N A A C P Aids East St Louis Refugees in Riot Aftermath
The N A A C P responds to the East St Louis riot of July 2, aiding hundreds of refugees and coordinating with the Red Cross. The St Louis branch leads relief, funds flow from Kansas City and Chicago, and calls are issued for Congress to pass anti mob violence resolutions. James W. Johnson leads information efforts and anti lynching campaigns.
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East St. Louis
East St. Loui
St. Louis
Kansas City
Chicago
N Association
White Red Cross
Illinois
Association
Washington
Dyer
Dallinger
Sherman
Knights of Pythias
Grand Jurisdiction
Oflinols
James W. Johnson
Relief efforts and Masons lead East St. Louis recovery push
The Municipal Lodging House hosted hundreds of refugees as legal cases against city and county began. Dr. Du Bois led 30 workers. Miss Gruening and Dr. Curtis coordinated labor and employer inquiries across East St. Louis and nearby settlements. Church groups and Red Cross aid supported relief, with meetings at Pine Street Presbyterian Church and branch offices in New York.
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Association
Phillips
W. P. Curtis
Dr. du Bois
Martha Gruening
Chancellor Lloyd
The
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Hall
Dr. Curtis
Market Street
East St. Louis
Brooklyn
National City
Presbyterian Church
Pine Street
Nagel
C. M. Hubbard
Pulliam
Red Cross
Chicago
Brown
National Business Men's league meeting expected large turnout
Chattanooga Aug 3 Indications are that the National Business Men's league meeting will be largely attended. President Napier has received letters from all parts of the country from those who will attend. Alabama delegates are asked to communicate with B T Atwell, president of the Alabama league. A special train will be run from Atlanta Aug 14 to attend Aug 16 17.
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Business League
Chattanooga
Tenn
National Business Men's League
Napier
Alabama
B. T. Atwell
Alabama League
Atlanta
National Council of Colored Workers Planned for Labor Day
A 1917 call to organize the National Council of Colored Workers to unite black laborers. Kansas City would host the initial session on Labor Day September 2, detailing incorporation, district councils, and a plan to secure buildings and answer questions through organizer Rucker Smith.
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National Council OF
Rucker Smith
National Council of Colored Workers
Kansas City
United States
Grand Avenue
Former pastors to preach at Al Len Chapel services
Dr. F. Jesse Peck of Topeka will preach at 11 a.m. and Dr. Wm. H. Peck of St. Louis will recount the East St. Louis Riots during the evening service. The choir under Prof. Jackson will provide special music at both services.
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Allen Chapel
F. Jesse Peck
Topeka
Kansas
Wm. H. Peck
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Jackson
Lincoln Institute Graduates Called to Meet at Williams Home
All Lincoln Institute graduates are urged to assemble Monday evening August 14 at 8 45 at the residence of Dr J H Williams 2203 Flora avenue for a group gathering.
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Lincoln Institute
J. H. Williams
Flora Avenue
Soul of Fort Des Moines ignites black military hopes
A historic portrait of Fort Des Moines portrays a mission to train Black officers in the U S Army. West Point graduates supervise a diverse faculty led by Colonel C W Ballou. The piece casts trainees as patriots and crusaders advancing racial equality through disciplined excellence.
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Fort Des Moines
United States Army
Robert Gould Shaw
West Point
Max Murray
Stever
Wisconsin
Ingram
Sturtevant
C. W. Ballou
America
Lincoln
Ethopia
Riley
Plattsburg
Sheridan
Open Air School for Negro Children at Lincoln School
The city will add an open air school at Lincoln School Eleventh and Campbell streets for frail health children not suffering from tuberculosis. Principal Herriford says it serves all grades, with free lunches and transport assistance, under Grace White and a nurse. Local doctors will assist, and enrollment is expected to be large. The project mirrors similar efforts at Humbolt Karnes and McCoy schools.
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Lincoln School
Campbell Streets
Joe EB. Herriford
Humbolt
Karnes and McCoy
Lincoln
Afro American Automobile Training School Seeks Investors
Kansas City promotes its Afro American Automobile Training School inviting Black men and women to invest shares from 25 to 100 dollars with free courses and job aid. Offers include free driving, chauffeur mechanic, or repair training for investors and students through September 1, 1917. The program, centered at 1420 26 Woodland Avenue, emphasizes community advancement and employment prospects in the auto industry.
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Kansas City
Jas
A. Davis
M. G. Brookins
Woodland
Fortune J. Weaver
East Eighteenth Street
Woodland Avenue
Bell
Race Meeting Call For National Equal Rights League
The nation faces world wide distress described as human wreckage and the speaker urges twelve million loyal Americans to gather for mutual self interest and defense. As president of the National Equal Rights League, a call is issued for the tenth annual convention amid ongoing injustices against Colored Americans.
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United States
National Equal Rights League
Byron Gunner
The
Nations Equal Rights League
Harmony Soiree Honors Mrs R L Andrews At Armory
Eight ladies from the Harmony Literary and Art Club hosted a soiree for Mrs. R. L. Andrews of Houston at Armory hall on August 2, 1917. About 250 guests attended as Mesdames Fulchers poured and Prof Bentley's orchestra supplied music. hosts named included Mesdames Tulchers Green Berryman Winn Robinson Eliott and Ross.
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Harmony Literary and Art Club
R. L. Andrews
Houston
Tex
Armory Hall
Mesdames Fulchers
Punch Bowl
Prof. Bentley
Mesdames Tulchers
Green
Berryman
Winn, Robinson, Eliott
Ross
Ides
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Missouri
N.A.A.C.P. Aids
Fifth Avenue
New York
Grand Lodge
A. F
A. M
Capitol
Jefferson City
Grand Royal Arch
T. G. McCampbell
Willis
Blue Lodge
W. W. Fields
Cameron
C. C. Clark
D. G
Ernest Boone
Louisiana
J. H. Bradbury
H. H. Walker
St. Joseph
Geo. W. K. Love
Nelson C. Crews
National Colored Labor Organization
J. M. Horton
Vention
League
National Congress
Hell
Heaven
Gauling
DIG
William H. Peck
D. D
St. James A. M. B
Church of St. Louis
Pbenezer Church
16Th
Lydia Avenue
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