The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-07-17

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BALTIMORE, MO.
JULY 3, 1886
Preamble
Another year has passed With
little fundamental change In the
material status Of the Negro Dia-
elimination IN public and private
employment and in the anportion-
ment Of relief continues practically
unabated. Notorious Is this diserim-
ination in the South where undor
the bourbon regime which yet re-
mains IN power the plight Of Ne
gro Americans steadily grows
worse. Lynehing goes steadily on
encouraged BY the opposition Of
certain southern senators and con
gressmen to federal anti-lynehing
legislation: by the timldity of 9TH
er congressman who do not come
from the south. yet who hesitate
to force action by Congress on this
issue; By failure Of the Department
of Justice to function, ard by the
failure Of the Presias. c to express
himself to Congress- IN this issue.
The rise Of the Fascist organlza-
lions like the Black Legion, the
lynehing Of white labor organizers
in Florida, the flogging of southern
white men and women In Arkan-
sas, are arousing thoughtful Am
orleans to a realization that mob
violence knows no color line and
that the lynchings of one racial
or religious group inevitably leads
TO the lynchings of others.
In the face of this dark picture,
however, certain notable gains
stand out. The pressing forwari
of the campaign against discrim-
ination in unsupported education
al institutions has resulted not only
in the opening of doors hitherto
believed closed permanently against
Negroes but in a remarkable awak-
ening of public consciousness to
the nature and extent of this dis
elimination. The increasing indie
pendence and militancy Of Negro
voters in breaking away from
meaningless party affiliations and
the vigorous struggle in the Seven
ty-fourth Congress for anti-lynch-
ing and other Legislation are Gre
ating a new respect for the intelli-
gence and aggressiyeness of Negro
voters. Coupled with this has been
the Reputation of venal politicians,
white and Negro, who have failed
in their duties and obligations.
Such successes as have been gain
ed in staying the hand Of bigotry
raised against Negroes In courts of
law, as in the sweeping decision
won in the United States Supreme
Court in the cases of three Negr,.
sharecroppers in Mississippi unjurt
" condemned to die and subjected
to incredibly brutal torture; the
staying of imposition of sentences
in the Scottsboro and other c. es
affirm anew the wisdom Of unconi-
promising struggles for the defense
of the defenseless. Remarkable
progress has been made during the
past year by younger people in UNI
derstanding the fundamental, eco
nomic, political and social back
ground of the race problem, AMI
significant steps have been taken
towards joint action by white and
Negro groups in attacking prob
lens common to both racial groups
These are sign posts, we believe,
towards that unity of understand
ing and effort in creation of a new
and more just society.
This Twenty-seventh Annual
Conference of the NAACP, ii con-
vention assembled, goes on record
as follows specifically on these is
sues:
Education
We pledge ourselves to press
forward with increased vigor the
struggle against jim-crow and seq