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"Chicago – “this, the United States, is a country of laws as well as men and of it’s men are equal before and subordinate to that law. “ shout James Crow and all his July Fourth glory.
Talk about civil rights for the black man and he declares none…

“To a certain Chinaman is attributed the statement: “Melican people elect gleat [sic] monument over the grave of George Washington, who never tell a lie, but Melican people go light ‘long an’ lie like hellee [sic], ev’ly [sic] time.” And this is…

"If July 4th is celebrated by all Americans as Independence day, then it would seem that July 28th should be celebrated as Civil Rights day. July 4th is celebrated as the day on which the Declaration of Independence became official. July 28th seems…

"ATLANTA--Speaking at in Independence Day rally of the NAACP, holding its annual meeting here, Dr. James M. Narbit jr., president of Howard university in Washington, D.C., and calling for “an all-out, renewed and relentless struggle” by Negroes for…

"[Picture] Mrs.Myrlie Evers, widow of slain NAACP official Medgar Evers, was slated to lead the July Fourth mass march in Chicago, according to Chicago to NAACP leaders [Caption].
A fourth of July “March to Freedom” was to highlight the 54th six-day…

"NEWARK, N.J. – The Independence Day picket line before the City Hall here – an unprecedented action in this State – forced concessions from the City Commission on the appointment of Negro physicians to the City Hospital medical staff.

Allen E.…

"The news from Georgia of Herman Tallmadge’s [sic] victory in the race for retiring Sen. Walter F. George’s seat, was no unexpected nor was it cause for Fourth of July jubilation even for some of the native sons who have good reason to view with…

"With the bricks of the opposition [ill.] about his ears and the Dixiecrat members of his own party gunning for his scalp, the redoubtable Harry S. Truman still sticks to his fair deal program, including civil rights, and those who don’t like it, can…

“Keynote Address at Los Angeles Repudiates “Wait-Until-After-The-War Philosophy and Pledges Double Effort For Victory At Home And Abroad
LOS ANGELES, Calif - So far as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is convernec, the…
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