Catholic Integration Policy Attracts Negro Members
New YorkANP there are more than 500000 Negro Catholics in the United States, the latest Catholic Directory for 1956 shows a total membership of 33396017 in the 48 states plus Alaska and Hawaii. The rise reflects a ten year gain of 9171893 and a push for integration within the church. Bishops have ordered merging of white and Negro congregations in Newton Grove North Carolina as part of ending discrimination. The church has admitted eligible Negro high school students to Catholic schools in Richmond and Norfolk Virginia following the 1954 Supreme Court desegregation ruling.
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Hawaii
Newton Grove
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Waters
South
U. S. Supreme Cour
Richmond
Norfolk
Dave Dennis Back in Court Again
New Orleans public figure Dave A Dennis a controversial union leader faces a fresh court challenge over his hold on the Longshoremen's Union insurance company presidency. Plaintiffs allege no valid election occurred and Dennis and allies retain posts by self issued resolution. Dennis now serves as a Baptist minister hosting a Sunday radio program.
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ANP
Dave A Dennis
U. S. Senate
Long
Dennis
Bishop Ball Receives Honorary Doctor of Laws at Wilberforce
The Rt. Rev. William F. Ball, bishop of the 18th Episcopal District of the AME Church, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws at Wilberforce University Ohio during commencement. Dr. Charles Leander Hill presided and invited Ball for his outstanding church and civic service. Ball traveled with son William F. Ball Jr. and will preach June 17 at Greater St James AME Church in Cleveland.
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William F. Ball
AME
Wilberforce University
Ohio
Charles Leander Hill
University
Bishop Ball
Ball
Greater St James Ame
Cleveland
Attacks Prompt Ban on Urban League by New Orleans Fund
The United Fund in New Orleans removed the Urban League from its Community Chest roster after White Citizens Councils attacked the organization and its NAACP allies for integration. Clifford F. Farrot, Fund president, said the move avoids embarrassment during annual collections and that the League will be supported privately. The League had been a 13 year member.
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New Orleans
ANP
White Citizens Councils
Urban League
Naacp For Integration
United Fund
Elks to Cite Rev Martin Luther King for Lovejoy Award
Philadelphia report notes Judge Hobson Reynolds announces Rev. Martin Luther King of Montgomery Alabama has been selected as the 1956 Lovejoy Award recipient for civil rights contributions. King, president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, will receive the prize August 27 at the Elks grand convention in Los Angeles.
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Philadelphia
RNP
Hobson R. Reynolds
Civil Liberties
the Elks
Martin Luther King of
Montgomery
Ala
Rev. King
Montgomery Improvement Association
Elks
Los Angeles
Lovejoy
Alfred Driscoll
New Jersey
Ralph Bunche
Mary McLeod Bethune
Thurgood Marshall
Marian Anderson
AME Changes Health Plan Rollout Gains Steam
Chicago AME church advances a connectional health program led by Dr. Leonadis H. Berry. The plan envisions funding from the general church budget, expansion at Fredrick Douglas Hospital in Kansas City, and local church health service guilds offering Red Cross First Aid and Home Nursing courses. The effort follows Berry Plan narcotics counseling initiatives and ties to Illinois funding previously approved.
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ANP
AME
Leonadis H. Berry
Church
Berry
A. J. Allen
Miami
Health Commission
Fredrick Douglas Hospital
Kansas City
Kas
General Church
General Conference
Commission
Red Cross
Dr. Berry
Rev
L. L. Berry
Foreign Missions
Illinois
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