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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Dr. Will Mercer Cook, professor at Atlanta University, spoke at an All-University Assembly on December 1, declaring that France is not a solution for American Negro problems. He discussed race conditions in France proper, the French West Indies (95-97% Negro), and French African possessions, noting prejudice and liberal but imperfect regimes. Cook recently returned from research in France and the West Indies funded by Julius Rosenwald Fund.
Merged-components note: Continuation of France Is No Utopia story from page 1 to page 6; resulting label foreign_news as it fits international theme.
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Before a large gathering of students and faculties in Sisters Chapel, on December 1, at the first All-University Assembly of the year for Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College, Dr. Will Mercer Cook, professor of French at Atlanta University, declared the prevailing idea that the Negro can solve his problems by taking up residence in France is a fallacy, and that any solution to the problem of the American Negro must be worked (Continued on Page 6, Col. 7)
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Speaking on "The Race Question in France", Dr. Cook discussed the subject from three angles, citing conditions in France proper, where there are very few Negroes; in the French West Indies, where the French population is between 95 and 97 per cent Negro; and in the French African possessions, where despite the fact that France has a more liberal regime than the other empires, there is still much to be desired.
The speaker has spent considerable time in France and the French West Indies in study and research. He returned to America only a few weeks ago from France via Guadeloupe and Martinique where he had been engaged in research on the Negro in French possessions on a grant provided by the Julius Rosenwald Fund.
While a favorable background for Negroes in France has been provided by many French writers, Dr. Cook said, there is some prejudice there and the influence of white Americans is keenly felt.
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France
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December 1
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Dr. Cook declared that the idea of solving American Negro problems by moving to France is a fallacy, and solutions must be worked out at home. He discussed the race question in France from three angles: conditions in France proper with few Negroes; French West Indies with 95-97% Negro population; and French African possessions with a liberal but imperfect regime. He noted prejudice in France influenced by white Americans, despite favorable writings.