National Association reports Dallas segregation ruling by court
The NAACP reports that a Dallas segregation ordinance was ruled unconstitutional by Texas Fifth Court of Civil Appeals, marking a third city setback against such ordinances since the Louisville decision. Dallas considers appealing to the U S Supreme Court as other cases in Norfolk Indianapolis and New Orleans evolve, with NAACP officials noting the Louisville ruling strengthens challenges to segregation nationwide. The Dallas Express notes a past incident where white property owners blocked a Negro area move and financed defense, while officials weigh a state wide zoning measure tied to city planning that could trigger broader battles.
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New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored
Fifth Avenue
J. W. Rice
Dallas Express
N. A. A. Crp
Thefe Supreme Court
Louisville
Dallas
Texas
Texas Fifth Court of Civil Appeals
Norfolk
Indianapolis
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Nnt
U. S. Supreme Court
Rice
James Weldon Johnson
Students Unite For Equal Race Opportunities At Conference
Milwaukee gathered twenty five hundred boys from every state and hundreds of institutions for a national conference on race relations. On final day delegates nearly unanimously endorsed giving every race the same opportunities, while a small minority opposed desegregation.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Mordecai Johnson
Howard University
Johnson
Howard Thurman
Oberlin
Ohio
Iowa Professor Praises and Joins NAACP
Des Moines report on a Des Moines NAACP membership drive. Professor Luther Mott of the State University English department sent a letter praising the NAACP and applying for membership. The branch formed a Publicity Committee including Harvey II and others. The piece notes the cross burnings near Judge Burrell’s yard, the sheriff’s intervention, and Fay Jeffers returning to teaching without further intimidation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
S. Joe Brown
Luther Mott
The
State University
Mott
Harvey II
Des Moines Register
Fred W. Porwell
Th Moines Daily Capital
Dorothy Haynes
Gordon H. Kitchen
Fay Jeffers
Anthony Burrell
Jeffers
Schomburg Books To Be Shown In Public Library
New York public display will open at the 135th Street Branch of the New York Public Library featuring the Arthur Schomburg collection on Negro history literature and problems. Principal speakers include Frederick Keppel of Carnegie and Mr. Schomburg, with Hollingsworth also listed as a participant.
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New York
Arthur Schomburg
America
135Th Street
New York Public Library
Frederick Keppel
Carnegie
Howard Adds Dormitory for Women at Howard University
The Senate restored Howard University salaries and general expenses totaling 368000 for the year ending June 30 1928 and added 150000 for a new women’s dormitory in the final Interior Department appropriation. The dormitory item was included after a conference agreement over Senate amendment intact.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Interior Department
Howard University
Congress
Bureau of the Budget
B. G. Lowry
Mississippi
Louis G. Crampton
Michigan
Southern Aid Helps NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at 69 Fifth Avenue received a $25 check from the Southern Aid Society of Virginia, transmitted by B. L. Jordan, and another $25 from the Northport Mutual Life Insurance Company at its Durham, North Carolina headquarters.
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New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Fifth Avenue
Southern Aid Society of Virginia
B. L. Jordan
Mutual Life Insurancempany
Durham
N. C
Negro Population Outgrows White in Tarboro Report
Tarboro N C report by W H Pittman Superintendent of Schools notes Negro rural population expanding as white population stalls. The piece highlights disparities and calls for public attention to evolving demographics while urging readers to send in news.
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Tarboro
N. C
W. H. Pittman
Georgialabama
Byrd vows justice in Wythe lynching case in Virginia
Governor Harry Byrd asserts New Virginia will enforce law and order after Wythe County farmer Floyd Willard is indicted by a special grand jury for the lynching of Raymond Bird. Willard faces bond set at 15000 dollars with eight Wythe County farmers posting security. Bird’s death followed accusations against him for attacking two young white women. case tests county cooperation with the governor’s stance on punitive justice.
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Richmond
Philadelphia
Harry Byrd
North
Virginia
Inytheville
Southland
Byrd
Floyd Willard
Wythe County
Raymond Bird
Willard
Wytheville
Bird
National Welfare Agencies On New List
The Welfare Information Bureau of the Public Charities Association of Pennsylvania lists 16 national welfare agencies in its report Where To Turn prepared for the Protestant Episcopal Church in the District of Washington. Notable entries include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Red Cross, American Social Hygiene Association, Boy Scouts of America, and the National Child Labor Committee.
Hampton, Va. Sem. 11 basketball scores and notes
Youth forces its pleasures, old age smiles into memory's mirror.
Nationalists Call For New German Messiah Amid Crisis
Berlin leaders from nationalist and monarchist camps urge a reforged faith centered on true German ideals. A manifesto condemns the Christian God as allied with enemies and calls for a German language and character in religion. The Deutsche Zeitung echoes the appeal while Vorwaerts counters by naming monarchist figures linked to violence.
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Berlin
Deutsche Zeitung
Ren
Rerbe
Aon Een Ham
David En * Goliath
Vorwaerts
Erzberger
Rathenau
Black Reichswehr
Aiken Grand Jury To Meet Monday
Columbia in South Carolina reports the NAACP is in close touch with the lynching case of the Lowmans Bertha Clarence and Damon as the Aiken County Grand Jury and court begin a regular session on January 24. Governor McLeod defends his actions and urges tougher penalties for lynching while the incoming governor Richards may not reappoint State Detective W. W. Rogers in charge of the Aiken investigation.
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Columbia
S. C
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South Carolina
Lowmans
Bertha
Clarence
Damon
Aiken
Grand Jury
Coolidge
Thomas G. McLeod
Gov. McLeod
Richards
W. W. Rogers
Miami Population Mix Report Flags Racial Counts
A census of Miami Florida shows a diverse population with 103 911 whites 27 285 Negroes 41 Indians 29 Chinese and 18 Japanese among the residents. The city is highlighted as a rapidly expanding urban center.
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Iami
Florida
Revival Weeks At M E Church And Emancipation Speaker
Staunton editor William Conklin Brown was invited to deliver the Emancipation Program address on January 18 at Cedar Green M E Church under Rev W H Holand. The Union Revival at Augusta Street M E Church enters its third week with Rev J H Peters leading. Rev W J Lucas spoke, urging ministers to be witnesses, criticizing poolrooms and so on, while noting a veiled critique of newspapers as fuel for fires. (Continued on page four)
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William Conklin Brown
Staunton Tribune
Cedar Green M. E
W. H. Holand
Senate
Robert Hill
I. C. Franklin
Mable Lewis
Great Union Revival
Augusta Street M. E
J. H. Peters
W. J. Lucus
Lucus
Augusta Street Church
Luke
Peters
Jesus
Bodegarda
Christ
Calvary
Isiah
Russell
Reacher Ene
Rooklyn
N. Y
Macie
Hampton Institute Builders Conference Set for February
Hampton Institute Va Jan 20 The fifth Annual Builders Conference will run February 14 15 and 16. The event gathers builders to discuss problems and share expert knowledge on architecture materials testing and apprenticeships. About one hundred attended last year with higher turnout expected. The National Builders Association will meet at Hampton with R R Taylor as president and other officers named.
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Hampton Institue
Hampton Institute
National Builders Association
Hampton
R. R. Taylor
Charles E. Coles, Jr
Charles Evans
A. L. Manly
Whittemdre H. Brown
Lynchburg Welcomes Seminary Head Powell in Public Reception
In Lynchburg Virginia on January 6 a large crowd gathered at Eighth Street Baptist to welcome W H S Powell new president of Virginia Seminary and College Rev Dr W A Graham and Dr A L James spoke at the meeting which also urged a public appeal raising 600 A creditor who owed 3000 contributed ten dollars in support showing cautious faith in the new administration.
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Lynchburg
Eighth Street
W. H. S. Powell
Virginia Seminary and College
W. A. Graham
Philadelphia
Penna
A. L. James
Piotist
First Baptist Church
Roungke
Sone
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Howard
Southern Aid
NAACP
Aiken Grand Jury
Miami
Tribune
Lucas
Hampton Institute TO Bebuilders Host
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