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Race and Place Newspapers
Richmond Planet
Location: Richmond, VirginiaArticle Transcripts
Date of Publication: April 14, 1906 (Wednesday)
Frequency: weekly
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Emancipation Day
Enthusiastically describes the Emancipation Day Celebration of April 3rd. There was a twelve mile parade, excercises on horses, diplays of the American and Emancipation flag, and speakers.
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Wanted in Richmond
A man posing as an African-American lawyer from Los Angeles perpetrated some frauds on Richmond citizens and was being searched for by police.
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Two Men to Hang in Grayson County
Two black men from Grayson County, Va. were sentenced to hang for killing another. The victim had been the father of one of the men.
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$150.00 Endowment Paid
Certifies that the wife of a deceased Knight of Pythias received $150.00 in satisfaction of a death claim from John Mitchell, Jr. John Mitchell, Jr. is the editor of the Richmond Planet and the Grand Chancellor of the Virginia order of the Knights of Pythias, a fraternal and benevolent society.
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A Novel Coach
Describes a newly designed, extra large coach received by the funeral director.
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Hewletts Notes
Describes the pleasing closing ceremony of a local school of music.
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Great Revival at 5th Baptist Church
Reports that the revival at a local Baptist Church has been very successful, with a large attendance and many converts.
A painting of the women at the tomb of Jesus adorns the page, and is accompanied by an Easter poem. The painting is headed by "Easter Greetings." and the poem is entitled "The Easter Lillies at Christ's Tomb."Column 7
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Public Meeting
Describes the organization of a meeting by the Board of Control for the Virginia Bands of Calanthe. The Bands of Calanthe is a social and benevolent society composed of male and female divisions.
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Condemns the bitter and public internal fueding of the National Baptist Convention. Says that the president of the organization is very able and should be receiving the support of all. Any crticism should be privately delivered, not printed in the newspapers.
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Trying to Lead Two Parties
Talks about the political manuevarings regarding the passage of a railroad rate bill, an important piece of congressional legislation. Says that President Roosevelt is trying to manage both parties and this will prove ineffective. Also suggests that he is a prisoner to financial interests and expediency and so has become distracted from larger issues of justice, such as those affecting African-Americans.
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Inherent Rights of an Owner
Speaks about a case regarding an "all white" lot in Fulton Park. The contracts for purchase apparently forbade sale to African-Americans. The editorial says that if the injunction against such sale is upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeals, then citizens of Virginia are being limited in their rights, and equality and justice have been degraded.
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Secretary Taft and the Negro
Describes a speech given by Secretary Taft at Tuskegee Institute (AL). Secretary Taft's speech seemed to endorse the southern position that African-Americans were not yet suited for poliical life. This editorial says that northerners like Taft had been the politicians looked to for support, but that they are deferring to the powerful southern interests in formulating and expressing their ideas. It goes on to argue that the black vote may be legitimately abridged, but that this must be on non-racial grounds, and so must apply equally to whites.
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A Sheriff's Defiance
A Mississippi sheriff, indicted for whipping African-Americans, openly vowed that even if convicted, he will face no punishment from the United States. The sheriff brought with him to the trial 200 people, which the editorial sees as a mob to protect him if he is found guilty. The editorial believes that the federal government and its courts must act decisively to preserve respect for themselves and security for American citizens.
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Some Virginia Legislation
Says that the acts of the last Virginia legislature were incompetent and embarrassing. As African-Americans and some poor whites were excluded from politics, it was argued that politics would be purified and the level of statesmanship would rise dramatically. Instead, the editorial insists, open corruption and fraud have been rampant. Gives the example of a bill that was supposed to appropriate $5000 for a school for the deaf and mute. Instead, when the governor was to sign the bill, it was discovered that the appropriation figure had been struck out, leaving the bill an empty shell. The editorial says that occurrences like this are worse than anything that happened during the "palmiest days of Reconstruction rule."
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"Jim Crow" Cars at Washington
Discusses a bill introduced by Congressman J. Thomas Hefflin, attempting to set up segregated street cars in the District of Columbia. Says that Mr. Hefflin and other southern statesman won approval to structure their own states as they wished, but that they have no right to inflict these mores on other sections of the country. Also subtly suggests that the desires of these individuals are hypocritical at any rate, as they wish for racial separation during the day but "the union of races in the night time for which some members of his race sigh."
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