NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
70 Fifth Avenue, New York City
Official Organ—THE CRISIS, published Monthly.
NATIONAL OFFICERS
President
Moorfield Storey
Vice-Presidents
Archibald H. GrimkéRev. John Haynes HolmesBishop John HurstCapt. Arthur B. SpingarnOswald Garrison Villard
Archibald H. Grimké
Rev. John Haynes Holmes
Bishop John Hurst
Capt. Arthur B. Spingarn
Oswald Garrison Villard
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Chairman of the Board,Mary White OvingtonJohn R. Shillady,SecretaryOswald Garrison Villard,TreasurerDr. W. E. B. Du Bois,Director of Publications and ResearchJames Weldon Johnson,Field SecretaryWalter F. White,Assistant Secretary
Chairman of the Board,Mary White Ovington
John R. Shillady,Secretary
Oswald Garrison Villard,Treasurer
Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois,Director of Publications and Research
James Weldon Johnson,Field Secretary
Walter F. White,Assistant Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BaltimoreBishop John HurstBostonJoseph Prince LoudMoorfield StoreyButler R. WilsonBuffaloMary B. TalbertChicagoJane AddamsDr. C. E. BentleyMemphisR. R. ChurchNew HavenGeorge W. CrawfordNew YorkRev. Hutchens C. BishopDr. W. E. B. Du BoisRev. John Haynes HolmesDr. V. Morton JonesFlorence KelleyPaul KennadayJohn E. MilhollandMary White OvingtonCapt. Arthur B. SpingarnMajor J. E. SpingarnCharles H. StudinOswald Garrison VillardLillian D. WaldWilliam English WallingPhiladelphiaDr. William A. SinclairSpringfieldRev. G. R. WallerSt. LouisHon. Charles NagelWilberforceCol. Chas. Young, U. S. A.WashingtonProf. Geo. William CookArchibald H. GrimkéCharles Edward Russell
Baltimore
Bishop John Hurst
Boston
Joseph Prince Loud
Moorfield Storey
Butler R. Wilson
Buffalo
Mary B. Talbert
Chicago
Jane Addams
Dr. C. E. Bentley
Memphis
R. R. Church
New Haven
George W. Crawford
New York
Rev. Hutchens C. Bishop
Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois
Rev. John Haynes Holmes
Dr. V. Morton Jones
Florence Kelley
Paul Kennaday
John E. Milholland
Mary White Ovington
Capt. Arthur B. Spingarn
Major J. E. Spingarn
Charles H. Studin
Oswald Garrison Villard
Lillian D. Wald
William English Walling
Philadelphia
Dr. William A. Sinclair
Springfield
Rev. G. R. Waller
St. Louis
Hon. Charles Nagel
Wilberforce
Col. Chas. Young, U. S. A.
Washington
Prof. Geo. William Cook
Archibald H. Grimké
Charles Edward Russell
[1]The Association has in preparation a pamphlet, which will appear in April, 1919, entitled, "Thirty Years of Lynching in the United States, 1889-1918," which can be secured from the secretary.
The Association has in preparation a pamphlet, which will appear in April, 1919, entitled, "Thirty Years of Lynching in the United States, 1889-1918," which can be secured from the secretary.
[2]"The bodies of the dead Negroes," testified an eye-witness, "were thrown into a morgue like so many dead hogs." Ibid., page 4.
"The bodies of the dead Negroes," testified an eye-witness, "were thrown into a morgue like so many dead hogs." Ibid., page 4.
[3]See page18for chronological list of name, place, date and alleged cause of lynchings for 1918.
See page18for chronological list of name, place, date and alleged cause of lynchings for 1918.
[4]Nothing came of this request in the way of legal action.
Nothing came of this request in the way of legal action.
[5]Four of the lynched victims were white men (one each in Arkansas, California, Illinois and Texas), 63 were Negroes and 5 of the latter women.
Four of the lynched victims were white men (one each in Arkansas, California, Illinois and Texas), 63 were Negroes and 5 of the latter women.
[6]InThe Crisisfor February, 1919, page 181, this total is given as 12. The case of George Cabiness, whose mother and four brothers and sister were lynched, for alleged threats to avenge the killing of George, has been eliminated from the lynching record as the latter was alleged to have been killed resisting arrest.
InThe Crisisfor February, 1919, page 181, this total is given as 12. The case of George Cabiness, whose mother and four brothers and sister were lynched, for alleged threats to avenge the killing of George, has been eliminated from the lynching record as the latter was alleged to have been killed resisting arrest.
[7]According to press accounts, except in a very few cases in which the victim was actually tried before a court and later taken from the jail and lynched.
According to press accounts, except in a very few cases in which the victim was actually tried before a court and later taken from the jail and lynched.
[8]Published inThe Crisisfor September, 1918The Work of a Mob, and reprinted by the Association under the title, "The Lynchings of May, 1918, in Brooks and Lowndes Counties Georgia," September, 1918, 6 p.
Published inThe Crisisfor September, 1918The Work of a Mob, and reprinted by the Association under the title, "The Lynchings of May, 1918, in Brooks and Lowndes Counties Georgia," September, 1918, 6 p.
[9]As we go to press, information has come that Judge B. F. Long has sentenced 15 men involved in the attempt to storm the Winston-Salem jail to prison terms ranging from fourteen months to six years. This is indeed a rarity and an occasion for rejoicing.
As we go to press, information has come that Judge B. F. Long has sentenced 15 men involved in the attempt to storm the Winston-Salem jail to prison terms ranging from fourteen months to six years. This is indeed a rarity and an occasion for rejoicing.
[10]At the trial of the two alleged ringleaders of the mobs, which was held at Tuscumbia, Alabama, on February 3 and 4, 1919, the jury, assembled from the neighborhood, found a verdict of not guilty. The secretary of the Association was in attendance at the trial and has written a report of it which has been published as a special pamphlet Dispensing With Justice in Alabama—a Report of the Trial of Frank Dillard, Alleged Lyncher, at Tuscumbia, Alabama, February 3 and 4, 1919, by John R. Shillady, Secretary, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
At the trial of the two alleged ringleaders of the mobs, which was held at Tuscumbia, Alabama, on February 3 and 4, 1919, the jury, assembled from the neighborhood, found a verdict of not guilty. The secretary of the Association was in attendance at the trial and has written a report of it which has been published as a special pamphlet Dispensing With Justice in Alabama—a Report of the Trial of Frank Dillard, Alleged Lyncher, at Tuscumbia, Alabama, February 3 and 4, 1919, by John R. Shillady, Secretary, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
[11]Of these investigations, the following have been published and may be obtained upon application to the National Secretary: Brooks and Lowndes Counties, Georgia (see foot-note, page11); Estill Springs, Tenn. (seeThe Crisisfor May, 1918, pages 16-20); Philadelphia Race Riots of July 26 to July 31, 1918, 8 p.
Of these investigations, the following have been published and may be obtained upon application to the National Secretary: Brooks and Lowndes Counties, Georgia (see foot-note, page11); Estill Springs, Tenn. (seeThe Crisisfor May, 1918, pages 16-20); Philadelphia Race Riots of July 26 to July 31, 1918, 8 p.
[12]Printed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as "The Negro Question" (with resolutions adopted by the Bar Association following the delivery of the address), 30 pages, ten cents per copy.
Printed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as "The Negro Question" (with resolutions adopted by the Bar Association following the delivery of the address), 30 pages, ten cents per copy.
[13]Little, if any, progress was made in 1918, however, in the Law and Order League endeavor, according to our best information, and no rewards were claimed from the San Antonio Express.
Little, if any, progress was made in 1918, however, in the Law and Order League endeavor, according to our best information, and no rewards were claimed from the San Antonio Express.