The function of this Association is to tell this nation the crying evil of race prejudice. It is a hard duty but a necessary one--a divine one. It is Pain; Pain is not good but Pain is necessary. Pain does not aggravate disease--Disease causes Pain. Agitation does not mean Aggravation--Aggravation calls for Agitation in order that Remedy may be found. * * * * * Two Italians were lynched in Florida. The Italian Government protested, but it was found that they were naturalized Americans. The inalienable right of every free American citizen to be lynched without tiresome investigation and penalties is one which the families of the lately deceased doubtless deeply appreciate. The N. A. A. C. P. On the one hundredth anniversary of Lincoln’s birth a call was issued in New York signed by prominent people all over the country for a conference on the status of the colored people. * * * * * The first conference met in New York May 31 and June 1, 1909. * * * * * The second conference was held in New York May 12-14, 1910. The second conference organized a permanent body to be known as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The officers of this association are: National President: Mr. Moorfield Storey, Boston, Mass. Chairman of the Executive Committee: Mr. Wm. English Walling, New York. Treasurer: Mr. John E. Milholland, New York. Disbursing Treasurer: Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard, New York. Director of Publicity and Research: Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, New York. Executive Secretary: Miss Frances Blascoer, New York. * * * * * The work of the N. A. A. C. P. can be summarized as follows up to the present date: Four mass meetings and ten other meetings have been held to discuss the status of the colored people and efforts for betterment. One volume of speeches and 6,000 separate pieces of literature are being distributed. A bureau of information has been maintained which has corresponded with over 500 persons in all parts of the country. Six articles have been furnished to magazines and eight to newspapers. Two investigations into educational conditions are in progress. Effort has been made in three cases to secure legal redress of grievances. This Association needs $10,000 for its year’s work. We ask for donations and we especially want members who pay from $1 to $25 yearly, according to ability. Anybody may join. * * * * * The future plans of the organization include: The publication of THE CRISIS. Co-operation with all agencies working for the uplift of colored people. The holding of mass meetings and conferences. The issuing of pamphlets at the rate of one every other month or oftener. The publication of articles in magazines and in the daily press.