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Negro Weekly Is Thanked For Drive Support

February 21, 1955

Conveys a letter of thanks to the Tri-Cities Weekly, a Black newspaper that circulated in the Muscle Shoals area, from Charles H. Bynam, director of Interracial Activitiesfor the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, March of Dimes.

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Lauderdale County Negro Citizens Backing Red Cross

March 19, 1950

Describes the fundraising efforts of Black citizens in Lauderdale County and conveys that they were requested to raise $1,000 for the Red Cross.

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Negroes May Be Forced Out Rural Georgia

October 23, 1950

Explains that politician Roy Harris believed that Black citizens in rural areas would be driven from their homes if schools were integrated and also that he thought organizations suchas the NAACP were harming the Black community

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Rufus Jackson Builds Future Upon The Soil: Industrious And Intelligent Man Credit To His Race

December 28, 1950

Describes that Rufus Jackson applied for and received a loan from the Farmers Home Administration in order to better his farmland and also notes that other Black citizens inthe area were taking the same action

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Editorial Grist: A Nisei Speaks To Negroes

August 22, 1963

Describes the idea that the Black community needed to better themselves and their environments before receiving equal rights and is explained from the perspective of a Japanese-American.

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Editorial Grist: Crummy Bigotry at Loyola

February 20, 1964

Explains the belief that free speech was denied when President Maguire of Loyola University denied Governor Wallace the ability to speak on campus due to the belief that it would offend the Black community.

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