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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1929
Page
7
Mary Snepps, 21, a white woman and former common law wife of Harlem musician Seymour Irick, was found not guilty by a jury. The defense portrayed her as an innocent girl, while observers noted racial prejudice may have influenced the verdict despite no overt prejudice in court.
A $50 000 equestrian statue of General Oliver Otis Howard will be erected at Gettysburg, marking the general's birth centennial on November 8, 1980. Funded by a Maine legislature resolution, the work honors Howard, founder of Howard University. Howard University students will visit in early August to place a marker and sing their Alma Mater on Cemetery Ridge.
Paul Robeson, world famous star, has been feted in Bingland while touring Europe in vaudeville. Reported as one of the stage’s greatest artists, he sails July 15 to New York to star in Frank Carey’s play Black Boy for Asher and Rogers.
Atlantic City star Ernest Perkins, standout in football and basketball, will enroll at Syracuse University in the fall. He earned Blue and White letters for his work, was named to all-state teams, and excels as a high jumper and runner while graduating with honors and working as a waiter during vacation. In New York, 85 Workers International Relief children head to Camp Wingdale from Unity Workers Cooperative with several Negro youths among them, for a two week session.
The 21st annual conference of the N A A C P will be held in June 1930 in Springfield Mass. The Springfield Branch and Chamber of Commerce invited the meeting with acceptance by the national body. A Cleveland delegate urged uniting with colored labor groups to press for wages hours and conditions.
Following Time's favorable review of Walter White's study of mob fatality event titled Rope and gay person, Southern whites issue denouncements. Robert E. Lee of Greenville urges tar and feathers while Eldon O. Haldane of Atlanta defends mob violence and advocates lethal harm to Black people. White replies that such threats prove his point on lawlessness and notes tar is best saved for cooler weather.
Communist Party and Communist Youth League exposed Jim Crow practices at Crane College ROTC after a dance. Leaflets circulated to mobilize mass attendance revealing opposition to Negro admission. Three students distributing leaflets arrested as police barred entry. Negro students reportedly viewed the leaflet favorably and plan further action.
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