Mob Law Costs Chicago Taxpayers Half Million
The Associated Negro Press reports Chicago faces costs over 500000 for eight days of mob rule during the 1919 riot. City council approves eighteen death claims totaling 81000, with earlier payments of 20800 for five deaths. Fifteen additional deaths may cost 67500, while injuries totaling 543 involve 178 white, 348 colored, seventeen undetermined. Thirty three injured may seek 170000 in suits, with three judgments totaling 11373. Average per death projected around 1000 each for 33000 more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asociated Negro Press
Chicago
Council Finance Committee
Lowden Commission
Ald. Guernsey
LB. Anderson
Crowe
Schwartz
Richert
Dyer Bill Defeat Sparks White House Debate in Washington
Special correspondence reports heated argument between Johnson and Howard over the Dyer Bill failure. The piece analyzes Republican and NAACP tensions, Perry Howard's political moves, and the role of Southern Republicans in blocking the measure amid accusations and public pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Howard
D. C
Washington
Jim
Perry
Congress
Senate
James Weldon Johnson
Republians
Perry Howard
Dr. DuBois
Solid South
DuPont
Delaware
Colored Woman Confesses to Raising White Boy as Her Own
In Oakland California on December 30 a claim contest seeks the estate of Robert Bruce Kyle. Frank B Hill will press a court action alleging a tale of birth secrecy linked to Annie Kyle and a Union Army officer. Hill seeks to prove his birth and rightful inheritance amid a tale of deception.
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Oakland
Calif
Frank 8. Hill
Robert Bruce Kyle
Hill
Louisville
Annie Kyle
Annie
Robert
Mexico
Liz Hill
Liza Hill
Robert Kyle
Madam Hackley Buried in Detroit After Long Illness
Detroit Michigan December burial notice notes Madam E. Azalia Hackley a renowned race singer and organizer who gave recitals nationwide after studying at the Denver Musical Conservatory and in Europe. Her interpretation of spirituals drew wide attention.
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Asociated Negro Press
Detroit
Mich
Madam E. Azalia Hackley
Madam Hackley
Denver Musical Conservatory
Europe
Prof Carver to Visit Texas for Talks in Dallas
Dr. Carver known as the Man who made the Peanut Profitable will tour Texas early next January under Jarvis Christian Institute President J N Irving. He plans speaking in at least five cities with Dallas likely among them and aims to share his peanut product research and chemical advances.
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J. N. Irving
Jarvis Christian Institute
Carver
Teal
Dr. Carver
Irving
Dallas
Jarvis Christian Istitute
Wilson
Harding
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Thomas Beison
Carol
Texas
Rising Tide of Color Highlights 1922 Achievements
A retrospective on 1922 notes substantial progress across colored America with gains in world awareness, industrial opportunities, and political engagement. It highlights Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Colonel Young, Lincoln Memorial, and rising press influence while addressing labor, anti-lynching debates, and education drives within religious and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
America
Africa
England
India
China
Japan
South America
United States
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Democrat Party of States
Congress
Liberation Loan
House of Representatives
Senate
New York
Harding
House
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Cuba
Porto Rico
Central America
South American
State Department
Napoeon B. Marshall
American Legation
Port Au Prince
South
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Deighys
Mary B. Talbert
Buffalo
Booker
Charles Young
United States Army
West Point Academy
Young
Nigeria
West Africa
War Department
Bary Artington
Comisteny
Virgina
Artin
Washington
Pershing
Sec.etary
Weeks
Colonel Young
Associated Negro Press
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Abraham Lincoln
National Memorial
Robert R. Moton
Tuskegee Institute
Voice
Voice of the
Robert T. Kerlin
Negro Press
Frederick G. Detweiler
Chicago
Reed
Lester Walton
New York World
Federated Churches of Christ In America
Coot F E. Haynes
Methodist Episcopal Church
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilberforce
Ohio
Young Women's Christian Association
C. Mortis
Little Rock
Ark
Nation Baptist Convention
Les Anuweles
Cal
St. Louis
Lacey Kirk Williams
Olivet Baptist Church
Williams
Howard University to Offer Courses in Negro History
Howard University announces three winter and spring courses on Negro civilizations in Ancient and Medieval Africa under the History Department. Directed by William Leo Hansberry, the program examines Negro roles in prehistory and early civilizations, with emphasis on Africa and the Aegean region.
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Washington, D. C
Howard University
Moreland Foundation
Africa
School of Liberal Arts
William Leo Hansberry
Harvard University
Hansberry
Europe
Egypt
Aegian Sea
Asia
Arabia
India
Separate High Schools Created in Indiana polis
Indianapolis Ind Dec 30 The Board of School Commissioners voted unanimously for a separate high school for colored pupils now at the city high schools. The school will be modern and well equipped likely at the old county house grounds Northwestern avenue and Twenty first Street. The plan followed the instruction committee recommendation over objections of a colored residents delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Board of School Commissioners
P Upila
Old County House
Northwestern Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Caskets Stolen From Graves in Atlanta Grave Robbery Ring
Five undertakers in Atlanta were arrested after police recovered coffins used in a months long scheme to rob graves near the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. One suspect, Thuman Jones, confessed that coffins were sold and resold. Authorities report multiple disinterments and a planned broader inquiry, with penalties ranging from one to seventy years. Relatives mourn as investigations unfold at the cemetery.
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Atlanta
Giave Robing
Mewgraves
Negro Cemetery
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Thuman Jones
Calia
Tay
Fulton County
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Tuskegee
Erican Federation of Labor
United States Steel Corporation
Russia
Ells G. C. P
B. V
Frelinghuysen
Fom
Joseph
United States Senate
United Stated Senate
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