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5 revisions | Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum at Jul 20, 2020 06:26 PM 486call upon the PRESS to desist from magnitying our
Faults and minimiring our Virtues and Talents, but
to help us in our struggles in creating a favorable
Dublic sentiment and thereby reffect CREDIT upon
our Government.
CITIEENS OF ONE UNIVERSAL HROTHERHOOD.
4. Civilized mankind throughout christendom should
be citizens of ONE UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD
regardless of CREED or COLOR. Our Constitutional
Laws and Amendments aim at that mutual relation-
ship by which all citizens of the United States are
HUMAN PLANS AND RETRIEUTIVE JUSTICR
6. Inasmuch as SOIENCE and mortal POWER have
no control over wind and wave, thunder and light.
ning, and as mankind will always remain at the mercy
of the ELEMENTS, which Ichorah can employ at His
pleasure, in scourges from epidemies, tornadoes, rail
road wreeks, disasters at sea, wars and other thrilling
national calamities, then let those in authority estab
lish JUSTICE and DEMOCRAGY on terms of the
COLDEN RULE which cannot be onesided. For no
pretentious JSTICE, however scheminsly or sKII.
ment, and bring them to trial within ten days, a Federa
Officers, and the state officers of the Law shall be held
responsible for derelection of duty and incompetence
by which a Federal Amendment has been violated. The
Foderal Officers who conduct the investigation shall
have colored detectives to assist in getting the proper
evidence for the arrest and trial of the offending party
State when colored oltizens are driven from their
that the colored constifuents of this Government are
Divine approbation is the ONLY JUSTICE upon
ble words: AlL MEN UF and No MAN DOWN.
This lofty idealism in principle and practice would
STRENGTHEN our Nation or any other Nation, be
cause an axtom shows that the WHOLE is made of
its PARTS, and an adage declares that The strong
est chain is no stronger than its weakest link: It is
the imperative duty of the United States Government
to CORREOT first iis OWN Civic RACIAL INIUS.
TICE at home so that the familiar aphorism, Thy-
sician Heal Thyself, may not be a justly applicable
retort by other Nations whom this Government may
reprove. Whyr Because the Bible says, First cast
out the BEAM out of thy own eye; and then shall
thou see dearly to east out the MOTH from the
brother's exer Matt. VII. 5.
THE HUMAN RAINBOW.
5. II we peep at Nature and be reasonable, we shall
ask, What has COLORto do with RIGHT and JUS
TICET The canopy is teeming with myriads of differ
ent lnminous stars and mighty constellations. If we look
around as in our little world, we shall see that each
of the three Kingdoms of Nature possesses Ilimitable
Varieties
The botanist tells us that of the myriads and
countless leaves which bedeck the bosom of the forest,
there are no two allke. A similar degree of diversity
is revealed in the mineral Kingdom. Each minera)
substance has its atomic relevance. Look, If you may.
through the microscope at the variegated species of
serms and other animalcules! What an amazing
variety they present! How they differ in size, color
contour and structure! What has their color to do
with their uses: Does the color in Hself diminish
or enhance the value of the horse or any other dumb
animall Nol Why should color and sex then play
such an important role among mankind: The anatom
ist tells us that below the skin or epidermis manking
is structurally the same, without any trace of difference whatever. As each finger of the hand contributes
iis part to the beauty and efficiency of the hand, and
as the blending of the numerous colors of the RAIN.
BOW (red, oranse, yellow, green. bine, indigo and
violet) produces the tints and splendor of that bean
iiful natural spectrum, so the variety of shade and
color in the human family simply display Gods
boundless wisdom in the uniform variation which is
found and seen in the three Kingdoms of Nature.
Should sex and color then be a barrier to HUSTICB)
Fitness should be the only criterion for discrimination in every Christian country. INIUSTICE should
never exist on the sole reason of color, because Variety
is the spice of life, and the variety of race and color
in the human family is necessary to produce the
BEAUTY OF THE HUMAN RAINBOW.
homes by threats of mob violence; and compensation
which the security of national or international demoe
be made to those unfortunate citizens who must, in
racy can SAFELY REST and BE PERPETUATED.
order to save their lives, comply and fee from their
this CREED: We believe in ONE GOD, the A1.
mighty, and in the GOLDEN RULE. Asevery EVIl
committed against mankind has iis penalty, which
Ichovah can impose in Retribative Justice, let n
view this TRUTH in the light of reason, and do
unto others as we would have others do unto us.
This notable injunction of Christ has no EVIl.
aftermath. Let us shan VICE in all iis forms and
practise thrift, candor and the virtue of TRUTH.
mercy of the States, but to assist in supplying the
Sec 4. That the State be made to compensate and
ettizen of the United States whose property shall be
destroyed by hre started by mobs or otherwise injured
unless the calprits are arrested and imprisoned by
officers of the State for violating the Federal Amend
ment
Article II.
and brothers all, children of ONE CREATOR who
Compensation.
But whether of not such offending party or parties
shall be arrested by State or Federal Officers of the
over as in the breese of Timel We will then un-
derstand that portion of our Lords prayer which
says: Thy Kingdom come, thy WIll be done on
earth as it is done in the Heavens, For a spectal
Durpose, our League's monogram displays the Hags
law and be tried, in every case of murder known as
LINCHED, the dependent surviving heirs or relatives
of the murdered eitisen shall be compensated by the
State, in which the murder occurred, either by a pen
sion or cash payment, to be levted by the Home See
retary of State.
and emblems of Amertea and England from the
Article III
same pedestal. These two great English-speaking
Abolition of Obnoxious Segresation Ordinances.
rivalry, not in the construction of mighty dread-
The Colored Race appreclates the justice of the re
the UPLIFT of mankind, espectally the down-trod-
Mitutional the obnoxions Segregation Ordinances in
countries should vie with each other in friendly
noughts and formidable armaments of war, but im
den and oppressed Ethiopian Race, for our Lord
cent United States Court decision declaring Uncon
enid. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the
Varions oities of the South. But the 15th Amendment
is still grossly violated in many Southern States at the
least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto
polls, and also by illegal restrictions compelling cof
ME, Matt. XXV. 40. Amon.
WHAT WE WISH THE UNITED STATES Cov.
ERNMENT TO DO
7. As it is the DUTy of every good Government to
As it is the DUTy of every good government to
to lose time to Hee from home through threat and
intimidation.
homes, unless such offenders are arrested, tried and
rules over all His creatures. Let as do good unto
we honor theef May the FLAG OF EOUITY Roat
Article VI.
(Education.)
he made to compensate the citizen who was forced
that we are citizens of one fing and country, sisters
TRUTH, we love theef Ohl Emblem of Justice,
words; The Congress shall have power to enforce, by
produce worthy dtizens; and as EDUCATION is the
most essential need toward good itizenship, we urge
the Federal Educational Department NOT to leave the
We should adore our fathers G0D, and resoice
all men as we have opportunity. Ohl Fiag of
declare the Civil Rights Bill cunconstitutional but
Sec. 3. That the Federal Court shall assume juris
diction over any and all offenses ortsinating in any
Therefore, our REFORM should be in practice with
leses belonging to citizens of the United States. Decause the Supreme Court of the United States did not
Dpropriate legislation, the provisions of this article
the crime was committed.
ting. RIGHTEOUS JUSTICE in accordance with
ican people could no better perpetuate the name and
We urge the reenactment and enforcement of the
National Civll Rishts Bill, granting as all the privt-
decided it null and voldr for the lack of the following
equal before the LA. But it is an OPEN SEORET
memory of Theodore Roosevelt than by adopting in
practice the principles he advocated in these memora-
(Civll Rights Bil)
or parties, in any Federal Court of that State in which
fully executed, will stand the test of Jchovahs scru-
denied their full Constitutional Rights. The Amer
Artile V.
investigation shall be ordered and conducted by Foderal
ored persons to ride in Simerow Cars or be put off
the ears because of their color for which no one is
responsible.
Roc. 2. Inasmuch as no State Law should confiie
oducation of United States eitisens absolutely to the
neoded FUNDS as supplement to the State Educational
funds, so that where colored elementary schools are
allowed much shorter duration each term than the
white schools in the same state or section of a State,
the colored schools would receive Federal Ald to on
able them to continue for the fall term like those of
the white children
Boc. 2. We desire for colored children an equally
Wheral elementary education, and Hish School facill
ties similar to those offered to white children and
students, inasmuch as the colored population pay pro
TaiR Iax Assessments
Sec. 3. The scheme for shortening the colored chil
drens school term in various sections of many States
has for iis purpose the retention of the colored race in
ignorance; but, as the WHOLH is made of iis parts,
according to a seometrical Axtom, the Nation as a
whole cannot be stronger than its weakest links. There
fore, no portion of the population should be kept in
ignorance. The Romanoffs came to their tragie end
by scheming to keep the Russian masses in ignorance
so that said masses be more easily ruled. Their re
volting martyrdom was the price received for the
unjust practice. As history usually repeats Hsell,
stateeraft schemers should beware. The Federal Gov-
erument should help to regulate the educational nods
of Iis dtizens.
Article VII.
(Edncational Tax.)
The National Government should lery a National
or override the Federal Law or Constitutional Amend-
make it easy for iis eitizens to do RIGHT, but
ments, legal suits in the United States Court for
difficult for them to do WRONG, we hereby URGE the
Tax for the support and upkeep of the Educational
Department in connection with II.
damase shall be permissible in any State which allows
"Tis oducation's potent arm that shields us from
Federal Government to diligently and favorably con-
sider what we desire the Government to do according
to the following articles:
is laws to remain in force contrary to the recent
United States Court Decision, and thereby forceably
remove or cause conductors on public carriers to re
move of eject from cars passengers who refuse to com-
Article I.
1ith Constitutional Amendment
That the Federal Government will enforce in every
State the provisions of the 14th Amendment, which
says: No State shall make or enforce any law which
shall abridge the privileges and immunities of hizens
ply with local State Segregation laws. And that all
scheming politicians shall be Hable to arrest, and
trial also for damase suits in the Federal Courts in
any State where the provisions of the 15th Amend-
ment are violated.
person of LIFE, LIEERTY OF PHOPERTY WITH.
OUT DUE PROCESS OF LAw
Sec. 2. Whenever any eitizen shall lose his or her
life in any State even by a mob contrary to this 14th
Amendment, if the officers of the said State fall
to arrest or indite such violators of the 14th Amend-
Article IV.
That the Federal Government shall create a Depart
ment for a HOME Secretary of States, whose duty
shall be to call any state to account and levy the Com
pensation Fines in which occurs the violation in any
manner of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
complained of under these articles.
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Tabries rear that neer decay
Then let us all, with one accord, unite our hearts
to shed abroad
Those precious GIFTS of MENTAL light, which
teach mankind to think aright.
Article VIII
Home Secretary of State.
of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any
Oppression's harm;
That suides our feet in freedoms way, and
(Mixed Jury.)
Since all men are created equal, and endowed by
their Creator with imallenable rights, and since equal
ty before the Law is intended by the Law, then sire
Is a MIKED IURY of white and colored fellow-cin.
tens, especially when one of the contestants is white
and the other colored, and whenever human Ile to
at peril. We do not ask for favors. Our piea is for
JUSTICE
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