Atlanta Teachers Pick Split With AFT Over Negro Membership
The Atlanta Public School Teachers Association voted to withdraw from the American Federation of Teachers by year end rather than admit Negro members. President Roger Derthick announced the unanimous decision to end the 1919 labor tie and remove 1,853 members from the national body by December 31, 1956. Fulton County Local No 183 and Local No 69 were informed they must integrate or face expulsion by December 31, 1957. O L Wooten noted no action was expected until after the 1957 AFT convention.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Public School Teachers Assn
American Federation of Teachers
Roger Derthick
Association
Lawrence Derthick
Chattanooga
Tenn
Misenhower
Derthick
Fulton County
Afl-Cio
O. L. Wooten
Jury Awards Six Cents In Defamation Suit
Jersey City jury grants Westinghouse Electric Corp. employee Philip Madison nominal damages of six cents in a suit against a union worker who allegedly called him a jailbird during a strike. Madison sought $50,000. defense attorney noted nominal damages can be as little as six cents.
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Jersey City
N. J
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Philip Madison
Madison
Jesse Moskowitz
Seven White Men on Trial for Wildwood Floggings
In Bushnell Florida the prosecution continues to identify seven white men as the floggers who dragged a Negro laborer from jail in Wildwood. Witness Jesse Woods, 39, says he does not know who beat him, while police officials offer no clearer identification. The defendants face charges of aggravated assault and false imprisonment, with a six-member jury seated. A separate Newark course notes 135 rookies studying emergency obstetrics alongside police duties after multiple maternity calls and deliveries this year.
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Bushnell, Fla
Wildwood
Jesse Woods
Ed Mullis
Barry
Wildwal
George Altman
Woods
Mary Evelyn Hill
Sumter County
Altman
Ezekial Alderman
Max Stumberg
Wudawoon
Hopert Nesmith
Seaman Lundy
Belleview
Doyle Polk
Marion County
Keith Sands
Jacksonville
Newark
N. J
Joseph B. Sugrue
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South Warren
A. P. Buie
George Scofiell
Mey Oer
Sears
Riviera
Kenmore
Bastista
Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Niguero
S. Salina St
Opp Central High School
Sierra Maestra Mountains
Cape Cruz
Coste
Jacobs Office Equipment Co
S. Clinton St
Ladies’ Starline Luggage
Scoliefection
Guanaleed
Pullman
Tox
Syracuse
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