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74 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
VOLUME LXXIV
COURT BAN ON SEGREGATION
APPLIES ALSO TO COLLEGES
to r.) Oscar Jackson, IJr. Merle It. Eppsc, Or. Looby and Bishop
W. Ooylc.
14k - ITT AT ION—“As long as
breath in my hotly I
continue to fight injus¬
said Dr. Z. Alexander
city council member and
responding to an
(Citation.
The nationally known NAA-
legal counsel was given a
of merit by the
Association for the
of Negro Life and History
more than a hundred
at a special dinner in
honor in the Tennessee
University Cafeteria, at
Tenn. Dr. Merle R.
state director of the
and Tennessee
history and
head, was in charge
WAIT Leader’s Horae
Blasted 1
Nurse Saves Three
Children in Fire
5,000 Attend Civil Rights
In
Choirs
For
i New York—-The student choral
of 1\ iley. Philander Smith
Texo College; and Dillard
will he featured during
mouth of March on the AIK
Network’s weekly series of
choir broadcast;-.. The e
which are presented in
tijtion with the United Negro
Fund are a public service
ABC.
I The schedule for March, as an¬
tional Guarantees” at a meet-
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for ‘Miss
Park’'
Reading from left to right
contestants are: Miss An-
Burton, the daughter of
and Mrs. Roger Burton;
Carolyn West, the daugh¬
of Mr. and Mrs. C. West;
auaunah
of tlie activities.
As Dr. Looby was presested
the citation by Oscar Jackson
Carter-Lawrenee School prin¬
cipal, “foi ms contributions ,to
tiie history of the Negro in
Nashville, in Tennessee, and- in
the nation,” dramatic episode
in his relentless civil right.'
court battles were enumerated
In addition to tire present
city school suit pending in
court, and the golf course suit
recently won, special mention
was given to his defense in the
Columbia, Tenn., riot; his ac¬
tion in the Anderson County
school integration suit; the
lowerin': of racial bars at Berry
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WASHINGTON—(ANP) — An
audience of 5,000 at a civil
rights meeting here Sunday
night, heard four persons who
have been involved in southern
racial disturbances give an ac¬
count of their experiences.
The foursome were Kcv. Ralph
Abernathy, leader of Montgom¬
ery’s famed bus boycott; L. A.
Blackman, victim of South
Carolina’s citizens councils;
Gus Courts, who was shot by
Mississippi racists, and Auther¬
ine Lucy, whose fight to enter
the University of Alabama has
'''ought world-wide attention,
They testified at an “Inquiry i
Into the Exercise of Constitu¬
and Miss Elese Hooks, daughter
of Mrs. Elese Hooks.
The Savannah - American
Beach Recreation Association
will sponsor its fourth annual
popularity contest for “Miss
Paradise Park.” The coronation
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1956
WASHINGTON. D. C. — By
unanimous vote the Supreme
Court this week upheld a lower
court ruling that its ban on
racial segregation applies to
colleges and universities which
are tax-supported, as well as
elementary and high schools.
The ruling, aimed at the
University of North Carolina,
apparently would cover the case
if Negro student Autherine
Lucy at t he University of Ala¬
bama. The Lucy case itself is
expected to reach the high
court eventually.
The court affirmed a decis¬
ion by a three-judge federal
court in North Carolina which
ordered the University of North
Carolina to admit three Negro
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TIGGS MAKES THREAT
DETROIT— ( ANP > — Detroit's
Negro Repicsentative Charles
C. Diggs, has threatened to quit
' be Democratic Party unless he
gets ‘‘straight talk from the
next Democratic Presidential
anc'-idatc about his civil rights
views.”
JACKSON, Tenn.—(ANP)— A
nurse is credited with
the lives of three small
children she braved
flames to rescue from
burning, automobile.
She is Mrs. Enna Mae, 65, a
for the family of Mrs. T.
Stevens, of Jackson, Miss.
The nurse carried the child¬
to safety when the car hurst
flames, apparently caused
defective wiring. They were
in the vehicle while the j
woman was visiting
husband in the Jacksun-
hospital here.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.,
was born Mar. 8, 1841;
U- S. Civil Service Commis¬
organized. Mar. 9, 1833; Girl
in U. 8. founded Mar. 12,
in Savannah, Ga.
Univ. of Alabama Says It’s Ready
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—
Despite its expulsion of Anther-
j ine Lucy, the University of Ala-
i bama says its stands ready to
admit Negro students if or¬
dered to do so by the courts.
A school official said Satur¬
day that inquiries have been
received from other Negro stu-
LOCAL NURSE SPENDS
LONG CAREER 1N
PUBLIC HEALTH
Miss Laura King was honored
by the Chatham County Health
Dept, on last Friday, for com¬
pleting 25 years of service in
the field of Public Health Nur¬
sing.
Miss King received a silver
tray and gravy dish as a token
of appreciation from Savannah
Confederated Women Club,
which is one of the private
organizations that contributes
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j Mitchell Forces Integration
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Clarence Mitchell, director of the I
Washington, 1*. bureau of the!
NAACP, could take credit tin
week for having caused the mb
Station of Florence railroad '
sla
tion.
Mitchell and the Rev. Horace!
•harper were arrested Monday!
night when they refuted to use
the rear door of the station.
In telegrams rent to the top
government official-', Monday night,
Rep. Digg,, (i').-Mich.) likened this
"arrogant defiance” of the Feder¬
al Government to that displayed
in the recent wholesale arrests in
Alabama.
Mitchell, who iiad just filled a
speaking engagement at the First
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LAKE CITY, S. C., Mar. 4 — I
lwo shotgun blasts were
pumped into the home of Wal-
ter Scott, a prominent Negro
leader, tins morning at an early
hour, the -gun fire coming from
a car which stopped for a mom¬
ent ui front of his house.
Scott, who is reported to be
head of the local chapter of
the NAACP, said the car sped
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Negro Newspaper Wk.
To Re Observed Mar. 11-17
New York City, New York-
National Negro Newspaper Week
annually observed by (lie
Newspaper Publishers
tion, will he recognized hy a
cial half-hour radio broadcast
the National Broadcasting
pany and affiliated stations
10:30 P.M., E.9.T.,
March 13.
The program can , be hoard
Station W.'-IAV in Savannah,
on your dial.
Featured on the broadea.-t
dents seeking admission and
j they are being studied,
None of the inquiries
reached the stage of a com -
pieted application ready for a
legal test of admissibility, but
it is assumed that one or more
of them will be advanced to
that point before next Septem¬
ber.
200 DESCEND ON
FOR ANTI BIAS
NEW YORK. (ANP)—A
gation of at least, 909
traveled to Albany by bus
week to discuss pending
crimination bills with
members of the New York
administration and
Leading the pilgrimage was
Rev. Dr. Grant S. Shockley,
dent of the Brooklyn Branch
the NAACP.
In Albany the group made
headquarters in the l)e\\ itt
ton Hotel, where state leaders,
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ATTEND MACON
Leroy Wilson, well known local
politician. and president of the
Citizens Democratic Club, who
will attend the meeting of the
Georgia Voters League which 1
will be held Saturday, Mur.
at Macon.
SAMARITANS TO HOLD
ANNIVERSARY
The Independent Order of
(jood Samaritans and Daugh-!
tcr 3 0 f Samaria will observe
their 71st anniversary in con- !
nection with the Semi-Annual 1
district meeting Sunday, Mar. j
11, at Union Baptist church, I
Sandfly, Ga. I
The district meeting and I
Founders Day program will be j
entertained by J. J. B. B. Phillips !
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nationally-known public fig-
j ures and representatives of the
publisliers a ociation discu: ing|
the theme of the 1956 New'.papcj
Observance, “The Negro and The!
Destiny of Democracy.”
Included will be Thurgood Mar¬
shal, chief counsel of the NAACP
who will be interviewed by mem
bers of the Negro Press; E. Fred-
er j c Morrow administrative as
g j . to President Eisenhower in
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Officials said .if the court
iolds that a Negro student is
utitled to admission—and this
appears likely under the pres¬
lav/—the university’s policy
be to comply with the lav/.
'J hey consider flit Miss Lucy
not a bona fide student
Y. CAPITAL
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eluding Gov. Harriman, bad been
invited to speak, (till, discussed meas-l }
included the Metcalf-Baker
ures and others to support them
aimed chiefly at discrimination in
housing.
Directing delegation. which
represen ted many organrzat ions, i
was Sidney Rivkin. vice chairman
of the Brooklyn Division, Ameri-
can Jewish Congress, and John
Procope, Jr., housing chairman o'
I he Brooklyn branch. Urban lea¬
gue of Greater New York.
HOOKER 7. WASHING.
TON STAMP ON SALE
APRIL 5
Postmaster General Arthur K.
Suinmerfield today announced that
the -pedal .3-.cent stamp to com¬
memorate the centennial anniver-!
snry of the birth of Booker T.
Washington will he first placed on.
.;le id Booker Washington Birth¬
place, Virginia, on April 5, 1956.!
The stamp la 0.84 by 1.44 inches!
in dimension, arranged horizontal-!
ly, printed by the rotary process,j
elerti ic-eye perforated, and issued j
in sheets of 50. The color of the]
stamp will be blue.
The central de ign of the stamp
portrays a cabin similar to the
one in which Booker T. Washing
ton was burn. The "U.
S. Postage” is arranged across the
top of the stomp with the denom¬
ination “3c” directly beneath at
the right, both iu dark face Gothic
1 wording Centennial of Book-
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Bombing
Atlantan
ATLANTA. (ANP) — Jewell
Stewart, Jr., whose home in a
white residential section was
bombed last week, has announced
his intentions of remaining in the
area.
Shortly „ after , a . jolting , . eorplo-
sion rocked his home, Jewell
he would leave “the first thing
Monday morning.” . But, he ehang-
cd his mind and declared:
“1 have made my purchase —
paid my mo#ey down—and nl
my own.”
Stewart has not lived in the
house since the blast. He moved
his family—but not his belongings
—to safeguard them from
harm. 1 '
White residents in the neigh-
borhood have been divided on what
to do about the invasion of the
area by a Negro. Some want to
move out; others insist on remain¬
ing and fighting to keep the
neighborhood all white.
Stewart explained that he had
been misunderstood by white po-
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but rather a guinea pig”
the NAACP in the case.
University officials assert that
another Negro student, scholas-
tically qualified and free of
NAACP sponsorship, would have
been accepted by the university
and allowed to pursue her
without difficulties.
FINAL RITES HELD FDR
ASST. REGISTRAR
AT A & T
Greensboro, ( , — Airs Ann
Reynolds Mass* 5 88. assistant
registrar at A&T College, died
Wednesday morning, Feb. 29 at a
local hospital following a brief ill
no- - ,, Sht v..i admitted to the iu-
-tituHon following a heart attack
on Saturday, Feb. 25.
A native of Cot-field, N. C„
attended Ai^r I
and graduated iri 1947. She taught
for one-.vear at the Chuivh
Ic.ol in Tliomn-villo. ( . and
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Member Audit Bureau Circulation*
Price 10c
LOCAL CLUB OBSERVES
BOYS CLUB OF AMERI¬
CA ANNIERSARY
The celebration of the Fiftieth
Anniversary of Boys’ Clubs of
America was observed Inst night
! hy U "‘ rn,1 -' M »"ya* Club.
l h< ’ d " 1 ’ war organized Oc-
j tober 19, 1917, hy the late Frank
1 Callen and became a member
Won't Make
Vacate Home Site
League Sat. In Macon
MACON, Ga. Indications arc
that ' a lar * e ,lumber wiH aUelld
the meeting of the Georgia
Voters League which will be
held here Saturday noon at
iStewart Chapel AME church on
Cotton avenue.
Important developments In
recent racial relations eases
throughout the state will be a
big Influencing force to Impell
, hundreds of civic minded lead-
, MS to attend the meeting
j which will be presided over by
John Wesley Dobbs of Atlanta,
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) Celebrities at Beaux Arts Ball > ;
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1 NEW YORK The 1955 Beau:; Arts Ball, held in Savoy Ballroom
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here recently for benefit of National Urban League Guild, drew largest
attendance to date for annual social event. Celebrities from every field
of cnde&vor were among several thousand present. - l
Above, Joe Black (left), 3tar pitcher of Cincinnati Reds, and Mrs.'
| Arthur Monte Irvin, N. Wiener, wife of famed outfielder Park for Tilford Chicago Distillers Cups, congratulate Carp-, after
executive of &•
presentation of company award in costume contest. Award went’ to
Ludwig W. liart-ch for “most beautiful'’ a (.tiro. Ho was dressed like
‘‘Golden Rooster” of Disneyland fime.,^ ~
NUMBER 23
—Photo by Cecil,
the national organization oh July
5, 1922.
A brief history of the club was
given by Benjamin F. Lewir, and
Clarence Perkins spoke on current
notes. Greeting.; and corigratula-
tions were brought by Stephen L.
Nelson, Executive Director, Uhlt-
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Language-Art
Festival At
College
Using the theme, “Creative Ex¬
pression through Choral Speaking
and Poetic Interpretation,” the
Savannah State College Language
Arts Festival got under way yes¬
terday, featuring spelling ahd
oratory groups, creative pfose
writing and round-table ditcuf-
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