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Newspaper
The Tulsa Star
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1921
Page
1
Early tonight in Muskogee a Black bandit fired on motorman M Linn as he drove a Hyde Park street car. Police armed patrols roamed lines to diversions and bloodhounds tracked suspects after shots near the scene.
In Kogee Oklahoma on January 22 the death of W. S. Williams is questioned as possibly an ordinary citizen killed by a conductor and associates to cover a crime. No gun found and rumors of murder to obscure guilt dominate early reports. Elberton Georgia also reports Jim Meri wether laying bricks at a world class pace, setting a new brick per minute mark.
Mrs A Burns of the Franklin School District told the Sacramento Board of Education she objects to Orientals and Negroes attending the same school and urged a separate school for “Orientals, Negroes and all Colored children” while advocating a site for a new school location.
Jefferson City Missouri January 22 Walter H H Moore of St Louis becomes the first colored man elected to Missouri in the state legislature and draws a prominent house seat No 75 in the front row facing the speaker. His desk was adorned with flowers at his inauguration.
The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, with twenty three undergraduate chapters and a new graduate chapter, plans three more on campuses including the University of California. The 1920 convention in Des Moines approved expansion and backed the Go to High School Go to College program. Howard University hosts the national secretary L. McGhee, as the movement notes its role in Black collegiate life since 1906.
The new theatre on East King Street near Columbus Street opened at Christmas, costing over $250000. Built by J Miller and BD L Jeray, it stands as a modern venue on the avenue, intended to attract patrons with improved seating and amenities.
Groverleveland Redding, identified as a key Abyssinian riot figure, was found guilty and sentenced to hang alongside Oscar McGavitt for the June street brawl that left Robt. Hose and Joseph Hart dead and Patrolman Joseph Owens wounded. Several co defendants were acquitted amid insanity defenses and ongoing court hearings.
George Herman Lawson, president of the newly incorporated Continent Baseball Association, inspected park sites as he organized an eight club outlaw league. Three franchises granted: Indiana at Indianapolis, Massachusetts at Boston, Ontario at Toronto, with New Jersey near Camden. He notes Colored players barred from major and minor leagues under current rules.
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Hampton Institute announces Dr. James Hardy Dillard of Charlottesville Va will deliver the principal address on Founders Day January 30 in memory of Gen Samuel Chapman Arms strong He is noted for leading race relations efforts and roles with the General Education Board William and Mary College and related commissions.
Detroit January 22 Dy Jas Henderson was elected councilman by the Hamtramck village council to fill the vacancy caused by the failure of Clayton Wentworth He will attend meetings for several weeks Henderson has lived in Hamtramck three years and is a graduate of the Detroit College of Medicine.
A dispute affecting hundreds of colored yard brakemen on the Norfolk Western railway is argued before the U S Railway Labor Board. The Association of Colored Railway Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen seek a rule to promote only promotable men, effectively excluding colored workers due to color practices. Representations are made by Jeff Kiland and Heinke for the colored trainmen group and A D Long for Colored Locomotive Firemen. The hearing may extend about a week more.
New Orleans Jan 22 The Theater Owners Booking Agency a 4H organization formed to improve Colored entertainment announces its New Orleans theater the Lyric at Iberville and Burgundy. The agency will serve major Southern cities including Shreveport Mexandria Montgomery Birmingham Atlanta Macon Greenville Ileston Cincinnati Cleveland Chattanooga Nashville Memphis Little Rock Beaufort St Louis Kansas City Detroit Louisville and more with a combined seating value around 430000.
The Knights of Pythias executives discuss a six story Pythian Temple in Tulsa with a modern theater and offices. J B Key a major oil man and treasurer backs the project, while estimates place substantial idle funds in the order’s treasury to invest in Tulsa real estate or the temple venture.
National Council of Friends of Irish Freedom meeting at the Hotel Biltmore adopts resolutions led by Judge Daniel F. Cobal condemning Klan efforts in the United States and urging Americans to intensify support for liberty and aid to Ireland.
The Associated Negra Press reports in Chicago that Charles Naggal of Steuls urges no race representation in the cabinet. He warns there would be turmoil if all racial groups were represented and urges that racial groups should be represented in the cabinet.
Louisville Ky Jan 2 The university, a colored institution, sues the estate of Dr J S Auderson, deceased at Somerset last year. The estate allegedly promised 100000 to the university, a pledge not fulfilled, with legal action filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court.
Washington announces the Allied Industrial Finance Corporation charter and plans for a broad racial uplift program. Notable additions to the board include Emmett J. Scott and John Jacob Arnall, with aims to involve business leaders nationwide in financing Black enterprises.
Dr. Hubert J. Moton of Tuskegee Institute announces a speaking tour in February responding to invitations from Colored and white citizens in the middle western states. He will travel to deliver lectures on education and national progress.
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