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On the very day that millions of
mlo in New York City were cele
brating a feat of courage, skill, sa
mu{ and scientific forethought,
which has added lustre to the name
of America throguhout the civilized
world, a crowd of degenerate bar
barians in the State of Misisssippi
tied two human beings to a telephone
pole, saturated them with gasoline
and burned them alive, thereby be
smirching the name of this land
wherever civilization is known.
The victims of the fiiuiaippi mob,
the second and third respectively to
be publiel{.murdered by unpunished
mobs in that State, this year, were
Negroes deprived of an¥ semblance
of due process of law. It is safe to
say that in no spot on earth except
the Southern States of America, in
particular the State of Miuiuipri,
would such a degenerate and bestial
violation of all recent human in
stincts as the burning alive of two
human beings accused of murder, be
tolerated.
The occurrence of this mob crime
on the very day that New York and
the naron were acclaiming Charles
A. Lindbergh adds weight to the de
mand for a federal law to extend the
power of the nation to the backward,
ignorant and brutal communities in
which nejther human life nor the
Constitution nor the good name of
the United States is respected.
The Atlanta Independent, The
Norfolk Journal and Guide, the
Pennsylvania Guaid and numerous
other publications have expressed
themselves as advocating the Endon
ing and release of Marcus Garvey.
It is well that they do. They exem
plify a splendid s?irit of unselfish
ness, of race royalty and conscious
ness. Every newspaper published
?:v. us should interest itself in getting
rvey out of jail. He propounded
a new idea and caught the ear of
the people. He sounded a popular
note and his followers are legion.
G.n¥ did some good and is capable
of doing more. The good things that
he did outweighed his mistakes and
errors. It is indeed strange that his
deplorable plight has not enlisted the
assistance of the publie, pulpit and
rm. Garvey is a foreigner, an is
ander, but so were Tousaint, L.'Over
turé ‘and General Maceo whom we
proclaim with pride and praise.
The Spingarn Medal Award Com
mittee has awarded the Sginnrn
Medal for 1927 to Anthony Overton
of Chieago. Mr. Overton is a bus.
iness man. He is a manufacturer,
Banker and Insurance man. In each
of these fields he is a leader. He
has contributed as much, if not more,
to_the advancement of colored Am.
ericans than any living Negro. Thou
sands of colored people own their
3:“” because he dared to take a
nee. Equally as many dinner pails
are filled every week because An
thony Overton gives them work.
And what is more important others
have been inspired by his success to
enter the field of business,
The Spingarn Medal is awarded
annually to the United States citi
zen of African descent deemed to
have most signally distinguished him
self or herself in some honorable
field of human endeavor. Prior to
this award the medals. have beer
awarded to outstanding artists or
scientists. This is the first time the
medal has been given to a business
man. The Award Committee prob
ably thought that business was not
an honorable field of human endeav
or, or perhaps no Negro had achieved
anything in business.
The fact that the medal goes to a
business man will probably add more
prestige to business. Probably it will
cause a few more Nevroes to go into
business. It might work as a deter
ent to keep the professional schools
from becoming overcrowded. For
some unknown reason every Negro
thinks that he must be a doctor or
a lawyer. Aside from the fact that
the man who gets the award is ex
ceptionally worthy of it, the medal
as it does, to a business man shows
that at last the Negroes are begin
ning to appreciate the value of their
business men.
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EDITORIALS
M. Gruenbaum, a soviet deputy
from Warsaw, has been vhitinf the
United States studying political and
economic conditions in this country,
He reports part of his observations
hs follows:
“There is a certain thing notice
able about the condition of the Jew
in America. Prejudice against him
is not noticeable between the hours
of 8 am and 5 p.m. But after
five o’clock the great invisible bar
rier is raised. He is left severely
to himself.”
Well, Mr. Gruenbaum didn’t dis
cover an{thing that everybody didn’t
already know. And surely nothin’
that the Jews themselves didn’t
know. But his observation mifii\t
serve in some measure to crystallize
the fight against this sinister prej
udice. The Jews, hopelessly out
numbered in this country, have ac
complished wonders in breaking
down barriers that were almost iron
clad. They have done it by marshall
ing their money until it became a
power no less potent than their num
bers. It is a thing that colored peo
pleo might well emulte.
The Hebrew stays on his job at
watching the interests of his race.
Nothing escapes him. On nothing
that appertains to the welfare of
their own are they ever divided. They
stick. They unite. They watch.
Do You Know - -
1. Are the native Africans alike in
color, features, ete? X
2. When was slavery abolished in
New Jemfi?
3. Did Negroes ever own slaves?
: 4; Who is Captain Walter Lov
ng?
5. Who was “The Black Swan”?
6. Is “Black Patti” living?
7. Who made the song “Six Feet
of Earth Makes Us All One Size”
famous?
8. When and where was Paul
Lawrence Dn&b‘nr born?
9. Where s Bert Williams, the
late famous comedian, born?
10. Are Negroes admitted into
the Acters’ Equity Association?
2. No. The native African al
ways has differed in color, texture of
hair and features much like the Am.
erican Negro, although not as pro
nounced.
2, In 1746. This was 79 years
earlier than it was abolished in New
York.
3. The records show that the fam
ily of Anthony Johnson, a “free” Ne
gro of Virginia, kept as a slave one
John Castor, who sued for his free
dom and lost.
4. Organizer and former conduc
tor of the famous Philippine Con
nt-buhrr Band, considered one of
the world’s best. Loving now is re
tired with the rank of major,
5. Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield.
She came into prominence in 1851
and often was compared to Jennie
Lind, who was in her prime at that
time,
6. Madame Sisseretta Jones, fa
mous singer known as “Black Patti,”
is said to be living yet at her home, 7
Wheaton Street, ‘;’rovldonce, R. L
7. Flora Batson (Mrs. Bergen).
She sang it for 90 days at a ?flt
temperance revival in New York
City. She died at Philadelphia De
cember 2, 1906.
8. June 27, 1872, at Dayton, O.
9. Egbert Austin Williams (Bert
Williams) was born in New Provi
dence, Nassau, British Bahama Is
lands.
10. Yes. All who meet the re
quirements are admitted freely.
Lessons in English
Word Often Misused
Don’t say, “I don't intend to.” End
the infinitive by saying ‘“to come,”
“to do it” or whatever the expres
sion may be.
Word Often Mispronounced
Multitude. Pronounce the last “u”
as in “duke’” and not as in “rule.”
Word Often Misspelled
Jerusalem.
Meadow, pn;t'u—rve—,'fiid, lawn, park,
turf, greensward.
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Use a word three times and it is
i'oun. Let us increase our vocabu
u'yk by mastering one word each
week.
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firmness. “His instability of charaec
ter was unfortunate.”
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the company is likely to lose a for
tune,
Company ‘Always Wins
Now and then an individual wins
a fortune, which many insist is even
“a plant” by the company for ad
vertising. The best proof that the
majority lose is the fact the com
pany has been running for about 50
years, and is able to pay out the
huge sum, already named for the
concession. Winners get 356 times
the value of thelr stake at rou.
lette.
In the last article, T told also of
an Interview I had with a famous
Irish writer, whose recent autobio
graphy created a tremendous stir in
certain quarters in English society,
with considerable repercussion in
France and America.
London Mall Editor
Mr. Harris, now 72, was editor of
the London Eyening News at the
height of the Victorlan era with its
great personages. He counted among
his intimate acquaintances such men
as King Edward VII, Sir Henry Ir
ving, Cardinal Newman, Cecil Rho
des, Ruskin, Browning, Maupassant,
Oscar Wilde, Lorfi Randolph
Churchill. Of the last he tells an
incident that I would like to repeat
here, but had better not. The book
deals in the frankest possible man
ner with the virtues and short com
ings, sexual and otherwise, of these
great men.
The book, two volumes, is abso
lutely ferbidden in America, but 1
wish it were possible for many Ne.
groes to read it, after what has been
claimed about the sexual conduet
of Negroes, by writers as late as
Jerome Dowd. The book, in short,
shows that white people of the
highest rank, women as well as
men, are neither better nor worse
than Negroes of the lowest type. Per
haps worse, because they have had
better opportunities.
Pearson’'s Monthly
When Mr. Frank Harris edited
Pearson’s Monthly in .America, he
used to sepak out frankly on the
race question. He further had as
his circulation manager, a Negro,
the present editor of the Amsterdam
News, William M. Kelley. Lo
He used also to speak out on the
Irish question—a fact, which he
says largely accounts for the present
English attitude on his book. In his
autobiography he describes a Lord
Mayor's banquet with its alleged
gluttonous practices, and tells how
the Lord Mayor, Sir Robert Fowler,
ate so much and made the atmos
phere so odorous that a lady sitting
beside Sir Robert was forced to take
refuge in the open air. This chapter
is a masterpiece in getting back at
“the enemy”-—an art that is more
effective than tons of protest.
The Race Problem
Mr. Harris was ill, but very kind
ly received me in his splendid villa
on the hill. After talking for more
than an hour on Shakespeare—on
which he is an authorjty, as well as
of his travels in Africa, China, and
elsewhere, I asked him what he
thought of our American race prob
lem.
Speaking of those, who in Amer
ica oppose others because of their
complexions, he said:
“It is difficult to believe that hu
man beings can be so savage. Such
people keep up a tradition of stu
pidity that might again cost Amer.
ica very dearly. As for me, just as
I want flowers around me, so 1
want the different species of man.
kind."”
Single Trip Through South
He told me of the single trip he
had ever made to the South, and
how he shortened it in disgust at
the cruelty inflicted on the'we(roef
as well to the upholding of lynching
by some of the leading people. The
average Southern attitude toward
the Negro, he described, is “pure
hypocrisy”, and said that those who
shouted most about their alleged
superiority, in his experience, were
those who believed it least. “Why,”
he said, “if they were Ilynching
white men for attacking colored
women ,there wouldn't Bé any rope
to go around.”
Presently he asked: “Why don’'t
you write a book exposing these
things?”
Writing a Book
I replied that a book dealing with
the race question as it actually was,
stood the slightest possible chance
of seeing the light of day unless the
author published it, and attended to
all the other details himself.
1 said that even the few white
friends of the Negro, while the{
wanted the truth, wanted as little o
it as possible. I said also. thai wnat
the publishers wanted were stories
of the salacious and vicious side of
Negro life—a side that has been so
thoroughly explored in the last three
centuries, that any writer, even
though partially acquainted with
the literature on the subject would
turn for sheer relief to the side if
he had anything approaching ah
originai turn of mind. But this side,
I said, the white public did not
"n't to hear, being contrary to be
liefs.
“Bat what is the matter with
your own publishing firms? Surely
they are not afraid to put out bhooks
telling the truth?” i
Why Books Are Scarce
I replied that such publishing
firms as we had were interested
either in religlous literature, or
were alded by white people who
would withdraw their aid., “The
fact is,” 1 sald, “thatetoday it is as
it was some 30 years ago. The peo
ple most interested in Negro litera
ture are white people, The masses
of the Negro, by which T mean
about 95 per cent, don’t care whe
ther it goes up or down.”
Half-rising from his eouch he ask
ed emphatically: ‘‘Not interested in
literature? Then how do they ever
hope to get anywhere? The litera.
ture of a people is its very life, the
memory of the group. A people
without a literature Is almost like a
man without a memory.”
THE ENTERPRISE
Negro History
The Pan-African
Congress
What is the meaning of the term
Pan-African?—The adjective African
needs no definition; the prefix “Pan”
gives it the significance “All-Afri
can.”
What and where is Pan-Africa?—
Pll;‘-dAerCI illl those parts :l the
wo where the percentage of popu
lation of African descent is luf‘ci
ently l"f: to cause a so-called “col
or” problem. Among the chief cen
ters of this powhtion are the Gold
Coast, British West Africa, Nigeria,
Sierra Leone, Liberia, French Africa,
Bolfhn Congo, Portuguese Africans
in Lisbon, South Africa, Sudan, Abys
sinia, the Islands of the Caribbean,
British Guiana, Martinique, Guada
:oupe and the United States of Amer
ca.
What is a Pan-African Congress?
—A Pan-African Congress is a meet
ing of persons of N:rro descent be
longing to these dell scattered
groups and citizens of different coun
tries for the purpose of fuller and
more perfect acquaintance and un
derstanding, as well as for the expo
sition and comparison of the many
problems of race and social uplift
which today confront these groups.
What is the nedessity for a Pan-
African discussion of the present
status of the Negro?—The question
of the status of the Ne:ro in modern
locht¥ is no longer a domestic prob
lem of the United States, or a paro
chial problem of Jamaica, or a colo
nial policy sroblem. It is rather a
great worldwide problem to be
viewo: and considered ll‘lll :h:;l:.
and the congress particularly desires
that the relations of the bfack and
white races in various countries he
considered to the end that greater
harmony may ensue.
Is the Pan-African Congress a mi
gratory, “back-to-Africa’” movement?
—No. The Pan-African Congress is
not and never has been interested in
a scheme of mifntion to Africa or
elsewhere. It believes in the equality
of men and races everywhere, but
seeks to realize this through educa
tion, opportunity and periodic con
ferences.
Is the Pan-African Congress a po
litical organization?—No. The Pan-
African Congress has no political af
filiation in any community. It aims
to be an open forum of opinion and
it has no connection, expressed or im
plied, with other organizations beyond
its general object,
Is the idea of a Pan-African Con
gress something new?—No. As long
ago as 1900, at the time of the Paris
Exposition, a Pan-African Confer
ence was held in London. Among
the confreres were the Colenso fam
ily, T. J. Calloway, W. E. B. Du Bois,
Coleridge Taylor and Alexander
Walters, the latter two now deceased.
It was not until February, 1919, how
ever, that the dream of these men
materialized in the holding of the
first Pan-African Congress.
How many Pan-African Congresses
have there been?—There have been
three Pan-African Congresses. The
first, held in Paris in 1919, was an
out:'rowth of the war; the second,
held in 1921, had sessions in London,
Brussels and Paris, and the third met
at Lisbon in 1923.
What Negro groups have been rep
resented at previous congresses?—
Chief among the Negro groups rep
resented at the three Brovious con
gresses are those in A yssinia, Bel
iian Congo, €gxpt, Alafln. French
frica, British Africa, Enhgland, San
Domingo, Portuguese Colonies, %pan
ish Colonies, Liberia, France, Haiti,
French West Indies, the United
States of America, Nigeria, Gold
Coast, Senegal, South Africa, British
Guiana, Jamaica, Madagascar, Spain,
Morocco, Portugal, India, Guadalou
pe, Sierra Leone and Belgium.
Who are some of the people who
have participated in previous Pan-
African Congresses? Blaise Diag
ne, Paul Panda and Isaac Beton of
France; Ida Gibbs Hunt of France
and the United States, Gratien Can
dace of Guadaloupe, John Alcindor
of London, Kamba Simango of Port
uguese East Africa, Chief Amoah 111
of the Gold Coast, Jose do Magalhaes
of Lisbon, W. E. B. Du Bois, Jessie
Fauset, Addie W. Hunton, Walter F.
White, John Hurst, R. R. Wright,
Channing H. Tobias, A. Wilberforce
Williams of the United States.
When is the fourth Pan-African
Congress to be held?—August 21-24,
1927,
Where iss the fourth Pan-African
Congress to be held ?—ln the City of
New York, United States of America.
Mr. Harris, by the way, was ap
praised by the American Bookmen
as "“the greatest short story writer
living.”
Prejudice Like False Teeth
We then went on to speak about
India, and he mentioned the fact of
there being color prejudice against
such men as Gandhi and Tagore.
Color prejudice, he said, was the
rock on which Anglo-Saxon civiliza
tion was going to be wrecked.
“Why,” he said, “a civilization
founded on such insane belief is like
a set of false teeth—no d...d good
te anybody.”
After he had amused me for more
than a half hour with some of the
wittiest storfes I had ever heard, I
left, feeling that no matter what
others mav say, here was really a
great man-—a man not afraid to tell
the truth about life, éven when the
facts were against him. .
In the next artiele, I will tell of
meeting Claude MeKay, one of the
leading poets of our group. . I shall
tell also of the life of the ppor on
the Riviera, for in spite of .wealth,
there are those who seem barely
able to scrape through life.
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