Virginia Governor and leaders seek more Black appointees
Richmond Urban League official Wiley A. Hall led Virginia Negro leaders in asking Governor John S. Battle to appoint more Black members to state commissions and boards. They noted only six Negro representatives serve on 47 bodies, with three on the Negro Memorial Commission, urging positive steps for race relations while Battle declined to comment.
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Richmond
ANP
John S. Battle
Virginia
Wiley A. Hall
Richmond Urban League
Negro Memorial Commission
Gov. Battle
South
DC doctors take out life membership in NAACP
The Medico Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia voted December 27, 1951 to take a 500 life membership in the NAACP. Dr Edward Mazique announced the move, noting several members serve on national committees and urging other local Negro medical societies to follow suit.
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The
Medico-Chirurgical Society of
District of Columbia
Negro Medical Society
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Edward C. Mazique
Mazique
D.C
NAACP
Medico- Chirurgical Society
Joseph G. Gathings
National Medical Association
C. Herbert Marshall
NMA
W. Montague Cobb
Journal
Naacp Medical Committee
Norfolk Man Gets 10 Year Murder Sentence
Jimmie Edmond Parker, 21, formerly of Ahoskie North Carolina, was sentenced to ten years in a penitentiary for second degree murder in the 1948 killing of Walter Walker, 20, at his girlfriend’s Foxes Lane home. Parker fled under an alias from Key West to New York before being captured and returned to Norfolk for trial.
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Norfolk
ANP
Jimmie Edmond Parker
Ahoskie
N.C
J. Sydney Smith
George W. Weedal
Parker
Walter Walker
Foxes Lane
Walker
Key West
Fla
New York
Red Hook
N.Y
Harlem Church Holds City’s Largest Protestant Congregation
St. Philip's Church at 214 West 134th Street is named the largest Protestant Episcopal congregation in New York City by the Living Church Annual. Membership rose to 3,707, surpassing St. Bartholomew's on Park Avenue with 3,655 members.
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New York
ANP
St. Phillip’s Church
West 134Th St
New York City
Living Church Annual
Harlem
St. Bartholomew’s Church
Park Avenue
Admission to State U Tops News Story of 1951
Chapel Hill, NC ANP recounts that federal court action opening the University of North Carolina to Negroes was the state's top story in 1951. The ruling in Richmond ended a 150 year seat ban and allowed Black students in the law school and summer session amid ongoing campus resistances and student editorials criticizing the chancellor.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
ANP
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Richmond
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U. of North Carolina
North Carolina College
Hampton Plans $800000 Dormitory Project
Washington ANP reports Hampton Institute won a long term low interest loan of 775000 from the Housing and Home Finance Agency for a dormitory to house 251 students. The project cost is estimated at 809100 and the college offers defense training programs amid national defense activity in the area.
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Washington
ANP
Hampton Institute
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Raymond M. Foley
National Defense
Defense Department
Chancellor grants student tickets at NC Tennessee game
The chancellor relented and provided regular student tickets for football games. At the North Carolina Tennessee match, colored students sat with White students without incident, marking another barrier crossed.
The Spirit of Liberia National Anthem Excerpt
The article presents the Liberian national anthem praising Liberia as a liberty rooted nation. It includes lines about liberty, unity, divine aid, and steadfast defense of the country with valor and determination. The piece emphasizes national pride and collective resolve.
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