Negro Mood Sparks Civil Rights Pressure Across Nation
A sweeping portrait of the Negro freedom drive in 1960s America follows sit ins, picketing and desegregation advances from Jackson to Atlanta. Leaders say impatience fuels the protests while Northern and Southern communities face fears, boycotts, and demands for voting rights, school integration and equal access to public facilities.
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Atlanta
United States
Jackson
Miss
Philadelphia
Birmingham
Ala
Robert F. Kennedy
Ruby Hurley
Hurley
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
George W. Baker
African Methodist Episcopal Church
New York
North
NAACP
Maurice A. Dawkins
Los Angeles
South
Henry Moon
Moon
Mobile
Charlotte
North Carolina
Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Ku Klux Klan
Supreme Court
Tallahassee, Fla
Northern Governor Admits Bias Is Strong Everywhere
Massachusetts Governor En dicott Peabody argues desegregation must raise national standards. He says equality of opportunity is a nationwide issue, not regional, and calls for new norms across North and South. He notes many schools, housing, and industries remain segregated.
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Washington
Endicott Peabody
Massachusetts
American Veterans’ Committee
Suburbia
South
Kennedy
Navy Doubtful Thresher Found After Underwater Photos
Washington AP reports the Navy now doubts the sunken submarine Thresher has been found. Photos from the Conrad off New England at about 8400 feet were not identified as the Thresher. Civilian scientists aboard suggested the images may show parts of the hull or even the camera apparatus itself.
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Washington
Conrad
New England
Navy
Ian
Naval Photographic Interpretation Center
Lamont Observatory
Columbia University
Lamar Worzel
Worzel
Jackson Judge Snodgrass Dies at 68 in Scottsboro
Circuit Judge John Milton Snodgrass of Scottsboro died Saturday at Jackson County Hospital at age 68. A longtime resident, he served three terms in the Alabama House and was floor leader 1945 to 1949. Survivors include his widow Lydie Jones Snodgrass, two daughters, a son, a sister, a brother, and four grandchildren.
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Scottsboro, Ala
John Milton Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Scottsboro
Jackson County Hospital
Lydie Jones Snodgrass
U. S
Bob Jones
D-Ala
Odist Church
Cedar Hill
Edgrass
University of Alabama Law School
State National Bank
Alabama House of Representatives
James D. Snodgrass
Gambling Raid Shuts Shelby County Gambling House
Eighteen arrested as state officers led by Public Safety Director Al Lingo raided a Shelby County gambling house near Birmingham. Chips, cards, dice and tables were seized. Sam Fiorella charged with operating the house. Seventeen others faced visiting gambling charges and one man cited for whisky possession. Police found dice and cards hidden in vents and a window hole punched in the screen.
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Birmingham
Shelby County
al Lingo
Sam Fiorella
Shelby
Old
U.S. 31
Bill Jones
Jones
Jefferson County
Fiorella
Jack P. Rouss
T. Y. Gustin
Sidney L Wehby
Jerry
Three Bound Over To Jury In Limestone County Court
Limestone County Court bound over to grand jury three defendants charged with grand larceny. John Wayne Dotson L B Kilpatrick and Carl Allen alias Slick Allen had bonds set at 750 dollars each. Walter Franks faced no charges for leaving the scene. James B Bain fined five dollars plus costs for bad checks. Thirty six other cases listed include speeding no license reckless driving public drunkenness highway intoxication throwing rubbish and no taillight.
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Athens
Limestone County
John Wayne Dotson
L. B. Kilpatrick
Carl Allen
Slick Allen
Walter Franks
James B. Bain
Coffee first planted in Central America in Costa Rica
The document notes that coffee was first planted in Central America specifically in Costa Rica, marking the region as an early hub for coffee cultivation.
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Costa Rica
Central America
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Cuma
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