NAACP conference sets 1962 goals with boycott threats
The North Carolina NAACP conference adopts an expanded program for 1962 focused on widening employment opportunities and boosting Negro voter registration. It plans a possible statewide boycott of Southern Bell and to sue to end job discrimination in state employment listings.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Southern Bell Telephone Co
North Carolina Employment Security Commission
Herbert Hill
New York
Employment Security Commission
Gloster B
NAACP
Jackson
Miss
Jackie Robinson
Elston Howard
Archie Moore
Greenberg
South
Kelly Alexander
Congress
Alexander
Southern Bell
Winn-Dixie, Co Stores
The
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Belk Brothers
Hill
Commission
Judge Deliberates on James Meredith Admission Plea
Federal judge considered the petition of James Meredith, a 29 year old Negro seeking admission to the University of Mississippi. Attorneys argued there was no basis to exclude him. prosecutors cited concerns on moral character and Meredith’s defiant posture.
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Jackson, Miss
University of Mississippi
James Meredith
Ole Miss
Derrick A. Bell Jr
New York
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mississippi
Bell
Supreme Court
Edward Cates
Meredith
Cates
Negroes Picket Woolworths in Phoenix Demonstration
About 40 African Americans picketed the downtown Phoenix Woolworth store accusing the chain of refusing to hire Black sales staff. The protest by the Maricopa County NAACP urged equal opportunities across all six area Woolworths. Store manager Lusk blamed declining sales and layoffs for not hiring, while pledging to hire once demand rises.
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Phoenix
Mercchants
Brooks
Woolworth's
Harold V. Lusk
NAACP
Lusk
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