Taft on Riots and Race Tensions Across Cities
The article reviews Taft's reflections on race riots, noting migration, housing, and discrimination as drivers. It contrasts two Black leadership currents from calls for education and restraint to fiery activism, and discusses white backlash, lynchings, and the need for cross racial leadership to halt hysteria. The piece cites Chicago violence and urges cooperative action and responsible press and leadership to prevent further bloodshed.
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Taft
France
Strike Threatens Chicago Stock Yards Labor Stand
Representatives of 42 stock yard unions vote for a general strike starting tomorrow unless militia police and sheriff deputies are removed from duty to prevent race rioting. Over 100000 workers are affected as the strike compounds after 3000 Negro workers returned under troop protection amid last week’s violence. Union leaders say the action targets nonunion Negro workers, not the workers themselves, with 5000 white workers reported out versus 650 claimed by packing officials.
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Taft
America
England
Chicago
Officialg
Reception for Ferguson and Buckner at Union Baptist Church
A June 11 1919 marriage reception for Sergeant B W Ferguson and Miss Lucille R Buckner was hosted by Union Baptist Church choir and Sabbath school on July 7 1919. Over 250 friends attended as leaders and guests praised the couple for their service as teachers and musicians and presented many gifts and letters from distant correspondents.
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B. W. Ferguson
Lucille R. Buckner
Union Baptist Church
Hays
J. Walter Wrenn
John Fielding
Fraternal League
Ferguson
G. W. Hays
Annie Laws
Jennie D. Porter
Vera L. Forte
General Committee
W. L. Houston
Washington, D. C
Florence Williams
Columbus
Serena C. Taylor
Tuskegee
Ala
M. Baxter
Kentucky
Anna C. Douglass
Cambridge
Mass
Mary Ratcliffe
Rochester
New York
C.R. Davis
Serena Mason
Class change haunts Hotel Sterling as whites and coloreds mix
A reader laments evolving class at Hotel Sterling with War Camp Community Service and American Woodmen of the World offices. He notes a new restaurant, calls for equal enforcement of laws, and warns of armed whites oppressing Black residents, arguing for fair administration.
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Hotel
Sterling
War Camp Community Service
American Woodmen of the World
the Sterling
Chicago Jury Adjourns Amid Riot Case Tensions
The special grand jury adjourned after asking State's Attorney Hoyne to submit evidence against both white men and Negroes. Hoyne says investigations cover all, with 54 Negroes indicted in riot participation and one Negro death. Judge Crowe will review the jury action as inquiries continue.
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Chicago
Maclyn Hoyne
Criminal Courts
Hoyne
Robert E. Crowe
Put Up The Bars Editorials on gun sale restrictions
The Times Star editorial argues licensing gun buyers at city hall would curb deadly weapon sales and curb violence. It says lawful buyers would show good faith to police, while suspects would be barred. A strict ordinance is urged to improve public safety.
Woman Felled By Negro In Madisonville
A tall slim young Negro knocked down Mrs. Emma Opp while she burned paper in her yard. Her husband F. J. Opp found her unconscious. The assailant fled into a nearby corn field. Police note two earlier annoyances by an unidentified person and an attack on George Stump nearby. A sensational tone flags uncertainty as investigators seek facts in the turbulent incident.
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Emma Opp
Winona Terrace
Madisonville
F. J. Opp
Governor Bilbo Is Shot in Jackson Office
Governor Theodore Bilbo was struck by a shot fired by Assistant Attorney-General Walter Dent in the Secretary of State’s office in Jackson. Officials intervened, and Bilbo avoided serious harm. The incident follows Bilbo’s prior criticism of Dent in a newspaper piece.
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Jackson, Miss
Theodore Bilbo
Walter Dent
Bilbo
Secretary of State
Dent
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Jatt
Colored Press
Francis M. Russell
J. G. Schmidlapp
Clara M. Bressler
Sergt. Needom Robert
No Man’s Land
Sergt
Henry Johnson
West Ninth Street
Times-Star
New York Herald
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