July 10, 1955
Describes that an annual session of the Northwest Baptist District State Convention would be held in Florence at St. Mark Negro Baptist Church
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Tri-Cities Negro Churches Set Meetings
June 4, 1955
Describes that a meeting for all Black churches in the Tri-Cities was going to beheld. The Florence meeting would be at Morning Star Baptist Church, and the Sheffield and Tuscumbia meeting would be in Sheffield
Negro News: East End High School Reports Successful Year
June 9, 1955
Describes that East End High School of Rogersville had had a successful year and that their facilities were slowly improving. Also, includes additional information about happenings in the community
Methodist Negro Youth Conference Meets In Sheffield
August 22, 1950
Relays information about the second annual Youth Conference hosted by the Board of Religious Education of the Tuscumbia District for local Black churches.
Equal Rights And Equal Opportunity Urged For Negroes
September 7, 1950
Describes statements about the importance of the Supreme Court’s decision regarding segregation from Dr. D.V. Jamison, President of the National Baptist Convention and vice president of the Inter-Racial Baptist World Alliance.
March of Dimes Program Set Sunday At Sterling High
February 9, 1951
Describes events that were to take place at the March of Dimes and includes the name of P.B. Swoopes, a Black man who served as the drive chairman
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
Emancipation Parade In Florence Monday
December 28, 1950
Briefly describes that many Black citizens in the Tri-Cities were going to participatein an Emancipation Paradesponsored by the Interdenominational Ministers Alliance
Fanny Cole, Negro, 107, Dies At Home
December 6, 1950
Expresses that longtime resident Fanny Cole had passed away and notes that shehad helped found Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church
Florence Negroes Set Emancipation Parade, Program For Monday
December 28, 1950
Describes that a parade to celebrate emancipation was to be sponsored by the Tri-Cities Interdenominational Minsters Alliance and that Black citizens were encouraged to attend
Asks Negroes Seek God’s Aid, Advice
September 21, 1950
Describes that Bishop W.J. Walls of the African M.E. Zion Church called upon Black Christians to pursue God in their fight against injustice.
Editorial Grist: The Birmingham Story
October 3, 1963
Describes that a racially-motivated crime (the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing) occurred in Birmingham and critiques the fact that white people were held responsible as well as how people held Governor Wallace as a promoter of racial violence.
Editorial Grist: Segregationist Ministers Are Silent On Issue
July 24, 1958
Describes the belief that pro-segregation ministers needed to advocate for segregation and displays the discriminatory views of Dr. Henry L. Lyon of Montgomery who was the president of the Alabama Baptist Convention.
Editorial Grist: Church Integration
August 25, 1960
Describes disagreement with a kneeling protest conducted by the NAACP that took place in Atlanta churches.
Prayer For U.N. Chapel
May 19, 1949
Describes that a temple of worship for all religions and all denominations was to be built by the United Nations and offers prayer over its success.