Warm LA Welcome For New Orleans Migrants
A group of 20 Black migrants sent from New Orleans by Citizens Council arrived in Los Angeles to find uncertain reception. A local minister greeted them with hospitality as Travelers Aid Society lined up hotel lodging and job assistance, while advisories noted LA County welfare limits. Other groups planned help, amid hopeful but cautious mood.
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Seek Jobs in Three Cities for Louisiana Negroes
Associated Press reports Louisiana Negroes sent west by the Citizens Council sought jobs in Los Angeles Chicago and New York. Plans for a New Orleans meeting were discussed as arrangements were made at the request of national secretary Boril Patterson. Chicago Alderman Benjamin Lewis objected to preferential treatment for newcomers. He cited 227000 unemployed Negroes in Chicago and the broader aim to curb migration. Civil rights issues touch pending federal actions, with Memphis consent judgments restraining white landowners and Biloxi judges ruling on segregation statutes affecting travel. Mississippi votes move to strengthen laws against black protests while federal cases proceed in Jackson.
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