e, nowhere in
this country has the Negro struck during the war.

He is doing his bit on the farm. Everywhere the Negro farmers, man,
woman and child, believe that they can help win the war by making a good
crop and they are at work on the farm trying to do this, so you see that
the Negro in every way is in the war to a finish.

These are answers to questions asked me by the white man both North and
South as to the attitude of the Negro toward this world's war.

But on the other hand the Negro soldiers and civilians are not asleep
and they too are asking such questions as these:--

"Are we to share in the democracy for which we are giving our lives?

When the world is made safe for democracy, will the entire country be made
safe for it?

Will my father, mother, sister and brother be allowed to share in this
democracy?

Will lynchings and burnings at the stake cease?

Will the white man who makes the laws allow these laws to take their
course?

Will they allow us or give us a fair trial before their courts, which
have only white men as jurors?

Will they cease taxing us without representation?

Will they give us an equal part of the money spent for education? (In
many places in the Black Belt the Negro child receives thirty cents a
year for education, while the white child receives fifteen dollars.)
Will the Negro be given any work that he is capable of doing and not
be denied it on account of his color?

Will it be possible for a Negro travelling from Alabama to California or
Massachusetts, to find a place to sleep at night?

Will the baggage masters and the conductors of the South ever treat the
Negro passengers with courtesy and respect and finally will the white
man in the South after making the laws for the qualifications of
voters, allow a Negro to vote if he measures up to these
qualifications?"

The Negro does not care what these qualifications may be. He only wants
a fair chance in case he measures up to them.

The Negro only seeks equal rights and justice before all the courts of
the land. He expects this because of his teachings. He was brought to
this country against his will, even against his protest. He has been
given the white man's language, his history, his literature, his Bible
and even his God. His aspirations, inspirations and desires have been
brought about as a result of these and if they are wrong, the white man
is t