The Negro Problem And The New Negro Crime
A prominent Alabama Republican, Bankhead, argues Mississippi’s disfranchisement of Black voters coincides with a drop in the so called new Negro crime against white women. He claims reconstruction ideals spurred the crime, and its decline would end the Negro problem. The piece weighs counter opinions linking crime to savagery and notes higher northern incidence, extended to political equality and social access beyond the South. It considers whether Mississippi’s pattern will spread and what it means for race, law, and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
House of Representatives
Alavama
Me Bankhead
Mississippi
South
Black Belt
Bankhead
Haiti
Washington
District of Columbia
Booker Washington
White House
Afro American Council Speech on Lynching and Mob Violence
The Afro American Council in Louisville condemns lynching while noting a drop in victims but a rising mob spirit. It argues lynching damages law, warns of disenfranchisement beyond Negroes, and calls for equal privileges. Evansville mob violence is cited as proof of rising lawlessness and danger to all. It lauds Lincoln and Garfield as models of ambition and self-improvement.
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England
Evansville
Ind
Belleville
Wilmington
Colum
The Spur That Makes Men Struggle
The speaker cites Napoleon on firm resolve and the power of hunger to reach near an heart’s desire. A youth marked by purpose and tireless effort is believed to succeed, while indolence without ambition predicts failure. The passage extols relentless striving as the measure of achievement.
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Lincoln
Garfield
Academy
Jung
Napoleon
Negro Bell Boy's Ambitions at Emporia and Beyond
The piece profiles Bowling Bonny a 24 year old bell boy at the Mil l an hotel who is the only Black graduate in 1902 at Whi Kawtde State Norra College. He aims to become head of a great school for Black children, plans to study at Ann Arbor for a five year course in Literature and fine Arts, and to educate through a grand university level program. Born in Kentucky he taught at 16, ran a county teachers Institute, worked to fund his degrees at Emporia and Kansas City and Topeka, and supported himself via hotel work and wood carving. He envisions founding a premier Black college and believes the field holds opportunity for his ascent.
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Norra! College
Emporia
Bell Boys
Millan
Bonny
United States
Tuskeyet Lystiata
Waleh
Booker T. Washington
Normal College of
Kansans
Ihie
Ane Harbor
Micb
Bowline
Agyro
Kentucky
Ammer
Ther
Russellville
Bowling
Kansas City
Kas
Topehea
Midland Hotel
Ann Harbor College
Ope Dewire
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Alabama
United States Supreme Court
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