Racial Protests Command Demonstrations Across Cities
Civil rights protests intensify as 24 ministers lead demonstrators in Brooklyn challenging contractors to hire more Negroes and Puerto Ricans. Police arrest 58 participants for disorderly conduct while seeking to halt construction at New York’s medical center. Judge Quinn’s sentencing prompts further clashes as King calls for federal protection forces.
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Jobs Bias Must Be Outlawed
A Philip Randolph warns Congress must outlaw race based job discrimination or risk a racial crisis. He notes gradual change has failed and a vacuum explodes if action is delayed during hearings on fair employment practices enforcement. Randolph heads the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Mauly Sanders.
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Court rejects stairstep plan for Durham desegregation
U S District Judge Edwin M Stanley ruled that Durham North Carolina plans moving desegregation in steps are too slow ordering immediate elementary and junior high desegregation next September and high schools a year later The decision if sustained could spur challenges to similar gradual plans in other Southern districts and signals a shift away from faith in staged desegregation approaches.
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