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pursue in obtaining these things. The school of militant 

 protestors constantly holds before the public the 

 sins committed against the Negro. They direct 

 caustic criticism against lynching, injustice in the courts, 

 the "Juri Crow" car, and other forms or discrim- 

 tion," and their chief activity is litigation. On the other 

 hand, the cooperative school headed by the late Booker T. 

 Washington, and his successor R. R. Moton, emphasizes 

 opportunity, training for citizenship, winning recognition 

 through efficiency in agriculture and industry, and co- 

 operation with the white race. 



Georgia is often cited as the foremost example of dis- 

 crimination by the former school. Their chief organ, "The 

 Crisis/' refers frequently to injustice in the courts. It has 

 conducted investigations of the "Jim Crow" cars in the 

 State. Not only The Crisis, but also the press of the coun- 

 try as a whole, has awarded Georgia first place in number 

 of lynchings during the past few years. Of the 228 lynch- 

 ings during the years 1913, 1914 and 1915, immediately 

 before migration started, The Crisis reports 42, or more 

 than one-sixth, in Georgia. Of the 164 as reported to the 

 Director of the Department of Records at Tuskegee, 30 

 were in Georgia. Of the 3,389 lynchings in the United 

 States between 1885 and 1919, 398 were in Georgia. 8 



It must be admitted that in the instances cited above race 

 prejudice gives the appearance of an inter-racial struggle. 

 The interests of the masses of Negroes, however, are the 



8 No official record of lynchings is kept. The three sources 

 of unofficial information are, the Crisis; the Department of 

 Records, Tuskegee Institute, Monroe N. Work, Director, and 

 the Chicago Tribune. The difference in number noted above is 

 due to the fact that the Crisis classes as lynching some cases of 

 inter-racial violence resulting in death, though committed by 

 individuals rather than by mobs. The most complete presenta- 

 tion of the facts appears annually in 'The Negro Yearbook," 

 Monroe N. Work, Editor. 



