COAHOHA. COUNTY BRANCH NA.AOP
October 10, 1962
EVERY 1-JEEK BRTh1GS ON NET.·J DEVELOP:HENTS , BOTH FOR AND AGAINST THE CAUSE OF
FREEDOM.
YET T::!OSE OF US \JHO ARE DETERNlllED TO BE FREE, CONTDTUE THE
STRUGGlE WITH FULL PARTICITATION.
THE R&.riS'l'FATION TO VOTE CANPAIGN JS
PICKING UP NEH I NTEnEST , DESPITE TH E ATTACKS BY THE WHITE CITIZENS COUN-
CITIZENS COUNCIL IS 1JNDEPtSTANDABIE, BUT ONLY THOSE OF US vnl:O 1.JERE IN ON
THE
CONVERS_~TION
VJITH THE CHAl1BE:R OF CON!>JERCE RELA.TIVE TO THE BA.NNTI-TG OF
THE HIGGINS HIGH SCHOOL AND COAHONA JR. COLlEGE BA'tiiDS FROM THE CHRISTMAS
PARADE, 'HERE NOT SURPRISED BY THIS ACTION.
vfl:IEN THE .COAHm1A COUNTY
CHANBER OF cei1MERCE FOLLOHS TH E vJHITE CITIZENS COUNCIL IN SUGGESTING
TH AT THE REGISTRATION OF NEGHOES TO VOTE HILL BE DETREMENTAL to the f'runily,
the business and the property of the citizens of Clarksdale WE ARE COMFELlED TO SAY SOl'iET'd ll-TG MORE
OF
COMl-~RCE.
~ro
BE DES IRED TIT THE COAHONA COUNTY CHAHBER
THE LOCAL COMHUN ITY HAS NOTHDTG TO FEAR BECAUSE THE NEGROES
ARE BECOMING REGJSTERED TO VOTE.
rr JS OUR ATI·1 TO HEIP PRODUCE A BETTER
CQ1.11>1lJNITY WI TH BETTER OFFICIAlS, BETTER BUSINESSES, HORE EMPLOYHENT, JUSTICE JN THE COUR'IS; AND
COUR.Tl~OUS
TREATI1ENT, IN FACT TES BELOVED COMMUNITY,
1-ffiERE THE WICKED CEASE FROM THOUBLllTG Al\TD THE lJEARY v1ILL BE AT REST •
WHILE NOT SHOPPDTG
m
DOHNTOliN ClARKSDALE UNTIL
t,,TE
ARE TREATED COURTEOUSIX
AND Ef:.1PI.DYED ABOVE THE 'HEN IAL LEVEL AND ALSO BECOMTI\JG REGISTERED VOTERS
THERE ARE THREE HEETTIJGS PIANNED IN THE IMlfEDIATE FUTURE THAT HILL BE VERY
MEANTIJGFUL TO US.
BE SURE TO ATTEND:
COg\ nONL. COUNTY BR1\NCH NLTIONJ\ L i~S S O~If. TION
FOR THE AD V1~N CJ!. NEN T OF COLORED
PEOPLE
HONDAY FEBRUi, RY 11TH 1963, IS nDICK GFhGORY"
D11/.ebtY-ra~1n§' Di~6 ~HIS
TRUE AHEHICAN HILL DO HIS BIT 1'01tJ RD E•1SHTG THE IIDNGBR i.WJ COLD
SUF.?8HE:J BY 80 }ll~NY NEGROES IN TH~
1HZL'ri\
~·~EC..t\.
DICK, WILL FLY INTO
NEHPHIS ON NO ~DJ\Y ~.JI TH 6 TO 8 TONS OF FOOD TO BE DISTRIBUTbD IN THE
DELTA t,REA TO THE NEEJY PEOPLE.
HOST OF THE. FOOD COHING IS EL.,RHARK!!:D
FOR LEFLORE AND SUHFLm~EH COUNTIES.
Lj;FLOHE ~OUNTY HAS NO SURPLUS
F OO:':) PRO GRAN ~\ND THE FROG Ri-J-i IN SUNFLOW.c;R COUNTY IS FklR FROH la:SQU;~TE .
Hl\NY ?EO .i?LE IN COA LiOl f.b\ COUNTY v.JHO 1\Rb IN N.wRD i~RE UN.i~BLE TO SECUP.E
ENOUGH FOO D 'LO SUS'I'l\I N THBH.
NEED.
UfG N.i;BD IS HADE
THE. SUPPLY IS NOT lL.AHLY ENOUGH FOR THE
~ IORE; EVI :J r.:. ~'f T
THIS Y.i.-:,:·.R B.68i>USE OP THE
.AND RELIE:F PHOGPAN THIS YELfl I S AT Bt..ST .c:t.TOP-Gi\ P.
Sm!li: LONG TV\ NGE
ACTI ON NUST BE T/'J\:EN , NO\·J , TO P PE. Vf.C:NT THIS KIND OF PO V£ HTY FHOH
RECUFhiNG Y.6/,.H
1~FTbH
Yc:;.lf..H .
1.' H.t. CI VIL .R IGHTS STHUGGLE F'OR NEGIWES IS
[\ V8HY Il'T?OHTi\NT FACTOH I N THIS \'\THO LL
E(~Ur~TION.
DICK Gr:t.SGOhY 1riiJ::L VI S IT __cO!::HO Fi\ , LEFLO :r::;E . /,ND SUNFLO'vJE_R COUNTIES. HE
INVI'I'i£0 'J.l O COJ\1B AND HEAH HH•L
- - - -IF-YOU
Hi1.VE NE%11 HCJ:H THIS 1\TJ:..N YOU
YOU , ;)ICK GHEGOHY.
IN THE Hbl\ NTINE Tflli BOYC OTT liG~\ INST THE DOWNTO't'iN STO F.E.S KEEPS HOLLING.
EV.SRYDJi.Y THE BOYCOTT G!iiNS NE.\v SU Pi.' OLT.
IF YOU 1-~ FE ONE THAT Hh VE NDT
BE.DN SUP ?ORTING THE BOY~OT'r EF'FOHTS FO H DIGNITY AND Ef.IPLOTIIENT, YOU
SHOULD THIS DliY DEC I DE T O SU P?ORT IT . ALL NEGEOES 'LEE I N VOLVED, YOU
TOO. IF YOU H;:J>.HD THE 1 d:·.: ? OF.TS Fi.i :...D .:: TO THE CIVIL R IGHTS COI HIS S ION IN
J l\ CKSON LAST 'WEEK, YOU \rJOULD SEE 'rlli~T THIS p~;ESSUHE BY OUH W_.~UTB
BHOTH.t;HS ih.NTJ SISTK{S IS :0 IRECTED lt Gk\ INST J',LL OF YOU 1\ND US. ~if.c,N IF
YOU DO NOT .S UPPORT TP£ BOYCOTT , YOU b.RE NOT S ?.AHE.:.; , w'B HIGHT AS WELL
ALL HANG TOGt::TELR 1~ iE SUh LLY Vf.D 11HLL l\ LL HANG S BF. JL TLY.
HilliLI'I BEH TI-IE .S TO EbS THAT J.TIE HOST OBJ~C TIONAELL ( NONE 1\RE E.XCUSED)
NY SHOP
270
Y a zoo .t':t.venuo
F. vJ.wo ov,,JOHTH 207 Yazoo Av enue
Gr 8 b c rs
22 1 Ynzoo Avenue
Jo PNN SHO P
226 Yazoo Av e nue
J':C': .r"'LNNY CON F i\ NY 20)+ Yazoo
.r.--!~·.-rutA.SS fv1EETING THIS WEBE:, Cl5NT1:;;NNIEL B-4\I:-' TIST CHUHCH, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
COAHCJI.'JIA CCTtJNT'I BR.Al."'JCH NAACP
March 16, 1963
The Clarksdale Police Departmsnt has the task of explaining the death of a Negro
Prisoner' in the City Hall -:: The attitudes and actions, by bot."'l the Clarksdale Police Department and .t he City AdJP.in:i.strationJ against Negroes all along, makes a.
thorough investigation in this death necessary by both Local and Federal Authoritiess
l:t appears the most sure remedy to this kind of treatment is a sus:l:airied ''Registration to Vote Drivea 11 We must be ·~d.J.ling to go, time ahd time ag.ti.ih, to the Circuit
Clerk~s office and offer to register 9 regardless of how- maey times ·ire are dsnied
the right to register; most of
prdblems can be cieared up with the vote.
our,
We cari vote for decent treatment of Negro Prisoners by voting for a Mayor and City
C~issioners that will not tolerate abuse o£ P:d.soners"
The Chie£ o£ Police and
all other policemen are employses of the City Ad:.ninistration~ We can vote for
;"i~tter a."-~' Z~i.'t! ~-~;;:r ·.en!'o:te~!ilOOt by Yoting b. men a.'1d women t,·~6 ~...:U nCimiaiste.r thw
1m :tai!"ljr 1rlithout r:Ei b~~d to· raeo ·err, ereedo
We can vote for employment by "V'ot:ing into office and administration those that will
secure industry which 1-rill employ all of the 1J:!1_§!rml..2Y.§.£ and not just industry that
Will employ the white ~9!11£].,2.;[§l_4.o
W'e can vote for a better school system - one that will obey the la1;r of the na:tion by voting in a city administration that Trill respect the law of the nation:! We can
vote for better streets and lights in Negro neighborhoods by voting in men that can
be fair in their administration i f the popular vote will support tb.emo
We can vote for the right to vote by supporting men vrho will not make it so difficult for Negroes to become regi.st~~red voters~ The vote '~iti.ll help tremendously in
our struggle to gain digl!uity~ l~espect:~ and employment from the dovmtmm merchants o
In the meantime we muwt. reply on the boycotte let us plan novr to vrear our old
clothes for Easter" Those items we cannot do -vrithout, let us purchase them on this
side of the railroad tract or go into other communities to purchase themo The NAACP
is still suppluing transportat ion to Memphis, Helena, Arkansas, and other cities
where more courtesy and employment are available to Negroes, Under no circumstances
should vre trade at:
J. c. Penney Company, 204 Yazoo Avenue., Clarksdale, Mississippi
F., W. Woolworth Company, 207 Yazoo Avenue, Clarksdale!' Mississippi
Graber: s Depart..rnent Store, 2~~1 Yazoo Avenue, Clarksdale, Mississippi
Jo Ann Shop~ 226 Yazoo Avenue, Clarksdale, Mississippi
My Shop, 270 Yazoo AvenuE~, Cl arksdale, Mississippi
The vote vrlll alas, in time, help the local press refrain from its eontinued discourtesy in refusing to refer, in print, to adult Negroes with courtesy titleso
The personnell of the local press is really ~athetic to our cause for freedom~
They disagree with many of our methods, which is understandable, none of them being
Negroes" Negroes are unable to secure employment in many instances, seriously
hampered when trying to becomEl a registered voter .~ victims of an inferior educational system, victims of injustiee in the courts, victims of police brutality, and
victims of a status quo environment that points the accusing finger of inferiority
and scorn to the Negor every where as a groupe What is the one righ~ --~ethod__t(l}lt .
wil.L.o ver come-.all- of these -d:i:f'£-±cuJ. ties? You name ~t" ;,;··we--rill "try it, notwi thstanding the charge of publicity seekersb
The Negro is not without fault in this whole affair., Citizenship schools have
been set up to help the Negro improve himself in every facet of livelihood. These
schools are under the direction of Mrs. Vera M. Pigee, and are held every Monday
and Tuesday Night, from 6:00 •• 8:00 p.m., Thel schools are conducted at: Chapel
Hill Baptist Church, Rayford Chapell Baptist Church, Silent Grove Baptist Church,
Pi gee t s Beauty Salon, and Johnson! s Sandwich Shop-;, All citizens are invited and
encouraged to attend these schools to effect self betterment in every facet of life.
Freedom Meeting this week, Centennial Baptist Church, Wednesday Night.
Be sure to read the "Mississippi Free Press", for objective ne17S on sale at Fourth
Street Drug Store, Citizenship Schools, and Freedom Meetingsr
COAEOYIA COUN TY BPt.ANCH NAACP
Na rch 20,
1963
THE PEACEFUL PRO'I'EST OF FREEDOi\JI LOVING CHRISTIANS AND JEFVS ALL OVER TI-lE NATION HAS
RESULTED I N RESTORING THE 2ROGPII..i:vl OF DISThiHJ'I'IlJG FEDERAL STJRPLUS FOOD TO THE
NEEDY PEOP!.E OF COl\llli'IlTNITIES ~ 'I'Irb era IS RA.ISED BY SOJ\iJE OF Ol1i. Vllii'IE BIW'IHEHS Al\TD
SISTERS 'I'I-L\.T l'tiOS T OF T~ IES::.I: P~OPIE ·.'JHO RECEIIlE I'HE FOOD AHE NEGlWES . AS LONG AS JOB
OPPOil.TillTITIES .1\RE DENIED l~EGROES, . .'tS LONG AS A POLITICAL SITU.il.l'ION THAT THE NEEDS
OF NEGROES 1:url.E O:i:i'/IVINTEHEST TO Tl:fB POLITICL\H I N 'l'EP.J'IJiS OF VO'IES, NEGROES 1\RE GOING
TO COl:TINTJE TO J:AFE UP THE GP.E.:~T!::.R PE:l~;ENT.:JGE OF V~"EJ,F:J.FE ROLES .. HOW 1\'!:ti•JY NEG-lOES
i~..E ErvlPLOYED I N I NDUSTRY IN GHEEl.JvTOOD , IVISSISSIPPI?
Ql1EENWOOD, MI SSISSIPPI LOST ONE OF ITS BEST FRIE~lJJ S I N THE FEDERitL GOVERNMENT UtST
IT VL.S IVJR. RE LY&l. vVHO , ;;. T ;~ PREVrom:,
CIVIL RIGHTS COJIJD\ I T'L'EE ~tEB TJ;NG~ H.\D GI VEN 'IHE ..\.l;SVo'TIR TO ~·.I.RQl\T E. HENRY, PRESIDENT
OF 'IHE MI SSISSIPPI NL..:iCJ:' 'I'IL.'!.T .~ li QUR INYESTIG:SION I NTO THE SUHPWI3 FOOD PROGRli.M IN
GREEJ:Wv"OOD :tL..S PRODUCED ·m OFFICL~.:LS THi~T SAY THEY CUT THE FOOD PROCRJI.l\C BECi~.USE OF
REGISTH...'~.TION TO VOTE ACTI'!IT'I. 11 HENRY 'S i~.NSliiEl1 TO THIS TO l.ffio RELYK\, WJ.S "DO
YOU EXPECT THEM TO IillMI T IT? 17 THIS REl\i!..:";RK BY IYIE , RELYE:1. Hi~.S BEEN PIC KED UP AND
QUOTED OUT OF CO~~ TEX BY NEYV'SI'M'ER.S iJ.S ST.J PPORT FOR THE GR:SE~,iYJ"OOD PEOPLE . SOivlEBODY
IN GREEll}'vYOOD PULlED A BOO BOO"
WEE1\ WH:SN IT :IR.R:LSI'ED ;,_TTORNT~Y CEESTEP. RELYK'~...
THE NJ.J~.CP IviLDE ;;. $1,;~000 ..,00 COl'i'I'lUBUTION TO T'rlE Eiv.TIEGENCY vYE LF,'~RE ;i.ND f:ELIEF PROGRJuiJI
OF THE C0Ui 1CIL OF FFDEFJ;.TED Cli'Cr.;'i.NIZ;.TIONS, ld\JD IS SE~!DDJG I'l'S "\.SSI ST.\.NT TO THE
NJ::.. TI ON.~.L EXECLTTIVE SECHET.c.RY TO iiJi.l.EE ;. SURVEY OF THE DELTI. fJtEA . DR . J Ol-IN iv:ORSEL:L,
THE EXE CUTI\TI~ .£ ,.SSIS'l'i.. NT, ';JILL lVildm 1. PF.RSON~ .I.J .iJ)F~t~~ .r·T CE I N Gi.i,EENWOOD, EISS I SSIPPI,
MOND1S NIGE'I', M!1h CH 2,5 , 1963 AT THE TURl'lliR CELJ)EL lh ~;l . E . CHURCH . Da . MORSELL
WILL FOLLow· BlSHOP CH:dtLES F. GOLDEN OF THE W
E 'rHODIS T CHlJRCH , SPEAKERS TO FOLLOW
DR" JOHN IiORSELL I:TCLUDE; DR.. JVJiJ?.TIN L. IaNG, J R ., CON~ESSI\il;.•N CrLJUES C. DIGGS,
i;t}JD OTHER EXSCTJTI';JES OF l>L .... CP, SCLC, COHE, : ..ND S}JCC, SNCC, EXECUTIVE SECRETIJtY,
J lJ\JlES FLFlviER, Hi!.S BEEN I~ CONS1~1NT VISITOR TO TIIE QREEN\IVOOD CO~·:IMUNI TY SINCE TaE
SHOOTING OF J ijviES 'IR~.'JIS.
THE VOTER R.EG I S'Tii'l~. TION SUIT BROUGH T i~.G.<dNST TI-m CIRCUIT CLERK OF PANOJ.l~ COUNTY WILL
.£!.PPEI.,J1 J..,H:E 1.. 'rE1~ PI&TY COIV1P.:.J13D TO THE PElmiNG SUIT .i;.Gi~INST THE CIRCUIT CLERK OF
COi1.HOiif.. . COUW.i.'Y. IviORE TlL•l'l ;. THOm~lJm NEGHOES ILVE SIGNED ~·~.FF.:.m~.vrrs CO:MP LfdNING
OF THEIR BEIHG DK'H ED THE EIGHT TO FmGISTER ~ GOi.HOr.t!.h COUNTY . WE Hil.VE 'TRIED TO
CALL THIS CJl1lD ITION TO THE li.TTENTION OF THE Rlt3PONSIBLE i!ffiiTE COivilviUN ITY OVER THE
PJ~.S T F1'W YE.li...B.S,.
NO I NTEREST :a:.s BLE~l SHCVVN I N TIUS DEPIUVJSI ON OF HU1Vh1.N RIGHTS~
TOO RJJ THE CE?.CUIT CLERK OF COiJWiviA COUHTY i!IJJST C10 THROUGH THIS ORDEAL 7V1IEN :~N
.d.CTIVITY OF Fi1.ill.NESS TO il.LL COJ LD Hii VE .PREVENTED IT. ·;m KNO\<if HE , THE CIRCUIT CLERK
.OF co:U10M~~ COUN 'I'Y j Ki'IO~Js HOW TO BE Fii.ffi BEC:~.USE FOR SE VERi~.:L YE::Ji.S HE ~-:Tli.S~ VJHAT
lli~S HAPPENED TO Hll:I I N TP.E L,"LS'l ' FEW YKiRS IS JJ,JYBODY 1S GUESS.
"
r
Ym WANT TO C:LE;ill.LY EXPRESS TO ..:"CGL OF T'DIS COlEMJJNITY, BO'IH .liffi i 'I'E ;.ND NEGRO, 'IRE
RIGHTS 'I"t!h.T .\'IE SE~K , '.TE ~l.RE GOING TO OBTl~IN •
THE FREEDOM m . T I1.:LL lVIEN SHOULD
ENJOY IS l~.VitiLlBLE TO- US, ;Jffi".nt ;~,RE GOING- TO OBTI.IN THEK I N THE HE:,R FU'I'URE . OUR
METHODS 1:VILL BB p:c;,c; :FUL AND IE G::~.L. OUR 7rHIT'l!: BRO'l1ERS MID SI STT..iliS NEED HhVE NO
F"S..J\. OF VENG:LNCE OH REPRIS:.LS FOR Tii:t£ CELviES TI:U.. T Hi,\JE BEEN Hl1\.PED UPON US THRU THE
l""ELRS. IT WILL BE OUR HOlf~ST HOPE TO HELP DEMONS 'IRl~.TE HOW 'TRUE DEMOCRl,CY WOHKS .
CHRIST li~.li:I;_'fi WILL BE THE COP.Nl':S. ST~OF THE COivmJG ER£~, TH! .. T 'JILL I NCLUDE THE }JEGRO
LS l1.N EC}ul~L PIJlTN:&l.•
FR0ED0l1~ lviEETING TIUS WEEI\- MT. LWRitJI C. M. E. CHURCH.
BE SUB.E TO PICK UP YOUR COPY OF 11 THE OXFORD DIS.:~STER-THE PRICE OF DEFiid'JCE 11 ld'm
" TIT.B ;-tNSW'.GR TO PUTNlJ:p S lli1.CE :,.Nl ) HE.:,SON 11 , ~i.T Tlfi FOUH'YH STREET DRU G STORE .
REbEMBER THE BOYCOTT UJJ:.\INST THE DG/JNTOWN MERCHMJTS; NO\'J INCLUDE 5th. ST . GROCERY
COTINER OF 5tho AND y;~. zoo STR.EET8.
COUNTY ·-----BRANCH ----NAACP
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COAHOMA
_.,.
April 20, 1963
THE COAHOMA. COUNTY BRANCH OF THE N.A..'iCP SAW TES OUR BHOTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE
NEW BRANCH OF THE NAACP GHGii.~UZED IN OREE~·1YfCOD, MI.SS., APRIL 18, 1963 • UNDER
THE LEADERSHIP OF ITS DYNAMIC PRESIDENT THIS SHOULD BECOME ONE OF THE OUTSTANDI:ia
BRANCHES OF THE STA1'E,.
THE CLA.RI\SDit.LE COMMUNITY WAS VISITED LAST WEEK BY TWO TOP lvlEN IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE 1 ASST. ATTORNEY GENF.RA.L BURKE MA.RSHtUL AND THE EVER WELCOMED MR.
JOHN DOiill.. WE HOPE THEY VHLJ~ RE'IURJ.'l i~GA.IN SOON AND STAY WNGER. Fq:l. THOSE WHO
HAVE n!E FEELING THAT THE TREATiv!ENT ACCORDED CONGRESSNJAN DIGGS, WRIIE HE WAS IN
OUR COTJlMUNITY~ WILL DISCOURid:zE OTHERS FROM COMING WILL NOT BE PROUD OF THIS, BL'1'1
IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, Mil.NY NATIONAL FIGURES INTERESTED IN THE RIGHTS OF ALL
PEOPLE WILL VISIT MISSISSlPPI AND CI.Ju"'iKSDlUE. INCLUDED IN THIS NUMBER WILL BE
MR. ROY WILKINS NAACP EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, MR. CL£1.RENCE MITCHELL, DmECTOR OF THE
WitSHINGTON BUREAU OF THE NiutGP, Al\ID MR. WILLIIuvl KUNTSLER, ATTOfu'\JEY FOR THE NATI ON..
At GHJu'IDI SOCIETY. mc~r DNrES OF APPEARENCES WILL BE MADE AS SOON AS COMMITTMENTS ARE FINAL.
SEVERAL CITIZENS, FROM c:LARK8D.A.IE, TESTIFIED BEFOP..E THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION
ON WEDNESDAY. 1\LL THE PROBIJ~S, WITH WHICH WE ARE CONFRONTED LOCALLY, WERE AIEED
AND HELP PROMISED. THERE: IS NO DOUBT THhT THE RIGHT TO VOTE, FOR ALL CITIZENS,
WILL SOON BECOME A REi~oLI'I'Y', WITH THE VOTE ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED.
UNTIL THE RIGHT TO VO'IE I8 GUAREN'IEED 1NE FE'E'LIT NECE~Y TO TRY EVERY OTHER
LEGAL APPROACH, AT OUR COMM.U..TD, TO OBT~UN FREEDOM, WORD H£~ COME FROM CITY H.IU..L
THAT A GREid INCRE.lSE IN F'IR.l~POWER IS COMING IN CONSTANTI1Y. THIS INCREaSED
FIREPOWER INCLUDES SUB4/L{J.CHINE GUNS, STEEL HELMETS, AND AMMUNITION, JUST WHAT
THIS lvl.EANS WE DON'T KNOW BUT IF IT HAS Ii.NY CONNECTION WITH THE NEGROES DRIVE
FOR COMPLETE FREEDOM-THEY MAY. ll.S WELL SEND THEM BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM, BECAUSE 'WE SEE THE IMA.GE OF FRJ!:EDOM, AND vVE WILL LET NOTHING OR NOBODY TURN US
~oo~.
,
THE OMNIBUS DESEGRATION ,SUIT FILED IJ~T WEEK IS A CASE lli POINT. WITH THIS lEGAL
ACTION vm: INTEND TO DO AWli,Y WITH SEGREGATION IN EVERY ASPECT OF PITBLIC LIFE. IT
IS Otffi AIM TO REMOVE THE IEGJ~ Sii.NCTIONS AND LEGAL SECURITY NOW' GIVEN SEGREGA.TION
IN OUR QUEST FOR EQUALITY l~J JUSTICE. THE ONLY REASON FOR THE CONTINUATION OF
SEGREGATION, BY OUR ·wHITE BROTHERs AND SISTERS, IS THE PREPETUTAT.ION OF INJUSTICE
A.ND l;N§QUALITY •
PLEASE LET US CONTINUE TO SUJPPORT THE COMPLE'IE BOYCOTT OF DOWNTOWN STORES AND
MERCHANTS UNTIL DIG-NITY AND l~YMENT .li.RE .£~CORDED US. THIS MEANS ALL DOWNTcmN
STORES NOT JUST THE WORST ONl~S. INCLUDED IN THIS BOYCOTT NOW IS ANOTHER STORE
ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN..JORDil.N FTJRNITURE COMPil.NY • THERE 1J.F.E OTHER FURNITURE STORES
ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN 1 ""''N.DOO:::RE IS NO NEED TO TR.i..DE THERE UNTIL OUR GRIEVJENCES
ARE MET.
MASS m:TING THIS WEEK, H.AVEJ~.f METHODIST CHURCH. •• .BE SURE TO JOIN OR RENEW YOUR
NAACP W::MBERSHIP.
THE ANNUAL "FREEDOM BANQU]:Tn \ffi1 BE HELD WEDNESDAY NIGHT, J.AAY 9, 1963 AT THE
FlRST WTIS'l' CHURCH. TH:E: SiPEiJ<ER WILL BE MR. ROY wn.KINS, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
OF THE ~i • TICKETS Ml-.'J~ Bl!: OBTiUl® FROM W!IY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE N.IlJ~P. IT
WILL BE NECESSARY, TO SECUE!.E YOUR TICKETS FOR THE BANQUET Eli.RLY BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE
WILL WANT TO SEE MR. WILKJJ~S. THE DINING ROOM OF THE FmsT JW>TIST CHURCH ffi).S
LIMITED SPACE: BE SURE YOt~:tE I~.BLE TO GET IN BY PURCHASING YOUR TICKET, TODAY.
April 27, 1963
WHERE IS THE :BREA.KU!G PCIN't!! n THE CONTINUED ABUSES THAT NEGROES OF THIS COMMU...
NITY ARE SURTECTF-lJ TO, AT 'l'flE HANDi3 OF TilE LOCAL WHITF;3, J\ iiD CONTINUE TO ABSORB,
MUST SOON REaCH THE ffi.EAKING .POINT. TIIE l.~.TF.0'.~ ATT~GK UPOl'i MRS .. VEBA PIGEE, FI AN
A'l'TENDAl~T OF MOONEi'"HA:N 1 S LION SERVICE STATim! ON HIGtlWAY .61, TUESDAY NIGHT, APRIL' .
23, 1963 IS T'rlE IATH.._3T ClSE IN POINTe· !liE.Jl.Q!!:YJ.Q~~E P.ESI~~~@VE1'f§.NT,· BEING
El\1PLOl'ED BY ?lEGROES EVEN WEEN Tb.tiY ARE ATTACKED BY .Vi.l}UTES, . IS COMING UNiiER HEA.I.TY
DISAGHEEMENT BY MANY NEGROES. LOGA.LJXA!'~Jll THROUGILOUTTHE N!d'ION • . TBE NAACP HAS
.ALWAYS P..DVOCATED A POLICY OF SELF-DEFENSE. · WE WTIL 1ffiv:ER. S'IRI:KE THE FIR.ST VIOU.:NT
BLOW" . · WE POINT OUT TO GTID. WHITE ,ATTACKERS THAT TIJ T'.dE FUTURE YOu Q~).J'LLoolLTO ~I.OsE · -~
__!QTHING BUT YOFR . Sl~g:NC};. -YOU .lu't.B- f'-0IJ:'!G TO- GF!_T- ~OUR ·r;r.c.l[_RJ:§JiT Bt..~~ . THE ROCK THROW.;. ·
. ING;; SHOO'l'ING, BOMHJJ'JG; lu\iD BEATINGS, EY 'WHI'IES .AGL1.INST li:'EGROE3, .IN THIS 0011]/ltJNITY,
WITHOUT RETALill.TICN~ ..'illE 0 V E E.t.
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THE FACT THAT MRS. PIGEE TIMv!EDIATELY REPORTED THE l'i.TTAGK UPON HER BY · THE ATTENDllNT
OF THE SERVICE STATION TO THE LOCAL li.tJTHORI':i:IES AND HER ATTACb"ER HAS NOT TO THIS .
DAY' BEEN iillREST.ED NOR. GHARCFm \lliiTH ANTI: CRIME, .Ai\to SHE, TEE iTICTD~ OF' HIS BEATINGS,
Hl~S BEEN .t!.RHESTED ·:tND Cbl.Ftcr~::J 1VITII DISTIJF.BD~G T$) rzr:..CE, · IS RIDJi~TJLOUS.
THE . BEST
WAY TO COIU1ECT Tl'::E JNJUSTICE~ SOTF'I!~RED AT THE H.tt..·ms OF THE, LAW "i;~!fffi.:EZA,ffiNT OFFICERS,
IS TO IiE~P GOING TO TIIE CI.C?CUIT CI.E:R.T\3 OFFICE AND REGISTER, AriD TEEN GO TO THE .
CITY HhLL liND REGIST.ffi:!i. fu·.JD i~liEN , ELECTION TIME COI'.ffi'S, CLL';;,',N OUT THE WHOLE GJ.iNG!! l!!
..A.ND ELECT MEN MID \1',"011EN VIT~'H TI4E 1",BILI'Yi TO BE TRULY TilE REPRESENTATIVE OF AND
GU;tRDIJi.N OF TIIE RIGHTS OF ilLL THE PEOPlE.
WHEN MRS. PIGEE CALLED MR. MOONEYHAN AND COMPLAII\lF.:D, EVEN TO HIM, OF THE AIDSIVE .
TREATMENT SHE F.ECE:i:VED AT HI:3 ST.4\.'I'JON!' SHE WAS I.t'WOHJlliD, TYJ!.T 11HE DID NOT SOLICIT
NOR CAClli FOR. NIGGER 1S BUSINESS." HE OWNS :OCTH 'I':HE MOONEYHLN 1 S LION SERVICE STATION
Ju'ID THE
• Sli.'RVICE STATION .ON 49 HIG:HV;AY. BOTH OF 'l'BESE STATIONS WERE ADDED TO
THE BOY 0 .,. L....:l 1 . THE MASS :MEETING, WEDNESDAY 1.JIGHT; APRIL 24, 1963•
IT ~UGHT NOT BE i1. BAD IDEA TO LOOK AROUND FOR ALL :f.J'"EGROES THl~.T A.'RE TRADING AT SERVICE STATIONS OFER.i'~TED FI WHITES THAT DO NOT PERil/liT NEJPD J.MliES TO USE THE LADJES ··:
REST ROOM. THIS IN ITSELF 18 AN HiDICATION THi~T THEY DO NOT .APPRECIATE 0\JR BUSI""
~"E.SS AS MUCH ii.S THEY no· THE OTHER PEOPn\'_, YET WE PAY THE SAME AMOUNT FOR GA.S, OIL,
MID .ALL OTHER SERVICES. LET US SERIOUSLY CONSIDER TRADING ONLY ii.T THOSE SERVICE
STi-~.TIONS TJL.:iT PERII:iiT 1--TEGR'()""uill±J;s TO USE THE LADIES BEST ROOM. STJCH it. STATI~
THl--;:T-COiw~S TO MIND, n,~MEDIA'I'ELY, IS JUNIOR'S 3HELL S'l'ATION AT1205 FOURTrl STREET. ·
SER.VICE STI~TIONs' THI.,T D:ITi.ECT NEGRO lVIEN AND WOMEN TO TRE Sil.ME EEST ROOM iillE NOT
WORTHY OF OUR P~TRONAGE EVEN IF SOME OF US STILL GIVE IT TO THEM. · l~.~f THciE WE CAN
AVOID THESE STATIONS, LE'l' 1 S DO IT-Vf.dAT YOU Slu?
THE TJJI'iE l-IAS cm.r-.i '"FQR THE ANNUAL FREEDOM E:JIIQTJET. THIS l"EAH 1 S PROGRPJJ1 WILL BE THE
GREATEST lifE FJi.VE EVE..~· Rfill lJID POSSIBLY WILL llil.VE .IN t.'[[~NY 1~ YEAR TO COME. THE
SPE.t'U\ER THIS YEI..R IS NONE ·orr;tmn THAN MR. ROY WILKINS, EXECUTIVE SECRETi'lRY OF THE .
NAACP. ALSO COMniG TO IDENT]lFY Tli"EMSELVES WITH TIJE S1RUGGLE OF lJEGROr~S TIJ CLli.RKS'
DALE, co:~B01S.A COUNTY, l1.ND HI~iSIS.SIPPI
ARE: THE PP..ESIDENT OF THE NAI!.C£.,. Mr.
Jtrthur Springarn, THE CIIA:rillifll ;'J OF THE :OOJiliD OF DIRTECTORS, Bishop S. G. Spottswood,
THE TP,.EilS1JRER 2 N~.-J1-lfred Bak r Lewis, i.ND 'idE l''OLLawTIIG BEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF.
Dlli.ECTCRS: ATTOHJ:~'E"f Y.:ARGL'ill.E'I~.:__;BUSH WILSONJ St. Loui$, Missou:r'i; DR .. CIJ.~oUDE HtJDSON, .
Los .Angeles, California; DR ( LEONARD BUr~, New Orleans; Louisiana; . ANTI 01JR OWN
MR. C.R. DARDEN, Meridian, Mississippi; Al:ID MR . ~f.EDGAR EVERS ii.ND N'U:SS MARY COXt
Jackson, Mississippi. THE PRESIDENT OF YHE NAt\CP, TEE CH1URM1ili OF 'l'HE BOi.RD, .t\ND
THE 'IREli.SUR..;;:R,ALONG\'ITTH TID~ I\iiEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF. DJREG TORS ARE ALL NATIONAL .
PERSONALITIES. IDJQUET TICKETS ARE }l.VA:II.A.BLE NCYIT • . THEY .H:A.VE'..:BEEN :>-PJ!~CED _ON.:Ji.D.V!D~CE S~UE FOR $2.50 TO DETER:M:nffi· HOW MA.~ TO PREPARE FOR,._L_1'i!E~~_TICf.:ETS WTLL:_
COST Y<YJ_ $J_.~QQ___AI'-THE.JJ'QG&y.--S0-- ·'BE~ SURE--'l'O-=-GET YOORS'lmW'. itOU ARE ALSO ENTITLED
- ·-TcY A CO?Y OF 11 THE OXFORD DI&\.S'l'EF.-THE PRICE OF DEFii~NCE~ IF YOU ATTEND THE Bt•.NQUET,
THE Rli.RE Ri~"'tE OPPORTUNITY OJTSHAKING lli;.NDS AND SECURING AUTOGI'u'JlHS OF SOME OF THE
GREii.TEST .k\.MERICANS OF TODAY w-.LLL b.LSO BE YOURS TO ENJOY. ·
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SECURE, BETWEEN NOW AND MAY 9, 1963, 100 NEW MEMBERSHll'S TO PRESENT ii.T THE
BANQUET.
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ATTEND THE TRIAL OF MRS<. V!i:M PIGEE ON MON • .AFTERNOON,: 1~. 29, 1963 •
(c) ATTEND THE FREEIDOM MEETING WED. NIGHT li.T MT. MARiiili :METHODIST CHURCH.
(d)
CONTTIWE TO
BOY~OTT THE WHOIE DOWN'mVVN iillEii PLUS JORDJ0T FURNITURE COMPANY,
MOONEl1lci.N'S LION AND MOONEYFJtN'S D. X. SERVICE S'L'\.TION ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN.
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TOP NAACP LADnER TO SEE SCHOOL BOARD ZOINING PATTERN FIRST HAND
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ATTORNEY JACK GREENBERG 1 TOP NAACP LA1rfYER HILL HAKE A PERSONAL VISIT TO
CLARKSDALE SEPTEMBER 25th through 28th. HE vHLL }1Al<E A PERSONAL INSPECTION
OF THE ZOINDTG PRACTICES THAT KEEP CLARKSDALE'S SCHOOLS SEGREGATED. ALTHOUGH
THE COURT GRANTED INTEGREGATION IN THE LOCAL SCHOOLS. HIS VISIT WILL INCLUDE
VISITS WITH THE SCHOOL AU~HORITIES, IF POSSIBLEJ BUT DEFTiriTELY SUGGESTIONS TO
THE JUDGE AS HOTI'l TO OVERCOHE THIS INSIDIOUS ARRANGENE~.rr. ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON 1
SEPTE}ffiER 27TH AT 3PH, ATTORN1lY GREENBERG HILL .ADDRESS !.rHE HEHBERS AND FRIENDS
OF THE COAHOHA COUNTY BRANCH OF THE NAACP ON THIS AND OTHER SUBJECTS. THE
PUBLIC IS INVITED AND WELCOHED. THE HEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE HAVEN HETHODIST
CHtJRCH.
NEW PROGRAM AT COFO COHMUNITY CENTER
MANY OF OUR I11El''ffiERS IN FACT HOST OF OUR Nill'IBERS ARE THE GRASS ROOT PEOPLE OF
THE COl'IMUNITY • MANY EARN THEIR LIVING BY PICKING COTTON, AND SERVING IN MENIAL
ROLES AS DO rmsT NEGROES OF THE STATE. ~:IE HAVE NOTICED THAT MANY OF THE WOHEN
OF OUR AREA IN ORDER TO HELP EARN THEm DAILY BREAD HAVE TO CARRY THEIR SHALL
CHILDREN TO THE FIElD WHERE THEY PICK COTTON .AND PLACE THEM ON A COTTON SACK,
OR IN THE COTTmT HOUSE 1tJHILE: THEY vlORK. THE STAFF AT COFO COMMUNITY CENTER IS
INTERESTED IN HELBING OUT L'J 'rHIS DIFFICULT SITUATION. A PLAN IS BEING ~'fORKED
OUT AT Cm'Jti.:IUNITY CENTER "'THERE THESE SH.ALL ONES CAN BE LEFT AND CARED FOR D1JRTITG
THE DAY. FOR FULL I NFORHJ\.TION PLEASE CONTACT r-mi.S. IDESSA JOHNSON AT COFO .
C0!-1NUNITY CENTER 369 YAZOO, OR COliE BY FOURTH STREET DRUG STORE FOR FULL TilFORMATION.
MISSISSIPPI FREEDON
DENOCRA~~IC
PARTY LAUNCHES, JOHNSON-HUHPHERY CAliPAIGN:
r1E!:JBERS OF THE HISSISSIPPI :B'REEDOM DENOCRATIC PlcRTY HAVE ACCEPTED SPEAKING
ENGAGEMENTS IN Jvr.A.NY Pi RTS OF THE COUNTRY, IN BEHALF OF THE NATION hL DEHOCR~'.TIC
TICKETS. THESE ENGI•GEHENTS INClUDE, DALLL~S, TEXAS, CHIC.I\GO, ILLTIJOIS, NETN' YORK,
NK\N YORK, }..®t.J ORLELNS, LOUISI AN.~. 1 r-1:EMPHIS, TENNESSEE, LOS fi NGELES, Ci LIFORNii ,
DENVER, COLORJJ)O,, LND ST • . PAUL, !1INNESOT.L .ii.T THE PRESENT. Mi NY REQUESTS IffiE
COHI NG IN Di'.ILY. 1..JE HOPE TO r'Ii\KE r.E.NY HORE FRIENDS IN OUR REIJTIONSHIP "liTH
THE N: TimLL DEHOCRi' TIC mR~rY.
Nl.i\CP BR: NCH LWNCHES 1'GO TO SCHOOL CiJ IPlciGN 11
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THE COIJIOHf . COUNTY BR.\ NCH OF THE Nf\.1";.CP IS Ct LLING LTTENTION TO MLNY Pi~NTS
OF THE NUi'lBER OF SCHOOL-LGE CHILDREN, THLT ;;RE SEEN ~TLLKING THE STREETS D". ILY
'"JHEN Tl-IEY SHOULD BE IN SCHOO!,. FOR THE POOR Pi\RENT S, CLOTHING IS 1Wl iL"'•BLE
FOR THESE CHILDREN THROUGH 'rEiE EI'IERGENCY v.JELF1'RE LND RELIEF COMMITTEE, AT u69
Y•.'~.ZOO f,VEl\WE . IvL'JIJY C011PLAlli THAT THEY ;.RE NOT IN SCHOOL BECLUSE THEY DO NOT
HAVE CLOTHING .. IF THE SITU"'{!' ION OF THESE CHilDREN BEING OUT OF SCHOOL CONTINUES, THE NALCP ~pJILL HLVE TO CLIL THE H;.TTER TO THE :,TTENTION OF THE
JUVENILE COURT JUDGE, TO }L'.K]: SURE THE P"~RENTS NO LONGER NEGLECT THESE CHILDREN
BY PERHITTING THEN TO REl't'. IN OUT OF SCHOOL, ;JJD RUN LOOSE IN THE STREETS. THIS
BE I NG OUT OF SCHOOL IHURTS THE FREEDOM M0VE1'1ENT ;,ND LIFE IN THE FUTURE FOR
EVERYONE, MOSTLY THE CHILDREN I NVOLVED •
FREEDOH rillETING INEDNESDLY NICHIT, l'10UNT ~L'..RiiiH METHODIST CHURCH.
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lK:I1~CllE: f!o:R ;\;NOTtnm. 'FotfR ·.~'YEAliS IS NbT NECESS•
1\RID'Y. A ,.BAD .Of1EN. YES., . iJ:'H:t:~ ; ·l;tEANS';.AN0r_rBER .FOUR YEARS , OF · SEVERE PRESS-
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URE :AGAtNST THE NEGRO . COM}I1tJN:ETY~ . ·IT <t~!EA'N·s:. ANOTtll!:R ; li'OUR .YEARS OF ABUSE
By C'H!EE~ OF POL!OE BENe COL:Lr1~S A@ SEWERAL'-;·OTHER ,JfEN!3ERS OF THE POLICE
FORCE • THE LAST TRICK OF SOl-Ull. MEMBERS OF.· TIE PO!i!9E FQRW .I S TO HAVE
PARKED . CARS PUSHED INTO THE .~~TREET . AND . THEN .CALL THE . WIESS 'WRECKER
SERVICE TO PICK THEM UP, CHAl=tGlNG ·lJ:tH:E OWNERS OF THE CAR WITH DTPROPER
PARKING. WHAT KIND OFUNHOJGY .ALtiANCK EXIST BETWBENWB?.SS- !.UD TEE
POLICE DEPART1"1ENT 1 · WE CALll.J UPON CITY JuDGE CONNELL . TO HAKE THIS IN. VESTIGATION, AND Ptfr A HAVP ~ro THESE !NTDUNDATING. "TRICKS 11 ,.
FOUR MORE YEARS OF 1'-tAYOR KINCADE WILL: SECURELY .T IE THE . NEGROE'S OF THIS
CONNONITY TOGETHER. HE WILI.~ l~XERT ENOUGH PRESSURE TO HAKE US ALL SEE
WHY WE MUST BECO~lE .REGISTEHED VOTERS .• WITHOUT THIS .PRESSURE WE~ itJCUJ1;
BE tESS INC!.INBD ~> .:i3E $trnE MR" MAYOR TO KEEP . MRo BEaN COLLINS AS Yotm
CHIEF OF POLICE, >BE SURE TO KEEP THE SliJINMING POOLS CLOSED, BE SuHE TO
KEEP NEGRO BANDS Al'ID · FLOAT::> OUT . OF . ALL PGiRADES ~ CHRISTMAS AND OTHER-··
WISE. fA VOTING RIGHTS BILL t-TILL SOON PASS CONGF!:SSS THAT .WILL GIVE THE
NE~GR0ES OF THIS CON!vTUNITY ~~HE; RIGHI' TOVOTEo THERE ARE .15,501 NEGROES
OF VOTING AGE AND ONLY 9, 0()9 WHITE PEO.?LE OF VOTING AGE~ FOUR YEA.RS
FROH NOW ~NY THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT. BE SURE TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON
St:r!-1NER . PROGRAM Fbfi: ' VbTER . R.BGISTRt~TION< TO' BBGI:f! JUI,Y 5TH,1965:
HEADING THE VOTER 'REGtSTRAt'.I <)N bRivE WILL .BE GRANDNASTER Jtl.M8S C GI_LLIA.M. HANY VOLUNTEERS A'RE NJ~DED • . WE NEEJr) . ATI.EAST ONE PERSON ON EVERY
STREET TO WORK EACH STREEr'•·· IN ADD'ITION :'TO PERSONS . TO SERVE ON SUCH
CO:r.IHITTESS AS TELEPHONE, C.i~NVASSING, ~ND TRANS,PORTATION. FURTHER ORGAN.1:
lZATION OF THE PROGRAM WILL .TAKE ,PLACE AT TEE END OF THE.. FREEDOM 1'-lEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT HAVl~N HETHODIST CHURCH.
YOUTH COUNCIL FREEDOli·L RALVL_ WEDNESbAY NIGHT, JULY 16TH, 1965:
LET US SUPPORT OUR YOUTH. ~r.Hl~ , YOUTH COUNCIL OF THE NAACP WILL SPONSOR
A FREEDOH RALLY AT , HAVEN :m~THODIST CHURCH, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, '1!B. 16TH~
A SPECIAL INVITATION IS BEING EXTENDED TO ALL PERSONS INVOLVbD IN THE
, "HEADSTART" PROGRAMS, DIRffi(JTORS, TEACHERS, AIDS, STUDENTS, liND FRIENDS.,
.r'A . LITTLE RAY OF L!GHT IN THE. DARK:.
TflE:RlS IS A LITTLE RAY OF LlGHT, HktBE HOPE~ .THAT THE COAHOHA COUN'l'Y
BOARD OF EDUCk..TION AND T H& COAHOHA COUNTY BOARD OF . SUPERVISORS "WILL"
LEND. THEIR SUPPOHT , TO PROGliA.NS FOR THE BENEFIT OF .THIS COMHUNITY.
THANKS . FOR YOUR . HELP . IN GE~rT I NG . THEN TO .SEE . THE .LiiGHT. WHAT . EVER.REAS·.0NS'' THEY. WANT TO VSE AREJHjLHIGHT WITH US li;S -LONG.{\$ THE . CO:HNIT'r:BE '
THAT IS ORGANIZED TO AD!-IINISTER THE "HEADSTti.RT" .AND l'BE 11 COMHUNITY
ACTION PROGRAI:-!3 11• NEET THE ~~TANDARDS , ACCEPTABIE TO .US ~ND THE OFFICE
OF ECONOHIC Oi'FORTUNITY.
NEW PROGRAM OF PUBL!C ACCOlv!l-IODATidNS .TESTING:
THE ''GHElSY SPOONS" 0rvllv!IT1TE.D IN THE PUBLIC ACCON1·1QDATIONS TESTING OF
EARLIER THIS YEhlt, ;WILL NO'¥ . ~~E.__r:r~~,P_.___ LOOK...FDRU&0JE·.. .WI·L±:r-EE· c·SI~-~·.,: _ ING--.AT.. ·YGUR -COUNTERs--3otm·; ·m!'J'A.L SOON. ·
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"CRYER" DEADLINE,E.__
TO THOSE PER SONS RECIEV'ING THE ''CRYER" THRU THE HA!LS~ IF ,, YOU DESIRE
TO CONTINTINUE RECIEVE IT . JPLI~SE CJ;IP THIS .PART OFT HE NEWSLETTER
AND HAIL tT BACK TO . THE LOeAIJ OFFICE AT 213 FOURTH STREET, CLARKSDALE
l'HSS. IF .YOU FIND l:T POSSIBlE TO HAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO 'l'HE "CRYER"
IT WILL BE HOST NEEDED AND APPRECIATED. WHETH&R YOU HAKE A FINANCIAL
CONTRIBUTION . TO TI:ffi; n CRYER" OR NO AND DESIRE TO · REdiEV:E. WE WILL SEND
IT TO YOU. WE ALL REALIZE HOWEVEVE.R THAT THIS IS ·AN EXPENSE THAT HAS
TO BE. BORNE BY SOHEONE. Pl:£.ASE DO YOUR PAR'I'.
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AUGUST 30, 1965
VOTER REGISTRATION CAHPAIGN NUST CONTINUE
}ffi. TON ALLEN AND THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE. VOTER REGISTRATION CM1PAIGN
.fo.RE RETURNING HONE THIS WEEK.
THEIR EFFORTS H.b. VE INCREASED OUR VOTERREGISTRATION ROLES BY OVER 2,000. THEY WERE ABLY ASSISTED BY ANOTHf.'R
CREW LOANED TO US BY AL LOWENSTEIN. CRAIG, LUCY AND BOBBIE WILL BE
WITH US A FEW HORE . DAYS AND THEN, Yb..LE, HARV.kl.-RD A.ND RATCLIFF WILL ffi
CALLING THEH. IT IS NOW OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THE DRIVE GOING.
}ffi. JAMES C GILLIAH THE CHAIRHAN OF THE GOUNTY DRIVE IS ASKING FOR
VOLUNTEERS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON STREETS, NEIGHBORHOODS AND AREAS.
IF YOU ARE WILLING TO DO YOUR PART IN. THIS DRIVE
PLEASE INFOR:H HIN THJ'1T HE CAN COUNT ON YOU~
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WELCONE, MRS. RUBY HURLEY
THE COAHOHA COUNTY BRl\ NCH OF THE NAACP WILL HAVE A RARE TREAT WHEN
THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION COI'-IES TO T.OWN ON SUNDAY. S HE. WILL
SPEJ\K AT THE !MVEN NETHODIST CHURCH ON SUNDAY ~UGUST
29TH AT 3PN.
BE SURE TO BE PRESENT AND CO~ffi PREPaRED TO HELP OUT IN THE BW~ NCH FINLi..NCIAL DRIVE.
WILLIE COTTON IN COAH0}1A COUNTY JAIL
WILLIE COTTON IS N01~J LODGED IN THE COAHO}IA COUNTY JAIL. HIS CRH1E IS
DATING A WHITE GIP.L 1tlHO ARRANGED THE, TI}E, THE DATE .AND THE PLACE
ACCORDING TO LETTERS FOUND IN WILLIES ROOM AFTER HE WAS PLACED IN J AIL .
HE IS CHA RGED WITH CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELI~UElTCY OF fl .HINOR. HE IS 18
SHE IS 16. LEGAL ACTION IS NOW ~ T WORK TO CORRECT THIS MISCARRA GE OF
JUSTICE.
YOUNG DE:r.IOCRA.TS HUST GET TOGETHER
THE CONDUCT OF SO!'-IE OF THE PARTICIPI:..NTS IN THE YOUNG D ~NOCRATS CONVENTION HELD IN JACKSON LAST WEEK WAS DEPLORABLE. THIS IS NO WAY TO B UILD
fA POLITICAL ORGANIZ11.TIOH.
LE.T US TRY AGAIN TO NAKE THIS ORGfi NI ZATION
WORK. IT CA.N BE A HODEL· FOR DENOCRATIC ACTION THROUGHOUT THE ST i1. TE.
VIOLENCE AND INTI}IINDATION ON UPSWING IN HISSISSIPPI
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THE POLICE , THE HIGHWAY PATROL AND SHERIFF'S OFFIC&RS TOGHTHER WI':IT
THE UNNAI>IED REDNECK A.ND \nJHITE CITIZEN COUNCIL ELEHENT GO ABOUT T HEIH
.DAILY BtrSINESS OF "KEEPING THE NEGROES IN THEIR PLACES". BEATI NGS,
SHOOTINGS, CUSSING OUT, AND INTil"UNDATION IN GENERAL HAS COl"1E 1tJITH THE
NEW VOTERS RIGHTS LAW.
THIS IS WHITE. NISSISSIPPI' S ANSWER TO THE NEW
L.t\W. WHILE PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND ATTORNEY GENERJIJL, KATZE NPACH k.RE INFOIDIED D.A ILY OF THESE ABUSES, STILL NOTHING HAPPENS • Tffi\.o~.T IS EXCEPT
REV. DONALD THOHPSON IS SHOT DOWN IN JACKSON, :HISS. AND HR. GE ORGE
· HETCALF OF NATCHEZ, l"1ISS. THE P HESIDENT OF THE NAACP BRA NCH THEIR IS
· BLOWN UP IN. HIS AUTONOBILE1 AS SONE LOW DmvN STINKING WHITE S CUH HJ.m
PLACED A BOHB IN THE CAR TO GO OFF WHEN HE TURNED ON THE SWITCH. IN
l\HillY SECTIONS THE KU KLUX KIAN liliD THE WHITE CITIZENS COUNCIL ARE IN
CONTROL IN HISS. NO OTHET LAW PT1E!,TA.ILS. NARTIAL
IS NEEDED, N 0 \r.J •
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S~HOOL CHILDREN LIVING WITH PERSONS OTHER THI\N THEIR PARENTS
BECAUSE WE FEEL THIS L~W REQUIRING CHILDP.EN LIVING WITH FOSTER PARENTS
TO PAY $25.00 PER :tv10NTH TO GO TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN :HISSISS IPPI IS
CLEb.RLY aN AFFRONT TO THE . NEGRO CO~lJ'.1UNITY AND IS UNCONSTITUTl.O NA L, WE
.ku~E INVITING AIL THE PARENTS INIOL VED .&ND THE CHILD EEN TO NEET WITH
OUR LAitlYERS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT HAVEN HETHODIST CHURCH h'I' 8Pl\1. SEV'r 3RD .
ADVISE AS- TO HOW TO lli\ NDLE THIS ·- pno BLEH WILL BE A VAILABL.l!: • BE SUTIE TO
BE PHES.2:N'I'. IN THE :r::lEANTIME CAB.RY 'l'HE CHILD r.EN TO SCHOOL DA ILY.
FEDERAL JUDGE CLAYTON CONTINUES TO PERl'-IIT SEGREGliTION IN CLARKSDALE
SCHOOLS.
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BY ACCEPTING THE ZONING LINES SUPPLI_ED BY THE CLI'.RKSD!~.Lk~ SCHOOL B?AHil
JUDGE CLAYTON BECAME A PARTICIPAN'.D:'1 IN CONTINUING SEGrEGATION IN l b S
CLARKSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE NOW CALL UPON THE pEPARTl'-lENT OF HK' -J:.d'Fi
EDUCATION l~ND WELFARE AND HR. FRANCI,S KEPPEL IN I~ ARTTC:UL,A ~ TO ltJIIJ:'H-
HOLD_j TO THE CLARKSDALE SCHOOL SYSTEN UNTIL IT DESEGREG1~TES IN PACT.
FUl-.TDS
FREEDON }lEETING, WEDNESDAY NI GHT, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.