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NINETY-SECOND DIVISION HONORED BY KANSANS(By Associated Negro Pp^m.)Topeka, Ho*,, Auk. 20. -More than five though nd Topeka Negroes gave till* sold HO- I.i till1 Ninety -t*H i*Ud lk vision a royal Homecoming celebration tit (Snrflohl Park, Tuesday nrpmnon The celebration utufted with a parade iu t ie at i or noon from iti»- auditorium U the state Uour'*’ ground* when* tiov* eMi«*r Allen extended the iwl wei-i r,nit' uf Hi«- stop* to the Negro fir tit-hit iinn Kmm the slat*- htHtae the n old i era paraded to the south end of ih* Mt tun hr ldve. wlo.-re they boarded Mreet cur Apetiala tor (ittrflold Park.At the park ih»* two hundred Shaw-ii* routtt} Negro -olUiem were «l* to*I Iled with the Shiiv n«T '*mi*t medal of honor hv the Indies of the Ked ( ros* AuxdhirvThe speakfr uf the t*\**iUSK wo** (Til ClmrloN Young, the only Negro graduate u| W'-rt Point to attain the high rank of colonel in the army uf th*-1'idled Htuten.Colonel Younic spoke on the attitude of th** Negro population id Amer mi in the support uf the war and char-AClerixetl th^ warrior* uf his rune lining among fhr finest fighting men tn Ilut world today, lt;ulonal Young appealed. h» the be«i fitmjmt* of ihtr Negroes nf Topeka to refrain from am rioting or rate hatred stick a* if i if*- in the Kit-dfilTi * idle - today He i ninl.fi util Hu t the HoIh are lo'.-ti;. onii ed by u I.h:uM Infant Ion mid a mob «pfti[ uinong the floating piipularion lt;»j thf lilt f it I* s it nt]| showed how such lt;.■ • tiv-iI U .ilint-*! iutpos^ibh* here tn the West where Hu NegrottN are for the mlt;»et purl home rind property owner*.. At the cunrkirtinn of I’ulon**! \uotu -talk the soldiers w*i- seiz'd wPh :i l real pleflh dlttiiei
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Kansas City Sun
Kansas City, Missouri, US
Sat, Aug 23, 1919
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