Articles

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1910 (Nov) Segregation Some people in Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Columbus, O., and other Northern cities are quietly trying to establish separate colored schools. This is wrong, and… 491 words
1910 (Nov) Baltimore An inevitable step forward in anti-Negro prejudice is being taken in Baltimore, and threatened elsewhere. The colored folk of that city long ago became dissatisfied with a… 214 words
1910 (Nov) The Crisis The object of this publication is to set forth those facts and arguments which show the danger of race prejudice, particularly as manifested to-day toward colored people. It… 319 words
1910 (Nov) Agitation Some good friends of the cause we represent fear agitation. They say: “Do not agitate—do not make a noise; work.” They add, “Agitation is destructive or at best… 217 words
1910 (Nov) Voting If there is one thing that should be urged upon colored voters throughout the United States this fall it is independence. No intelligent man should vote one way simply from… 170 words
1910 (Dec) Advice There is a matter which calls for a solemn editorial in a metropolitan newspaper, namely, the pre-emptying of seats on suburban trains. The New York Times says: 323 words
1910 (Dec) The Inevitable In the argument of the prejudiced there is a certain usual ending: “But this is inevitable.” For instance, a crime is committed by you. I am lynched. “It is inevitable,”… 281 words
1910 (Dec) The Ghetto It is curious how old ideas recur and ancient ones persist. In earliest times the easiest way to prevent trouble was to separate the combatants—put space between them, herd… 380 words
1910 (Dec) Precept and Practice A large audience was leaving New York’s finest theatre. The play had been upon the Negro question, and one couple had been especially thrilled by the fine heroism of the… 238 words
1910 (Dec) The Election For colored men the Congressional election of 1910 marked an event. Never before since Emancipation have so many colored voters cast the Democratic ticket. 355 words
1910 (Dec) The Races in Conference We doubt if the Twentieth Century will bring forth a greater idea than the First Universal Races Congress in London, in the summer of 1911. Its possibilities are tremendous… 695 words
1910 (Dec) N.A.A.C.P. What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People? It is a union of those who believe that earnest, active opposition is the only effective way of… 522 words
1911 (Jan) Allies Occasionally we find in the columns of a national press, which as a rule regards the wrongs of colored citizens as “stale news” not worth printing, some really splendid… 440 words
1911 (Jan) The Flag Representatives from a number of organizations concerned with securing justice to the Negro—among them the N.A.A.C.P.—called upon President Taft the other day in regard to… 256 words
1911 (Jan) Discrimination Northern paper defends race discrimination in this wise: 309 words
1911 (Jan) The High School The city of St. Louis has recently built a new colored high school. The story of the accomplishment of this great work reads like a bit of intrigue at the court of the later… 366 words
1911 (Jan) Except Servants The noticeable reservation in all attempts, North and South, to separate black folk and white is the saving phrase, “Except servants.” 86 words
1911 (Jan) The Truth To the honest seeker for light the puzzling thing about the Southern situation is the absolutely contradictory statements that are often made concerning conditions. For… 427 words
1911 (Jan) Jesus Christ in Baltimore It seems that it is not only Property that is screaming with fright at the Black Spectre in Baltimore, but Religion also. Two churches founded in the name of Him who “put… 237 words
1911 (Jan) The Old Story There is without doubt a large criminal and semi-criminal class among colored people. This is but another way of saying that the social uplift of a group of freedmen is a… 400 words
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