Reflections on NAACP struggles and hope for 1957
A look back at 1956 summarizes NAACP efforts amid setbacks across Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia and Florida. It notes violence discrimination and White Citizens Councils while highlighting Southern Negroes persistence toward first class citizenship and peaceful legal action with renewed hope for 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAACP
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Wildwood
Ku Klux Klan
South
Clinton
Tenn
Montgomery
Ala
Tallahassee
Audie Murphy Starred Walk the Proud Land Opens at Capitol
The Universal-International Technicolor biography drama walks the life of John Philip Clum, the Indian agent who helped capture Geronimo. Audie Murphy stars with Anne Bancroft and Pat Crowley, with Rosenberg and Hibbs returning from To Hell and Back to produce and direct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Philip Clum
Geronimo
Universal-International
Capitol Theatre
Audie Murphy
Anne Bancroft
Pat Crowley
Hell and Back
Aaron Rosenberg
Jesse Hibbs
Woodworth Clum
Town Meeting operetta shines at fifth grade program
The fifth grade staged the operetta Town Meeting in chapel with strong performances by James Lott moderator Robert Simmons Amos Rose Marie Houston Caleb Rosetta Rolle and Pauline Bragg. Mr. Charles Weir directed and accompanied at the piano. The piece centered on land selection for a new school with two selfish bidders rebuffed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lott
Robert Simmons
Amos
Rose Marie Houston
Caleb
Rosetta Rolle
Pauline Bragg
Clyde Ray
Joseph Brown
Charles Brinson
Charles Weir
PTA
Also Mentioned on This Page
Freedom’s
News OF the Naacp
Audie’s
A. L. Lewis
Dorothy Adside
Alda Davis
Gladys Clare
Sylvia Espy
Dorothy Dorsett
Fleury McKinney
Fannie Jenkins
South Florida
Charles F. Weir
Edna M. Deveaux
Central Bank
13Th Ave
Dupont
Page Boys
Florida Design
N.W
3Rd Avenue
V&sint
Eleanor
SALON
Beaute
Pembroke RD
Carver Ranches
Mildred: James
Hazel Graham
18Th Ave
55Th St
N.W. 55Th St
Terrace
Milton Rothman
Almeria Ave
Coral Gables
Prof
Hunter
Hunter’s
Pembroke Road
Hallandale
Fla
7Th Ave
S.W
17Th Street
Hollywood
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