The Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1921 Page: 4 of 8
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| EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE BLACK DISPATCH .
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Box 68, Oklahoma City., Oklahoma
Phone Maple 818
Entered at the Post Office at Oklahoma City, as second class mail
under act of March 3, 1879. '
On® Year J2 00
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Three Months 75
HOSCOE DUNJEE Ed!tor
ORUSILLA DUNGEE HOUSTON ContrlVu't'lng*"Editor
FREEDOM FOR ill FOREVER
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FIRST IN
SERVICE
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Some time ago we stated that we had private information
to the effect that a branch of the infamous Ku Klux Klan had
been formed in this state. We suggested then that all of our
readers should protest to the Governor against the granting of
a license for such an organization to exist and operate in the
commonwealth. This week the news is hurled through the
daily press that such an organization has been' formed in Okla-
homa City and in the next breath we learn that a branch of this
same bunch of cowardly rats mutilated and burned the face of a
helpless black boy in Dallas, Texas.
The Black Dispatch wants to serve notice on the Klan in Ok-
lahoma City that the Negroes of this municapality are not going
to be intimidated by a bunch of cowardly assassins, such as they,
the man or set of men who think that the younng Negro in this
state is to be frightened from his approach towards his object-
ives is operating and thinking FROM THE FULLNESS OF
THEIR IGNORANCE. It was a splendid scheme to scare our old
ignorant parents through the use of a few discarded sheets
thrown over the head in Reconstruction days, but the student
of recent historv oueht to bp nhip tn fiPP in f" ll d ofnM r nrmfinn «*■
The sooner this news percolates through the noodle of some
ol these half hammered draft dodgers the better for them. The
Negro is not looking for anything but a man's chance. He
wants that and he is willing to lav down his life for that chance
He is not trying to marry any white women or take any white
mans chance away from him. We are, however, taking the
Southern white man at his word; he told us during the War that
"THIS WAS OUR COUNTRY." We are starting out to Sy out
a little of the privileges in OUR country and we would like to be
let alone while we attempt developement.
Drusilla Dunjee-Houston *
President Oklahoma Training School,
Incidentally, we would suggest to the Klan that in the re-
mote possibility that they should form a battle line, we suggest
that they form it down in the alleys on East Grand and Califor-
nia of this city Some night, we bet, they will be sure to capture
umTmmnJ?ma City s citizens down there shouting, "TO
HELL WITH RACE INTEGRITY," and we understand the Klan
always throws a funk when they run up on "sich a turrible
nion We liged to have forgotten to say the men they catch will
be the same complexion of the Klan.
THROWING MUD ON THE BIGGEST GOVERNOR
We wish the legislature could have met and adjourned with-
out having slung mud at Governor Robertson. Mind you we
approve of a lot of things that the Legislature did but we regret
to see any of the branches of our State Government throw mud
at the biggest governor that the state has yet produced.
w T!ie f?ct is' that if the ^Muve had put the time in pass-
• c°nform Wlth one of Governor Robertson's recom-
mendations m his message, the Negroes of the state might have
had a real law WITH TEETH IN IT, against lynchinf, sonie-
thi w H ll „ate °! 0klahoma needs a great deal more than
the few dollars that the House of Representatives failed to ap-
propriate for the Democratic slush fund.
In adjournment the house took a position that we are proud
n back-bone. It was the direct answer of the
House to the Democratic Senate, which killed the Fair Registra-
tion Bill prepared by the House. ™gi*,"a
m, thii 5s somethi"g that we need more than a few
and bk?karflSiik^at Sh many ?e0I?'e are who°Ping about, white
and black alike need emancipation from Democratic thievery
a?e^£Cra-V ,happen to be 6utside of machine politics
«nd wnnM6 V1(i S 0f th® vicious registration and election laws
and would welcome a channge, and a change would have to
come long ere this had, it not been for the manioulators of the
fnm! 1° dlffra"chfe all but the elect of the white group, who
know how to shout Nigger" loud annd muddy the water.
mentGOHprh0nr^0HeSSOn haS made a good governor in our judg-
fa SLSt 6 COUrage t0 follow his convictions of right
in several instances, even tho his convictionns were onnosed
by public sentiment. This does not only pertain as to our oar
Jit fnr fh°Up bUU° aU gr0Ups of our citizenship. We are will-
ing for the Republicans to "Trap Trapp" and "Bark Wood" but
ue do not want them to "Rob Robertson" of his good name when
we know that he is entitled to better treatment.
SOLVING THE NEGRO PROBLEM
The Inter-Racial Commissions
(By Drusilla Dunjee-Houston)
The appointment of these commis-
sions over the South, to study the re-
lations between the races and to help
bring them to equitable adjustment,
is the most hopeful sign in fifty vears
of reaching a true solution of the Ne-
gro Problem. Fifty-five years ago the
South BY FORCE was compelled to
give up her slaves. Had the powerful
logic of Clay, Webster and Calhoun
been used upon the crying suDject of
human slavery, this nation today need
not be reaping the whirlwind of hate
because we forced the South to do
j JL might have been WON to
toise d3y haS P3SSed f0r C0lnP''°"
The work that Clay, Webster, and
^oun fafed to do lies before us.
. e "eec' Pass no more laws compell-
ing the South to justice, that is not
the wisest way. SENTIMENT tq
STRONGER THAN LAW Theater-
Racial Commissions must change sen-
heeqn nTn:Uiy the hearts not only
the South but of the average Ameri-
UMNYtUrAed frT the ^ W CTL.
won fot hi^V0fthjeU¥kCUTHn ?£
lea",™" of
forgets the word? of Christ, "See that
ye RESIST evil." These would have
us take an AX to white folk. Such a
position is not psycholigical. Let us
come down out of the crouds of tor-
rid oratory upon the grounds of com-
mon sense and consider the real
rounds up the ladder of race building
and when we know them what power
on earth can keep us from going up'
There was an hour, just behind us
when every unit of the Race needed
to hammer upon nthe gates of injus-
tice, to wake the sleeping conscience
of America. That work has been well
done; but woe to the leader who does
not now realize that this hour calls
for more than agitation. America is
awake to the realization that the Ne-
gro occupies the place of serf in this
nation. Because she must, she stands
waiting for SOLUTIONS of how to
Iftthe Race to the statue of men:
ARE WE READY WITH THEM? The
hour has struck for the man who can
only whine over the Negro's or the
white man's wrongs.
Leadership today calls for construc-
tive men. Every problm must sur-
render to the mastery of wisdom and
perseverance. Will the Inter-Racial
Commissions be equal to finding the
key? The root of all this race trou-
ble lies in the failure of the better
type in both races to understand how
to reach and lift the depraved class-
es of either race. As the higher types
have failed to find solutions, the low-
er classes are trying to solve the Ne-
gro problem in their own iniquitous
tTon8' the 8hame °f thls great na"
The tragic picturesque South, deso-
lated by war, and today enslaved bv
race hate. What more needful thing
in this nation than that we try to un-
derstand her and that the South learn
to understand her fatal points of
weakness. Since the war the coarse
and unlightened white .has risen to
political and commercial supremacy
Their only mental qualifications being
power to villify the Negro. They are
of the Wh ^ t: B Unj4Ist' Ie&isla"on
Dark Ages! 8 6 Spirit 0f the
From the shock of civil strife, the
loss ot wealth and the errors of re-
construction, the true South has not
yet recovered its former position of
leadership. In the restoration of home
and fortune, the most forceful char-
acters of the best South for a genera-
tion have neglected civic duty. The
"ee\he the Negro race who cannot
■ ee the pioblem in the light of this
«C^T/^0,,hebte s' 25'
ladership. Ignorance and error todav
alone temper with this the nalW
best W"4®'when ° ly the
WONDERFUL HAIR MOWU
N« Mor*—DANDRUFF.
N« <*•>*•—FALLING HAIR.
N« Msrs—ITCHING SCALP,
NO Mor#—TETTER.
N« Msr —ECZEMA.
•Iym hrtlth to the EmIf; Pro-
mote* flrswth f Lsng Fluffy
HAIR.
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Wonderful Olio.
-price*-.
•rowing oil
premino oil .
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Alter using two,years is now
122 inches long
2761 Glenarm St., Denver, Col.
TBMPLE OIL Mo
AGENTS WANTED
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Lotto r*
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Scalp Specialtist
Madam C. J. Walker Sysl^WTT^uno, phone M
Address: 600 E. 3rd
: : OKLAHOMA CITY
—^ 2-21-21.
THE MELROSE
For the Best
SERVICE IN THE CITY AND STATE
Twenty-f0Ur Cool, Clean, Newly Decorated Room,
A HOTEL OF QUALITY AND SERVICE
For the Weary Colored Travelor
MRS. A. L. SMITH, Prop.
TO OUR MANY FRIENDS, CLIENTS AND PATRONS
2SS
SearilSU?hegUidanhCe we wil1 indeed Negro his^blo^f h°Uth grants t0 the
^ea^J-henwe have the class who sTa^VS bTgJl r'ghtS' She
be accepted as authentic.
vpiousloTg^nizatfons^av^pr^ured^Tave lhat °ur
disposal of the Government'andIni n ® ^ plaCed at the
wash for thp smiths constitute the leeal white. confidence. The policy of fairness and business integrity which
of Fuhr & Co. will go with him into
Respectfully,
FUHR & CO.
Our address after April 11
319% E. 2nd Street
ess SSwiass
call on usPat oL™n'wTffic'es'at 319i/2' E^nd1""'6 °Ur ,nends to
J . . " ^WULIi-lclHU.
SLAVE AND HALFhFREES"GThere1aret C,0"ldfnot exist "HALF
hind the Stars and Stripes wh<? rin-S * h ? peop,e hidinS be-
lot of people who see the acSal onXSt- this; there ^re «
quiet their conscience bv eivine- tha m 10n W^° are ^Ting to
Hypocrites they are! and coS^ak^n^ J°af °f ^
take the place of right nothing will uan suPPIant or
manhood! notWng will right wrong but courageous
The Government of the TTnitpri
a form of government in the South \f William p®'\ estabIish
StI- haTnh'ie'18 a
PUTHT0kN JPINSMB'X:' 'he S?Ufh Where B
liwicks you Bill find out tlial it (thpblfi °W" "lto these bal"
special manner i„ which each S^mafSSSs^M
•atimidation,deduces them"to ?"rtu5CoemP"SheS t,helr c<""Plete
or it. is a laW u„?o htaS. Pe°"aSe a"d in thc dolnS
HELL PUT TO AN OPEN SHAME
Take for example, the Arkansas Riots it has been nrov^n
man and hide their own black crimes.
T -Nat nal Association for the Advancement o( Colored
to lTTr, " COn'""0" Arkansas bared fe facts.
°f Cbkaeo' >he thing together
With many others who investigated and whose statements must
TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN OKLAHOMA CITY
lililSlssi
the G O P iun 'th f6 ! Is We WaBt t0 caI1 the attention of
Ucte'J'frUotIr
muchhbenefitaStoa ^ had been some thin^s do"e of
Wo, c;si
It is un'w tBe°Remfhr " b'''that the N>P° l auhe cross-roads.
Lincoln willt^ge^flice"^ iT* ££ f <"
>'* o vote, we thetly""way^cTnch
uctory is to carry out every campaign pledge that was made.
the new combine.
Our Present Address
327i/o_E. 2nd Street
SHAMEFUL CONDITIONS TO BE EXPOSED IN WAR RISK
INSURANCE, BLACK HEROES OF WORLD CONFLICT HOR-
RIBLY MISTREATED IN SOUTHLAND
f ttAsrtsf zsag*
s™ «>•c
such^ I'Z!™ lhe, Falr Grounds should be installed.
Town should he ! S. id^sh^t^S
to complete actuality and our Negro police should bo continued
l is up to the party to make good. It is to he .cgretted that the
Dartv Of Lmrnln haH r^™,;.., .i u . >
icimicu in me war
Risk Investigation asked for by Pres-
ident Harding. General Charles G.
Dawes, of Chicago, heads the Commis-
sion and Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Roosevelt is one of the mem-
bers. The Commission is now sitting
in Washington, and during its ses-
sions it will be disclosed that Negro
soldiers, in that department, under
the Wilson administration suffered
shameful and unbelievabe treatment.
One of the former officers who serv-
ed in the War Risk Department,
Lieut. J. Williams Clifford, has gath-
ered a fund of data on this subject,
and he will offer it to the Commis-
sion.
In an exclusive interview for The
Associated Negro Press, he declared:
"It was because my petitions for
these suffering men were practically
ignored that I resigned from the de-
partment some time ago. The people
will b aroused to action when they
know what these brave boys are go-
ing through.
What we need is close, sympa-
thetic contact with all formef sol-
diers. There are thousands of oppor-
tunities to be helpful that thousands
of soldiers do not know anything
about. We must educate them into
the advantages of war risk, but the
discriminations must be stopped.
Lieut. Clifford showed the Associa
ted Negro Press representative let
ters that he has received from var-
ious soldiers. Only brief quotations
rrom a few of them can be given here
Quotations From Soldiers
Oscar Flewellen. of Waco( Texas-
I have asked these doctors here in
camp to send in my medical record
but they will not look after the inter-
ests of the Colored—Colored boys are
treated like cattle and doge. The of
there is no one here to represent
them in their grievances; as the doc-
Readings11" rSCS tUm d8af 8ars to their
Lloyd Bates, Texarkana, Ark.- "I
Iifof6 jU8t ,receive(l the letter stating
-hat you have cut my compensation
from $20.00 per month to $18 00 ner
1 7?nt know why you cu[
L .hp ?.h ? and allow the whites
in the South to get $90.00 to $115 00'
per month. I am asking how lamZ
work when I lost my chances when I
entered the army, for I am now un-
able to walk and work and I am a
cripple. I want a new rating from
some doctor who does not call us Nig-
fil an tho® h-!18 wait two hours un-
hiv the,w'hite3 are waited on. I
have proof from over 500 Colored
Tame " CamP L°gan Wh° wi" say the
Augustus stanberry. Dallas, Texas-
hi— i13,1 a" these white doctors,
wni „ar,e givjng us a raw deal they
Qn ih ? Sen In our me<lical reports-
Vhi .we 9fn get our compensation.
Theodore Roe, Halley, Ark • "I have
waited patiently to hear from my
medical report but it seems that na
in"® ? thls famP Will write or send
n our reports for compensation. We
^„'fred ,p?ple k™«bouU ln ,hI
f'at® o' Texas are being robbed
fv!h, pr,ived of the thi"gs right'
y due them from the Bureau. I have
jilst received information of a man's
having secured an agreement fro™
■be W r RM, Mieie, IKwS.™
Lf tc ?8lderable sum of the pro
It or ge* them
... : ^ - „ us tu 11-greiiea mat tne : ' — Bering up and studied Insult it an
party of Lincoln had permitted itself to be put on the defensive, ^ 7^ 8°Idie^ a°d the treat ) pears that thousands of disabled Col-
but It was. We won, here's hoping. ? ° 18 K, ^em M t0 thelr ored Americans have suffered untold
• just compensation and hospital treat- agony.
ficers are low brea. uncouth, and if' the money:9
therare not careful a race not'is lia- There are scores and scores of cas
ble to occur as these boys have all de-, es similar to these, many of them un-
cded to suck .f anything occurs." printable in their scandalous de-
S. H. Cavitt. Houston. Texas: "I bauchery. In the matter of neglect
wnte you in the Interest of our Col covering up and studied Insult it an
«" "N Col.
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Dunjee, Roscoe. The Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1921, newspaper, April 8, 1921; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc152327/m1/4/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.