11 Sep 1920
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Newspaper
The Tulsa Star
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1920
Page
1
Sept 22 is set for a nationwide National Drive for Justice to demand equal rights before the law and end lynching. The movement unites Black and white communities with speeches by nationally known figures and renewed calls for universal fairness in American life.
Chicago September 10 Policeman Martin V French the oldest colored patrolman on the Chicago force has resigned He served thirty seven years and leaves a perfect record at the Cottage Grove avenue station
New York September 10. Several hundred Colored women organized as the Women's National Fraternal Business Association to launch a campaign to raise 250000 for a headquarters and home. The association is incorporated to aid colored women and children.
In New York on September 10 a committee formed to reconcile races urges harmony not isolation. Johnson the Negro poet says emigration harms both sides and increased understanding is the only path to resolving race tensions.
A Chicago official recorded the late Dr Washington’s Atlante speech at Columbia Graphophone. One copy was made for the family and has passed to his younger son Davidson. The speech brought global fame during his life.
Chicago September 10. Representatives from more than a dozen states met at the National Republican headquarters in conference with leaders guiding the affairs of the Republican national committee. They reported on the march in support of the election of the Republican ticket. An advisory committee was elected from various states to consult with managers and national headquarters on sentiment in their communities.
Dr. Robert R. Moron of Tuskegee Institute told the National Negro Business League in Philadelphia that Negro newspapers must be supported and expanded. He urged public backing, subscriptions, and advertising to lift Black journalism and boost business opportunities for African Americans nationwide.
The first colored boys camp near Atlanta ends after two weeks of activities. Twenty nine boys from the colored branch of the MLC attended, with William J. Paulkner as camp director. The camp, located sixteen miles from Atlanta on the South River, concluded September 10.
The Universal Negro Improvement Association ends a one month session in New York naming Rev J B Eason of Philadelphia as leader of the Negroes America and Marcus Garvey as Provisional President of Africa.
Oscar W. Adame editor of the Birmingham Reporter has been selected by the A. M. E. Zion church as a lay delegate to the Ecumenical Conference in London in 1921. It marks the first time a layman from the church receives this honor.
Edward P. Dines, president of the National Baptist Convention, addressed the Columbus gathering in a formal keynote. He outlined unity goals, discussed recent church laws, praised the Publishing Board, Foreign Mission, and Education efforts, and urged heavy support for a $25 million aged ministers’ home and related outreach programs.
Lieut Col Benjamin C. Davis of Washington D C is noted as attaining the highest rank ever held by a Black officer in the U S Army. The obituary style piece recalls Col Davis’s career from the 1890s through May 1918 and his postwar roles, including a stint as professor of military science at Tuskegee Institute.
Eighteen Okmulgee boosters hosted a welcoming reception at Masonic hall on a Monday afternoon. Tulsa businessmen toured neighboring cities to boost trade and left Okmulgee by six.
In St Petersburg Florida Mayor Noel A Mitchell speaks against injunctions stopping a waterfront bathing pavilion for Negroes. He argues residents lack standing and says the city should provide a bathing facility for the Negro population near Sal mile, noting Negroes previously had no bath bench and deserve one.
Dr. John P. Turner, new president of the National Medical Association, addressed the Louisville session urging federal action to prevent marriages by tubercular and other diseased persons. The convention, largest in the organization’s history, drew dentists and pharmacists from across the United States. Turner noted his nine years as a tax examiner in Philadelphia public schools and highlighted the group’s pride as leading Black professionals educated nationally and abroad.
The annual Negro State Fair at Hon J Coody Johnsons ranch in Werwokn Oklahoma is set for October 12 to 15. Organizers promise record crowds and daily Curtiss Aeroplane flying exhibitions with passenger flights.
Several hundred delegates attended the convention of the Southeastern Corhovtion of the international Brotherhood of Oilers and Firemen in Spartanburg. Much attention focused on a plan to enforce proper working conditions.
Rev Dr Hyde of Quinn Chapel A M E Church led a large August revival aimed at strengthening city church relations. The program on the last Sunday featured speakers from the press and reform groups including W C Linton editor of the Chicago Whip and Najel Byageher editor in chief Ney Prev an Fittr of the Chi BW Searchlight, highlighting a broader vice crusade on the South Side.
The courts decided that Mrs. James Reeay Europe, widow of a former itinerant handmaster, is entitled to compensation under the state compensation act. The deceased lost his life while performing duties in his trade in Boston, earning compensation posthumously.
Editor Seeman A. J. Smitherman of the Tulen Star, after a brave attempt to resume work, suffered a relapse and, following a physician's orders, has returned to Claremore for complete rest.
In St Louis on September 10 a white man had his shoes shined at a colored parlor. After leaving the chair he walked away without paying, and the boot black and a friend compelled him to settle the bill.
St. Louis staged one of its largest Labor Day parades on Spat Monday with white and colored labor groups marching in sections. White organizations led and followed the procession while Black groups filled the center, each with its own band, challenging claims that the North is unfriendly to Negroes.
In St Louis Missouri on September 10 Charles Martin aged 72, an employee of United Railways, was struck by a white driver's automobile last Tuesday night about eleven. The driver is held on a murder charge as the vehicle traveled roughly seventy five feet after the impact.
A company of 100 men organized recently in Lexington opened a grocery store and meat market at the corner of Vertner and Second Streets in the East End after collecting $2000 in subscriptions. Three clerks run the shop with Miss Laura Carroll as bookkeeper.
The Public School of Oklahoma earned praise for its music department exhibits at the National Association of Negro Musicians session held in New York in July. Leaders like Henry L. Grant of Washington, D C, noted the push to foster talent and educate economically. Exhibits from Manuel Singly Wright and Muskogee schools highlighted by Musical America drew particular attention.
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