"Colored Delegates - Among the delegations from the Southern States to the Chicago Convention, says that Marysville Appeal, are several colored men : J.II. Harris of North Carolina, Lynch of Mississippi, Grey of Arkansas, Duman of Louisiana, Cardoza,…
“Pine Bluff - Hundred of Negroes turned from their usual observance of the Fourth of July here this week and went to the polls to vote for the election of U. S. Brown as Bronze Mayor in the first campaign of its kind in the history of Pine Bluff. The…
"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…
MY COUSIN Lizzie from down in Texas has sent me a letter telling me that the folks up on Bull Creek will be holding their Independence Day picnic this July 4, and why don’t I come on down to make them on a speech.
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident that men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Lest we forget, even amid this loud din of…
"There is a high and vibrant sense of expectancy that fills the languid days of summer as our nation awaits the garand and multifaceted rites associates with Independence Day.
The cares and tribulations of the day are lost, at least temporarily, to…
"The outcome of the Virginia Democratic primaries may not be cause for a fourth of July jubilation, but it does indicate that not all the inhabitants of the Old Dominion are on the lunatic fringe.
Gov. Almond’s legislative retreat from massive…
"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…
"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…
"A group of distinguished citizens of the black race assembled last Sunday under interesting and intelligent auspices at one of the local schools to celebrate Pre-Independence day. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth articles of the Constitution…
"A capacity crowd jammed the auditorium of the New Wendell Phillips high school last Sunday for the observance of a pre-Independence Day celebration sponsored by a group of business and professional people, headed by Attorney Richard E.…
"What is it we celebrate on the Fourth of July that makes us unique among men? Is it the celebration of nationhood? Yes, but Russia, China, Cuba, Chile, South Africa, and other totalitarian nations also have days for celebrating their nationhood.
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"Chicago Ill. July 22. - There is no such thing as an Independence Day celebration South of the Mason and Dixon line, according to J.C. Holmes, white, writing in a local paper. The people of that section show their enthusiasm by burning firecrackers…
REV. D. D. CHAPIN will preach on Sunday next, 4th instant, in Collins’ Hall, at 7 ½ P.M. A full attendance is requested. MRS. STANTON wants the women to take possession of the coming “Fourth of July,” and have what she calls a “women’s suffrage bee.”…
"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…
Speaking before a throng of people one fourth of July in Hollywood Bowl, the late Associate Justice Frank Murphy of the U.S. Supreme Court, used strong language against American fanatics who are spreading racial hate and religious bigotry. He…