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San Diego, Calif., p. 18
"129 20th St. Phone Main 2597
SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 15.- Independence day was generally observed [ill.] the state of California and on the Pacific coast. Race lodges participated in the parade down Broadway at 10 a.m.
The Clementine McDuff…
SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 15.- Independence day was generally observed [ill.] the state of California and on the Pacific coast. Race lodges participated in the parade down Broadway at 10 a.m.
The Clementine McDuff…
Letter from Richmond p.2
"Mr. Editor;—Through your faithful journal I take the opporturnity of informing my friends, including yourself, of my whereabouts, and the progress of my Episcopal career. For the first time I am now in the midst of the place once renowned as the…
Tags: Military Display, Parade
Lake Village, p. 3
"July 4th parade: The following entrants in the colored division of the Lake Village Water carnival parade were announced this week: Police – official cars band – Sacred Heart; Greenville float – WCC Lake Village marching team; Eudora colored hi…
Tags: Church, Parade, Segregation/desegregation
The Big Parade. The 28Th Anniversary Celebration Of The Emancipation Of Slaves In The District, p.1
"The 28th anniversary celebration of the emancipation of slaves in the District of Columbia was celebrated by a procession of all the colored military and social organization in the city . It was reviewed by the president and followed by exercises…
Tags: Economic development, Emancipation Day, Freedom, Oration, Parade
Social Equality, p. 3
"The Fourth of July celebrations in Sacramento and Marysville, completely exploded this bugbear. In the former city colored men were Marshals, colored school children rode in cars with white children, and the colored officers of the Sacramento Zouves…
Fourth of July Celebration in Marysville, p.2
"We gave last week a description of the celebration of the “Nations National Day” in this city and in Sacramento, and we now give a sketch of the celebration in Marysville, abbreviated from the Sacramento Record Of 7th inst. That paper had a special…
July Fourth to be Widely Celebrated, p. 11
"The Ray Potter Waller’ Civic association, in co-operation with the mayor’s committee for Independence day celebrations in Manhattan, is sponsoring a “pageant of youth” in Harlem on the Fourth.
The festivities will begin at 10 o’clock in the…
The festivities will begin at 10 o’clock in the…
Tags: Military Display, Parade
THOUSANDS AT DRUID HILL PARK: Celebration of Fourth Dampened by the Atrocity in East St. Louis. Afro-American , p.1
"An overcast sky for the Fourth of July did not keep large numbers of Baltimoreans from the river and resorts in the suburbs. By far however the largest attendance was noted at the celebration at Druid Hill Park, where a committee under the…
Tags: Parade, Riot/race riot, Scouts, Sport/games
SAFE AND SANE CELEBRATION: Annual I Fourth of July Event At Druid Hill Park Will Be The Largest Of Its Kind Ever Held
"Annual Fourth of July Event At Druid Hill Park Will Be The Largest Of Its Kind Ever Held
The Safe and Sane celebration of the Fourth of July will be started at one oclock on Tuesday afternoon at Ames Memorial M. E. Church, Carey and Baker…
The Safe and Sane celebration of the Fourth of July will be started at one oclock on Tuesday afternoon at Ames Memorial M. E. Church, Carey and Baker…
Tags: Fraternal organization, Parade, Safety, Scouts, Sport/games
"There'll be a parade, music, peanuts, of course"
"The fourth of July, to children. Seems a long way off, but it takes time to make a bang-up celebrating of the great day. Thus, the Irving Park community council has already begun work in cooperation with the fourth of July committee, planning to…
Tags: Fireworks/firecrackers, Music, Oration, Parade, Picnic, Sport/games
Chicago Hosts 54th NAACP Confab: Thousands In March, p. 1
"[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…
A fourth of July “March to Freedom” was to highlight the 54th six-day…
Tags: Civil rights, Equality, NAACP, Parade, Protest, Segregation/desegregation
The Fourth of July Celebration p.2
"Mr. Editor:— Why did not the colored people celebrate the Fourth of July? — You want the right of suffrage; you wish to be recognized as American citizens :— then why did you not celebrate the National Birthday as all true Americans should? In 1865,…
Jacksonville, (Fla.) News, p. 5
“There were three hundred Negroes in the parade in the Fourth of July. The boys made quite a hit. They were commanded by Capt. Murry White and Sergts. A. E. Washington and H. W. Waldon. The boys were given a reception at the Masonic Temple by the…
Tags: Military Display, Parade
The Fourth of July Celebration p.2
"The Democratic Convention has nominated a Presidential candidate, and the most exciting question now is, Were the colored citizens refused a position in the procession? The affair is all in a muddle. The Examiner says they were, and boasts of it as…
J.P.H. Wentworth and the Examiner p.2
"This Veracious Copperhead sheet says “that Mr. Wentworth opposed assigning the colored people a place in the Fourth of July procession.” We don’t believe a word of it. Mr. Wentworth is too well known, and his political principles too well…
Tags: Parade, Republican Party, Voting/suffrage
Ali vows, p. 10
"Some grudges die hard, as in the case of Heavyweight Boxing Champ Muhammad Ali.
He’s quitting- for the umpteenth time, according to the sports writers who’ve been burned on scoops about his retirement- but there’s one guy he says hes [sic] still…
He’s quitting- for the umpteenth time, according to the sports writers who’ve been burned on scoops about his retirement- but there’s one guy he says hes [sic] still…
Tags: Parade, Sport/games
Letter from "Waif" p.1
"Mr. Editor:—It was my intention never again to write on political subjects, but the spirit moveth me and I must speak. There has been much talk about the Brannan Guards not appearing on the Fourth of July, and one of your correspondents even goes so…
The Fourth of July p.2
"In accordance with a call issued by the Executive Committee, a public meeting was held on Monday evening, 14th instant, in the vestry of the Bethel Church, to make arrangements for joinging the procession to celebrate the ensuing Anniversary of…
Fourth of July p.3
"The Grand Marshal is making exertions to have a fine celebration on 4th proximo, in which he is ably assisted by the President, Judge Palmer and the Standing Committees. The Board of Supervisors have appropriated $3,000 towards the expenses of the…
For the Children: Young Celebrators of the Glorious Fourth, pg. 6
"Time was, not so very long ago, when the boys and girls, too, for that matter, thought there couldn’t be a Fourth of July without a great noise of bursting firecrackers and other dangerous and loud, banging fireworks. Now things are quite different.…
Forecast for July Fourth, p. 8
"If Fourth of July be warm and fair,
Expect to smell powder everywhere.
If rain comes down and wet us through,
Look out for bands and processions, too.
If the sun shines bright and the sky be blue,
The balloon may go up at half-past two.
If…
Expect to smell powder everywhere.
If rain comes down and wet us through,
Look out for bands and processions, too.
If the sun shines bright and the sky be blue,
The balloon may go up at half-past two.
If…
Tags: Celebration, Fireworks/firecrackers, Parade
FOURTH OF JULY PROCESSION NOTICE, p.3
The Grand Marshal gives early notice that the usual paeadw and display of advertising wagons and carts will not be permitted in the Procession upon the occasion of the approaching National Holiday, July 4th. The Marshal believes that this custom will…
Tags: Parade
Celebrations Elsewhere p.3
"The Fourth of July was celebrated with general enthusiasm in almost every city, town and village in the State.
In Sacramento, it is said they had the best ordered and most pleasing celebration ever held in that city. The procession consisted of…
In Sacramento, it is said they had the best ordered and most pleasing celebration ever held in that city. The procession consisted of…
July; Monday; Grand; Marshal; General; Cazneau; Division; Brannan Guard, p. 2
“THE FOURTH OF JULY was celebrated on the Monday with the usual amount of patriotism. The procession was the most gorgeous and the best conducted of any we have ever seen. The admirable arrangements of the Grand Marshal, General Cazneau, were fully…
Tags: Military Display, Parade
A Clear Argument, p.2
"A CLEAR ARGUMENT. -We call attention to a communication in another column from our own correspondent, W.H.H., on "The Colored People and the Fourth Of July Celebration." It expresses our views on the subject, and saves us the trouble of writing an…
Demoralized, pg.2
"DEMORALIZED. -Since the departure of "all the brains" of the clique, that institution has become perfectly demoralized. They attempted to gut up an opposition to the Fourth of July celebration. The great Hair Renovator was on the rampage on Saturday…
Tags: Parade, Segregation/desegregation, Violence
The Colored People and the Fourth of July Celebration
The Democratic Committee of Arrangements for the celebration of the 93rd anniversary of American Independence, under the lead of the distinguished gentleman from Alcatraz, have gotten themselves in a confounded snarl, the Republicans are laughing…
[No Title] p. 3
"FOURTH OF JULY
CELEBRATION!
The Tenth Division
Will form on Powell Street, on Monday, July 4th, 1870, at 9 o'clock, A.M., precisely.
Alexander Ferguson, Marshal,
Zadock F. Bell, Chief Aid,
John F. Blake
Solm'n Peneton,
1st. Brannin Guard,…
CELEBRATION!
The Tenth Division
Will form on Powell Street, on Monday, July 4th, 1870, at 9 o'clock, A.M., precisely.
Alexander Ferguson, Marshal,
Zadock F. Bell, Chief Aid,
John F. Blake
Solm'n Peneton,
1st. Brannin Guard,…
Tags: Military Display, Parade
[NO TITLE], p. 3
"HEADQUARTERS GRAND MARSHAL,
137, Montgomery Street.
San Francisco, June 17th, 1870,
FOURTH OF JULY.
PROGRESSION NOTICE.
The Grand Marshal gives early notice that the usual parade and display of the advertising wagons and carts will not be…
137, Montgomery Street.
San Francisco, June 17th, 1870,
FOURTH OF JULY.
PROGRESSION NOTICE.
The Grand Marshal gives early notice that the usual parade and display of the advertising wagons and carts will not be…
Tags: Parade
The Colored People and the Fourth of July, 1870, p. 3
"MR. EDITOR,--If I were inimical to the social advancement of the colored people of this city, I would be content to let their extraordinary action on the Fourth of July pass by without a word of comment; but being deeply concerned for their future,…
Fourth of July, p. 2
“Fourth Of July. - Our printers do not work on Thursday, so, we are compelled to make up our form on Wednesday evening, and at the present writing we do not know what arrangements will be made for celebration on our part. The trifling of the Grand…
Tags: Parade, Segregation/desegregation
Celebrations Elsewhere, p. 3
“Celebrations Elsewhere - The Fourth of July was celebrated with general enthusiasm in almost every city, town and village in the State.
In Sacramento, it is said they had the best ordered and most pleasing celebration ever held in that city. The…
In Sacramento, it is said they had the best ordered and most pleasing celebration ever held in that city. The…
[No title] p.2
"P.B. Ladd, not by the Grace of God, but by votes of the Democratic party Justice of the Peace, and Cust-alorum, member of the Committee on Processions, for the Fourth of July celebration, publishes a minority report against “the application of…
Fourth of July Celebration p.2
"The 98th Anniversary of out national Independence was celebrated on Saturday in fine style. The arrangements made by Colonel Nocross, Grand Marshal were elaborate and complete. He was ably assisted in his duties by Judge J. C. Palmer, President of…