The New York Times/1918/11/11/Ask for German Colonies
ASK FOR GERMAN COLONIES.
Negroes Want Land Captured in Africa Turned Over to Natives.
That the captured German colonies in Africa be turned over to the natives and that educated negroes be placed in leadership there, is one of the requests that the negroes of New York as represented by the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, will make to this Government and to the Allies. These requests were contained in a resolution adopted at a meeting of 5,000 negroes in the Palace Casino in 135th Street, near Madison Avenue, yesterday.
The meeting was presided over by Marcus Garvey, head of the League and representative of the race made speeches. The resolution set forth that it would only be through the granting to the negro his rights and the rights of all weaker peoples at the Peace Conference that future wars would be obviated. It was also asked that negroes be permitted to travel and to reside in any part of the world; that they be permitted the same educational facilities as Europeans; that all segregative and proscriptive ordinances against negroes be repealed and that they be given political, industrial and social equality.