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NAACP to Press U.S. Steel Over Jobs Access
NAACP leaders plan demonstrations at U S Steel facilities nationwide, targeting its southern Birmingham operation to push for better Negro advancement in the firm. Henry R Smith Jr cites tokenism in white collar postings, while Alabama NAACP chief John Nixon notes aim is opportunities not headcount. A separate Southern Christian Leadership Conference leader threatens a nationwide furniture industry boycott over discrimination in High Point North Carolina.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Say's Dent
U.S. Steel Corp
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Birmingham
Ala
U.S. Steels
Henry R. Smith Jr
Pennsylvania Naacp
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Sun
Ralph Abernathy
Montgomery
High Point
N.C
U.S. Steel
Smith
U. S. Steel
John Nixon
Alabama Naacp
Abernathy