Racial Integration Explosion Seen
A 1963 AP feature surveys looming racial tensions across the United States. Bernard Gavzer reports stark warnings of possible major violence, citing Danville, Bridgeport, and New York clashes, with leaders from NAACP and Urban League urging rapid action ahead of a planned August march on Washington.
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America
Bernard Gavzer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Danville
Cambridge
New York
Federa
Washington
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Urban League
Whitney Young
CORE
James Farmer
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
John Lewis
A. Philip Randolph
Negro American Labor Council
Kansas Civil Rights Commission Issues Posters to State Hotels
The Kansas Commission on Civil Rights will mail circulars to about 6000 hotels motels and restaurants highlighting stronger 1966 civil rights laws. A model posted notice proclaims the policy to serve all orderly persons regardless of religion color national origin or ancestry and says staff are instructed to comply. The law carries a $1000 penalty and allows investigation testimony cease and desist actions courts enforcement and possible court challenges. The note also explains the Television Infrared Observation Satellite acronym TIRAS.
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Burke Marshall
Ram Shoud
Richard Wale
University of Chicago
Wale
Mani
Sixth Avenue
Marlem
Topeka
Kansas Commission On Civil Rights
Kansas
British Honduras to Get Self Rule on Jan 1
London reports that British Honduras, a Central American colony, will gain self rule on January 1 under a new constitution agreed by British and British Honduran leaders. The plan outlines internal autonomy while remaining under British sovereignty and defense.
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British Honduras
London
Mexico
Guatemala
Movie Stars Have Their Pet Projects
HOLLYWOOD AP movie stars support good causes, with Marlon Brando in integration headlines. Jerry Lewis and Frank Sinatra spend thousands, while Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Danny Thomas, Jane Russell, Loretta Young and others back charities. St. Jude Hospital, WAIF, UNESCO, and Israel bonds show broad efforts across the industry.
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Hollywood
Marlon Brando
Jerry Lewis
Frank Sinatra
Lewis
Sinatra
Mary and Joseph League
Joe EB. Lewis
Jimmy Durante
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
GI Joe
Hope
Jack Benny
Danny Thomas
St. Jude
St. Jude Hospital
Memphis
Red Skelton
Richard
Jane Russell
WAIF
International Adoption Agency
Loretta Young
Danny Kaye
Myrna Loy
Unesco
George Jesse
Israel
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National Urban League Trustees
Gardner Taylor
Brooklyn
Concord Baptist Church
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles
U.S
Washington, D.C
Phillips County
Ark
Kenneth Clark
New York University
Ralph Helstein
The
United Packinghouse Workers
Alvin Prejean
Birmingham
Earl Brown
Manhattan
Louis FE. Martin
Democratic National Committee
Brown
James WH. Meredith
J. F. Jackson
National
James M. Nabrit Jr
Howard University
C. Sumner Stone Jr
D.C
George W. Cathcart
Trade Union Leadership Council
Kennedy
Congress
AIR Control CO
Malin
CR Commission
Tiras
Television
State of
United States Brewers Association, Inc
Kansas Division
Briggs & Stratton
Soule
Thermos
ATL
Lui
ATE
Eoree
Trojan
Kaiser Aluminum
Otasco
N. Main
Longlife Motor Oil Reg
Garden City
Izzy
Telegram
Garden City Telegram
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