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July 26, 1934
The Northwest Enterprise
Seattle, King County, Washington
What is this article about?
Dr. Will W. Alexander criticizes Southern Baptist and Methodist churches for failing to prevent lynchings and neglecting Negro education and welfare, stating it would take 400 years for equal funding, in a speech at the University of Virginia's Institute of Public Affairs.
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CHURCHES NOT DOING DUTY TO RACE IN SOUTH
RICHMOND, Va.-"Every lynching in the South is either a Baptist or Methodist lynching, because there is either a Methodist, or a Baptist church near enough to where these lynchings occur to have prevented it if they had attempted to do so," declared Dr. Will W. Alexander in Charlottesville, Va. He quoted a Baptist minister.
Dr. Alexander addressed the members of the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. Dr. Alexander scored the southern branches of the Baptist and Methodist Episcopal churches for shirking their responsibility in respect to the race problem in the South.
At the present rate of improvement, Dr. Alexander stated, it would take 400 years for the Negro to share equally with the whites the funds allotted for education "Negro education and welfare has never been a significant part of the program of any southern church." asserted Dr. Alexander Southern churches, he added have not developed a single first class institution. The great masses of southern Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians have never been vitally interested in Negro education, nor have the leaders of these churches, generally, sought to interest their members in this cause
RICHMOND, Va.-"Every lynching in the South is either a Baptist or Methodist lynching, because there is either a Methodist, or a Baptist church near enough to where these lynchings occur to have prevented it if they had attempted to do so," declared Dr. Will W. Alexander in Charlottesville, Va. He quoted a Baptist minister.
Dr. Alexander addressed the members of the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. Dr. Alexander scored the southern branches of the Baptist and Methodist Episcopal churches for shirking their responsibility in respect to the race problem in the South.
At the present rate of improvement, Dr. Alexander stated, it would take 400 years for the Negro to share equally with the whites the funds allotted for education "Negro education and welfare has never been a significant part of the program of any southern church." asserted Dr. Alexander Southern churches, he added have not developed a single first class institution. The great masses of southern Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians have never been vitally interested in Negro education, nor have the leaders of these churches, generally, sought to interest their members in this cause
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Moral Virtue
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Lynching
Southern Churches
Race Problem
Negro Education
Baptist Methodist
What entities or persons were involved?
Dr. Will W. Alexander
Where did it happen?
Charlottesville, Va.
Story Details
Key Persons
Dr. Will W. Alexander
Location
Charlottesville, Va.
Story Details
Dr. Alexander declares Southern Baptist and Methodist churches responsible for lynchings due to proximity and inaction, criticizes their neglect of Negro education and welfare, noting no first-class institutions developed and 400 years needed for equal funding.