10 Mar 1956
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Newspaper
Miami Times
Location
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1956
Page
1
Northwestern Senior High School DCT Club hosts a benefit event titled Shower of Stars featuring Bonnie Davis and the Piccadilly Pipers from Decca. Beacham Singers also appear as contestants with trophies prizes and cash. Friday March 16 at 8 00 pm in Northwestern gym.
MENDEN La pro white reformers passed a Louisiana law requiring all voters to read and interpret any Constitution clause. Registrar Winnie Clement a 16 year veteran says the law applies to whites and Negroes alike and denies favoritism while facing accusations of lax enforcement by pro segregation groups.
Wilkins chairing the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights warns of violent atmosphere and calls for action with an emphasis on stronger DOJ powers and voting rights. He condemns White Citizens Councils and Eastland’s Senate leadership as democratic distortions while stressing unity among supporting organizations.
A 20 year old motorcyclist, Aaron Johnson of 1434 NW First Place, died after his bike veered and hit a parked truck on Espanola Way between Collins and Washington avenues. A 38 year old boy, Anthony William Bryan of 2040 NW Third Ave, was run over by a back‑ing pickup truck in a vacant lot near his home. he tripped and fell behind the truck, a wheel passing over his head. Police say the truck driver Charles J. Nader, 28, was backing slowly with horn and warnings. homicide detectives find no negligence and will not file charges.
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling, extends the 1954 decision against racial segregation to tax-supported higher education. The action affirms a Greensboro, North Carolina federal court order admitting three Negro students to the University of North Carolina. The university had appealed, and the court denied delays, stating the motion was denied and the Negroes were admitted during the appeal.
Federal Judge William A Barker granted a motion by Polk County school teachers for dismissal of a three year old suit seeking equal pay with white teachers. Officials said salary hikes by the Polk County school board removed the complaint, and the case, which had been set for trial, was dropped.
Atlantic City resident Helen Lee Johnson, a 68 year old waitress and mother of five, has been named New Jersey Mother of the Year. She supported her children through college after her husband’s death, with the family now thriving in education, medicine, and law. Johnson is the first African American honored in the state by the New Jersey committee of the National American Mothers Committee. She advances as a candidate for the national American Mother of the Year honor since 1945.
New York authorine Lucy, expelled by University of Alabama trustees, says she will attempt again to enter the school in September through the NAACP. She pledges to persist in seeking admission next fall and plans to apply to other universities if needed, hoping for an unsegregated education.
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