Browse Items (12 total)

"Jackson, Miss. – The Fourth of July was a Day of remembrance and a day of hope for NAACP delegates, with the Evers family, themed freedom fighters, spearheading the celebration.
A touching tribute was paid Medgar Evers, Mississippi NAACP field…

"This is South Beach which the state of Maryland has designated for sole use of white person. Unlike East Beach, for colored. This wide expanse of sand and he looks at East Beach is what the state of Maryland contents is “equal or superior “ to South…

“Washington, D.C., July 9
The National Equal Rights League and the United Colored American Committee Friday noon, had an audience at the White House at which time they presented the race’s sesquicentennial of the Declaration of Independence…

"PORTLAND - Madam secretary, Mrs. Harris and Pat were the type of warm greetings Patricia Roberts Harris received at the 69th NAACP Annual Convention here on Independence Day.
As she stood to speak to the 10,000 delegates and friends gathered in the…

"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…

"Washington D.C.- Far ranging support from black Americans for “Honor America Day,” the massive fourth of July celebration planned for Washington and throughout the nation, was announced recently by the sponsoring committee.

J. Willard Marriott,…

"If Separate Street Car Laws, Why Not Separate Bedrooms?

If Sucking at Breasts of “Black Mammies” Didn’t Hurt White Men, How will Riding on the Same Conveyances with Negros Hurt them? Asks Congressman.

WASHINGTON- Hurling defiance at all…

"DETROIT – (ANP) – With the state and federal troops on hand at Belle Isle park and other places of amusement through the Fourth of July Detroit spent one of its quietest holiday weekends in its history, with no further indications of a repetition of…

"Exercising the democratic rights afforded them under the Constitution, the “March-On-Washington” committee held an historic meeting in Chicago Friday night.
The event brought 12,000 people to the world famous Coliseum to give a deafening ovation…

“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…
Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2