Inter Fraternal Mass Meeting At Centralia Va
A union mass meeting of fraternal groups in Id County Va was held April 27 1980 at First Baptist Church Centralia. Notables from multiple cities attended and a large dinner followed a two service program organized by Mrs Rosa Wilkerson. Speakers included J A Hines and W H Layton with music by the County High School Chorus. Souvenirs were given by Mrs M W Blake. Rosedale Miss. (CNA) A gang of 200 white landlords and businessmen abducted and killed Dave Harris a Black farm worker near the Mississippi River swamps after an alleged shooting by a white farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Id County
First Baptist Church
Centralia
C. A. Dobbs
Eet B. Wilkerson
Chesterfield County
Petersburg
Richmond
Lynchburg
Portsmouth
Southampton County
New York
J. S. Long
Thos. H. Reid
G. C
Virginia K
P's
Roscoe C. Mitchell
Rosa B. Wilkerson
Peace and Union Beneficial Club
J. P. Crawley
F. Yates
J. Beverly
S. T
Laura King
South Richmond
Ilding
Mary Blake
E. ‘Toorley
St. Luke
W. H. Layton
S. B. Coghill
B.S
A. W. Holmes
B. Q. Tromley
S. S
Mosaic Templars of America
Joseph Friend
M. T
County Thigh School
Guither Cheatham
Zion Baptist Church
Fulton
M. W. Blake
Rosedale
Miss
Dave Harris
Harris
Mississippi River
Ex Cop Confessed Murder Frame Up
A ex policeman and accomplices plotted a bank hold up to kill two Black workers, Will Tate and George Terrell, to claim a reward. P Boyt confessed the frame up and murder and is jailed awaiting trial amid hostility toward Black defendants. The report also notes a Harlem meeting denouncing lynching and calling for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
CNA
Will Tate
George Terrell
P. Boyt
John Alsup
Atorney
Boyt
Alsup
Tate and Terrell
State Bankers’ Association
Eoroes
Fine art display at Phyllis Wheatly Branch YWCA exhibit
The Educational Department of the YWCA staged a broad showing at 515 North Seventh Street with 33 local artists submitting works. Demand extended the exhibit to two days to accommodate crowds. Works ranged from portraiture and landscapes to china painting and wood carving, with critics praising the talent and urging further training for broader outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis
Workers Pledge To Wage Unified War On Lynching
The American Negro Labor Congress calls on Negro masses to join a May Day demonstration against unemployment speedup wage cuts and imperialist oppression at home and abroad. It frames May Day as solidarity of world workers against capitalist plunder and highlights ongoing anti lynching protests in Georgia Ohio Kentucky and Indiana with calls for unity across race and national lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CNA
Etonish
Co-operative ‘Hall
Harlem
New
Harper
Sol Harper
American Negro Labor Congress
Souri
Randolph Clique
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porie
Crusader News Agency
J. H. Wilkins
Pullman Porter
Georgia
Robert, Burney
Columbia
Ohio
Edward Pierson
Scottsburg
Ind
Anderson McPherson
Kentucky
United Pro Masses
Cnamb
United States
West Indies
Africa
Asia
Indonesia
China
India
Gandhi
Parker supporters threaten Negroes over Parker nomination
Durham and New York reports detail protests linked to the Supreme Court bid of John J. Parker. The NAACP appeals to North Carolina Governor Max Gardner for protection of Black citizens while Dartmouth College faculty join 19 members urging opposition. White House efforts to push the appointment persist amid nationwide dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John J. Parker
U. S. Supreme Court
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
North Carolina
Parker
Citiens
Max Garner
Raleigh
Garner
Dartsmouth College
New Hampshire
Moses
Keyes
Richmond Opens First Colored Miniature Golf Course
Outdoor Sports Inc unveils an 18 hole miniature golf course on Sid Street between Clay and Leigh for colored players. Professionals assist beginners. first week entrants can name the course and win a $10 gold piece. Open to private clubs and the public. praised as city beautification and inclusive in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Clay
Leigh
Sid Street
Outdoor Sports, Inc
Urban League to mark twentieth anniversary dinner
The National Urban League will celebrate twenty years under its current name on May 1920 with a dinner at the Hotel Martin on g2nd Street and Broadway in New York City. Guests of honor include leaders from the original merging committees such as Dr Felix Adler Dr William Bulkley Paul Cravath Ruth Standish Baldwin and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Urban League
Hotel Marti Sap
G2nd Street
Broadway
New York City
Origins
Urban League Movement
Felix Adler
Ruth Standish Baldwin
William Adams Brown
William L. Bulkley
Paul D. Cravath
Mary E. Dreier
E. T. Devine
Caleb S. S. Dutton
Pendleton Kennedy Edsall
Haley Fiske
A. S. Frissell
Cora Jackson
John Wesley Johnson
Frances Keller
E. B. Leaf
Abraham Lefkowitz
George McAnenny
R. C. McCrea
Fred
Williams Lodge of Elks Begins Big Drive For One Thousand Members
Williams Lodge of Elks begins a major recruitment drive to reach a thousand members as part of its fraternal activities. The item mentions community events and fundraising efforts tied to lodge expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Lodge of Elks
Mob Violence and Elks Drive Highlight Unknown Page
A long undivided article reports a lynching in Mississippi and a mob taking Allen Green from jail in South Carolina. It also details Williams Lodge No. 11 Elks in Richmond launching a May drive for one thousand members, outlining leadership, baseball league structure, and plans for remodeling their Elks Home on East Clay Street.
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Julian Jones
Ashley A. Lucas
National League
J. A. Jones
America League
Kenneth Morton
Cincinnati Reds
Charles Steele
Boston Braves
Wiliam Roane
Chicago Cubs
Charles McSwan
Brooklyn Dodgers
Fred Scott
Philadelphia Philas
Richard Iggleston
New York Giants
W. £. Taylor
St. Louis Cardinals
Nelson Logan
Pittsburgh Prides
John B. Neblett
New York Yanks
Googe Jones Sis
Rey Floyd Dixon
Leveland Indians
James Hill
Boston Red Sox
Frank Miller
Washington Senators
Reginald Smith
Philadelphia Athletics
James C. Harris
Chicago White Sox
John Allen
Detroit Tigers
C. P. Hayes
M. R. Barrett
Matthew Harris
E. 5. Roane
W. A. Perkins
P. B. Williams
James H. Chiles
J. W. Watts
D. Price
John P. White
Capitol City Lodge
James T. Carter
Elks
East Clay Street
Williams Lodge No. 11
Richmond
Elkhom
E. Clay St
Williams Lodge
Queen Esther Temple
Williama Lodge Band
Wilhelmina’s Circle
National Negro Republican League formed in Washington
A meeting at AME headquarters on April 25 produced the National Negro Republican League. Chairman John R Hawkins spoke on apathy among Black Republicans and the failed efforts to revive the colored voters division. Emmett J Scott and Judge James A Cobb joined Hawkins in outlining aims to mobilize leaders in states with bloc Black votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Negro Press
John R. Hawkins
African Methodist Episcopal Church
National Negro Republican League
Hawkins
Hubert. Work
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
White House
Emmett J. Scott
James A. Cobb
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Brown
Burney Murder Shocks Columbus Bakery Incident
In Columbus Ohio in April Robert Burney an unemployed man forced entry to a bakery after finding himself starving police discovered him and shot him three times then beat him to death Witnesses say Burney begged for mercy while being beaten Bakers deny any dough presence at the time and police offer competing death theories The killing has left Burneys starving family destitute and seeking aid
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
CNA
Robert Burney
Burney
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Judge Parker
Ashby A. Lucas
Winston-Salem
Urban League
Pittsburgh
Arnold City
Fayette County
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Ed Armstrong
United Mine Workers of America
Ballyhoo
National Miners’ Union
BE. Pratt
E. P. Roberts
William Jay Schieffelin
R. A. Seligman
Elizabeth Walton
Carolina Wood
L. Hollingsworth Wood
Edwin R. A. Seligman
Columbia University
Robert L. Vann
Pitsburgh
Elk Drive
Elks Home
Walhalla
S. C
Dave Blarris
South Carolina
Allen Green
Green
Oconee County
John Thomas
Scott - Hawkins
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