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ANTI-LYNCHING SOCIETY WIELDS WIDE INFLUENCE.*Work For Human Protection ReceivesSubstantial Aid.Boston.—The work and influence ofthe Anti-Lynching society, composed of a large number of thrifty and intelligent colored women of this city and vicinity, are being felt for good in mnny sections of the country. Its growth has been substantial and its work thorough. Scarcely a lynching has taken place In any part of the United States without its deep concern for the punishment of the guilty perpetrators.The April public meeting of the so-clty was held In Fnneuil hall and was attended by many of the leading white and colored citizens of this community.Among the speakers were such well knowu men as the Hon. A. E. I’ills-bury. Bishop Alexander Walters of New York. Rev. Dr. A. Mark Harris or Jersey City, N. J.; the Rev. Herbert S. Johnson. Mr. Darius Cobb, the noted artist, and the Rev. James Foster.That the women have the ear of the public iu more than an ordinary sense may be seen from the fact that in their efforts to investigate^ the cause of lynchings in the various sections of the country they have often received substantial tiuauciai assistance from a distance. As au encouragement In this direction the Colored Women’s Nonpartisan league of San Francisco sent $T».35 and the William Murray lodge. Knights of Pythias, donated $5 toward the exiense of the meeting.The organization has reached the point where It has to constantly seeklegal advice in order to do the most effective work of Investigation, and it is hoped that our men of legal lore will consider it a privilege to co-operate with the officers of the society in giving the necessary advice.Mrs. M. Cravath Simpson, president of the organization, has labored assiduously to bring the work up from an obscure position to its present place of influence and usefulness. She has had the support of the other officers and members who, like herselL labor constantly for the promotion of justice and respect for human rights.
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Indianapolis Recorder
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Sat, May 04, 1912
Page 6
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