By M A R Y W H IT E O V IN G TO N
On Both Sides of
the Fence
m i* rival to W ashington, B u rgh ard t th in g m ore
th a n
m oney
Uu ¡jy t ,
j wanted a sta te of m ind
T hey
D r D u B o is h as w ritten a sligh t
t attended taro n otable confer -
sk e tc h of h u life Ui D ark W ater - encea In l» 08 , reportin g each fo r
He had no d ram atic background of " J *
Y ”rk Evening Pagl. at
dire (invert;
He rg. poor but so
G a rilso n V lllard wag
c h A r r o w iv
were th e -naai 01 h is public achool
th e
ed itor
Or-® was
th b
p laym ates, (h e farm rs and facto ry N iagara M ovem ent, headed by D u -
Tw o lea d e r*
w orker, b o y , and girls He grew np Hois th e oth er th e N ational Negro
in th e B e rk s h ire , an d had a h igher Business League headed by W a sh -
Many o f O h * younger generation t »day think of
cdu cal hi th a n h u claw m ates. ta k in cto n .
Washiiigton a* n myth and of DuBois as a hack number.
ing hU P h D at H arvard
after
T lie league w».s an
effo rt
of
grad uate tuc* a t th e Un ersity of WaAiuiigton to get th e Negr
Who
Hut at the time that I be «an my investigations these two
B erlin
He ./rote a mon««mental were accom plishing som ething In
men filled the stage, overshadowing other figures. And
vc lum e on th e Negro in P h ila d e l huameM to m eet and
pool th e ir
phia and th en went to A tlan ta e ip e rlen ce s th a t they m ight lea rn
with due respect to the youth of the present time, they
where he rem ained for m any years from one an o th er. I t m et In th e
: ead m g
th e
denar' n en t o ' eco- »ummer in A tlan ta sh ortly before
were g reater figures than the new generation has yet
nom ics and tn stn uting tiie M U n t * t h e te rrib le r lo u T h e >easionA were
produced.
Sociological Studies th e first «•*- designed
to
b* pi tlc a l talk s,
ko k g icsl stu d ies of Negro though o r a l r* occasionally rvdded
O f Washington I can only speak as a casual
eondlUone 111 th e United StA tes
savor to th e feast
T h e re were. I
acquaintance. He was fa r too busy a man to give his
rem em ber, a rew co n tractors, one
Critb t«m and th e $ t t Check
from New O rlean s did a large b u si
time to a woman o f very moderate means who, if she
I m ade hU acq u ain tan ce orlglu al- ness. a num ber of bankers, and
ly through h is w riting Som e of the s o n * m en in real e sta te
subscribed at all to his school, would not be able to go
eaaaya In H ie So u ls of B la ck Folk '
P hilip Payton
beyond the ten dollar bill. He meant Tuskegee to be
appeared
first
In
th e
A tlan tic
M onthly
where I
P hilip P ayton of New Y ork was
one of the best-equipped, best-taught schools in America.
saw
them
and m th e aud ience. I went down the
Such time as he could tak e from his work, his home and
learned of th e — i n j j - i 1 chu rch
wi It him .
R IC H A R D T C) K E E N E R
__ aisle
m and talked
m
of
race
lMJt though we were in a colored
t tium anlty
his friends was needed in making contacts th at would
preju dice
I wrote chu rch I could
gro to be a good w orker, and oth er
bring him large returns.
to him as a w e
see th a t I m ade
I received my fe l h I m
need ful th in gs will be added
uneasy.
I first met him through Jo h n K. Milholland at the
lowship. askin g
■» L y nch ing * were
Hat when W ash in cto n row
advice He was u n going on at th a t
Hotel M anhattan where he always stayed.
He gave
to power, o th er th in g s were
endingly kind
I lim e in th e city
tak en away.
#
me one o f the best pieces of advice I have ever h ad :
have a file of h is »nd perhaps he
T o ote I th e S o o th becam e
letters with me now was
rig h t
In
"A lw ay s ask for more money than you think you can
im possible.
in w h l-h he advises1 th in k in g
that
School fund» were voted by
get. I made the mistake of asking Carnegie for six him
m e regarding my my c o r d 1 a
th e legislature atrordin/r to the
m ethod ol a tta c k I greetin g
m ight
d t i ' d t h o t i HHI l d .
I believe he would have given nie
l*er ca p ita population and d i
Dii Boi«
gives m e In tro d u c-!en d an g e r
him
vided
by th e
w hites am ong
million."
Ilona to im p ortan t m en and women I ft was th e la rm -
IlMNBsafeaa
Tkk
save
Ik i
acce p ls sonic of my criticism s of era,
h o w ev er,
Mr W a sh in g to n 's autobiography th e B o o th , lie »pent too m uch t i n *
Payton
south ern portion of
sta te like
h is w rit.ng.
I seem to h sv e been who
gave
th e
- t i p from A lavrry." la still one of in th e N orth where social equality
A labam a an enorm ous a d v a n
free with i/ iticu in . and In retu rn m eetings color and Interest. T h e y
th e w irld a !*•»! sellers. T l * story was practiced , but th e N orth found
tage over th e n o rth ern
part
gave criticism .
¡told noble tale s of money m ade in
«•here th ere
were
no
Negro
o f huw he dusted th e acho hootti a t hint a glorious prophet
T h e Negro
At th e end of a year, knowing th a t I < Jtto n and co n i
ch ild ren to he counted out.
had of late been « h arassin g re
h is studies required support a ' Mime' “An 1 dc i t
let your neighbor
tfa m p t-n th ree
l»ouMt>ilit y
Now som e i n * had
1 sen t a check 'o r ’ en fy know you got a c e n t." one advised.
tlin es over and
P ublic
opinion, m oreover, d c- sarn fU
m m r with a happy vd u llu n of the
„ ,.7 '
N,.gro<. ,
.Mould
wa% a c r e p ted
0|! * 7 ‘ ° J hr
f 001? -
Money s hard er 1 r keep th a i te r
I who <• problem
Cra.se to th in k of llot com p lain
T h ey m a t work ? logical
Fu-vt In h is letter of th a n k s „ akp
because o f tils
,
lynrhdigs.
of
lu
ju
sl
or.
of
Hit-
loss
of
Marci
an
d
.ivi
cm
friend
ly
relatio
n s lie
expressed
d isap p oin tm en t: "I| T h rou gh all th e m eetings. W ash
th orou gh ness Is
| t ■
ty p ical
of
his
' th a t I
o
. . ' l rlp
2 r * r" l ° ' ,rl,J >*"•’ th e ir a hile- n eighbor*. lu th e
ington presided with g rea t ta c t.
In n iv lf
M ake th e Negro a good r| tlrl Npgtl, q u . rtPr, were un l.n - dealing wi i
m illion . aire
re st for p e rfe c
.
, .
, .
. . 1 .W h en th e talk grew acrim onious.
w orkm an hv giving m oney to T u s-
, d t..Kh school* did not exist
tion . his ability
, °L £
Jo k e ^ * “
T ^ ^
h e ta m e in with an am using story,
D uBois and h is follow ers;
________
*
to <wt up work
T " . W J . * o l! * » J «reeted With and , htH, w llu, Me dem anded
ln - te a l
He had a g rea t
Continued an P age Sour
n
L
,
du afrlal ed ucation > s c enough T h t* wanted from th e * h lle mar. som e-l
He W^turrd in tlie la raest h all th e a (tíc U * th r sc h o o l. s u p ,» .le d b i
flow of idcai- and
town he visited could o ile r and saw , ,
vtien a t T u a k e -
m any tu rn ed away
Large g lfU of l-hHanthropy
gee (nilich Of Ills
¡m oney cam e to him and Tuskegee
F ven Flak U niversi!
h sd I« In-1
om
tim e was tak en
Mr W ash ing to n Kli>w
iro ilu tr ind ustrial
train in g .
And
up with ra i-ln g
M onroe T ro tter R esist«;
W ashington raid n oth in g
a g a in s t1
m oney I he kept ! *« te a ch ers ao long
I And« In Ja i l
th is
He probably M l th a t tt was
In co n su ltatio n
' .a t th ey had U>
From th e beginning th ere was a n 1' ' 1* t1*
look
«J*»
t* «
negle
th e ir classes
W hen h e elem ent auiong the* N f f r a M ^ t h i t i ^ ^ ^
tM,f it>r
IhMittbMl a tra in th facu lty drew
viewed th e situ atio n with
nlarm * R ecom m end ation from B<M>k er T
»It'll of relief, hut soon teleg ra m s M onroe T ro tte r of Bo ston was th e 1 I used I
»turned mid saddened
r>m e iHdeilug inn ovations
H r In - ((r. ( t(> 0flc-r resistan ce and landed bv w hat I aa
B efo re lmig I was
trm luced m any of t in best m ethods (n j (||
known as on-' interested In th e Ne-
v f today for ru ral ed ucation
je a lo u sy o f W asiun gton s pow er'«ro and 1 had m any ca lls from co l-
P arm <1c m . m s i ralm n was itone by g|i w
||r Meld th è pur.se strtn gs 'ore<' m eli and ao m en a l i o neccird
T u skegee long b efo re llie govem - vVhom he rndoraed recelved ctolbsr.. monev tur th e tr wrork Almoat In-
in e n l look il up P roni H aniplon he h ,r l()Pl|. m terp rlsea wtule Ihose he earlab ly they began b,v handm g me,
learnect lite vaine of re la tin « edu U1|,-,| to endm se had to he con som e recom in end atlon from W ash -
Ington cinipi sing them It might be
ra tio n to life ind It becam e a re -, |(.„ ted with stray prm ilos
ligiiMi with him
Ilia people were;
a note or |M-iha|ia only a newspaper:
a ln ig g lin g , o fte n
blindly, fo r a
T t’**
* ro,,>
clipping It was p resen ted as in re
c anew til leveloti th eir iwiwer He ev eryth ing th e
num ber a t •»•¿h, t m ous th a n
gold
I would say
told them t do IliU w here t h e y ,''1'** for th e new Y M
A ictlit th e ,.a su a |M ■ Hut ] :ln, r o ( |n sym pa
were, to becom e m a ste r wo kn ien
, r 1 ro. r r * MV e * re “ * w aanr». in-c, t ,iy wlUl 11r W ash in g to n 's opinion
V
W'„ Proimini ,7"rf
M
His fam ous A tla n ta speech . "P « ‘ , w ^ s h h ^ n ^ a a ^ l r t 'k ^ l - h S l I d i d U i 1 In d u ,tr t* ! t r * ,n ln * ** ’ " 'v «
down you. h u c k e u
h ere you a ic .
~
/'
apphed to th e cotored U tmrer M|,,n k w fd h ,
|wwar aild m ean l to
T h e n II w s as m eu g li an acto r
well aa to i lo w hite em ployer H aid ........
( l ,.
s,irroum let» witlil<hot»l>»d h is m ask
O ne m an said
keep it
work waa now divorced troni slav -
A stream of lo me with te ars In h is eyes: “I'v e
e ty
H ie Negro m ust respect It. followers nut eq u als
sa t on W ash in g ton 's doorstep fo t
n iiist buy land, p la n t crops, w h ite young te a ch ers entered Tuskegee
cine year and a sw ift-ru n n in g r ill [ '>,,r Eears t o g c t l
wash Inaiar», c le a n up b a ck -y a rd s
left li th e n ext
Home fe lt the l couldu t ialee a penny without tt.
O ne lim e he se n ' ward to th e
(dace- too m uch a sp ectacle. T hey P ou r years ”
Negrura fur m itra »round T a s
W hen th e m ask was dropped, I
rould no longer endure th e proors-
k s . ce fa ram e to th e school.
sk in 'en te rln g th e chap e’ tn th e h larr would have a real ta lk a ta lk as
T h ey obeyed
W hen th ey got
of tru m p ets, with th e w hite visitor betw een equals, and I would te a m
th ere he told them to go back
worth h is salt
In fallib ly rising to exclaim with the th a t every Negro
and clear up th e ir yards.
Q ueen of Slieb a , “T h e h a lf waa not w anted th e sam e Hung. Ills rig h ts
Ilia fa v o rite an im at waa Ille tilg, told me " O th ers found Uie p rtn - as a citizen o f th is republic
because, aa he
says In “W orking el|sil failed to uidiold th e ir a u th o ri
Booker T . Never i'a p ta re d
w ith th e H an d s," It brings In th e ty w ith th e ir pupils
And outside
A tlan ta U.
the school, from M onroe T n s ttr r oil.
larg est retu rn s
T h e re was one school th a t W ash
M any of Ills grad u ates went out m en liegan to question W a sh in g lngton never raptured A tla n ta Uni
to le a c h , and tile gosprl of m aking to n 's lead ersh ip
verslty
Here th a t good old New
th e mcait of life
where you a re
W h ite W orld W as D elighted
E nglander, llo a c e Bm n stead
sp read am ong th e race.
The white vorld, In the meantime, president, and I .ere In s tru '* on In
W h iles Ate up T h is H actrin e
waa delighted with tlieir panacea h ig h e r e d u c a tio n -w e n t on w ithout
O f course, It.e w hiles a te up tilia "Give m oney lo H am pton an d T u g - a p o t o g y A n d -àietw - waa t h e -
d octrin e. Home distrusted h im tn kegee," th ey said, '’le a c h th e Ne- N egro who a* anv tim e wag-a g e r ì- '-
l im e s t llia iu ic
Storer College, Harpers F erry, so progressive
forty years ago that it w as'host to the radical
Niagara movement, last year turned down this
lirtsiiEe talyieis to- J o h n - B r o w n o ffe r e d -b y the
N.A.AiG.P;
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