" Sacramento, Calif. – Communists and racial zealots are threatening Los Angeles with “urban guerrilla warfare” this summer according to Mayor Samuel W. Yorty. He said plans were being laid to burn and sack the huge metropolis in a catastrophe that…
"I try to hibernate on the 4th of July. The nauseating flag waving and the jingoistic rhetoric drives me to distraction. Yes, the cook-outs and concerts and the other events are pleasant enough, but I usually stay at home so that there is not the…
"The issue to be raised is whether or not present laws which provide that school districts establish separate schools for Negro and white students are in violation of the Constitution of the United States.
Independence Day Conference
In an all…
In the Waverly Sun recently there was an editorial on an “Appreciation Club” the aim of which was, at periodic intervals, to express appreciation to some resident for something he or she had done for the community. I think it is a splendid idea and I…
"July Fourth - Independence Day- was just celebrated.
But maybe we should call it off in the future.
The celebration of the 4th of July today is a monumental act of hypocrisy and gross disrespect for our Founding Fathers who had the greatest…
"The editorial which appeared in the AFRO-AMERICAN entitled “What to us is the fourth of July?” as not only timely but one that should receive the serious consideration of every Negro. In logic and freedom of expression it ranks in the same category…
"The Declaration of Independence was adopted July 4, 1776 . This Saturday we celebrate the 155th anniversary of the day upon which our colonial forefathers determined to separate themselves from England.
"It [ill.], but nevertheless, significant that the Republican National Convention held this week in Chicago should follow so closely on the heels of the 176th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.