DOCSLIB.ORG

Legal Action Started to Free NC Negro Boys

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Legal Action Started to Free NC Negro Boys Legal Action Started to Free N.C. Negro Boys DEC. 10—Conrad Lynn, an attorney acting for a group of interested people, today pleaded in court for a reduc­ Seeks to Clear tion of sentence for two North Carolina Negro boys—eight and nine year old, respectively* * Sacco-Vanzetti —sentenced to reformatory be­ many NAACP legal fights be­ A resolve asking for a par- cause a white girl playmate had fore. He is preparing further don-after-death for Bartolo­ kissed one of them. Judge J. legal action in the case, includ­ Ala. Officials Block meo Vanzetti and Nicola Hampton Price refused the plea. ing action in the federal courts Sacco was filed last week in if the boys can't win justice in It was Price who. one month ago t h e Massachusetts State the state courts. sentenced Hanover Thompson, House by Representative Al­ 9, and Fuzzy Simpson, 8. to re­ In line with the racists’ cam­ exander J. Celia. Sacco, a form school until they are 21. paign of persecution of Monroe shoe factory worker and an Under North Carolina law, it is Negroes, reported in last week’s anarchist, and Vanzetti, a permissible to appeal for re­ Militant, Hanover Thompson’s fish peddler and a radical, duced sentence to the judge Voting-Rights Probe mother has been served with were executed after a frame- who handed down the original eviction papers from the house up trial for the murder of one. However, Mr. Lynn’s goal in which she has lived for ten two men in a hold-up 31 is to free the boys. years. This month, her landlord years ago. From 1920-1927 Mr. Lynn was accompanied refused to take the rent money their case drew international Meany Talks to the Union County courthouse Negroes Tell then had eviction papers served attention. Their trial was in Monroe, N.C., by Robert F. for non-payment of rent. Mrs. followed by many appeals. Williams, President of Union Thompson w ill probably be M r. Celia said he was filing Tough on Politics County NAACP. Lynn, who is forced to move tomorrow. his petition to correct "an How Barred from New York, has served in It has been disclosed th a t at historic injustice." He said — ~ An Editorial — the original trial of the two that Sacco and Vanzetti For Labor Party? boys, Judge Price conducted his "were the victims of the AFL-CIO president George Meany received an en­ From Polls own version of a “separate but anti-foreigner hysteria of the thusiastic response from the 2,800 delegates and alternates equal” hearing. He first heard times, the same hysteria that to the merger convention of the New York State AFL By Lillian Kiesel testimony from white parents resulted in passage of re­ and CIO on Dec. 9, when he warned Big Business that il Dec. 10—An investigation and children. Then, because he strictive immigration legisla­ by the Federal Civil RighlB “thought best” not to have ac­ tion." it did not halt its anti-labor drive the union movement cused and accusers present to­ would be compelled to build a labor party. Commission into charges of gether, he dismissed the white Alabama Negroes that th e y witnesses and heard the Negro Meany told the convention: “If labor has to go further have been denied the right boys and their parents. There Jobless Pay than it can through its Committee on Political Education to vote has met with open was thus no possibility for the to make America a better place in which to work and live defiance by Stale Attorney accused confronting adverse General John Patterson, who witnesses and without this right Is Less Than . we w ill take the next step if it is forced upon us. I have always said we do not want our own political party, is also governor-elect. Forty- no tria l can be fa ir. four witnesses testified at the The two boys were held in but if we have to do that to lick the people who want to Commission's first hearing ses­ the jail house for six days in­ Third of Wages drag us back to the past, we w ill start our own political sions. Most of them were Ne­ communicado. They allege that Only 20 to 29% of lost wages party and do a good job of it.” groes who told of having been when they were arrested they are now recovered through un­ denied certification to vote. The were slapped and cuffed. They employment insurance. Nelson Meany’s statement is designed to put pressure on the Commission's probe began in say they were cuffed again in H. Cruikshank, social security Republicans and Democrats. It is not a serious declaration Montgomery, Dec. 8. the county jail. director for the AFL-CIO re­ At Patterson’s instigation, Meanwhile, in another phase of intention to get down to the business of building such ported in a speech on Dec. 3 Flight engineers strike Eastern Airlines for higher pay. Alabama judges and registrars of racist persecution. Dr. A. E. a party. Only last Oct. 8, Meany asserted that for labor to the National Consumers have deliberately withheld Perry, Union County NAACP Ground-crew mechanics are also on strike. In past two George Meany, president of League. “An insurance program to build its own party and aim for political power “would voter registration records from Vice-President, has been sen­ months, about 30,000 mechanics have fought leading airlines the AFL-CIO, said labor that covers less than one-third mean the end of democracy in America.” Over the years the Commission, w hich is now tenced to three years imprison­ might have to form own of the loss incurred is p re tty over wages. Last week, mechanics at Trans-World Airlines seeking court action against the ment on a trumped-up abortion he had alternately condemned proposals for a labor party party. He spoke at New York poor insurance.” he added. The won 44-cent increase over three-year span, 18 cents of which officials. Meanwhile the hearing charge. He was convicted by an and tried to use the prospect of one as a “warning” to State AFL-CIO merger con­ Consumers League is urging has been recessed indefinitely. all-white jury. He is out on bail is retroactive to Oct. 1, 1957. labor’s enemies. vention. (See editorial, this Congress to liberalize unem­ The Committee functions un­ page.) and plans to appeal. ployment insurance. The significance of his present “tough” stand is that der the all-but-toothless 1957 Meanwhile economists pre­ Civil Rights Act. II is headed it comes on the heels of labor’s impressive victory over dict that official unemployment Ohio Unionists Form Croup by Dr. John Hannah, and is figures will climb back to 4.7 the “right-to-scab” forces in five states and on the heels composed of five whites and Militant Fund Drive million in mid-January from of the Democratic sweep that was hailed by Meany and one Negro. In his opening mid-Octobers 3.8 million. This other union tops as a major victory for labor. While not statement, Dr. Hannah stated w ill be due to regular m id ­ To Advocate a Labor Party intended as such, his declaration is in fact an admission that the Commission is merely winter layoffs added to the lag a fact-finding body responsible Prominent Ohio unionists have established a Labor that the victory of the “pro-labor” Democrats has not dis­ At 88%; 1 Week Left in rehiring despite the industri­ to Congress and the President. al recovery from the recession. Representation Committee to lay the groundwork for posed of the anti-labor offensive. While Meany tries to 'LITERACY' TEST By George Lavan This lag is caused in large building a labor party in the U.S. The action was reported pin responsibility for projected anti-labor measures on The first witness was William National Fund Drive Director part by higher productivity in the Dcccmbc. issue of MESA*- the Republicans he obviously has little confidence that the P. Mitchell, secretary of the DEC. 9 — With one more week to go to complete the 30th the union movement with brought about by technological Educator, paper ol' the 50,000- Congressional Democratic majority can be relied on to Tuskegee Civic Association Anniversary Militant Fund the scoreboard shows that 88% of improvements during the re­ membcr Mechanics Educational “right-to-work” laws. which has pressed a campaign the amount pledged has been paid. This is 8% below what it cession. Society of America, AFL-CIO. “Not because of. but despite block the attack on labor’s rights. to obtain full voting rights for should be at this point in the fund campaign. THE FINAL labor’s top brass, organized la­ Furthermore, the pace of in­ The union has 20.000 members At the same time, his “threat” of a labor party move Negroes. M r. Mitchell testified SCOREBOARD WILL APPEAR IN THE DECEMBER 22 ISSUE dustrial recovery itself has in the Cleveland area. Accord­ bor in Ohio was forced to set that for the years 1956 through OF THE MILITANT. Groups of Militant supporters who have slowed down. Steel’s “indus­ ing 1o MESA Educator, forma­ up its own class organization— was given substance by the performance of the unions 1958 (October), a total of 1,585 fallen behind in their pledge payments have informed us that try -w id e operating rate has tion of the Labor Representa­ United Organized Labor of Ohio acting independently of Democrats against “right-to-work.” Negroes had sought registra­ they arc making extraordinary efforts to pay up in full and on stalled at around 75% of capa­ tion Committee stems from the — which was independent of Even while striking a more militant posture, Meany tion.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Conrad Lynn to Speak at New York Forum
    gtiiinimmiimiHi JOHNSON MOVES TO EXPLOIT HEALTH ISSUE THE Medicare As a Vote-Catching Gimmick By M arvel Scholl paign promises” file and dressed kept, so he can toss them around 1964 is a presidential election up in new language. as liberally as necessary, be in­ year so it is not surprising that Johnson and his Administration dignant, give facts and figures, President Johnson’s message to know exactly how little chance deplore and propose. MILITANT Congress on health and medical there is that any of the legislation He states that our medical sci­ Published in the Interests of the Working People care should sound like the he proposes has of getting through ence and all its related disciplines thoughtful considerations of a man the legislative maze of “checks are “unexcelled” but — each year Vol. 28 - No. 8 Monday, February 24, 1964 Price 10c and a party deeply concerned over and balances” (committees to thousands of infants die needless­ the general state of health of the committees, amendments, change, ly; half of the young men un­ entire nation. It is nothing of the debate and filibuster ad infini­ qualified for military services are kind. It is a deliberate campaign tum). Words are cheap, campaign rejected for medical reasons; one hoax, dragged out of an old “cam- promises are never meant to be third of all old age public as­ sistance is spent for medical care; Framed-Up 'Kidnap' Trial most contagious diseases have been conquered yet every year thousands suffer and die from ill­ nesses fo r w hich there are know n Opens in Monroe, N.
    [Show full text]
  • 54 Doi:10.1162/GREY a 00234 Glenn Ligon. a Small Band, 2015. Neon, Paint, and Metal Support. Installation Views, All the World F
    Glenn Ligon. A Small Band , 2015. Neon, paint, and metal support. Installation views, All the World’s Futures, Fifty-Sixth International Venice Biennale, 2015–2016. © Glenn Ligon. Courtesy the artist; Luhring Augustine, New York; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; and Thomas Dane Gallery, London. 54 doi:10.1162/GREY_a_00234 Downloaded from http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/GREY_a_00234 by guest on 26 September 2021 How to Hear What Is Not Heard: Glenn Ligon, Steve Reich, and the Audible Past JANET KRAYNAK In 2015, on the occasion of the Venice Biennale, Glenn Ligon prominently installed a large neon sign sculpture atop the façade of the Central Pavilion, one of the buildings in the historic exhibition’s giardini . The visibility of its site, however, stood in contrast to its muted presence and enigmatic message. Crafted from translucent neon and white paint and mounted on a horizontal scaffolding, the work comprised just three detached words (“blues,” “blood,” and “bruise”) that obscured the existing sign (for “la Biennal e” ). Extending an idiosyncratic welcome to visitors, the three words, at any moment, were illu - minated or not, yielding a playful, if nonsensical semiosis. Fragmented from any semantic context, the words were bound together only by the rhythmic sound pattern suggested by their repeating “b’-b’-b’s.” A Small Band , as the work is titled, that silently plays. 1 Ligon has used this strategy—of simultaneous citation and deletion—many times before, most notably in text paintings where he appropriates language only to subject it to processes of distortion and fragmentation, so that words succumb to illegibility.
    [Show full text]
  • The Black Power Movement. Part 2, the Papers of Robert F
    Cover: (Left) Robert F. Williams; (Upper right) from left: Edward S. “Pete” Williams, Robert F. Williams, John Herman Williams, and Dr. Albert E. Perry Jr. at an NAACP meeting in 1957, in Monroe, North Carolina; (Lower right) Mao Tse-tung presents Robert Williams with a “little red book.” All photos courtesy of John Herman Williams. A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of BLACK STUDIES RESEARCH SOURCES Microfilms from Major Archival and Manuscript Collections General Editors: John H. Bracey, Jr. and Sharon Harley The Black Power Movement Part 2: The Papers of Robert F. Williams Microfilmed from the Holdings of the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor Editorial Adviser Timothy B. Tyson Project Coordinator Randolph H. Boehm Guide compiled by Daniel Lewis A microfilm project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA An Imprint of LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions 4520 East-West Highway • Bethesda, MD 20814-3389 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Black power movement. Part 2, The papers of Robert F. Williams [microform] / editorial adviser, Timothy B. Tyson ; project coordinator, Randolph H. Boehm. 26 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.—(Black studies research sources) Accompanied by a printed guide compiled by Daniel Lewis, entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of the Black power movement. Part 2, The papers of Robert F. Williams. ISBN 1-55655-867-8 1. African Americans—Civil rights—History—20th century—Sources. 2. Black power—United States—History—20th century—Sources. 3. Black nationalism— United States—History—20th century—Sources. 4. Williams, Robert Franklin, 1925— Archives. I. Title: Papers of Robert F. Williams.
    [Show full text]
  • A HISTORY of the AMERICAN LEAGUE for PUERTO RICO INDEPENDENCE, 1944-1950 a Thesis by MANUEL A
    TRANSNATIONAL FREEDOM MOVEMENTS: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE FOR PUERTO RICO INDEPENDENCE, 1944-1950 A Thesis by MANUEL ANTONIO GRAJALES, II Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University-Commerce in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS August 2015 TRANSNATIONAL FREEDOM MOVEMENTS: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE FOR PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE, 1944-1950 A Thesis by MANUEL ANTONIO GRAJALES, II Approved by: Advisor: Jessica Brannon-Wranosky Committee: William F. Kuracina Eugene Mark Moreno Head of Department: Judy A. Ford Dean of the College: Salvatore Attardo Dean of Graduate Studies: Arlene Horne iii Copyright © 2015 Manuel Antonio Grajales II iv ABSTRACT TRANSNATIONAL FREEDOM MOVEMENTS: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE FOR PUERTO RICO INDEPENDENCE, 1944-1950 Manuel Grajales, MA Texas A&M University-Commerce, 2015 Advisor: Jessica Brannon-Wranosky, PhD A meeting in 1943 between Puerto Rican nationalist leader Pedro Albizu Campos and a group of U.S. pacifists initiated a relationship built on shared opposition to global imperialism. The association centered on the status of Puerto Rico as a colonial possession of the United States. The nationalists argued that Puerto Rico the island’s definition as a U.S. possession violated their sovereignty and called for aggressive resistance against the United States after attempting to initiate change through the electoral process in 1930. Campos developed his brand of nationalism through collaborations with independence activists from India and Ireland while a student at Harvard. Despite the Puerto Rican nationalists’ rhetorically aggressive stance against U.S. imperialism, conversation occurred with groups of Americans who disapproved of their country’s imperial objective.
    [Show full text]
  • The Inventory of the Conrad Lynn Collection #594
    The Inventory of the Conrad Lynn Collection #594 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center LYNN, CONRAD May 1973 Accession N'Wllber: 594 LEGAL FILES, arranged alphabetically. Most contain legal correspon­ dence, related printed material (newsclippings, etc.) and legal papers (transcripts, appeals, writs, and briefs) 194-0-1972 Box 1, Folder 1 1. '!Abelson, Glenn R." Draft Case, 1968 Folder 2 2. "Aberle, Kathleen" Cor2"espondence from Friend and associates 1963-1964 Folder 3 3. "Acker, Daniel" Draft Case. 1968-1969 Folder 4 4. "Active Selective Service File" 1967-1968 Including: Mungo Ray. CTL. October 16, 1967. Letter denouncing Selective Service system Folder 5 5. "Adams;James" Anthor-Publisher Dispute, 1951-1953 Folder 6 6. "Adams, ifosephine" CL directed her legal affair/a. Miss Adams was the famous "Madame X" of the 1940 1 s. 1958-1959. Folder 7 7. "African Academy of Arts" Landlord-tenant dispute. 1953-1959 Folder 8. 8. "Agett, James" Draft Case. 1970 Folder 9. 9. "Alabama vs. Wilson, Jimmie" Negro facing execution for theft of $1.95. 1958. Folder 10 10. "Albanese, Ralph" Draft Case. 1968-1969 Folder 11 11. "Alenky, Neill" Soldier seeking C. o. discharge from .Anny. 1970-1972 Folder 12 12. "Allen, Robert" Draft Case. 1966 Box 2, Folder 13 13. "Alexander, Rodney" Draft Case. 1968 I - LYNN, CON.RAD. May 197J Page 2 Folder lh 14. "Alleton-Barber" Mother seeking release of son/ from mental institutions 1971-1972 Folder 15. "U.S. vs. Ayalew, et al'! l'Demonstrating Ethiopian students on trial. 1969 Folder 16. 16. "Baehr vs. Baehr" D-vorce Case. 1967-1970 Boxes 3 and 4 17.
    [Show full text]
  • Public Relations, Racial Injustice, and the 1958 North Carolina Kissing Case
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Carolina Digital Repository Public Relations, Racial Injustice, and the 1958 North Carolina Kissing Case Denise Hill A dissertation submitted to the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Media and Journalism. Chapel Hill 2016 Approved by: Barbara Friedman Lois Boynton Trevy McDonald Earnest Perry Ronald Stephens © 2016 Denise Hill ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ii ABSTRACT Denise Hill: Public Relations, Racial Injustice, and the 1958 North Carolina Kissing Case (Under the direction of Dr. Barbara Friedman) This dissertation examines how public relations was used by the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice (CCRI), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges, and the United States Information Agency (USIA) in regards to the 1958 kissing case. The kissing case occurred in Monroe, North Carolina when a group of children were playing, including two African American boys, age nine and eight, and a seven-year-old white girl. During the game, the nine-year-old boy and the girl exchanged a kiss. As a result, the police later arrested both boys and charged them with assaulting and molesting the girl. They were sentenced to a reformatory, with possible release for good behavior at age 21. The CCRI launched a public relations campaign to gain the boys’ freedom, and the NAACP implemented public relations tactics on the boys’ behalf. News of the kissing case spread overseas, drawing unwanted international attention to US racial problems at a time when the country was promoting worldwide democracy.
    [Show full text]
  • Justice for All Expecting the Best
    et al.: On Our Short List CONRAD LYNN '30, G'32 "The extreme right is paving the way for a Justice for All social explosion," says Lynn. "I think we're vonne Cameron was double parked going to be in for some on a Greenwich Village street, waiting stormy times." for a girlfriend to emerge from her -RENEE GEARHART LEVY apartment building, when she was Y R OBERTA FI N K ' 7 4 approached by two police officers. She was ordered out of her car, hand­ cuffed, and taken to jail, where she was Expecting booked for resisting arrest. T hey shackled Yvonne Cameron to the bars of her cell. the Best The police officers involved never both­ ered to appear in court and all charges against Cameron were dropped. In response, Cam­ ~~I ~~n!:r~:~ eron's lawyer filed a $10-million suit against quintessential the City of New York on the grounds that his working mother. clie nt had been harassed because she is JThe host of Life­ black. time'sMother's Day Cameron's lawyer is Conrad Lynn, the 81- and co-anchor of ABC's year-old granddaddy of civil rights attorneys. Good Morning America, Lynn believes Cameron, a New Jersey chem­ Lunden sailed through ist who drives an expensive car, was mistaken her third pregnancy last for a high-priced call girl. "They would have year looking as profes­ never done that to a white woman," he says. sional and beautiful as It's injustices like that, Lynn says, which ever. Credit, in part, have kept him in business for so long.
    [Show full text]
  • Ÿþm Icrosoft W
    Africa Defense and Aid Fund Africa Defense and Aid Fund of the American Committee on Africa 164 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 (212) 532-3700 September 11, 1975 To; Persons Concerned Abbut the Trial of Tapson Mawere & Synos Mangazva From: Gebrge M. Houser MAWERE ACQUITTED; HANGZVA FOUND GUILTY ON THREE COUNTS The trial of these two Africans, who were arrested and beaten in a racist incident in Delaware on June 7th, began the day after Labor Day. The prosecution and the defense rested their case on Friday afternoon, September 5th. The jury was out from the afternoon of the 5th until the end of the afternoon on Saturday the 6th. Paul Irish and I attended one day of the trial (Wednesday, September 3rd) while Judge William Booth, President of ACOA, appeared as a character witness on Friday morning September 5th. Throughout the trial we have kept closely in toucb with defense attorney, Conrad Lynn, the defendants, and others who were on the Aane To summarize the outcome, after two days of deliberation, the jury acquitted Mawere of the one charge against him - obstructing the police in the performance of their duty. (Tapson had, by his own admission, attempted to stop the police and some men dressed in civilian clothes from beating his companion). Mang4zva w6 found quilty on three charges - disorderly conduct, offensive touching ( or none felonious third degree assault), and resisting arrest. Mangazva was acquitted on the other charge of public intoxication. The judge has 60 days in which to give a sentence which he has not yet done.
    [Show full text]
  • The Road to Civil Rights Table of Contents
    The Road to Civil Rights Table of Contents Introduction Dred Scott vs. Sandford Underground Railroad Introducing Jim Crow The League of American Wheelmen Marshall “Major” Taylor Plessy v. Ferguson William A. Grant Woodrow Wilson The Black Migration Pullman Porters The International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters The Davis-Bacon Act Adapting Transportation to Jim Crow The 1941 March on Washington World War II – The Alaska Highway World War II – The Red Ball Express The Family Vacation Journey of Reconciliation President Harry S. Truman and Civil Rights South of Freedom Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Too Tired to Move When Rulings Don’t Count Boynton v. Virginia (1960) Freedom Riders Completing the Freedom Ride A Night of Fear Justice in Jackson Waiting for the ICC The ICC Ruling End of a Transition Year Getting to the March on Washington The Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Voting Rights March The Pettus Bridge Across the Bridge The Voting Rights Act of 1965 March Against Fear The Poor People’s Campaign Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Completing the Poor People’s Campaign Bureau of Public Roads – Transition Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Rodney E. Slater – Beyond the Dreams References 1 The Road to Civil Rights By Richard F. Weingroff Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, "Wait." But when . you take a cross country drive and find it necessary to sleep night after night in the uncomfortable corners of your automobile because no motel will accept you . then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait.
    [Show full text]
  • Journey of Reconciliation, 1947
    Journey of Reconciliation, 1947 “Power concedes nothing without a demand.” ~Frederick Douglass,1857 Overview In 1947, long before the more familiar civil rights events of the 1960s, the movement had already been set in motion. One such incredible challenge to segregation in interstate travel was The Journey of Reconciliation, in which 16 black and white men travelled throughout the upper South. In this lesson, students will examine the events that led up to the Journey of Reconciliation, gaining an understanding of the Civil Rights Movement as being a much longer fight than just one that occurred during the 1950s-1960s, as well as learn about what took place throughout the Journey – including during its North Carolina stops. Students will culminate this lesson by creating a historical marker that honors the Journey of Reconciliation’s riders and educates the public about this important period of history. Grades 8-12 Essential Questions • What was the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation? • When prejudice and racism are supported by both custom and law, what can be done to create a more inclusive society? • How does nonviolent direct-action expose injustice? • What does the story of the Journey of Reconciliation suggest about the role of individuals, groups, and organizing in shaping democracy? • What role has resistance, activism, and resilience played in fighting injustice throughout history to today, including during the Journey of Reconciliation? Materials o The Journey of Reconciliation, 1947 Power Point, located in the Database of K-12
    [Show full text]
  • Committee Aids Rights Fight in Monroe, NC. Ranks Firm in N. Y. News Strike I-H Pickets Cold to Co. Offers
    Committee Aids Rights Fight in t h e MILITANT PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WORKING PEOPLE Monroe, NC. Vol. X X II — No. 52 NEW YORK, N.Y.. MONDAY. DECEMBER 29. 1958 Price 10c By John Thayer In Monroe, destined to go down in history or infamy as the North Carolina town where an eight and nine-year- old Negro boy were sent to reform school because one hac been kissed by a seven-year-old* white girl, the even tenor of v ic t is another question, but merely bringing the assailant to 'Bleakest Detroit Xmas Jim Crow justice was jolted on Dec. 19. On that day a white trial is a victory for the Negro man was arraigned on people of Union County. charges of attempted rape of a Actually, this is the second Negro woman. Local white success registered by the m ili­ supremacists never expected tant NAACP chapter of Union such a thing to happen, local County. A week previous the authorities had indicated their eviction of Mrs. Thompson and Since Depression Days' intention to reduce the charge her children — solely because or drop it altogether. But their she is the mother of the Negro plans went awry. Whether a lad allegedly kissed by the lily-white jury in this Ku Klux white girl — was prevented. Klan-infested county will con- While outside the South such a thing may seem small potatoes, 200,000 Unemployed it looms large in the Jim Crow Ranks Firm in N. Y. News Strike N.Y. Meeting pattern of life in Monroe.
    [Show full text]
  • No. 635 15 December 1995 Tion for More Than Two Years and the Them Stay Here!
    WfJlIllElI1 '."'fI.1I1) soC!: ~X.523 No. 635 ~ 15 December 1995 Explosive Strike· Wave Rocks France AFP Mass demonstration of striking workers in Paris, December 5. Burgeoning strike wave of railway workers and other public employees has virtually shut down France for weeks. DECEMBER 12-A cr~scendo of mili­ finalize the NATO-dictated "peace" divide-and-conquer strategy, offering against the unions, which would set the tant strikes and workers mobilizations accords for Bosnia. The site of the con­ concessions to the rail workers who have stage for a broader onslaught against the has virtually paralyzed France. The rail­ ference has now been moved outside the been the backbone of the strikes. Over working class, as was the case with Rea- roads have been shut down for almost strikebound French capiial. the weekend, Fa and CGT union leaders . gan's destruction of the PATCO air traf­ three weeks as part of the protests against Barely six months after the over­ signaled their willingness to accept a fic controllers in 1981 and Thatcher's attacks by the government of conserva­ whelming victory of a right-wing gov­ compromise, dropping any precondi­ assault on the British miners in 1984-85. tive prime minister Alain Juppe on the ernment, which holds an 80 percent tions for negotiations with Juppe. Now So far, Chirac/Juppe have been stymied. social service system. Mass transit in majority in parliament, today large num­ it is reported that leaders of some rail But if the workers do not break out of Paris and other major cities has ground bers of workers and youth sense that they unions are going for Juppe's ploy, saying the stranglehold of the reformist mis­ to a halt.
    [Show full text]