No Color Line to be Drawn

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.

Milwaukee, July 2 - For the first time in it history the National German-American Teachers Association was today confronted with the Negro problem. The proposition came in the shape of the question as to whether a Negro would, if making application, be admitted to the ranks and an equal place in the association. Without hesitation President Max Griebach declared that no color line would be drawn in the National German-American Teachers Association. As this is a problem which all national organizations will sooner or later be called upon to meet and to settle, the announcement by the head of the association of German teachers in the United States become one of importance. The case is that of Cincinnati colored girl who teaches German, and she will now join the association.

“No Color Line to be Drawn,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed September 14, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/649.