On July 28th, 1917, following a series of lynchings in Waco, Texas and Memphis, Tennessee in late 1916 and early 1917 and the vicious mob violence that killed 39 black men during a riot in St. Louis (though the actual number of dead and injured was likely much higher), the NAACP organized a demonstration. Called the 'Silent Parade,' more than 10,000 African-Americans marched slowly and silently down Fifth Avenue.

The women and children wore white. The NAACP sent out a notice for the event that included phases they hoped attendees might carry as signs. These included...

Make America Safe for Democracy.

The first blood for American Independence was shed by a Negro—Crispus Attucks.

America has lynched without trial 2,876 Negroes in 31 years and not a murderer has suffered.

Racial prejudice is the offspring of ignorance and the mother of lynching.

The great contradiction— love of God and hatred of man.

Farmers’ Market on Lenox

Every Saturday until November 16, come out to the Harvest Home farmers’ market on Lenox, between 117 and 118: