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If slavery persisted in the Southern states, it was the
Northern states that did much to deny free Negroes their rights
in the dark days before the Civil War. In 1830 a mob drove eight
Negroes out of Portsmouth, Ohio. For three days, in 1829, bands
of whites in Cincinnati took the law in their own hands and ran
out of the city those Negroes who did not have the bonds required
by law. In New York state, there were riots in Utica, Palmyra,
and New York City in 1834 and 1839. In 1834 a mob of whites
marched down into the Negro section of Philadelphia and committed
numerous acts of violence. They wrecked the African Presbyterian
Church, burned homes, and mercilessly beat up several Negroes.
Similar uprisings occurred in subsequent years. American
antislavery organizations and Negro conventions were unable to
generate sufficient public opinion to put down the wholesale
denial of the rights of the darker peoples of the United States.
It was this state of affairs that caused the Negro minister,
Henry Highland Garnett, to say to his Negro brethren, "The
diabolical injustices by which your liberties are cloven down,
neither God nor angels, or just men, command you to suffer for a
single moment. Therefore, it is your solemn and imperative duty
to use every means, both moral, intellectual, and physical
that promises success."
One might have thought that the Civil War, in which
scores of thousands of white Americans gave their lives and
in which 186,000 Negroes fought, would have settled once and for
43
Object Description
| Title | Hugh McColl and White House conference speeches |
| Series | Series 1, Addresses and Statements |
| Digital Collection | Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP, 1948-1998 |
| Creator | Alexander, Kelly M. |
| Date Created | 1966, 1991 |
| Series Description | Addresses and speeches by figures in the NAACP organization, including Kelly Alexander, Sr. and Jr., Clarence Mitchell and Roy Wilkins. There are also speeches by Charlotte leaders, including Hugh McColl and Stanford Brookshire. |
| Collection Description | This collection documents the activities of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), with an emphasis on the work and correspondence of Kelly Alexander, Sr. and his sons Kelly Alexander, Jr. and Alfred Alexander in Charlotte, North Carolina. The collection contains minutes, correspondence, reports, speeches, press releases, membership records, and a few photographs. Topics covered include school segregation, housing and employment discrimination, police misconduct, and the Charlotte Area Fund. |
| Subjects--Names |
Alexander, Kelly M. Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948- Alexander, Alfred L., 1952- |
| Subjects--Organizations |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charlotte Branch. |
| Subjects--Topics |
African Americans--North Carolina--Charlotte African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina African Americans--Political activity--North Carolina--Charlotte Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Charlotte Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Charlotte African Americans--Housing--North Carolina--Charlotte Racism--Political aspects--North Carolina--Charlotte Race discrimination--North Carolina--Charlotte Police brutality--North Carolina--Charlotte Police misconduct--North Carolina--Charlotte |
| Subjects--Locations |
Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century Charlotte (N.C.)--Politics and government--20th century |
| Coverage--Place |
Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg County (N.C.) |
| Box Number | 1 |
| Folder Number | 19 |
| Language | eng |
| Object Type | Text |
| Digital Format | Displayed as .jp2, uploaded as .tif |
| Genre | manuscripts (document genre) |
| Finding Aid | https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/701 |
| Original Collection | Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP |
| Digital Collection Home Page | http://digitalcollections.uncc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16033coll20 |
| Repository | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
| Digital Publisher | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
| Rights | These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study. The digital reproductions have been made available through an evaluation of public domain status, permissions from the rights' holders, and authorization under the law including fair use as codified in 17 U.S.C. section 107. Although these materials are publicly accessible for these limited purposes, they may not all be in the public domain. Users are responsible for determining if permission for re-use is necessary and for obtaining such permission. Individuals who have concerns about online access to specific content should contact J. Murrey Atkins Library. |
| Location of Original | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
| Grant Information | Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources. |
| Identifier | naacp-ms508-0101019 |
| Date Digitized | 2016-02-02 |
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| Title | naacp-ms508-0101019-051 |
| OCR Transcript | If slavery persisted in the Southern states, it was the Northern states that did much to deny free Negroes their rights in the dark days before the Civil War. In 1830 a mob drove eight Negroes out of Portsmouth, Ohio. For three days, in 1829, bands of whites in Cincinnati took the law in their own hands and ran out of the city those Negroes who did not have the bonds required by law. In New York state, there were riots in Utica, Palmyra, and New York City in 1834 and 1839. In 1834 a mob of whites marched down into the Negro section of Philadelphia and committed numerous acts of violence. They wrecked the African Presbyterian Church, burned homes, and mercilessly beat up several Negroes. Similar uprisings occurred in subsequent years. American antislavery organizations and Negro conventions were unable to generate sufficient public opinion to put down the wholesale denial of the rights of the darker peoples of the United States. It was this state of affairs that caused the Negro minister, Henry Highland Garnett, to say to his Negro brethren, "The diabolical injustices by which your liberties are cloven down, neither God nor angels, or just men, command you to suffer for a single moment. Therefore, it is your solemn and imperative duty to use every means, both moral, intellectual, and physical that promises success." One might have thought that the Civil War, in which scores of thousands of white Americans gave their lives and in which 186,000 Negroes fought, would have settled once and for 43 |
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