Negro Evangelist in Threats From Across Nation
J G Robinson a Chattanooga colored evangelist reports receiving letters from Salt Lake City New Orleans Birmingham Little Rock and other cities threatening his life after his telegram to President Wilson protesting injustices to Negroes He defends his stance and warns of potential violence if treated as a citizen.
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Race tensions and a deadly car assault during Chicago riots
An eyewitness recounts violent racism amid the Chicago race riots, including threats of lynching and a conductor firing at a Black man who sought a seat. The piece discusses broader questions of citizenship and social vs political equality, noting a Tribune stance against social integration by force and urging calm among Black citizens.
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Why the Negro Appeals to Violence!
A reprinted Literary Digest piece cites Illinois Attorney Maclay Hoyne claiming large stores of firearms and a planned July 4 violence by Black Chicagoans, alleging a secret organization guides Black Americans toward force for social equality. It contrasts past reliance on education and wealth with a present belief in brute strength and notes riots’ violent origins in Washington and Chicago.
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The Negroes and White Rhetoric in a Calmed South
The passage notes that Black residents were not organized but had firearms for protection, while whites feared uprisings due to provocative white papers. It contends whites expect Black inferiority and accuse them of challenging the old social order, yet anticipate trouble around July 4 as tensions rise.
How White Rioters Worked In Washington
The NAACP in New York released an affidavit sworn by a respected Black man describing a brutal assault after being dragged from a street car in Washington. The document, dated July 21 1919, chronicles his journey from Union Station to Brightwood and the quiet scene before the attack.
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Hotel Sterling Sells Out As Busy Week Continues
Guests from across the country and baseball clubs filled the Hotel Sterling with standing room only this week. The restaurant opened Sunday and has since run a land office business daily. Friends of proprietor Michelson sing the familiar tune His Bright Smile Haunts Me Still in cheer.
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Equal Rights League to hold Washington meeting in 1919
Washington dispatch notes National Equal Rights League will hold its twelfth annual meeting in Washington September 23 to 25 1919. Delegates from branches nationwide to discuss the Peace Conference and a report by Delegate William Trotter of the League. The slogan is all Democracy Now with a feature on the colored race at the event.
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