Negroes Seek Equal Uplift in Retail Management
Walter W. Branford leads the National Negro Retail Advisory Group formed by Black executives in retail to push for open management and executive jobs for Negroes and minorities. The group, started with 3 members and now about 75, aims to create pathways, mentor, and improve community relations with retailers.
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New York
Walter W. Branford
Branford
National Negro Retail Advisory Group
W.T. Grant Co
Today In History July 31 1968 Highlights
On this date various historical events are noted including Lafayette offering services to America and being commissioned major general in 1777, Columbus discovering Trinidad in 1498, Loyola's death in 1556, Hopkins patent in 1790, WWI start of Battle of Flanders in 1917, Laval surrender in 1945, and 1953 race riots in Chicago.
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Marquis de Lafayette
Columbus
Trinidad
Ignatius of Loyola
U.S
Samuel Hopkins
Flanders
Pierre Laval
Austria
Spain
Chicago
Trumbull Park
Oak Creek
Wis
U.N. Security Council
Portugal
Annie Calm
Milwa
Negro
Negroes Quit Cavanagh Task Force in Detroit
In Detroit, all members of Mayor Jerome Cavanagh's task force on recruiting resigned after a feud over a stop and frisk finance. The group had demanded an immediate civil rights civilian review board, promotion of Black officers to inspector in five districts, and a public poll against racing in the city. Cavanagh agreed to drop the last demand.
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Detroit
Jerome Cavan
Cavani
Model Cities Plan May Be Ready Soon
James W. Shacknessy, chair of the Interstate Coordinators formed by Gov. Rhodes to plan master city transportation programs said study reports are expected by 1970. Coordinators are interviewing state transportation study groups and will resume in September as they accelerate interstate system construction and city transportation studies.
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Columbus
Ohio
James W. Shacknessy
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Ciy
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