Oklahoma men sentenced in Oklahoma City lynching case
Five men, two Black and three white, were tried and sentenced to life imprisonment within five days after pleading guilty to complicity in the lynching of Jake Brooks. Governor Robertson aided the swift case as investigators and prosecutors processed twenty five arrests, with Allen and Butler among the implicated, detailing the mob’s actions from the union hall to the limb of a tree six miles south of the city.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Charles Polk
Robert Allen
Nathan Butler
Allen
Butcher Workmen's Union
Exchange Avenue
Packingtown
Union Hall
Grand Boulevard
Brooks
Wilson
East Fourth Street
Capitol Hill
Brook
Jake Brooks
B. A. Reed
East Fifth Street
Ben Dancy
Robertson
Chamber of Commerce
Dancy
Butler
Thee
Benak
George 8. Short
Forrest Hughes
Folda
Luther Bishop
Roscoe Dungee
Black Dispatch
Pres. Harding
Oklahoma
Congress
Please rush a ship lumber and carpenters
Washington, Feb 2. A State Department message from Joseph L. Johnson, the American minister at Monrovia, Liberia, asks to rush a ship lumber and carpenters after an incident in which a Liberian cabinet minister fell through a weak floor into a cellar during a meeting at the American legation. The department advised repairs be done by native workmen.
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Washington
State Department
Joseph L. Johnson
Monrovia
Liberia
Found No Negro On Jury Case Reversed in Court
Charles Bradford, convicted in Bexar County for assault to murder, to seek U S Supreme Court review after Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed. Bradford claims十四 Amendment denial of grand jury inclusion for Black citizens and equal protection violations. Attorney General Keeling says the case will be contested with possible attendance by R G Story or staff.
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Austin
Teleb
Charles Bradford
Bexar
United States Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
Brandford
Bradford
United States
Bexar County
W. A. Keeling
R. G. Story
Court of Criinal Appeals
Resolutions Adopted by Louisiana Citizens
Emancipation Celebration in Shreveport on January 1, 1922 produced resolutions by the Citizens Committee. The wording denounces lynching as a crime, endorses the Dyer anti lynching bill, and calls for lawful punishment of criminals. Resolutions urge sending copies to Congressman Dyer, Aswell, House and Senate leaders, the Associated Press, and the U S President.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
House of Repre
South
Congressman Aswell
Dyer
Aswell
House
Senate
Associated Beta Press
United States. Citizens Committee
Washington, D. C
Negro Will Not Be Named Registrar Of Treasury
Oscar DePriest leads Chicago business figures in Washington with calls for anti lynching legislation and GOP action. He meets with President Harding and urges unity, warning November elections hinge on justice for Black citizens. Senate hearings recount alleged killings and abuse in AEF, with witnesses detailing shootings and brutal beatings of soldiers.
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Treasury
Washington, D. C
Republican Party
Congress
Oscar DePriest
Chicago
John T. Rams
Republican
Associated Negro Press
Henry Lincoln Johnner
Adams
Middle West
de Priest
DePriest
Harding
House
Senate
United States
Madden
President Harding
Jesse Binga
Binga State Bank of Chicago
Washington
Mr. DePriest
Mr. Binga
Binga
America
Disappointment Over Republican Decisions in Public Appointments
Washington reports from February 2 show President Harding facing party resistance over appointing Dr. W. S. Scarborough to a Recorder of Deeds post, with Charles A. Cottrill losing prospects. The piece notes race dynamics, regional politics, and internal Republican opposition shaping colored citizenship appointments.
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Matthews
Scarborough
Cottrill
NAACP demands Garvey retract statement
The NAACP at 70 Fifth Avenue New York issues a public letter to Marcus Garvey demanding a retraction of January 21 1922 claims in the Negro World. The letter signed by secretary James Weldon Johnson notes accusations that the NAACP paid men to damage ships and link the movement to such actions.
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New York
N. Y
Natonal Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Fifth Avenue
Marcus Garvey
The
Negro World
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James Weldon Johnson
Negro Advancement Associations
Abyssinian Baptist Church Sells Fortieth Street Site in New York
New York reports the Abyssinian Baptist Church at Fortieth Street zwischen Seventh and Eighth Avenues sold for about 200000. Buyers plan a high class commercial building while retaining church use for one year. The church founded over a century ago, led by Rev. A Clayton Powell in his fourteenth year, serves nearly 4000 members chiefly in Harlem. A new site on 138th Street near Lenox and Seventh Avenues will host a 2000 seat auditorium. The deal coincides with nearby Tribune and Liberty Hall developments. Jams Weldon Johnson criticizes a previous claim as false.
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New York
N. Y
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Fortieth Street
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
West Fortieth Street
New York Tribune
A. Clayton Powell
Harlem
138Th Street
Lenox
Seventh Avenues
Liberty Hall
137Th St
Colored Y. W. C. A
Robbery at Bishop Hamlin Coal office ends in death
Four armed bandits robbed the Bishop Hamlin Coal Company office on State Street, taking 2030 dollars from daily receipts. Watchman Moses Williams, wounded during the escape, was refused hospital admission due to race and died shortly after at Provident Hospital. Attorney John W. Gaines of The National said an investigation is underway to seek justice.
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Chicago
Bishop Hamlin Coal Company
State St
Wriday
Moses Williams
Williams
Washington Park Hospital
60Th and
South Park Avenue
Uieety
Provident Hospital
Kenwood Avenue
National of the
Jno. W. Gaines
Scathing editorial targets A. M. E. bishops in Nashville
The January issue of The Young Allenite denounces Negro bishops as hindering progress, denounces greed and lack of true leadership, and argues the church’s future depends on reform. It condemns bishops for wealth, corruption, and harming the denomination, urging readers to read Belshazzar’s lesson.
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Nashville
Tenn
Allenite
A. M. E. Church
Ira T. Bryant
Nero Bishops
BF. Watson
Brother Ben
Earth
Bishops’ Council
Eyei Ng
News Clippings Service To Gather National Race News
The Associated Negro Press based at 3423 Indiana Avenue in Chicago will receive news and clippings of national scope pertaining to the race. The service aims to collect and disseminate items of interest to readers across the community.
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Associated Negro Press
Indiana Avenue
Chicago
Walsh compares Haiti to Belgium in United States occupation
New York February 2 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People releases excerpts from Frank P Walsh’s Nation article urging Irish and American action to evacuate the Haitian and Dominican Republic occupations. Walsh accuses the Senate McCormick group of whitewashing US forces and denounces martial law, military claims, and harsh treatment of dissident journalists in Haiti and Santo Domingo.
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New York
N. Y
National Association ‘Or the Advancement of Colored People
Fifth Avenue
Nation
Frank P. Walsh
Walsh
McCormick
Haiti
Ireland
Santo Llomingo
Senate Commission
Omerene
Jones
New Mexico
Goldie
United States
Shree Senatora
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Eshouse
Rainey
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Cooper
Wisconsin
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Mississippi
Senate Investigating Committee
Watson
Joe Phillips
Orange
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William Patterson
Henry Gentry
Lawrence
Phillips
Patterson
Uetor Phillips
Gentry
Registrar of the Treasury
Chas. A. Cottrill
Toledo
Ohio
Negro Press
Indiana
West Virginia
Maryland
New, Jersey
Delaware
Michigan
Washington, “Waiting At the Church,” and Eas
Honolulu
Recorder of Deeds
William Clarence Matthews
Boston
Harvard
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Massachusetts
E Tilnois
Thompson
Ag Oncar DePriest
Ilinois
Jane
McCormick and
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Barning
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House of Friends
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National Association
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