Silas Parmore Defense Fund pledge card
Title
Silas Parmore Defense Fund pledge card
Description
Pledge card used in the NAACP fundraising campaign for the Silas Parmore Defense Fund.
Date
1924
Spatial Coverage
Language
English
Text (Transcript)
New Brunswick Branch of the
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
OF COLORED PEOPLE
Silas Parmore Defense Fund
The time has come when every man and woman identified with the Negro race should respond in the fullest measure toward the defense fund of Silas Parmore. All of us are being persecuted on this occasion. Fortunately for us, Parmore must be pointed out as the immediate victim. Our constitutional rights as citizens are at stake. This is a case of the survival of the fittest. It means that to fight this case it will take money, and much money. Will you not pledge to your utmost what you can afford? The amount you pledge need not be paid in a lump sum. You can pay to suit your convenience weekly.
I hereby pledge to pay . . . . . . . . Dollars at the rate of . . . . . . . .
Dollars per week on Monday until paid in full.
NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ADDRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1924
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
OF COLORED PEOPLE
Silas Parmore Defense Fund
The time has come when every man and woman identified with the Negro race should respond in the fullest measure toward the defense fund of Silas Parmore. All of us are being persecuted on this occasion. Fortunately for us, Parmore must be pointed out as the immediate victim. Our constitutional rights as citizens are at stake. This is a case of the survival of the fittest. It means that to fight this case it will take money, and much money. Will you not pledge to your utmost what you can afford? The amount you pledge need not be paid in a lump sum. You can pay to suit your convenience weekly.
I hereby pledge to pay . . . . . . . . Dollars at the rate of . . . . . . . .
Dollars per week on Monday until paid in full.
NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ADDRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1924
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.
Archival collection
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records, 1842-1999
Archival location
Box I:D43 (Group I, Series D: Legal File 1910-1941, Container 43: Extradition Cases), Folder: Silas Parmore
Library catalog record (external link)
Collection
Citation
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. New Brunswick Branch (NAACP), “Silas Parmore Defense Fund pledge card,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed April 19, 2024, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/256.