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Newspaper
The Tulsa Star
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1920
Page
6
A garbled notetaking style mixes subscription talk for The THLSA Star with editorial asides on patriotism and fear. It references the Tennessee insane asylum, Governor, and national Republican politics including Henry Lincoln Johnson, party unity, and concerns over human rights and race. The piece interleaves disjointed snippets about campaigns, conventions, and internal party dynamics without clear narrative coherence.
Fragments describe a confused scene with references to a Governor and multiple names. The text hints at testimony and personal actions but is garbled, lacking clear events, dates, or outcomes.
A fragmentary excerpt urges white supremacy and calls for abolition of race discrimination in the United States. It argues for federal action to end segregation and for a frank discussion of the nation’s status, while condemning aliens and urging unity under a national policy.
Partial OCR reads that colored voters faced disenfranchisement plans affecting the ballot. A state official group presides over discussions to remove or limit a Republican ticket for a November election. Names and places are garbled. core fact centers on suppression efforts targeting minority voters and a December to November political timeline.
Fragmentary notes describe Heschel M. Langford facing a district inquiry in Chicago. References mention a white hotel venue and gallery context with a pending formal act. The text hints at recognition delays and ongoing committee involvement without clear outcomes or dates.
Napoleon Brooks, a cement worker, fell from the second story of a building under construction in Fresno, suffering multiple fractures including a leg and ribs. He walked into the state unemployment commission seeking compensation and weekly benefits of 320.83, continuing until termination.
A meeting of colored voters in Maryland is planned to express attitudes toward the Republican administration. Rev. He is named as chairman of the committee to organize a protest against treatment of black voters. A public rally will open at eight o clock Friday at the YM and a broad campaign is planned.
In Atlanta the Georgia legislature, led by Speaker Crow and Governor Dorsey, passed a bill barring colored people from entering the city capital without unanimous consent of each branch committee. The measure, urged after a meeting of colored Republicans and Henry Lines Johnson’s nomination to the Republican National Committee, became law.
Schumann-Heink, a rare woman star, spoke kindly of colored people she lives among. An Aug interview with Star News reporters notes her praise of the community rather than art.
In Chicago a Black composer DeKaver Thompson is noted for his influence amid racial tension as he urges Negroes to seek harmony to prevent strikes. The report attributes his prominence to the community and artistic work.
Court this week awarded Colored schools 1178.85 after a legal battle over their rightful share of taxes. Prof. Bo Bryant, longtime principal of the M. T. HL in Muskogee, will relocate next year to Tule sa, Oklahoma. Noted mosaics in town feature distinguished leaders from the Mosine Temple headquarters in Little Rock, Ark, including Wash Jordan Eliott and G. Mass Henderson.
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