Mitchell's Message to Black Community
January 17, 1903
Summary
John Mitchell encourages the black community to persevere and rise above hardship, even though “It seems that every right taken from the “colored” brother makes the abuse of him more rational.“
Transcription
Message from John Mitchell
We must engage in business and buy land.
Colored men, good behavior will help us in our struggle.
We are having a hard struggle, but it will all come right by and by.
It seems that every right taken from the colored brother makes the abuse of him more rational.
We must engage in business and buy land.
Colored men, good behavior will help us in our struggle.
We are having a hard struggle, but it will all come right by and by.
It seems that every right taken from the colored brother makes the abuse of him more rational.
About this article
Source
Location on Page
Lower Left Quadrant
Topic
Contributed By
Rose Williams
Citation
“Mitchell's Message to Black Community,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed April 24, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/193.