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Loading content ... NUMBER 133. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. JANUARY, 1903.
Suggestions. The Negro is often told to "begin at the bottom of
the ladder and work up as other races have done." This is good
advice if rightly understood and followed. uThe Negro" means for
us nine millions of people representing, in varying proportions,
almost every stage of intelligence, culture and character found
among white people. While the majority of Negroes are at the
bottom or not much above it, a very respectable minority are
already well up the ladder. Must these go down and begin the
climb over again? "The Negro" means for us at least two million
people, probably, who have from one-half to seven-eights or more
of Anglo-Saxon blood in their veins. Must these begin at the
bottom because they are called "Negroes," regardless of their
individual condition? Other races in ascending have used the
ladders which other more fortunate races have constructed for
them. Thus the Phoen