Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-11-01
Noted Leader Saws
White People Unfair
To Negroes In US.
By Staff Correspondent

by OIdil Correspondence
DR. Robert R. Motion, Principal of
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala
bama, spoke tn an audience of white
and colored people assembled in the
historic saint Pauls" church, corner
Ninth and Grace streets here on
Tuesday night of this week.
The speaker was introduced by DR..
John Garland Pollard. Governor of
Virginia, who stated that DR.. Motion,
by his sane leadership had endeared
himself to, and won the confidence Of
all races. Governor Pollard also.
pledged his support to all movements
which will help the Negroes and i'm
prove relations between the two races.
We relate briefly some of the hioh-
lights of the address de ivered by DR..
Motion in the following paragraphs:
81 take off my hat to the white man
for the simple reason that he re-
spects the women of his race; the
Negro as a whole does MT have the
proper respect for his race" "Some
time ago there was much talk about
the Negro going back to Africa, but
in my travels so far have not found
any Negroes who want to go to Afri-
"a. The white people do not want the
Negroes to go back to Africa, es-
necially those in the southern rart Of
the United States" at is claimed
that the Negro owns Afri"a. but a
bout all that they can lap claim to, in
Africa is Liberia, and there is a
MORTGAGE on that" "The Negroes in
the United States are further ad-
vanced than they are anywhere else
in the world. we have gained certain
advantages by our contact with the
Anglo Saxon race in this country. All
races who amount to anything much
have had to go through struggles to
get there; we should therefore, not be
discouraged, for we have progressed,
financially, spiritually, socially,
morally and Intellectually, for all this
we should be very thankful" DR..
Motion stated that there were many
things however, that ranked on the
Negroes mind, he cited numerous in
stances in which the Negro is segre-
rated and jim-crowed, citing partcu-
larly the conditions that obtain Oh
railroad and steamship lines in the
country, laying particular stress upon
the fact that news dealers, conduct
ors and any others who desired to do
so stationed themselves in the jim
crow cars operated by the railroads,
forcing the occupants to ride in the
sun and in other parts Of the cars not
desired by those who frequently use
the jim-crow car, in many instances
as smoker. He stated that the hea tn
comfort and safety of the Negro was
not in the minds of these people.
Broad Street station uas used by him
as a case in point, he stating that
there are two seperate entrances
there, where only one is necessary,
the Negro being relegated around to
the side of the building where there
was small part of the building de-
signated for his use, he paps the same
price for his travel that the white
man pays yet he is given inferior &C.
comodations. If he is to be given in
ferior Accommodations of travel he
should not be charged more than half
fare. The law requires that the Negro
shall receive seperate, but equal ac-
! comodat:ons. have travelled on many
roads and on none of them have
ever seen the Negro accorded equal
Accommodations, not one"
DR.. Motion in speaking of the pres
ent condition of affairs said "the
white man could use moral suasion
rather than legal force in giving JUS
tice to the Negro.
Regarding the hewers of wood and
the drawers of water as mentioned
in the scriptures DR.. Motion said, 81
would not be Christian If thought
that God had put curse on me and
that curse was the color of my ekin.
The white mans success has not been
due to the color of his skin; we must
make up our minds that we are not
cursed, we do not need to anologize,
for we are fundamentally what God
willed that we should be. we have no
apology to make for our color. the
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