Golf Course Ordered Integrated by Federal Judge
Federal Judge Ernett C. Choate ordered the city golf course integrated effective May 10, removing a Monday only segregation rule. The suit, filed Feb 3, 1956 by Dr. E A Ward and others, seeks rights declarations and an injunction. Attorneys were G E Graves and Edwin Davis. The city may appeal to the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans.
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Ar Nncest
Aginning
Ernett C. Choate
E. A. Ward
Garth C. Reeves
Nathannel
G. E. Graves
Edwin Davis
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Choate
Pert Willie Taylor Models at Booker T Motel Fashion Night
Pert Willie Taylor poses at the Booker T Motel wearing a yellow nylon ruffled floor length gown seen at Elks Fashion Parade last Friday. Booker Terrace continues air conditioned facilities for permanent guests with low weekly rates.
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Tily
Booker T. Motel
Elks
Tallahassee Boycott Leader to Speak Tonight in Miami
The Rev. C. K. Steele of Tallahassee, aKey civil rights figure and Inter Civic Council president, will address Miami at 8:00 p.m. Friday May 3 at Greater Bethel AME Church. He helped lead a protest against bus segregation and was jailed along with 10 others. The event kicks off the Miami and Liberty City NAACP branch’s 1957 membership drive with Rev. A. Joseph Reddick presiding.
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Rev
Steele
Tallahasee
Greater Bethel Ame Church
8Th St
J. B. Blackwell
National Business Week program at Mt Zion Baptist Church
Gamma Alpha Chapter of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority closed National Business Week with a program at Mt. Zion Baptist Church led by Edward T. Graham pastor and Soror Rose-Jones presiding. Graham urged perceptive self improvement, broader business aims, and patronage of Negro enterprises while noting the need for competent workers and less reliance on limited business types.
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Gamma Alpha Chapter
Iota Phi Lambda Sorority
National Business Week
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Edward T. Graham
Soror Rose - Jones
Fifth Calendar Tea by Dade County Young Democrats
The fifth annual Calendar Tea of the Dade County Young Democratic Association will be held next Sunday at the two air conditioned rooms of Club 535 in the Sir John Hotel. Music will be provided by Booker T. Washington High School choral group and Conservatory of Fine Arts faculty.
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Dade County
Young Democratic Sociation
Sir John Hotel
Booker T. Washington High School
Conservatory of Fine Arts
Grand Jury Urges Reinstatement for Fired Miami Cop
The Miami Police Department veteran Alexander McDowell, fired two weeks earlier, may regain his job after a grand jury report harshly critiquing city officials. The three week Eldredge case inquiry faulted the city attorney, supervisors, and the Civil Service Board, calling one charge the "most outrageously stupid" for a student of commercial law.
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Alexander McDowell
Miami
Tech
Ed Toduce McDowell
Chester Eldredge
Eldredge
Dowell
City Attorney’s Office
Civil Service Board
McDowell
Registration drive urged for Negro voters at church
A joint meeting sponsored by the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance Baptist Ministers' Council and the Citizens Committee was held at St. John's Baptist Church to stress the importance of registering and voting. It warned that many citizens are unconcerned about the ballot, which the Constitution grants and powers respect.
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Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
The
Baptist Ministers’ Council
Citizens Committee
St. John’s Baptist Church
Streets Is Indicted For Rape
Charles L. Street, 24, was indicted Tuesday on a rape charge. He was arrested two weeks ago in the northwest home of a white divorcee and is held without bond. Two white patrolmen who answered a neighbor’s call heard the woman scream and caught Streets in the act.
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Charles L. Street
Streets
Free TB X Rays for residents over 15 May 3 to 9
Free tuberculosis chest X rays offered by the State Health Department and the Dade County TB Association to all residents over 15 in Liberty City and surrounding areas. Mobile units will run 1 4 and 5 8 pm at Consumers Market May 3 4 and at other listed sites May 7 8 9.
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Liberty City
State Health Department
Dade County TB Association
Consumers Market
23Nd Ave
62Nd St
the Sweet Shop
18Th A
66Th St
Tueday
Scott Homes
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Bey Mt
Willie Taylor
Booker Terrace
C. K. Steele
Tallahassee
A. Joseph Reddick
Florida State Conference of Branches
Graham
Iota
Nanimous
Hubert
2Ndcave
Friendship Garden Club
St. Francis Xavier Church
Everlyn Poitier
Carver High
Jace Murphy
Northwestern High
J. D. Johnson
Southland Simpers
Hazel Cato
Ann Smith
Abraham Henderson
Ongan
Lota
Links, Inc
Holmes Elementary School
Dora Patterson
Margaret Styles
Bernice D. Kemp
Gussie Dobbs
Elouise Bannerman
Constance Douglas
Mayme Williams
Alma F. Brooks
Theoria Houston
Walton Y. Robinson
Susie W. Francis
Linnie W. Fannin
Hulda Frazier
Maude K. Reid
Louise Davis
Charlotte F. Clark
Augusta Colston
Mary Ford Williams
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