Georgia mob lynches Reed after slaying two women
A mob of over 100 men seized the body of Willie Reed from a Bainbridge Negro undertaking parlor, dragged it through town behind cars, and burned it at a Negro baseball park after deputies had killed Reed as he fled a Dothan jail escape. The sheriff expressed sorrow over the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bainbridge
W. J. Catledge
Willie Reed
Reed
Albany
Dothan
Ala
Catledge
Enquirer
Jim Crow schoolrooms spark race dispute in Mansfield
The Cleveland Gazette reports local protests against separate classrooms for Black students in Mansfield Ohio. NAACP involvement and objections from white and grey allies are tied to a statewide effort aiming to mimic Jim Crow in schools, with Wilberforce University cited. Local board tensions and a committee clash are noted, with no recent updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Ohio
NAACP
Ohio State University
Wilberforce University
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Jimerow” School
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Clayborne George
Outhwaite
Longwood
Mary Martin
Rounder
Cleveland Gazette
Colored M E's Oppose Merger Plan In Conference Votes
Zion's Herald reports the Methodist Episcopal Church now faces a difficult position as a large majority across nineteen colored conferences opposes the merger proposal. Clergy votes totaled 823 to 583 and lay votes 447 to 253, out of about 300 000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Methodist Episcopal Church
Zion’s Herald
Independent Methodist Weekly
M. BE
Nurse’s Spain Talk At Gibson Hotel Rooftop Garden
Mrs. Lini Fuhr previews experiences from five months in frontline hospitals in Spain. Speaking June 3 at 8 15 p m under the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy, she describes converting two deserted Madrid mansions into a 600 bed hospital and its firefighting camouflage against Fascist air raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Gibson Hotel
Lini Fuhr
North American Committee
Gibson
Fuhr
New Jersey
Medical Bureau
Madrid
Colored Workers Aided C. I. O. Victories
Pittsburgh reports Negro labor and civic leaders aided by a national meeting to boost the C I O steel drive. Ben Careuthers says United States Steel Corp’s contract with the C S O marks a major shift benefiting about 100000 Negro steel workers facing wage and job discrimination. He notes C I O’s stand on equal rights and wage gains at U S Steel and other firms, tying these gains to the union’s recent growth and wider industry settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CNA
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ben Careuthers
Negro Steel Workers Organization Committee
United States Steel Corp
United States Steel
Careathers
Dr Henry Allen Boyd Leads National Baptist Congress
Dr Henry Allen Boyd of Nashville Tennessee has directed the National Baptist Sunday School Congress for thirty two years and this year the thirty second annual session is in Cincinnati Ohio from June 9 to 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd
Nasville, Tenn
National Baptist Sunday School Congress
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tuberculosis Decline Varies by City District Says Field Worker
Anthony Mess of the Cincinnati Anti-Tuberculosis League told the Board of Trustees that tuberculosis decline is greater in the city basin than on hilltops, despite pure air theories. He cited work among Negroes in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, noting six Negro Women’s Health Clubs helped reduce cases. He observed many Southern Black migrants to the West End, ill suited to the climate, with winter shivering and bed rest to save coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Mess
Cincinnati Anti-Tuberculosis League
League
Mees
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
West End
Enquirer
Puerto Rican Nationalists march in Harlem demand release
About two thousand marchers in Harlem on May 15 protest the imprisonment of Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos and seven other Nationalists in Atlanta on charges of attempting to overthrow the U S government. They also condemn the Palm Sunday killings in Ponce where police shot into a Nationalist parade, killing 1 person and wounding over 200.
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Harlem
Pedro Albizu Campos
Puerto Rican Nationalists Party
Ohtre
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
U. S
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Miss Blanton Appears in Dillard Piano Recital
Miss Carol Blanton niece of Dr Moton and daughter of J B Blanton of Voorhees School Denmark US appeared in a piano recital at Dillard University Friday evening. A Spelman and Juilliard graduate and member of the Dillard staff she performed in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Carol Blanton
J. B. Blanton
Voorhees School
Denmark
US. C
R. R. Moton
Dillard University
Blanton
Spelman
Juilliard School of New York
Dillard
Reverend Barney Stone Approaches His 90th Birthday
A Noblesville tribute highlights Rev. Barney Stone a Civil War veteran and longtime community leader born into slavery. The 108th Colored Infantry veteran built seven churches taught school, and after moving to Noblesville in 1892 became a trusted public figure and Masonic leader. A May 16 celebration includes an honorary program at the Courthouse with local and invited speakers.
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Noblesville
Hamilton County
Indiana
Barney Stone
108Th Colored Infantry
Barney
Peracher
Stone
Butler University
State Teachers’ College
Terre Haute
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Masonic Grand Lodge
Attacked By Negroes Beaten By Negro Laborers
A 16 year old Walnut Hills High School pupil Anna Fabe was attacked near the school. Two Works Progress Administration laborers, William Moron and Harry Gates, heard screams and intervened, beating the assailant Isaac Gibson 34 and detaining him for police. The girl was taken home with facial bruises.
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Fabe
Dury Avenue
Victory Parkway
William Moron
van Buren Avenue
Harry Gates
George Street
Works Progress Administration
Walter W. Fricke
Robert Vanderpool
Edmund Sweeney
Isaac Gibson
German Street
Washington split of NAACP causes regret and reflection
The Washington branch of the NAACP-P splits from the Home Office. The piece credits DuBois, Neval Thomas, Walter White, and Mary White Ovington among contributors, notes the Washington branch once had 7000 members, and praises DuBois while warning of two blunders by the organization and a possible fatal third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Home Office
Neval Thomas
Dr. DuBois
Walter White
Mary White Ovington
Oswald Garrison Villard
Joel Spingarn
Archibald H. Grimke
Kelly Miller
Howard University
Bruce Realty appointed sales broker in HO L C regional office
Roscoe Conkling Bruce of Bruce Realty Associates, 209 W 125th Street, was named sales broker by the regional office of the Home Owner's Loan Corporation, 330 W 42nd Street, on Wednesday, according to Arthur C. Moore, field supervisor.
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New York
Roscoe Conkling Bruce
Bruce Realty Associates
W. 125Th Street
Home Owner’s Loan Corporation
West 42d Street
Arthur C. Moore
Rockefeller Death Causes Generous Praise and Debate
In a reflective obituary tone, Dabney notes John D. Rockefeller Sr has died, praising his charity and immense wealth while acknowledging controversy over Standard Oil. The piece offers three key points: wealth should not be so accumulated, Rockefeller’s philanthropy is admirable, and his success despite limited schooling inspires others deprived of opportunities.
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Indiana
Cornelius R. Richardson
Rev. Stone
Dabney
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Jordan
Kingdom of Heaven
Daily Worker
Standard Oil Co
Rockefeller
U.S
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General Motors
Detroit
Henry Allen Boyd
Dr. Moton
Noblesville Daily Ledger
Walnut Hills
Gro
Anna
DuBois
The
Library of Congress
Crisis
Dr. Davis
Thomas H. R. Clarke
Washington, D. C
T.hi.r.clarke
Bruce
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