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.TURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1922
BibleThoughtforToday
Reward of Humility:Whosoever
alteth himself shall be abased and
that humbleth himself shall be
alted.Luke 14:11.
But in lowliness of mind let each
teem other better than themselves,
ok not every man on his own
ings, but every man also on the
mgs of others.Philippians 2:3, 4.
DEATH OF EDITOR ADAMS
It is the sorrowful task of those
10 are left behind to announce the
agic death of John Q. Adams for
years editor and publisher of
IE APPEAL. Mr. Adams was
ruck by an automobile Sunday,
ptember 3, 1922. He suffered for
out six hours and then peacefully
seed into the Great Beyond.
"Thus passed away a great soul, a
ving husband and father, and a
od citizen.
The details of his untimely death
id burial will be found in this issue.
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to express our appreci
ion of the many kind words of
mpathy which were spoken per
nally, came by wire and mail, and
the kindnesses and services ren
ted by neighbors and friends and
"e members of Gopher Lodge, No.
5, and of the beautiful floral trib
es received, on the occasion of our
cent bereavementthe loss of a
nd and loving husband and father.
MRS. ELLA B. ADAMS
JOHN Q. ADAMS, JR.
MRS. ADINA A. GIBBS
EDYTHELLA B. ADAMS.
HE ANNIVERSARY OF ATLANTA'S
SHAME
Sixteen years have passed since the
oody massacre of innocent colored
mericans at Atlanta, Ga. It was
of the bloodiest chapters in the
story of the world. Many of the
programs" of the semi-barbarous
JSsian mujiks pale into insignifi
nce before the blood-frenzy of At
ita's Caucasian Christians. The
aet number of the mobbed and
irdered people will never be known
**MVJ-"- ^^f^^rw-^^w^ &*** ^^1
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diary editorials of the Atlanta News"
and the Atlanta Journal, owned by
Hoax Smith, then governpr of Geor
gia. Smith was recently nominated
for governor and in Georgia that is
equivalent to election. It is evident
that public opinion supports Smith's
policies.
We reprint DuBois'. famous classic
because we believe that the race
should ponder over the wrongs it has
suffered.
THE APPEAL'S PLATFORM
1. THE APPEAL resents the
claim so persistently made by many
Caucasians that this is a "white
man's country." The colored people
are citizens by right and birth and
the Federal Constitution specifically
places all citizens on equality before
the law.
2. THE APPEAL believes that
the idea advanced by certain persons
that the Caucasian race has been es
pecially commissioned bv God to rule
all of the colored races is blasphemy.
3. THE APPEAL firmly believes
that in a republic there can be but
cne kind of citizen, hence challenges
the right of the governmentfed
eral, state or localto discriminate
in anv way between citizens by the
enactment of any law which speci
fies that the colored people must be
separated from or treated differently
from the great body of citizens.
THE APPEAL is opposed to class
legislation of every kind.
4. THE APPEAL believes in man
hood suffrage without any educa
tional or property qualifications
whatever, and contend that the law
abiding man of good character, who
does his duty as a citizen and risks
his life in defense of the flag, should
not be deprived of the ballot because
he is poor and cannot read and write.
Disfranchisement works irresistibly
for the denial or abridgement of all
the related rights of citizenship, be
cause a voteless man has no right
which any one is bound,to respect.
5. THE APPEAL believes that
the schools supported by public tax
ation should be open to all regardless
of race, color or creed and that every
parent should determine the kind of
education he wishes his children to
receive.
6. THE APPEAL believes that
the statement that the Southern Cau
casians pay the taxes necessary to
educate the Southern colored people
is an economic absurdity. That each
man in his place pays as much tax
as any other man in the community
is an economic truism which has
never been disputed by any reputable
sociologist or political economist
from Adam Smith down to the pres
ent time.
7. THE APPEAL knows that the
colored people have been misrepre
sented the matter of crime. Ene
mies have endeavored to prove that
colored people are a criminal people,
but their statements have been dis
proved by statistics. Caucasian
Americans commit more and baser
crimes than colored people.
8. THE APPEAL is opposed td
mob law and believes that mob li
cense is more dangerous to the well
being and perpetuitv of society than
'the isolated infractions of the law by
individuals.
9. THE APPEAL does not believe
that the Southern Caucasians are the
best friends of the race. The South
ern Caucasian idea of friendship is
the relation of superior and inferior.
In many cases the colored person
who gains the "friendship" of a
Southern Caucasian does so at the
expense of his manhood. THE AP
PEAL is not willing for the settle
ment of the race question to be left
to the unjust, un-American, unchris
tian South for settlement.
10. THE APPEAL refuses to con
sider any proposition that the colored
man relinquish any of the political or
civil rights now possessed by the
race. Every effort should be made
to retain those which exist and to
regain those which have been lost.
THE APPEAL reaffirms its unal
terable determination to continue to
battle for the right to the end and
come what may, THE APPEAL will
never give up the contention for jus
tice and the absolute equality of all
citizens under the law.
"AU REVOIR JAZZEBOS"
It seems that the colored jazz ar
tists who have become so popular in
Paris will soon have to leave for
home, A recent dispatch from. Paris
says A regiment of colored jazz
artists from the U. S. A. have musi
cal Paris in the hollow of their hands.
Any jazz band can anchor at a
French cafe and put the S. R. O.
sign in front before the end of the
week. It's a gift. The terrible con
sequences, from the French point of
view, is that jazzbos scoop up all
the money in sight, while honor grad
uates from the French academies
can't get a look-in on restaurant jobs.
The Frenchman for all his tem
^erment, his shrugging of shoulders
and talking with tShe hands, can't
grab off the knack of making a saxo
phone whine or causing a snare drum
to syncopate. Parisians dance to
rag music with abandon but the tal
ent to create it must be imported.
The result is" that native boras curl
up and starve, while the colored men
gather big money.
For the protection of the French
artists a law was recently passed that
on and after October 1, no orchestra
may contain more than 10 per cent
foreigners. That means "au revoir"
to American jazz and the return of
symphonic dance music to Paris. It
mtoy* also mean thumbs down for
many cafes that have rolled up huge
dividends on the strength of jazz.
ACCURSED BE*THEY IF THEY
YIELD
(Reprinted from The Appeal of
October 25, 1913,)
For more than a quarter of the
century the editor of THE APPEAL
has struggled to give the Afro-Amer
ica.n people of the West a newspaper
which would defend their rights. A
complete file has beep preserved and
the editor is proud to say that mot a
single false note has been sounded,
THE APPEAL has always advised its
readers never to relinquish a civil
right and to aid their Southern
brethren to regain the many rights
Which have slipped away because of
the activities of jim crow propagan
dists.
THE APPEAL has never beep a
profitable business proposition in it
self, the editor has made his living
out of his job printing office and from
other sources of income, but he feels
that he has done something to aid
the colored people and
consciousness of having fought for
the right compensates him for the
years of hard work and the expendi
ture of thousands of dollars.
The editor of THE APPEAL is a
father and the one thing he has en
deavored to impress upon the minds
of his children is self respect, espe
cially as it relates to demanding all
the rights of American citizenship.
He is a poor man and has little of
this world's goods to bequeath them,
but if they have learned their lesson
well and will suffer hardships and
privations and even prefer to die
rather than degrade their souls by
willingly accepting any treatment
which is in any way inferior to that
accorded to other Americans, the
editor will pass into the Great Be
vond happy in the thought that he
has left his offspring a priceless
heritage.
The editor of THE APPEAL would
rather see all of his children in their
graves than to feel that they will
ever even in their minds consider the
proposition of becoming jim crowists
and if they are ever willing to give
up liberty and become servile syco
phants, may God's most awful curse
descend upon them and their children
and mav their children's children be
accursed through all time and eter
nity.
IF HARDING'S RIGHT,
WRONG
GOD'S
President Harding recently made
two speeches in the South, one at
Birmingham, Ala., the other at At
lanta, Ga., on the race question, in
which he displayed a remarkable lack
of information on the subject evi
dently due to the fact that he had
studied only one side of the question.
Of course Mr. Harding is right,
when he says that the colored man
should have political, educational and
economic rights, but he is wrong
when he says that he is not entitled
to every right to whioh every other
group of Americans is entitled. The
president has no right to say that
one-eighth of the population of the
United States must be differentiated
in any way from the other seven
eighths.
In his special message to the Con
gress which met March 4, Mr. Hard
ing said that he looked with favor on
the idea of the appointment of an in
ter-racial commission to study racial
conditions in the United States.
There was no need for haste in an
nouncing his view on a question which
could not have been studied properly
in the short time since he, in June,
1921, announced his intention to do,
owing to his many and pressing offi
cial duties, and it seems that the
President has taken advantage of an
opportunity and thrust his views upon
the public ear, for the purpose of cre
ating a sentiment in favor of his ideas
on the subject, which were evidently
obtained from individuals and books
favorable to the South but inimieal to
the real interests of the colored peo
ple.
The President erroneously con
founds "social equality" with amalga
mation. He says that amalgamation
cannot be, but it exists, it has always
existed and always will exist. The
combined efforts of the law and pub
lic opinion have failed to prevent the
mixing of the races. Throughout the
ages there has been so much racial
mixing that today the scientists and,
ethnologists agree that there is no
such thing as a pure race. In no
other country on the globe has there
been more racial mixing than in the
United States which is the melting
pot of the world. The majority of
the people of the United States are
mixtures of various ra,ces a,nd the
greater part of this majority is com
posed of people with more or less
Negro blood. The racial mixing in
the South is almost wholly illegitimate
as the laws make marriage between
the races a crime.
Now as to social equality, that ex
ists in some part of the United
States and it is only in those parts
of the country which have more or
less of social equality that the colored
people have any rights which the
white people respect. The very words,
"social equality" imply that all rights
are secure. In the South there is
neither equality nor respect for rjghts.
The contempt for the colored man Is
largely due to his inferior social
status, which extends through all hu
man relationships in that benighted
section of the country. Eyep at the
speech of the President the colored
people were segregated and the dis
patches say, |'In the white section
there was a silence which was abso
lute and stony, only one light flutter
of applause came when the President
gaid, "The Negro should be. encour
aged to be the best possible Negro
and not the best possible imitation of
the white man." This seemed to
please a few of the whites who evi
dently visioned a "good Negro" of
slavery days, who hat in hand bowed
low when "ole massa" approached.
The South has a queer idea of so
cial equality. In the North "social
equality" in its narrow sense, inti
mate social mingling in private house
parties, dances, pink teas, etc. In
the Sopth the idea is distorted so that
it includes civic rights, hence the jim
crow car, the jimcrow school, the
jimcrow library, tlje jimcrow park, the
jimcrow telephone booth and so on ad
nauseam. *""~'1
and Secretary Miller and many lead
ing Republicans, as well as the jim
crow campaign bureau that he would
be just to his allies. Also Editor Wil
liam Monroe Trotter said that he had
had a personal interview with the
President and he had promised to aid
in eliminating segregation. Then
eame a speech to a number of colored
delegations from the Harding front
porch, which began with, "Fellow
Americans'* and ended with, "Colored
men, America will not fail you."
These assurances caused THE AP
PEAL to giye candidate Harding
enthusiastic support. Our~ support,
probably, had little to do with the
victory, but is mentioned to show that
this paper was not prejudiced against
him.
Soon after the President assumed
his duties it was noticed that he
seemed to forget his promises. Se
gregation in the" departments at
Washington was continued, three or
the,four jimefow colored men were ap
pointed to jimcrow governmlnt posi
tions. Colored youth were segregated
in the army training camps and coll
ored men were not alloweoSio enlist
in the navy. In every way the Hard
ing administration has stood for the
segregation of colored citizens and it
is sad to relate that some jimcrow
men accept this jimcrow settlement
of matters.
THE APPEAL does not believe, as
Mr. Harding puts it, that there is a
"fundamental, eternal and unescap
able difference between the races."
To do so would be to challenge God
and Christianity. It is a distinct de
parture from the ideals of the found
ers of the Republic who declared that
"all men are created equal and en
dowed by their Creator with certain
inalienable rights, among them life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
After his argument in favor of a
distinct place for the black and col
ored people, Mr. Harding tells us that
the "one thing we must most sedu
lously avoid is the development of
group and class organizations in this
country." He argued against the very
thing which he has previously argued
for. There are just as many differ
ences between the individuals of any
one race as their are between the peo
ple of any number of races. The
idea of race differentiation in any
form in the law, in the functions of
the government, and in public asso
ciation is contrary to a just concept
of a democracy in which all men are
presumed to be equal, and is repug
nant to the highest ideals of the
Christian's God, who is declared to
have made of one blood all nations
of men. If Mr. Harding is right,
God is wrong.
If Mr. Harding had had the time
to study the question and he had
studied it with an open mind he would
have found that in France, Spain and
Portugal, there have never been any
racial hatreds founded on the color of
the skin and the same is true of South
and Central America. In these coun
tries, unhampered by class and color
distinctions colored men have risen to
the highest places in every branch of
human endeavor. There are more
full-blooded Negroes in Brazil than
in the United States and, counting
the mixed-blood population of black,
Indian and white, and the pure whites,
the population totals over 30,000,000
who live together in perfect harmony,
without any public differentiation of
race. There are no social barriers
whatever in Brazil and it is a com
plete refutation of the idea that there
must be social bars between the men
and women who are citizens of a
country.
Color differentiation means the as
cendency of one caste and the degra
dation of the other. Social equality
does not necessarily mean amalgama
tion. That should be a .matter for
individuals to determine. Touring? th6
coming disarmament parley, the Japa
nese will be treated with the greatest
social consideration. They will be
wined and dined and received at every
social function, meeting people who in
their hearts hold hatred toward them,
and in spite of all the social mingling
it is safe to say that not a single
marriage will result.
In a democracy like oiurs, all men,
whether they are black or white, red,
yellow or brown, should meet in all
human relationships without racial
differentiationssimply as AMERI
CANS.
THERE |S A DIFFERENCE.
The "jimcrow negroes" who are
continually repealing "the North is
no better than the South" know they
are lying when they utter such rot.
The oppression of the colored people
is ten thousandfold greater in the
South than in the North. Ninety per
cent of the lynching occurs. in the
South, and ALL qf the disfranchise
ment and jimcrow laws.
A little instance which is illuminat
ing. A colored man was Wrested in
(Chicago last week charged with hav
ing assaulted a white woSnan with a
club, breaking her skulfJ A doctor
diagnosed his case as denrfentia prae
cox and he was committed to the
psycopathic hospital for* treatment.
What would have happened in Geor
gia? Well this is what'fdid happen
in Georgia last summer eiren when no
white woman was involved. A col
ored man shot a white riian and in
turn was shot by a white mob* He
was taken to a hospital where he died
shortly after. About midnight the
white mob went to the hospital to
get the wounded colored man and
lvnch him. Exasperated at finding
that he was dead, the mob broke into
the dead room, got the corpse, car
ried it to the outskirts of the city and
burned it to a crip. The charred re
mains were then returned te the hos
pital. This happened in the city of
Augusta, Ga., in the Year of Our
Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty
one.
HE "MENACE" OF BUDDHISM.
A woman who has been a Christian
missionary in Japan for "18 years call'
ed the attention to the Dtfsciples of
Christ, at a recent general confer
ence, to the growing "menace" of
Buddhism. She said that Buddhist
priests and teachers areooming in inpress
creasing numbers and are urging the
Japanese in the U. 9. to have nothing
When Harding was a candidate for to do with the Christian religion on
President, TJBE APPEAL doubted the ground ^that its followers call
that he would give colored people a theh\ f*a4 oppre them,
square deal and was not disposed ts also stated that Buddhism is
support him but we were reassured gaining among Americans and that the arch enemy of the colored race.
Strong Editorial Uttorancos ofthe Late John Q. Mams, Militant Editor, Reflecting!0"""5
the Policies Which Made THE APPEAL a Powerful Moulder of Public Opinion
REPRINTED FROM VARIOUS ISSUES
Gatholttcs knee, before the "Flaming
Cross" and swear to uphold "white
supremacy."
NAUSEATING.
tion denial of living wages denial
of equal school facilities disfranchise
ment jimcrow cars, etcetera. Why
even Tuskegee Institute which fur
nishes Principal Moton his bread and
butter is the gift of the North.
Northern people have given 95 per
cent of the endowment fund, and the
greater portion of the running ex
penses is begged in the North. The
state of Alabama gives the measly
suim of about $3,000.
Here is another gem from Prin
cipal Moton: "To the Southern white
people we owe our language and our
religion and all that we have learned
and all that we have advanced in
civilization." Think of a man who
would say such things being the
head of an institution which trains
the youth. Is it strange that many
of the students come out imbued
with distorted ideas of their proper
place in the world?
Then Principal Moton came out in
his peroration in which he said that
"no Southern colored iman wanted
social equality." In that statement
he showed his ignorance of the Eng
lish language? He probably meant
to say that the colored people were
not seeking matrimonial alliances
with white people. Principal Moton
may not wish social equality, but
there are millions of colored people
who do desire it. Social equality
means, "equality in the collective
body composing a community, espe
cially when considered as subjects of
civil government." Here are some of
the definitions of "equal": of the
same degrees with another or each
other uniform in condition or ac
tion of just proportion or relation
equitable, just, impartial, exact of
the same importance and concern
not distinguished by any ground or
preference.
Social equality means the right to
vote, the right to equal and identical
accommodations on common carriers,
the right to service in public places
of refreshment and amusement, the
right to residence anywhere ope is
able to buy or rent a home, the right
to attend the nearest public school,
the right to a legal trial when
right which citizenship in a republic
charged with crime, and every other
carries with it.
Principal"Moton's dear friends of
the South have denied all of these
rights to the colored people, every
effort for advancement has been
fought, in one way or another, even
if conducted on jimcrow lines. The
purpose of the South always has been
and is now, to segregate the colored
people from other citizens and make
them a pariah class, despised by all
others, and subject to the whims and
caprices of a master class. In North
Carolina, where Principal Moton made
his speech, colored people are treat
ed as a group apart from the white
citizenship and subject to different
treatment. They have suffered from
all of the inequalities of citizenship.
They have made progress not be
cause of segregation, but in spite of
it. If the Southern white people
had not placed hindrances, including
murder, in their path, they would
have ere this reached the plane which
has been attained by the colored
people of Brazil.
Some of Principal Moton's activi
ties in the past should not be for
gotten. Shortly after he succeeded
B. Washington as the head of Tuske
gee, his wife was
ejected0
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mr-M
religion of the gentle Gautama Buddh* instead of investigatine and endeay-
should appeal to the colored people, oring to correct the outrageous treat-
beaeuse it not only teaches the equal- .ment to which the colored troops
rty of mankind, but practices its Were subjected, he rushed around,
teachings. Orthodox Christianity in made a few speeches telling the col-
the U. & teaches inequality of race ored soldiers to be
and oppresses, disfranchises, lynches took the first boat for the S. "in
and burns colored CHristians at the'prder to attend a conference at
Stake. It is aided in "keeping the Tyskegee."
'nigger' in his place" by the KnKluxL For a colored man to laud the
Klanamen, who, barring the Jews and brutal South, which has heaped un-
rt_*i_-,_.-_ speakable wrongs upon his people for
hundreds of years, is a disgusting ex
hibition of servility. Imagine if you
can, an Irishman 'approving the aw*
ful murders by the British soldiery:
conceive if you can, a Jew condoning
the pogroms in Russia, Poland and
the Balkan states think of an East
Indian lauding the English who blew
many of his countrymen from the
mouths of cannon. If you can visual
ize these things then you can get a
true picture of what it means for a
colored man to laud the South.
It is nauseating to read the rot
given out by R. R. Mbton, principal
of Tuskegee, as he travels through
the South in jimcrow cars, stopping
now and then to make speeches laud
ing his oppressors. If he were the
only one to suffer it would matter
little, but his words are promptly
telegraphed all over the country, and
every time he opens his mouth the
colored people of the entire country
mnk lower in the minds of those who
read. Many of his statements are
wholly without foundation in fact.
For instance in a recent lecture
before the students of the University
of North Carolina, the wires say he
said: "The Negro race has advanced
further than any similar number of
colored people anywhere on the globe
because it has had the privilege of
coming in contact with the white
people of the South." Could any
thing with a smaller amount of truth
and a greater amount of servility be
compressed into one sentence?
The census of Brazil shows that
there are about 22,000,000 people
with more or less Negro blood in
that country, or nearly twice as many
as there are in the United States,
according to census figures. And the
colored people of Brazil, although
they were once slaves and were not
emancipated until 1888, a quarter of
a century after Lincoln's proclama
tion, have advanced further than the
colored people in this country be
cause they have reached the point
where color does not count. They
are absolutely free from any civil or
social discriminations. The color line
^oes not exist in Brazil, and the
blackest Brazillian is in every way
the peer of the whitest of his
countrymen.
Principal Moton deems it a wonder
ful thing that his race '*has had the
privilege of coming into contact with
the white people of the South." Here
are some of the benefits of the con
tact: Two hundred and fifty years
of slavery enactment of the in
famous Black Codes to retain slavery, settled by the segregation of Ameri
in fact, after its abolition segrega-
Mgood'*
citizens
ca
fromfrHthe a
ride
Pullman sleeper becaus she was
colored. According to associated
Moton made no attempt to de
fend herr, but that he had ad
a*temPthee
nTstated
vis1Si,he
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JIM CROW LEADERS.
We had in a recent issue a sympo
sium of views of colored editors in
various parts of the country on the
speeches of President Harding in Bir
mingham, Ala., and Atlanta, Ga.
One of the strongest of
theseTHIan
is
editorial from the Richmond (Va.)
Planet, by that fearless journalist,
John Mitchell, Jr. Referring to the
desire of
PresidenS
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Harding to have
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more "negro" leaders developed, The
Planet says:
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*JSF,59U KIND OF LEADERS, DR. BOOK-
ER T. WASHINGTON DID HIS
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DEVELOPIN THI S
KIND OF LEADERSHIP. IN LAT-
ER YEARS HE REALIZED THAT
HE HAD GONE TOO FAR, THE
SSH^*' ELIMINATING THEfollowing
PRINCIPLEWS OH MANHOOD,
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RISE TO THE FULL HEIGHT OF
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.
This is a strong statement yet it is
absolutely true. No single thing in
the history of the colored people in
the United States has done so much
to prevent the full attainment of citi
zenship as that speech of Booker
Washington delivered in Atlanta, Ga.,
1895.
Since then the descent to hell has
been swift and sure and the depths
were sounded when the other day,
Warren G. Harding, President of the
United States, stood by the side of
the Grady monument in Atlanta, pro
nounced a eulogy on Henry W.
Grady, the most bitter, dangerous and
insidious enemy of the colored people
that the country has produced, de
clared that the race question must be
Lured on by the enthusiastic recep
tion by the South of the B. Washing
ton speech and the white man's
"good negro" pat on the shoulder, the
jimcrow leaders' tribe has increased
so enormously that it is now a men
ace to be reckoned with every com
munity in which there are a hundred
colored men.
Before he died Booker Washington
repented in bitterness what he had
done and longed for life to wash out
his unwise course but it was too late.
Although it may be news to many, it
is a fact that after his death an ar
ticle, written by him, was printed in
a leading magazine, in which he re
pudiated segregation which he had so
long championeu.
No greater calamity could befall
the colored people than the harvest
ing of a new crop of "jimcrow negro
leaders."
MOTON'S LOST OPPORTUNITY
Moton had the great opportunity of
his life to strike a blow for freedom
'When he was on the platform as the
alleged representative of the colored
people. Had he been a brave and
fearless leader, when he learned of
the segregation of the colored people
at the exercises he would have turned
to President Harding and said: "Mr.
President of the United States, Mr,
Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Before making my set address, 1
must make a protest against the se
gregation and huimiliation of the col
ored people at these exercises dedi
cating a monument to the memory of
the Great Emancipator, and as a rep
resentative of one-eighth of the peo
ple of the United States I say that
unless the barriers are torn down and
every vestige of discrimination re
moved my prepared address will re
main unspoken and the only words I
shall utter will be the words I have
just YPlceq. Let that go into the rec
ords as my speech."
Sueh a statement would have cre
ated a sensation. It would have
brought home to the audience the in
famous state of affairs into which
the nation has drifted. It would have
made Moton a real leader and his
words would have gone thundering
down the ages.
Moton had not the courage to say
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.
President Harding and Secretary
Hughes "have been moved" by com
plaints from Americans in the near
east and have demanded equal op
portunities for Americans in Persia
and Mesopotamia. It seems that
those who kiek get at least some qf
the things they complain about. And
the President would sit up and take
notice if the colored people kicked
hard enough and in unison,
While the administration is quick
to come to the aid of "Americans
abroad," it does not hesitate to curse
'Americans at home." Colored
Americans have been jimcrowed in
every way right here in America.
The President's speeches in Alabama
and Georgia were curses upon pa
troitic Americans and double curses
because some lickspittle "leaders"
attempted to condone them.
IT PAYS TO KICK
The American Legion city commit
tee of Wilmington, Del., objected se
riously to the plan of the gejieral
committee
tothaving theeNorman
D.
Scott Post to march in a separate,
division of colored people instead of
with the regular division assigned to
the American Legion on Memorial
Day. The Legionaires insisted that
Scott Pos be in lin with the
It always to kicki
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shall shiver
Beneath old sorrow once so hard to
bear,
That not again besides deaths dark-
some river
Shall we deplore the good, the love,
the fair,
No more with tears wrought from
deeper inner anguish
Shall we bewail the dear hopes
crushed and gone,
No more need we in doubt or fear to
lanquish,
So far the day has past, the jour
ney done!
Tis well when sweet air con\eth from
the shores inunortal
Inviting homeward at the days de
cline,
Almost we see, wherefrom the open
portals fair forms
Stand beckoning with their smiles
divine!
Tis well the earth with all her myriad
voices
Has lost the powers our senses to
enthrall,
We hear above the tumult and the
noises
Soft tunes of music like an Angels
call!
Tis well Oh friends we would not turn
retracting
The long vain years, or call our
lost youth back,
Gladly with spirits braced, the future
facing
We leave behind the dusty foot
worn track!
Remarks by Reverend Carr were
followed by the ritualistic services of
Gopher Lodge, No. 105, conducted by
Exalted Ruler, Hector Hunter.
An eloquent eulogy on "The Life
Beautiful", taken from the text. "A
prince, and a great man, has fallen
this day in Israel," was then delivered
by Reverend L. W. Harris, pastor of
Pilgrim Baptist Church, in which he
warmly extolled Mr. Adams' life,
character and work for humanity.
"Flee as a Bird" was beautifully
sun bv Mrs. Hattie Loomis Oliver,
the eulogy, after which the
public was allowed to pass before the
bier, which was covered and sur
rounded by the numerous and beauti
ful floral tributes received from
friends and associates. The bodv of
Mr. Adams was then escorted to Oak
land Cemetery, where the benediction
was pronounced by Rev. L. W. Har
ris.
Mr. Adams is survived by his wife,
Ella B. Adams, his son, John Quincy,
Jr., two daughters, Mrs. Jasper
Gibbs, Jr. of Minneapolis, Minn., and
Miss Edythella a brother, Cyrus
Field Adams, and a sister, Mary C.
Waring, both of Chicago, all of
whom attended the funeral.
Mrs. Thos. H. Lyles was the fu
neral director.
The following poem was read by
its author at the twenty-fifth anni
versary celebration of Mr. Adams'
editorship of The Appeal.
"GREETINGS TO J. Q."
By A. V. Hall
Out of Despair's cold mist,
Winning by prayer and thrift,
Into the twenty-fifth
Greetings to you.
Come back along the way,
Twenty and five years today,
When the poor black race lay
Helpless, though free.
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What a benighted throng,
Scarce knowing right from wrong,
Only that prayer and song
Brought liberty.
Lincoln had done his best,
Douglass, and all the rest,
Yet the great final test
What could WE do?
Out of the doubt-filled air,
Brightening our grim despair,
God in His loving care,
Sent us J. Q.
Promised His aid to lend,
Bade J. Q. take up his pen
Buy The APPEAL and then
Fight for his race.
And he has fought, and more,
In the black race, heart-sore,
J. Q. the editor,
Fills well his place.
God in Thy holiness,
Grant that no black man rest,
'Til he has done his best
With Thee allied.
And, on the honor roll
Of men who reach their goal
Place there in letters bold:
"J. Q, the scribe.''
Out of Despair's cold mist,
Winning by prayer and thrift,
Iftto the twenty-fifth-^
God lead you on.
Editor John Q. Adams
(From the Minneapolis Messenger.)
The death of Editor J. Q. Adams
closes the career of an admirable
eitisen. He was an uncompromising
champion for equality and Justice, re
gardless of race, creed, or nationality.
His passing has caused the com
munity in which he lived to praise
him for his many virtues. He had
lived to a ripe old age and fell on the
firing linein active service,
The publishers of The Messenger
ihave lost a true friend. We extend
to his family and relatives our con
dolences, wishing the continuance of
The Appeal as a fitting memorial and
that it will receive loyal support in
recognition of his services to his
racerto perpetuate the policies of
Mr. Adams, and the principles to
which he dedicated his life's work.
An Able and Forceful Writer
thatcause
(North Central Progress, St. Paul,)
Brother John Quincy Adams, editor
of "The Appeal" (one of the leading
newspapers expounding the cause of
the colored people in the Northwest),
met with an automobile accident
which caused his (Jeath on Monday of
this week. Mr. Adams was 74 years
old, and is survived by his wife and
three children, to whom we desire to
express our deepest sympathy in the
logs of a kind and devoted husband
and father. Mr. Adams was a man
of sterling qualities he was highly
esteemed by all who knew him for his
fair and square policy toward his fel
Jowmen. His zealous efforts |n behalf
of his race were rewarded with great
success, as he has done more for the
of the colored man in the
Northwest than any other one man.
Mr, Adams was an able and forceful
writer and enjoyed the friendship ana,
respect of his fraternal brethren. S~^l
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