June 30, 1955
Describes that a federal judge ruled that Arthurine J. Lucy and Polly Ann Myers Hudson could not be denied entry into the University of Alabama because of their race
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Race Film, Musical, 2 Sea-Going Dramas Will Show At Wilson
January 28, 1951
Describes different films that were to be shown at Wilson Park, including one that was to touch on the “race problem.”
Lynching Said No Longer Barometer of Race Conflict
February 4, 1951
Explains the belief that lower numbers of Black Americans were being lynched incomparison to white Americans and that violence against the Black community was likely totake form in different ways, such as bombings and flogging
Negro Leader of Methodists Praises Whites: Asks Preservation of Negro Church As Separate Entity
January 5, 1951
Describes a speech given by Bishop Luther Stewart, leader of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, where he complimented white Southerners in their treatment of Black Americans
Race Riot Breaks Out In Brooklyn School
January 16, 1951
Describes that a fight between a Black boy and a white boy broke out in a Brooklyn High School and that many other students participated, as well
Baby Of A White Mother And Negro Father Is Winner
December 1, 1950
Describes that a baby with a white mother and a Black father won a “better baby”contest and that his family was awarded various prizes
Editorial Grist: Negro Leadership
August 25, 1949
Points out that two leading Civil Rights activists, Paul Robeson and Walter White, were married to white women.
Editorial Grist: Negro Editor Speaks Out
June 11, 1959
Describes that Percy Green, a Black newspaper editor in Mississippi, believed that the 1954 decision from the Supreme Court was not benefitting Black Americans.