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 CONTENTS 
 
 1. Inter-Racial Commission. 
 
 (The women members of the State Com- 
 mittees have not yet all been named.) 
 
 2- Foreword. 
 
 3. Findings, (signed by Findings Commit- 
 tee). 
 
 4. Continuation Committee. 
 
 5. Attendance by States 
 
 6- Suggestions for Inter-Racial Committees 
 in Denominational and Other Agency Societies. 
 
 7. Suggestions for State, Count} 7 and Com- 
 jmunity Committees. 
 
 S. Words of Appreciation. 
 
 9. Bibliography. 
 
Commission of Inter-Racial 
 Co-Operation 
 
 List of Members as of February 15, 1921. 
 
 JOHN J. EAGAN, Chairman. 
 
 R. H. KING, Director. 
 
 WILL W. ALEXANDER, Associate Director. 
 
 ALABAMA 
 
 Dr. R- H. McCASLIN— Pastor First Presby- 
 terian Churdh, Montgomery. 
 
 Hon. JOHN D. RATHER— Attorney, Tuscum- 
 bia.. 
 
 Mrs. J. H. CRANFORD— Member Woman's 
 Continuation Committee, Jasper. 
 
 Mr. M. W. LEE— State Secretary Y. M. C. A., 
 1412 Jefferson County Bank Building, 
 Birmingham. 
 
 Major R. R. MOTON— Pres-ident Tuskegee 
 Institute, Tuskegee- 
 
 ARKANSAS 
 
 Dr. J. H. REYNOLDS— President Hendrioks 
 
 College, Conway. 
 Mrs. J. G. JACKSON— Member Woman's 
 
 Continuation Committee, 404 Donaghey 
 
 Building, Little Rock. 
 Air. JOHN L. HUNTER— State Secretary Y. 
 
 M. C. A., A. O. U. W. Building, Little 
 
 Rock- 
 
 FLORIDA 
 
 Dr. J. G. VENABLE— Pastor Riverside Pres- 
 byterian Church, Jacksonville. 
 
 Hon. A. W. COCKRELL, JR.— Attorney, 
 Cockrell & Cockrell, Jacksonville. 
 
 GEORGIA 
 
 Mr. JOHN J. EAGAN— Manufacturer, Citizens 
 and Southern Bank Building, Atlanta- 
 
 Dr. PLATO DURHAM— Minister and Pro- 
 fessor Emory University, 1056 Ponce de 
 Leon Avenue, Atlanta. 
 
 Dr. M. ASHBY JONES— Pastor Ponce de 
 Leon Baptist Church, 591 Ponce de 
 Leon Avenue, Atlanta- 
 
 Dr. C B. WILMER— Rector St. Luke's Epis- 
 copal Church, 700 Piedmont Avenue, At- 
 lanta. 
 
 Mrs. J. D- HAMMOND— Director of Southern 
 Publicity Bureau, Box 462, I slip, N. Y. 
 
 Dr. WILL W. ALEXANDER— Associate Di- 
 rector Commission on Inter-Racial Co- 
 operation, 1612 Candler Building, At- 
 lanta. 
 
 Hon. E. MARVIN UNDERWOOD— Attorney, 
 
 17th floor, Candler Building, Atlanta- 
 Mr. WALTER B. HILL— Special Supervisor 
 Rural Schools, Room 103, State Capitol, 
 Atlanta. 
 
Mr. B. G. ALEXANDER— International Com- 
 mittee Y. M. G A., 1612 Candler Build- 
 ing, Atlanta- 
 Mrs. LUKE JOHNSON— Member Woman's 
 Continuation Committee, Griffn. 
 
 Mrs. ARCHIBALD DAVIS— Member Wom- 
 an's Continuation Committee, 1220 
 Peachtree Road, Atlanta. 
 
 Mrs. ZENO I. FITZPATRICK— Member 
 Woman's Continuation Committee, 
 Madison. 
 
 Mr- THOMAS JOHNSON— State Secretary 
 Y. M. C. A., 1728 Candler Building, At- 
 lanta. 
 
 Dr. JOHN HOPE— President Mo'rehouse Col- 
 lege, Atlanta- 
 
 KENTUCKY 
 
 Dr. JOHN H. LITTLE— Minister and Head 
 Presbyterian Colored Missions, 540 Ro'se- 
 land, Louisville. 
 
 Dr. HENRY H. SWEETS— Secretary Com- 
 mittee on Christian Education and Min- 
 isterial Relief, Southern Presbyterian 
 Church, 410 Urban Building, Louisville. 
 
 Mr. P. C. DIX— State Secretary Y. M. C. A., 
 345 Association Building, Louisville. 
 
 LOUISIANA 
 
 Dr. GEORGE D. BOOTH— State Secretary 
 Y. M. C. A., 634 Maison-Blanche Annex 
 New Orleane- 
 
 BishCp R. E. JONES— Bishop Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, South, 631 Baronne 
 Street, New Orleans. 
 
 MISSISSIPPI 
 
 The Rt. Rev. THEODORE D. BRATTON— 
 
 Bishop of Mississippi, Jackson. 
 Dr. C. W. CRISLER— Minister, Jackson- 
 BLAKE W. GODFREY— State Secretary Y. 
 M. C- A-, Daniel Building, Jackson. 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 Dr. WILLIAM L. POTEAT— President Wake 
 Forest College, Wake Forest. 
 
 Mrs. T. W. BICKETT— Wife of Governor and 
 Member Wo'man's Continuation Com- 
 mittee, Governor's Mansion, Raleigth. 
 
 Mr. J. WILSON SMITH— State Secretary Y. 
 .M. C. A., Central Y. M C. A. Building, 
 Charlotte. 
 
 Bishop GEORGE W. CLINTON— Bishop A. 
 M. E- (Zion) Church, 415 North Myers 
 St-, Charlotte. 
 
 SOUTH CAROLINA 
 
 Dr HENRY NELSON SNYDER— President 
 
 Wofford College, Spartanburg. 
 Mr. G. CROFT WILLIAMS— Secretary Board 
 
 State Charities, 1008 Palmetto Bank 
 
 Building, Columbia. 
 Dr. JOSIAH MORSE— Professor University 
 
 of South Carolina, Columbia. 
 
Mr. R. H. KING — International Committee Y. 
 M. C. A., Director Commission on Inter- 
 Racial Co-operation, 1612 Candler Bldg., 
 Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 Mr. T. B. LANHAM— State Secretary Y. M. 
 C. A., Central Y. M. C. A. Build ; ng, Co- 
 lumbia. 
 
 TENNESSEE 
 
 Dr. EDWIN MIMS— Professor Vanderbilt 
 University, Nashville- 
 
 Mr. ARCH TRAWICK— Manufacturer, Nash- 
 ville- 
 
 Dr. W. D. WEATHERFORD— President 
 Southern Association College, Nashville. 
 
 Dr. O. E. GODDARD— Secretary Home Mis- 
 sion Board, M. E. Church, Nashville. 
 
 Mrs. W. D. WEATHERFORD— Member 
 Woman's Continuation Committee, 
 Nashville- 
 Mr. A. B. RICHARDSON— State Secretary Y. 
 M. C, A., 206.209 Association Building, 
 Nashville. 
 
 Dr. ISAAC FISHER— Editor Fisk University 
 News, Nashville- 
 
 TEXAS 
 
 Mr L- A. COULTER— State Secretary Y. M. 
 C. A., 611 Sumter Building, Dallas- 
 
 Mr. R. L. SMITH— Banker, 817 North Fourth 
 Street, Waco. 
 
 VIRGINIA 
 
 Dr. R. E. BLACKWELL— President Randolph- 
 Macon College, Ashland. 
 
 Dr. J. H. DILLARD— President The John F. 
 Slater Fund, Box 418, Charlottesville. 
 
 Mr. JACKSON DAVIS— General Field Agent 
 General Education Board, 808 Chamber 
 of Commerce Building, Richmond. 
 
 HOMER L. FERGUSON— Manufacturer, New- 
 port News- 
 
 Dr. JOHN M. GANDY— President Petersburg 
 Normal and Industrial Institute, Peters- 
 burg. 
 
 Dr. S. C. MITCHELL— Richmond College, 
 Richmond. 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 Dr. THOMAS JESSE JONES— Phelps-Stokes 
 Fund, 85 Madison Avenue, New York 
 City. • 
 
FOREWORD 
 
 In the beginning of the year 1920 the women 
 of one of the large denominations of the South 
 became convinced that the existing racial situa- 
 tions in the South were a challenge to Chris- 
 tian faith, and also an opportunity "to show 
 to the whole world the power of Christianity to 
 settle racial differences and to meet inter- 
 racial crises everywhere.'' " 
 
 They, therefore, created a commission for the 
 purpose of "STUDYING THE WHOLE 
 QUESTION OF RACE RELATIONSHIPS, 
 THE NEEDS OF NEGRO WOMEN AND 
 CHILDREN AND THE METHODS OF CO- 
 OPERATION BY WHICH BETTER CONDI- 
 TIONS MIGHT BE BROUGHT ABOUT." 
 
 This commission began its operation by seek- 
 ing to know something of the attitude and 
 thinking of the leaders of Negro women of the 
 South. An unusual opportunity for doing this 
 was afforded them in the meeting of the bi- 
 ennal session of the National Colored Women's 
 Clubs in Tuskegee Ala., July, 1920. In that 
 body of 800 Negro women they found orators, 
 writers, poets, artists, business women, teach- 
 ers, secretaries, lawyers, bankers, etc. As they 
 listened to the addresses and debates and wit- 
 nessed the splendid executive ability of those 
 educated Negro women they realized that in 
 that body was massed a potential power of 
 which they had little dreamed. 
 
 Before going to Tuskegee a group of these 
 Negro women had been asked to remain after 
 the close of their bienniel session for a day's 
 conference with the representatives of the 
 white denominational commission. This con- 
 ference was held. The whole discussion was 
 approached in a Christian spirit; and, as a 
 consequence, there was a frankness of speech 
 and confidence which could not have come in 
 any other way. 
 
 When this conference was reported to the 
 commission on Inter-Racial Co-operation this 
 organization offered to finance a meeting which 
 should be composed of the official leaders of 
 all the denominations and Christian agencies 
 of women in the South, that the great oppor- 
 tunity for Southern women to have a larger part 
 in bringing in better understanding between 
 the races might be brought to their attention. 
 
 This conference was held in Memphis, Tenn-, 
 October 6-7, 1920, and was attended by lead- 
 ers of women's organizations from all South- 
 ern States. 
 
 The following Negro women were invited to 
 attend and speak to the conference : Mrs. Booker 
 T. Washington, Mrs. R. R- Moton, Mrs. Geo. 
 E. Haynes and Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown- 
 They spoke of: "What It Means To Be a Ne- 
 
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gro," ''The Negro In His Home" and "The 
 Bifficulties of the Daily Life of the Negro 
 Peoples." 
 
 The Negro women whose advice had been 
 sought at Tuskegee had been requested to pre- 
 pare a paper setting forth the things which 
 they considered responsible for some of the 
 unhappy conditions of the day. This they did 
 in a statesmanlike paper of broad Christian 
 spirit. With this and the addresses of the two 
 days' conference as a basis, the Committee on 
 Findings made a report which was unani- 
 mously adopted. 
 
 REPORT OF FINDINGS OF COMMITTEE 
 WOMEN'S INTER-RACIAL CONFER- 
 ENCE. 
 
 We, a company of Southern white women, 
 in conference assembled on the invitation of 
 the Commission on Inter-Racial Co-operation, 
 find ourselves with a deep sense of responsi- 
 bility to the womanhood and childhood of the 
 Negro race and also with a great desire for a 
 Christian settlement of the problems that over- 
 shadow the homes of both races. 
 
 We recognize and deplore the fact that there 
 is friction between the races. But we believe 
 that this can largely be removed by the exercise 
 of justice, consideration and sympathetic co- 
 operation. 
 
 In order that the results of this conference 
 may be perpetuated and enlarged, we recom- 
 mend: 
 
 SECTION I— CO-OPERATION. 
 
 1. CONTINUATION COMMITTEE. 
 
 a- That a continuation committee be ap- 
 pointed to devise ways and means for carry- 
 ing out the work considered by this conference. 
 
 b. That this committee be composed of one 
 woman from each denomination and Christian 
 agency here represented and that it be em- 
 powered to add to its membership as may seem 
 necessary. 
 
 c. That each local community form a Wom- 
 an's Inter-Racial Committee which may include 
 representatives from all religious, civic and so- 
 cial service bodies working in the community, 
 and that this Continuation Committee recom- 
 mend plans bj r which this may be accom- 
 plished. 
 
 SECTION II.— CONSTRUCTIVE MEAS- 
 URES. 
 
 Desiring that everything which hinders the 
 establishment of confidence, peace, justice and 
 righteousness in our land shall be removed, in 
 order that there shall be better understanding 
 and good will in our midst, we call attention 
 
to the following points as possible causes of 
 friction, which if corrected may go far toward 
 creating a better atmosphere and bringing in a 
 better day : 
 
 1. DOMESTIC SERVICE. 
 
 We acknowledge our responsibility for the 
 protection of the Negro women and girls in 
 our homes and on the streets. We, therefore, 
 recommend : 
 
 That domestic service be recognized as an oc- 
 cupation and that we seek to co-ordinate it with 
 other world service in order that a better rela- 
 tion may be established for both employer and 
 employee. 
 
 2. CHILD WELFARE. 
 
 We are persuaded that the conservation of 
 the life and health of Negro children is of the 
 utmost inportance to the community. We 
 therefore, urge: 
 
 a. That day nurseries and kindergartens be 
 established in local communities for the pro- 
 tection, care and training of children of the 
 Negro mothers who go out to work. 
 
 b. That free baby clinics be established, 
 and that Government leaflets on child welfare 
 be distributed to expectant mothers, thus teach- 
 ing the proper care of themselves and their 
 children. 
 
 c. That adequate play gi'ounds and recrea- 
 tional facilities be established for negro chil- 
 dren and young people. 
 
 3. SANITATION AND HOUSING. 
 
 Since good housing and proper sanitation 
 are necessary for both physical and moral life, 
 we recommend : 
 
 That a survey of housing and sanitary condi- 
 tions be made in the Negro sections in each 
 local community, followed by an appeal to the 
 proper authorities for improvements when 
 needed. 
 
 4. EDUCATION. 
 
 a. Since sacredness of personality is the 
 basis for all civilization, we urge : 
 
 That every agency touching the child life of 
 the nation shall strive to create mutual respect 
 in the hearts of the children of different races. 
 
 b. We are convinced that the establishment 
 of a single standard of morals for men and 
 women, both black and white, is necessary for 
 the life and safety of a nation. We, therefore, 
 pledge ourselves to strive to secure respect and 
 protection for womanhood everywhere, regard- 
 less of race or color. 
 
 c. Since provision for the education of 
 Negro children is still inadequate, we recom- 
 mend- 
 That surveys be made of the ciucational sit- 
 
uation in the local community in order that 
 colored children may secure — 
 
 (1) More equitable division of the school 
 fund. 
 
 (2) Suitable school buildings and equip- 
 ment- 
 
 (3) Longer school terms. 
 
 (4) Higher standards and increased pay 
 for teachers. 
 
 5. TRAVEL. 
 
 Since colored people frequently do not re- 
 ceive fair treatment on street cars, on railroads 
 and in railway stations, and recognizing this 
 as one of the chief causes of friction between 
 the races, we urge: 
 
 That immediate steps be taken to provide 
 for them adequate accommodations and courte- 
 ous treatment at the hands of street ear and 
 railway officials. 
 
 6- LYNCHING. 
 
 a. As women we urge those who are charged 
 with the administration of the law to prevent 
 lynchings at any cost. We are persuaded that 
 the proper determination on the part of the 
 constituted officials, upheld by public senti- 
 ment, would result in the detection and prose- 
 cution of those guilty of this crime. There- 
 fore, we pledge ourselves to endeavor to create 
 a public sentiment which will uphold these of- 
 ficials in the execution of justice. 
 
 7. JUSTICE IN THE COURTS- 
 We recommend : 
 
 That our women everywhere raise their 
 voices against all acts of violence to property 
 and person, wherever and for whatever cause 
 occurring. 
 
 We further recommend: 
 
 That competent legal assistance be made 
 available for colored people in the local com- 
 munities in order to insure to them the protec- 
 tion of their rights in the courts. 
 
 8. PUBLIC PRESS. 
 
 Since the public press often gives undue 
 prominence to the criminal element among the 
 Negroes, and neglects the worthy and construc- 
 tive efforts of law-abiding Negro citizens, we 
 pledge ourselves to co-operate with the men's 
 committees in endeavoring to correct this in- 
 justice and to create a fair attitude to Negroes 
 and Negro news- 
 
 9. APPRECIATION. 
 
 We express our appreciation and hearty ap- 
 proval of the work which is being done by the 
 Commission on Inter-Racial Co-operation, and 
 particularly their co-operation in making pos- 
 sible this conference. We express ourselves as 
 ready to assume whatever form of responsi- 
 
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bility we as women should share in carrying 
 out the general program of the Inter-Racial 
 Commission. 
 
 Mrs. ARCHIBALD DAVIS, Chairman- 
 
 Mrs. T. W. BICKETT, 
 
 Miss BELLE H. BENNETT, 
 
 Mrs- ARCH TRAWICK, 
 
 Mrs. A. T. ROBERTSON, 
 
 Mrs. M. ASHBY JONES, 
 
 Mrs- H. I, SCHMELZ, 
 
 Mrs. THEODORE D. BRATTON T . 
 
 Committee. 
 
 SUGGESTIONS FOR INTER-RACIAL COM- 
 MITTEES IN WOMAN'S MISSIONARY 
 SOCIETIES AND OTHER CHRIS- 
 TIAN AGENCIES. 
 
 An Inter-Racial Committee in every Chris- 
 tian organization of women can be a potent 
 factor in the community in bringing about 
 better understandings, relations and conditions. 
 Therefore, in accordance with Item C, Section 
 I, of the Findings Report, the Continuation 
 Committee recommends. 
 
 That each general or national organization 
 willing to co-operate in the work of the Com- 
 mission on Inter-Racial Co-operation, provide 
 a plan for its constituency by which each local 
 society or auxiliary may take part in the inter- 
 racial program, both within the local organiza- 
 tion and in co-operation with other agencies 
 in the community. 
 
 To this end, the committee further recom- 
 mends: 
 
 That such plans shall provide for an addi- 
 tional committee in the local society to be 
 known as ''The Inter-Racial Committtee" 
 (preferably three), who should be chospn be- 
 cause of their special fitness for the work. It 
 should be the duty of this committee- - 
 
 1. To seek a knowledge of the Negro lead- 
 ers among the women cf the community, that 
 a sympathetic basis of co-operation may be 
 established. 
 
 2. To direct a study of Negro community 
 life in matters of housing, sanitation, neigh- 
 borhood conditions, and thp needs of Negro 
 women fnd chi.'drjn. 
 
 3. To adopt methods of co-operation with 
 other agencies and with colored women, so that 
 a constructive program of community better- 
 ment may be accomplished. 
 
 4. To lead the society in a study of Negro 
 achievement in literature, poetry, music, art 
 and other lines of endeavor, that there may be 
 a sympathetic appreciation of the Negro's con- 
 tribution to American life in these lines. 
 
 5. To represent the society in any local 
 co-operative work that may be undertaken in 
 
the community, and to have membership in 
 Community Inter-Racial Committees when or- 
 ganized. 
 
 STATE AND COMMUNITY COMMITTEES 
 
 That there may be the closest affiliation be- 
 tween the work of the Commission on Inter- 
 Racial Co-operation and the work of the 
 women's organizations, the Continuation Com- 
 mittee recommends : 
 
 1- That women be added to the State com- 
 mittees organized by the Commission on Inter- 
 Raeial Co-operation, and that they further 
 constitute a Committee on Woman's Activities. 
 
 2. That a Woman's Community Committee 
 be formed in towns, cities and communities 
 where practicable — .the membership to consist 
 of "The Inter-Racial Committees" of the dif- 
 ferent denominations and agencies outlined in 
 the "Suggestions' ' for denominational and other 
 Christian agencies. 
 
 3. That a Woman's Inter-Racial Community 
 Committee may be formed on the initiative of 
 any denominational or other agency committee, 
 or of the State or general commission. Some 
 renresentative of the State or general com- 
 mission should be invited to be present at the 
 organization and present the plans and pur- 
 jDoses of the commission- The organization 
 should be perfected by the election of at least 
 a chairman and secretary, and a simple outline 
 of work adopted. This committee should be a 
 part of the men's Community Committee, and 
 should also constitute a committee on woman's 
 activities. 
 
 CONTINUATION COMMITTEE 
 
 M. E. Church, South— Mrs. LUKE JOHNSON, 
 Chairman, Griffin, Ga. 
 
 Baptist, South— Mrs. J. G. JACKSON, Little 
 Rock, Ark. 
 
 Presbyterian, South— Mrs. ARCHIBALD DA- 
 VIS, Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 Episcopal Church— Mrs. T. W. BICKETT, Ra- 
 leigh, N. C. 
 
 Christian Church— Mrs. J. H. CRANFORD, 
 Jasper, Ala. 
 
 Y. W. C A.— Mrs. W. D. WEATHERFORD, 
 Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 Woman's Club— Mrs Z. I. FITZPATRICK, 
 Madisota, Ga. 
 
 (These women were elected at Memphis 
 to represent the different agencies for an im- 
 mediate conservation and beginning of the 
 work — until such time as the official bodies 
 in regular session should ratify or elect their 
 representatives). 
 
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The following were present at the Woman's 
 Inter-Racial Conference held at Memphis, 
 Tenn., October 6-7, 1920: 
 
 ALABAMA 
 
 Mrs. J. H. CRANFORD— Jasper, Disciples. 
 
 Mrs. J. B. CUMMING— Florence, M. E. 
 Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. T. J. HAYES— Andalusia, M. E. Church, 
 South. 
 
 Mrs. W. E. HINDS— Auburn, Presbyterian, 
 U. S. 
 
 Mrs. R. L. HOLDY— Union Springs, M. E. 
 Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. OSCAR REINHART— Birmingham, M. 
 
 E. Church, South- 
 Mrs. J. G. SNEDECOR— Tuscaloosa, Presby- 
 terian, U. S. 
 
 ARKANSAS 
 
 Mrs. CLIO HARPER— Little Rock, Disciples. 
 Mrs. PRESTON HATCHER— Jonesboro-, M. 
 
 E. Church, So'uth. 
 Mrs. J. G. JACKSON— Little Rock, Baptist. 
 Mrs. S. S. SMITH— Conway, M. E. Church, 
 
 South. 
 Mrs. F. M- WILLIAMS, Hot Springs M. E. 
 
 Church, South. 
 
 FLORIDA 
 
 Mrs. J. M. GROSS— Miami, M. E. Church, 
 South. 
 
 GEORGIA 
 
 Mrs. L. S. ARRINGTON— Augusta, M. E. 
 Church, South, and Woman's Club. 
 
 Miss DAISY DAVIES— Atlanta, Chairman 
 Methodist Polish Relief. 
 
 Mrs. ARCHIBALD DAVL5— Atlanta, Presi- 
 dent Y. W. C. A., Presbyterian, U S. 
 
 Miss MARY DICKINSON— Atlatit i, Educa- 
 tional Secretary Atlamta Amti-Tubercu- 
 iosis Association. 
 
 Mrs. C. N. DOWNEY— Atlanta, Disciples, 
 Territorial Secretary. 
 
 Mrs. J. D. HAMMOND— Madison, Southern 
 Publicity Committee. 
 
 Mrs. CHARLES C. HINTON— Macon, M. E. 
 Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. LUKE JOHNSON— Griffin, Board of 
 Missions, M. E. Church, South ; Chair- 
 man Inter-Racial Commission. 
 
 Mrs. ASHBY JONES— Atlanta, Baptist. 
 
 Mrs. J. N. McEACHERN— Atlanta, Secretary 
 North Georgia Conference M. E. Church, 
 South. 
 
 Mrs. W. M. ROWLAND— Augusta, Presby- 
 terian, U. S., President Georgia Synodi- 
 ea.1. 
 
 KENTUCKY 
 
 Miss BELLE H. BENNETT— Richmond, Pres- 
 ident Woman's Missionary Council, M. 
 E. Church, South. 
 
 Miss JULIA DURHAM— Danville, M. E. 
 Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. R. P. MOODY— Maysville, M. E. Church, 
 South. 
 
 Mrs. W. J. PIGGOTT— Irvington, M. E. 
 Church, South. 
 
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Mrs. JAMES C. RAWLINGS— Henderson, M. 
 E. Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. A. T. ROBERTSON— Louisville, Baptist. 
 
 LOUISIANA 
 
 Mrs. W. W. HOLMES— Lake Charles, M. E. 
 Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. C F- NEIBERGALL— New Orleans, M. 
 E. Church, South. 
 
 MISSISSIPPI 
 
 Mrs. C. H. ALEXANDER— Jackson, Y. W. 
 C. A., Presbyterian. 
 
 Mrs. L. W. ALFORD— McComb, M. E. Church, 
 South. 
 
 Mrs. THEODORE D. BRATTON— Jackson, 
 
 Episcopal. 
 
 Mrs. B. F. LEWIS— Jacksota, M. E. Church, 
 South. 
 
 Mrs. FRED O'BANNON— Greenville, Disci- 
 ples — State President. 
 
 Mrs. W. V. PITTMAN— Sunflower, M. E. 
 Church, South. 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 Mrs. T. W. BICKETT— Raleigh, Member Na- 
 tional Y. W. C. A., Episcopal. 
 
 Mrs-. HARVEY BONEY— Rose Hill, M. E. 
 Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. H. A. DUNHAM— Asheville, M. E- 
 Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. W. A. NEWELL— Statesville, M. E. 
 Church, South; superintendent of Social 
 Service Woman's Missionary Council. 
 
 Mrs. F. L. SILER— Franklin, M E. Church, 
 SttHth. 
 
 Mrs. A. M. WADDELL— Wilmington, Episco- 
 pal Field Secretary Diocese o'f North 
 Carolina. 
 
 SOUTH CAROLINA 
 
 Mrs. L. E. BROWN— Chester, M. E. Church, 
 
 South. 
 Mrs. S. W. HENRY— St. George, M. E. Church, 
 
 South. 
 Mrs. R. L. KIRKWOOD— Bennettesville, M. 
 
 E. Church, South. 
 Mrs. G D- STANLEY— Columbia, M. E. 
 
 Church, South. 
 Mrs. SAMUEL G STONEY— Charleston— Y. 
 W. C. A., Presbyterian, U. S. 
 
 TENNESSEE 
 
 Deaconess ROSA BREEDEN— Nashville, M. 
 E. Church, South. 
 
 Miss LULA CRIM — Memphis, Department of 
 Negro Education, Shelby County Public 
 Schools. 
 
 Miss MARY DEBARDELEBEN— Nashville. 
 Educational Department Woman's Mis- 
 sionary Council, M. E. Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. J. W. DOWNS— Nashville, Secretary 
 Board of Missions and of Woman's Mis- 
 sionary Council M. E. Church, South. 
 
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Miss ESTELLE HASKIN— Nashville, Educa- 
 tiona.l Secretary Woman's Missionary 
 Council, M. E. Church, South. 
 
 Miss MABLE K. HOWARD— Nashville, Sec- 
 retary Board of Missions and of Wom- 
 an's Missionary Council M. E. Church, 
 South. 
 
 Mrs. CHARLES S. KINKEAD— Nashville, 
 Presbyterian, U. S.; President Tennes- 
 see Synodical. 
 
 Mrs. B. W. LIPSCOMB— Nashville, Home 
 Base Secretary Woman's Missionary 
 Council, M. E. Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. W. L. MORRISON— Nashville, M. E. 
 Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. C. W. NICHOLS— Jackson, M. E. Church, 
 South. 
 
 Mrs. J. W. PERRY — Fountain City, Superin- 
 tendent Young People's Work Woman's 
 Missionary Council M. E. Church, South 
 
 Mrs. A. B. SMITH— Nashville, M. E. Church, 
 South. 
 
 Mrs. ARCH TRAWICK— Nashville, General 
 Secretary Y. W. C A. 
 
 Mrs. JAMES M. TRIMBLE— Chattanooga, M. 
 
 E. Church, South. 
 Mrs. W. D. WEATHERFORD— Nashville, 
 
 Chairman Colored Committee Y. W. 
 
 C. A. 
 
 OKLAHOMA 
 
 Mrs. J. A. MERCER— Oklahoma City, M. E. 
 
 Church, South. 
 Mrs. L. A. SANDERS— Chickasha, M. E. 
 
 Church, South. 
 
 TEXAS 
 
 Mrs. J. W. ASKEW— Carrizo Springs, M. E. 
 
 Church, South. 
 Mrs. F. M. BURKHEAD— Houston M. E. 
 
 Church, South. 
 Mrs. E. L. BURTON— McKinney, M. E. 
 
 Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. J. T. CURRY— San Anto'nio, M. E. 
 Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. CHRIS G. DULLING— San Antonio, 
 Presbyterian, U. S. President Texas 
 Synodical. 
 
 Miss ALTHEA JONES— Houston, Superin- 
 tendent Children's Work, M.. E. Church, 
 South. 
 
 Mrs. L. P. SMITH— Dallas, M. E. Church, 
 South, Inter-Racial Commission. 
 
 Mrs. JOHN S. TURNER— Dallas, M. E. 
 
 Church, South. 
 Mrs. E. P. WILLIAMS— Dublin, M. E. Church, 
 
 South. 
 
 VIRGINA 
 
 Mrs. LEE BRITT— Suffolk, M. E. Church, 
 
 South. 
 Mrs. R. H. POTTS— Richmond, M. E. Church, 
 
 South. 
 
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Miss MARY F. POWERS— Bayard, M. E. 
 Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. H. L. SCHMELZ— Hampton, Presby- 
 terian, U. S. 
 
 MISSOURI 
 
 Deaconess MARY ORA DURHAM— Kansas 
 
 City, M. E. Church, South, Department 
 Sociology, Scarrett Schoo'l of Missions. 
 Mrs. J. C. HANDY— St. Louis, M. E. Church, 
 South. 
 
 Mrs. S. W. HAYNE— Hannibal, M. E. Church, 
 South. 
 
 Mrs. J. H. HOSKINS— St. Louis, Chairman 
 Colored Work of South Central Field 
 Committee of Y. W. C. A. 
 
 Mrs. FRED A. LAMB— Kansas City, M. E. 
 Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. JEPTHA RIGGS— Cape Girardeau, M. 
 E. Church, South. 
 
 Mrs. JOSEPHINE M. STEARNS— St. Louis, 
 Educatienal Secretary Disciples United 
 Christian Missionary Society. 
 
 Mrs. J. W. TANGUARY— Shelbyville, M. E. 
 
 Church, South. 
 Mrs. V. C. WHITFIELD— Pearl, M. E. Church, 
 
 South. 
 
 MARYLAND 
 
 Miss EMMA V. PEPPLER— Baltimore, M. E. 
 Church, South. 
 
 WEST VIRGINIA 
 
 Miss FRANCES STERRETT— Henderson, M. 
 E. Church, South. 
 
 WORDS OF APPRECIATION. 
 
 "V>'e are never going to progress until the 
 women see this question fare to faoe. That was 
 the one thing I had almost despaired of until the 
 Memphis meeting. 1 had hoped that we might 
 make some little dent on this problem in this gen- 
 eration, and leave the conversion of the women to 
 our children and our children's children. I think 
 I had just as well be frank and say, I have learned 
 again what I have often learned before, that I do 
 not know the depth of a woman's heart." 
 JOHN J. EAGAN, Chairman, 
 Commission on Inter-Racial Co-operation. 
 ((Spoken to the members of the Continua- 
 tion Committee in their first meeting.) 
 
 "The Memphis Woman's Inter-Racial Conference 
 in its deliverance will do more to bring the woman- 
 hood of the South into active service in behalf of 
 tie r.ice than any other yet held. Tfieir findings 
 are worthy of permanent record." * * * "As this 
 group of representative women pledge their hearty 
 approval and support of the Comission oh Inter- 
 Racial Co-operntion, its alliance appears to your 
 committee the strongest force yet organized in the 
 nation in behalf of the colored race." 
 
 Extracts from the Quadrennial Report of the 
 Commission on Nejrro work of the Federal Council 
 of Churches of Christ in America, made at the 
 meeting held in Boston, Mass., December, 1920. 
 
 "The Memphis Conference was a wonderful mani- 
 festation of the desire of Southern Christian wo- 
 men for mutual helpfulness in adjusting race re- 
 lations." 
 
 MRS. T. W. BICKETT, 
 
 Raleigh, N. C. 
 
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"I believe the Memphis Conference to be one of 
 farreaching influence. I look upon it as the dawn 
 of a new day in the Inter-Ra"cial problems that 
 affect womanhood." 
 
 MRS. ARCHIBALD DAVIS, 
 President, Y. W. C. A., Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 "The Memphis meeting— composed of women 
 prominent in church and social life — met to con- 
 sider justice, judgment and righteousness for the 
 Negro was a great event. It will long be remem- 
 bered by those who had the privilege of being 
 there" BELLE H. BENNETT, LL.D. 
 
 "The Conference was of the utmost value to us, 
 because it showed us not only what the Negro is 
 doing for himself, but what he is thinking of our 
 way of dealing with him." 
 
 MRS. A. T. ROBERTSON, 
 
 Louisville, Ky. 
 
 "* * that wonderfully inspiring meeting! It has 
 meant a great deal to me and I hope to do what 
 I can to give the vision to others." 
 MRS. T. D. BRATTON, 
 
 Woman's Aux. — Episcopal Church, Jackson, Miss. 
 
 "The Conference gave one a better understanding 
 of the Negro mind, and a deeper appreciation of 
 the patience of the better class of the race when 
 they have not had a square deal." 
 
 MRS. J. G. JACKSON, 
 
 Corresponding .Secretary W. M. Union — 
 
 Arkansas Baptist Church. 
 
 "I have never attended a conference or conven- 
 tion more significant in its scope and spirit than 
 the Memphis Conference. It is a source of encour- 
 agement to know that people are alert to the issues 
 involved in this issue, and that they are facing 
 them in the spirit of Christ." 
 
 MRS. J. M. STEARNS, 
 
 Secretary United Christian Missionary 
 
 Society, Disciples of Christ. 
 
 "Let me say how I appreciate the great privilege 
 of being at that Conference. It was a great meet- 
 ing." 
 
 MRS. J. W. PERRY, 
 
 .Superintendent Young People's Work, 
 
 Woman's Missionary Council, M. E. 
 
 Church, South. 
 
 "I am grateful for a new view-point. I shall 
 go back to my work better prepared and with a 
 new vision." 
 
 MRS. J. M. HOSKIN, 
 
 Chairman Colored Work, South Central 
 
 Field, National Y. W. C. A. 
 
 "I cannot express the appreciation I feel for tie 
 opportunity of the Memphis meeting. Of all the 
 conferences and meetings, frem kindergarten to 
 university, there never was one in my long and 
 varied career that seems to me to have casried any 
 greater moment than the Memphis meeting." 
 
 MRS. W. A. NEWELL, 
 
 Social Servioe Superintendent W. M. C, 
 
 M. E. Church, South. 
 
 "It is my conviction that sentiment was created 
 at Memphis which will mean much in solving our 
 problems in the South. The meeting was a revela- 
 tion to me." 
 
 MRS. E. P. WILLIAMS, 
 Corresponding Secretary Central Texas 
 Conference, M. E. Church, South. 
 
 "If nothing results other than the meeting itself, 
 it would be worth much, for no woman who was 
 there can have quite the same attitude toward the 
 Negro hereafter." 
 
 MRS. W. D. WEATHERFORD, 
 Chairman, Colored Committee, Y. W. C. A., 
 Nashville, Tenn. 
 "I appreciate the opportunity afforded by the 
 
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 ^n U r ?,/- 0n * ^ n f *i ave studi ed. To realize wrong 
 conditions and to feel that they are imbedded in I 
 system which encases you, is to feel impotent. Tha 
 SJ 18 feting gave me a clue and point of 
 contact, and I am grateful." 
 
 MRS. C. H. ALEXANDER, 
 
 1. W. C. A., Jackson, Miss. 
 
 "The Memphis Conference was one of the moat 
 spiritual as well as far-reaching meetings I ™ve 
 attended. I trust our women stand ready to do 
 in their power to help." 
 
 MRS. S. G. DULLING, 
 
 President Texas Synodical, 
 
 Presbyterian Church, San Antonio, T«xi 
 
 "I trust the Memphis Conference — which was 
 well worth while — may bring forth matured pis 
 looking toward a better racial adjustment " 
 MRS. A. M. WADDELL, 
 Field Secretary, Woman's Auxiliary, 
 Diocese of North Carolina. 
 
 "I believe a really great constructive educatioi 
 movement has begun." 
 
 MRS. ARCH TRAWICK, 
 
 Secretary Y. W. C. A., Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 "I can now look at the "Negro problem" from! 
 different point of view than in the past. I can 
 from the Memphis Conference oppressed with tij 
 seriousness of the problem, but believe that t$ 
 only way it will ever be solved will be througj 
 the Christian people." 
 
 MRiS. CHARLES S. KINKEAD, 
 President Tennessee Synodical, Presby- 
 terian, Nashville, Tennessee. 
 
 "The Memphis Conference was helpful in }.' 
 revelation of present conditions, and in the det* 
 mination of those present to more diligently pros- 
 cute the task of bringing about more cordial an 
 co-operative relations between the dominant racv 
 of the South. I find the women of our churches quit 
 responsive to this appeal." 
 
 MRS. JOHN S. TURNER, 
 President North Texas Conference, 
 M. E. Church, South. 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY 
 
 I. GENERAL 
 
 "In Black and White"— Mrs. J. D. Hai 
 mond, Fleming Rovell. 
 
 "Following the Color Line" — Ray Stannai 
 Baker, Doubleday, Page & Company. 
 "Finding A Way Out"— R. R. Moton, Dou- 
 bleday, Page & Company. 
 "The Story of the Negro" — Two volume? 
 Booker T. Washington, Doubleday, Page & 
 Company. 
 
 "Negro Life in the South" — W. D. Weather- 
 ford, Associated Press. 
 
 II. PERSONAL GLIMPSES 
 
 "Up from Slavery" — Booker T. Washington, 
 Doubleday, Page & Company. 
 "The Quest of the Silver Fleece" — Horace M. 
 DuBois, A. C. McClurg & Company, Chicago. 
 
 III. IN LITERATURE 
 
 "The Negro in Literature and Art" — Ben- 
 jamin Brawley, Duffield & Company. 
 "The Voice of the Negro" — Robert Karlln, 
 Rovell. 
 
 "Life and Works of Pawl Lawrence Dun- 
 bar" — L. K. Wiggin, Nichols & Company, 
 Napervillo, 111. 
 
 "Lyrics of Lowly Life" — Paul Lawrence 
 Dunbar, Rovell. 
 
 "Poems of Cabin and Field" — Paul Lawren-e 
 Dunbar, Podd, Mead & Company. 
 
 IV. PRESENT DAY PROBLEMS 
 
 "The Chicago Race Riots" — Carl Sandburg, 
 Harcourt, Brace & Howe. 
 
 "The Negro Migrations During the War" — 
 Emmett J. iScott, Oxford University Press, 
 New York City. 
 
 "The Negro Faces America" — Herbert J. 
 Selignian, Harpers. 
 
 V. MAGAZINES 
 
 "The Southern Workman" — Hampton, Va. 
 "The Crisis"— New York City, N. Y. 
 
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