Interview excerpt with Professor Bester on race and education
The U S News interview with University of Illinois professor Arthur Bester discusses segregation, integration, and educational quality. He says some Negro graduates rival whites but segregated schools cannot provide equal opportunity. He suggests classifying by ability could enable desegregation without lowering standards.
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Arthur Bester
University of Illinois
U. S. News ‘and World Report
South
Supreme Court
Profssor Bestor
United States
Strategy. On Segregation Sparks Georgia Plan
Governor Marvin Griffin says a meeting of Southern top officials and Senators will occur in Atlanta to align with Attorney General Brownell’s December 10 call. The group aims to counter federal efforts to enforce school bus desegregation following the Supreme Court ruling against Montgomery. The piece questions officials’ loyalty while acknowledging the legal shift and planned resistance.
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Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Atlanta
Herbert Brownell
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Montgomery
Alabama
Union
United States
Thanking Kelsey Pharr for Thanksgiving floral centerpiece
A neighbor credits Kelsey Pharr with sending a lovely floral centerpiece to the Editor and Mrs. Reeves for Thanksgiving. The Reeves family praises the gesture and invites others to join in the thanks.
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Kelsey Pharr
Reeves
Manager Don Osborne to lead Marlins again in 1960
Miami baseball notes report Don Osborne back in charge of the Miami Marlins with Old Latch Page returning to the mound. New items mention Charlie Peete, former St. Louis centerfielder, and his family perishing in a Venezuela plane crash. Also covered are bolita arrests near Pompano, NAACP records request in Atlanta, and local court sentences for teenage thieves.
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Don Osborne
Miami Marlins
Latch Page
Charlie Peete
Venezuela
Peete
St. Louis Cardinals
Valencia
CWEST Club Social at Mrs Bessie Slater Home Miami
The CWEST Club gathered at the home of Mrs. Bessie Slater for a Miami civic club meeting. After business led by Mrs. Eddie Daniels, members enjoyed games with prizes won by Susie W. Francis Blanche Smith Annie Mae Twine and Nellisé Moore. Ticket 325 held by Mrs. Oneida Brown Roundtree noted as the donation winner.
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Bessie.Slater
Miami
Eddie G. Daniels
Susie W. Francis
Blanche Smith
Annie Mae Twine
Nellisé Moore
Oneida Brown Roundtree
Mesdames
Betty Alford
Susie Francis
Henrietta, Lindsay
Ann Lindsey
Leola Murrell
Ida _ Ratcliffe
Mamie Thompson
Miss Nellie Moore
Mattie Barkley
Daisy Benson
Eddie Daniels
Blanche Dean
Naomi Espy
Hulda Frazier
Mena Jackson
Rebecca Johnson
Ova Killens
Ruth Polite
Lucille Riou
Winifred Thompson
Annie Mee Twine
Addie Sampson
Willena Smith
Doris Stephens
Cloie Sweeting
Bias ends in Baltimore firehouses
Baltimore's 1,853 fire department members include 120 Negroes who began work last week without the usual discriminatory signs at fire houses. Acting Chief Charles H. Thiess ordered immediate removal of all signs restricting use of beds toilets and washbowls in company quarters, as the department had started hiring Negroes three years ago.
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Baltimore
ANP
Charles H. Thiess
Fire Department
Satterfield Granted Divorce From Iona Satterfield
Chicago’s heavyweight hopeful Robert Satterfield was granted divorce from wife Iona by Superior Court Judge Matthew D Hartigan. The ruling gave Satterfield custody of their 3-year-old son, Robert Jr. The couple had been married since January 17, 1948, and the divorce cites desertion on July 10, 1953.
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Chicago
ANP
Robert
Rapid Bob) Satterfield
Iona
Superior Court
Matthew D Hartigan
Satterfield
Robert Jr
Boxer
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Pompano
Atty
Eugene Cook
Naacp Southern Regional
Ben C. Willard
Criminal Court
Dan Verrell
Brooklyn Dodgers
Miami Stadium
Tropeal Park
Ben Willard
David Lee
Mat‘thaw Barnes
Clifford Lee
Miami Daily News
7Th St
C. M. Jollivette
James
Strachan
H. E. S. Reeves
Key
The
Keys
CWEST
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Sigma Shadows
B. Jackson
E. A. Wells
Yartman Gibson
Otis Haywood
H. H. Green
Albert Dean
William Chapman
N.W
15Th Avenue
Miami, Florida
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