Five Washington men named in $650000 Liberian loan charge
Senator Mor rison alleged a contract with five prominent Negroes to receive $650000 if the Liberian loan bill passed. The named men include Dr Emmett J. Scott, James A Cobb, William L Houston, William H Lewin, and Rev Earnest Lyons. They denied the accusation, calling it false and politically motivated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Pat Morrison
Mississippi
Harrison
Washington
Emmett J. Scott
Howard University
James A. Cobb
William L. Houston
William H. Lewin
Boston
United States
Earnest Lyons
Baltimore
Liberia
Curtis
Kansas
Morrison
Button
Smoot
Scott
Cobb
Houston
Dr. Scott
Liberian Commission
William
Ja Houston
Board of Education
Attorney Houston
Negro Republic
Garvey movement faces further losses as Harlem offices close
New York reports say Garvey's offices in Harlem near Lenox Avenue and West 125th Street shut by the sheriff over unpaid rent. The Dolmite Mine disaster in Birmingham, Alabama, leaves 4 dead, with over fifty Black workers among the victims after a coal dump cars incident ignited coal dust and cut power to ventilation.
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New York
Negro Times
Blackman
Garvey
Lenox Avenue
West 125Th Street
Harlem
Moses
Africa
Black Star Line
Birmingham
Ala
Dee
Dolmite Mine
Here
Thia
800 Victims of Mob Violence Across United States
New York City reports over 800 mob violence victims in the U.S. since September 1, 1922 per the American Civil Liberties Union. The tally includes 85 lynchings, 51 tar and feather cases, 127 floggings and forcible deportations. Women and African Americans noted among victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
American Civil Liberties Union
Womer
Far
Middle West
Senate drama at hearing as a Negro veteran interrupts
Washington December 7 a gallery interruption by Lucius Jones a mounted hospital patient and World War I veteran prompts order in the Senate during a Hitchcock speech. Jones is escorted out then re admitted and continues to sit through the proceedings. Jones cites ignorance of rules and lack of education for his actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lucius Jones
Mount Alto Hospital
Hitchcock
Clemenceau
Collidge
Jones
Heflin
Alabama
Rtles
Curtis
Kansas
Reed
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Camp Funston
Vice-P
Nebraska
Underwood
Harrison
Mississippi
Heiflin
Simmons
North Carolina
Caraway
Arkansas
McKeller
Tennessee
Senator Shortridge
California
Lucious Jones
America
Ques
Sanford Heads Texas Negro Teachers Association
Fort Worth Texas December 7 special correspondent reports more than six hundred Negro teachers enrolled for the 38th annual session opening at Mt Gilead Baptist Church. Mayor Cockrell praised education while Prof A L Holland and others spoke of opportunity and service. President HB Pierson read the annual address urging higher salaries longer terms better buildings and ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Mt. Gilead Baptist Chhurch
E. R. Cockrell
Cockrell
A. L. Holland
Wichita Fats
Holland
J. W. Tilden
A. M. Moore
Mra
Viola Colvin
Houston
J. L. Ford
Tyler
Mayme Adams Phillips
HB. D. Pierson
Terrell High School
Ie Ceaunter
Tional Teachers’ Association
Educa- Ing
Republicans Abandon Anti-Lynching Move Amid Senate Tactics
In Washington on Dec 7 the AP reports Republicans failed to push anti lynching legislation, blocked by a Democratic minority led by Underwood. The piece highlights a wounded Black World War II veteran who asked the Senate whether Black women deserve protection from white violence, framing the broader fight for civil rights and public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Senate
Underwood
Alabama
Sollier
Associated Negro Press
France
Sumner
Phillips
Garrison
Douglass
John Brown
National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
America
New York Times
One Million Women Work To Stop Lynching
New York City reports the Anti LYnching Crusaders held its third meeting with over 700 key women in 25 states mobilizing white and Negro citizens to halt lynching. Origin traced to Helen Curtis, inspired by a Dyer Congress speech. group aims to raise funds and disband by January 1923.
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Richmond
Virginia
Hart
Jeanes
James H. Dillard
Charlottesville
Philadelphia
South
Slater
Dillard
General Education Board of
New York
Jackson Davis
General Education Board
Rosenwald
Julius Rosenwald
Sears [Passers & Company
Chicago
S. L. Smith
Nashville
Tenn
New York City
America
Helen Curtis
Congressman Dyer
N. A. A.C. Ponvention
Newark
N. J
National Association For the
North Carolina Women Pledge Racial Good Will in Raleigh
Eighteen North Carolina women met in Raleigh on October 12 and joined the State Committee on Race Relations. The group, drawn from leaders of the State Federation of Clubs the State Welfare Board and major church bodies, issued a declaration of principles and purpose amid focus on improving interracial relations and addressing world race friction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southride
North Carolina
Raleigh
State Committee On
State Federation of Clubs
State Welfare Board
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Lewis
Lyons
Menis- Sna
Pat Harrison
Dyer
African “Black Star Line
African Communities League
The
Negro Industries Corporation
Crittenden E. Clark
Missouri
Pontiac
Seventh and
Market Streets
Clark
Paledinto
McChesney
Thomas Watts
Seventeenth Ward
Fred Dabney
Kansas City
Joseph T. Nick
J. W. Sanford
Hillsboro
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