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Newspaper
Miami Times
Location
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1955
Page
8
A six by five foot cross burned on the lawn of Oliver W. Hill, NAACP attorney in Richmond. Hill, involved in the Virginia school desegregation case, said a cab driver saw a man light the cross, then flee. Police seek leads as Hill notes years of threatening letters since his city council election.
From Deland, Samuel Moss of Carver High Miami directed a 27-0 win for the South All-Stars over the North in the Florida Negro All-Star game. Moss passed 58 yards to Eddie Daniels, set up a score, and connected with Wallace Francis for another touchdown. Daniels added a 20-yard run and Earl Atmore finished the scoring.
W J Griffin who calls himself grand dragon of the Florida Ku Klux Klan says he has ordered the organization disbanded due to threats over school segregation. Griffin, 64, heads a private detective agency in Tampa and cites about 200 members there and thousands in 25 other units statewide. He expects a successor group to form but will not be responsible for its actions. The only recent Klan activity in Tampa has been Griffin's statements on segregation.
Father Charles Jackson of Fort de France Martinique said mass at St Phillips Roman Catholic Church in Bunche Park Opa Locka last Sunday. He has two sisters in Opa Locka Mamie Washington and Lucille Price. His mother Hattie Gatshaw of Jacksonville accompanies his return to Martinique in the French West Indies where he was ordained.
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