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The Planet urges its reader to use their money, and to prioritize family and education in their spending.

The Planet urges people to set aside their race differences in the goal to achieve social and economic prosperity in the South.

As the only black student in his class of 100 students, Dr. R.E. Jones became one of the first “colored” doctors to drive around in his own buggy.

Local Richmonder finds success in making shoes and is now the owner of one of the largest “colored” shoe establishments.

“Colored” man comes to Richmond with nothing, and becomes very successful and has become an established merchant.

A local black carpenter develops a business he inherited from his father and is praised as a “model citizen”.

After years of serving one family a former slave receives a job in the local capital building as a janitor.

The “great colored orator” passes away and the Planet praises him for his positive contributions to the black community by the Planet.

The law in Virginia is unclear as to what is acceptable and what is not when a person has intimate relations with a person of the opposite race.

The Planet responds to comments about the “New Civil Rights Law of New York” stating that a public servant “cannot discriminate against a citizen on account of his race or skin color.”