Judge John P. Ross, grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Georgia, argues in trial to deny blacks the right to use the name “Knights of Pythias.” The case is now being carried to the “highest court in the land.”
The Planet defends three black men who were lynched after killing two white sheriffs, claiming the killing was an act of justice and an example of the “pendulum swinging back their way.”
A black man is “highly complimented” by a “distinguished white lady” for being a gentleman and giving her his seat on a street car, while none of the other men even offered.
At the Bethel African American Methodist Episcopal Church, black federal employees “make a fuss” when Rev. Reverdy C. Ransom defends Senator Foraker for President Roosevelt’s hypocritical claims.
The Planet does not find the same sense of hope that J.B. Allen sees in Independence party member Thomas Hisgen’s speech, stating that “we fail to see anything in these assertions to cause a colored voter to feel jubilant.”
For the first time in history the National German-American Teachers Association dealt with the “Negro problem” and will now be allowing blacks to join and teach among the rest of them.
The Republican National Committee assures that in their decision-making, they must “protect and defend the rights of all men, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
The Planet praises Senator Foraker’s speech on the Brownsville affray, claiming that thanks to him, the soldiers’ case “has been placed fairly and squarely before the American people.”