Negro May Sue For Place On Ballot
In Little Rock Arkansas a Black candidate barred from the Democratic primary for alderman hints at a court action. The party has restricted primaries to whites since 1908. policy changes require the state convention. Rev J H Gatlin, pastor of Metropolitan Baptist, sought July 25 alderman candidacy and may file suit via the local NAACP with attorney L C Bates leading the legal effort.
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Little Rock
Ark
ANP
J. H. Gatlin
Metropolitan Baptist Church
NAACP
L. C. Bates
Naacp Legal Redress Committee
Clemency Plea Not Sent In Martinsville Seven Case
RICHMOND Va ANP seven Martinsville men sentenced to die for the January 8 1949 rape of a White woman have not petitioned Gov Battle for clemency. They were denied a new trial by the Virginia Supreme Court and failed to gain U S Supreme Court review. Gov Battle can commute to life or grant a pardon after studying the record.
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Richmond
ANP
Martinsville
Gov. Battle
Joe Henry
Hampton Grank
Howard
Jas
Luther Hairston
Booker T. Millner
Francis Desales Grayson
John Clabhorn Taylor
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
Training Program for College Graduates at Supreme Liberty Life
Supreme Liberty Life Insurance in Chicago launches an enlarged training scheme for college graduates aiming to become district managers and supervisors. Educational director George W W Reid leads 40 students from West Virginia State Virginia State Wilberforce Fisk Talladega Morgan State Howard Temple Bluefield Lincoln (Mo) with 25 starting June 12 and 15 starting June 15.
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Chicago
ANP
Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company
George W.W. Reid
West Virginia State
Virginia State
Wilberforce State
Fisk
Talladega
Morgan State
Howard University
Temple University
Bluefield
W. Va
Lincoln
Golden State In L. A. Host To Ins. Men
The Golden State Mutual Life Insurance home office in Los Angeles will host the 30th annual National Negro Insurance Association convention July 18 21. Sessions occur in the firm auditorium and conference rooms with space for committees and exhibits. Delegation size is expected to be among the largest, the group comprises 62 member companies across 29 states. The convention opens with a public meeting at Second Baptist Church with several luncheon sessions at Park View Manor in MacArthur Park.
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LOS Angeles
ANP
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company
National Negro Insurance Association
Second Baptist Church
Park View Manor
MacArthur Park
Finley Wilson Plans Elks Chicago Confab
Dr. Finley J. Wilson, grand exalted ruler of the Improved Benevolent Order of Elks, remains in a Cleveland hospital with diabetes but plans the fraternal gathering in Chicago this summer. He has been treated at Mayo Clinic Rochester where doctors warned of possible leg amputations, yet local physicians hope for full recovery and discuss the potential creation of a life title.
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Cleveland
ANP
Finley J. Wilson
Benevolent Order of Elks of the World
Chicago
Wilson
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Urges Senate Group To Purge Dixiecrats
A National Negro council delegation urged the Senate subcommittee on Privileges and Elections to hold public hearings before summer adjournment on purging Dixiecrat senators elected in 1948 for violating the constitutional rights of 2,000,000 Black voters in Louisiana Georgia Mississippi Alabama and South Carolina. Edgar G. Brown led the effort, representing 16 bishops and various faith leaders with 2,000,000 supporters.
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Washington
ANP
Senate Subcommittee On
Congress
Louisana
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
National Negro Council
Edgar G. Brown
Brown
African Methodist and
Churches of Christ
Ministers
Youth Chorale to Sing Langston Hughes at NAACP Confab
The Metropolitan Youth Chorale of the Brooklyn NAACP Youth council will perform Langston Hughes Seven Songs of Freedom at the Youth Night session of the 44th NAACP convention in Boston on Friday evening June 25. Narrator Fleming Gray, directed by Margaret Hillis, leads an interracial group that has staged three major concerts, most recently at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Feb. 17.
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Boston
ANP
Langston Hughes
Metropolitan Youth Chorale
Brooklyn Naacp Youth Council
NAACP
Fleming Gray
Margaret Hillis
Brooklyn Youth Naacp Council
Chorale
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Hampton Hosts Red Cross Aquatic School
Swimmers from about a dozen states will convene at Hampton Institute for an Eastern Area National Aquatic school July 6 to 16. Applications and information are available at Red Cross chapters or area offices, with enrollment limited.
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Hampton
ANP
Hampton Institute
Red Cross
Race Bias Diminishing In New York Dewey Says
Gov. Dewey sent a telegram to the 22nd annual Hall of Fame pilgrimage at New York University praising a decline in racial discrimination. The event honors Harriet Beecher Stowe author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, with wreaths laid at busts of Stowe and Booker T. Washington, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1945.
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New York
Dewey
ANP
New York University
Harriet Beacher Stowe
Booker T. Washington
Hall of Fame
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