
professional men. Among the speakers
were DA ]. Hayden johnson, member
Of the eoard of Education DR.. B. p.
Hurst skd Mrs. Julia West Hamilton
Of this cry: Dr. John M. Grandy presi-
dent Off the Virginia State College.
&. PetersbGkg, and Mrs r. M Wood.
supervisf of the Baltimore public
schools.