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Show CAMPAIGN FOR 1 COLORED RACE I Four-fifths of Negro Race Want Equal Vote With the White People. NEW YORK, May 13 Announcement Announce-ment of a country-wide campaign tol enroll 100,000 persons "to defend the; constitutional and legal rights now de 1 nied more than four-fifths of the ne- I gro race in America" was made tonight to-night by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. J "To make America safe for Americans," Amer-icans," the association has adopted the following program: "A vote for every negro man and woman on the same terms as white men and women. "An equal chance to acquire the kind of an education that will enable the negro everywhere wisely to use this vote. "A fair trial in the courts for all crimes of which he Is accused, by-judges by-judges in whose election he has participated par-ticipated without discrimination be cause of race. "A right to sit upon the Jury which pat 1 B judgment upon him "Defense against lynching and burn ing at the bands of mobs. "Equal service on railroad and other public carriers. including sleeping, dining and Pullman cars. "Equal right to use of public parks, libraries and other community services serv-ices tor which he is taxed. "An equal chance for a livelihood In public and private employment " |