Bronze Reporter [Volume: 1, Issue: 27]

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| SE Michigan, Saturday, May 22, 1954

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CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ine FLINT

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The democratic process

right to his opinion, and the right to express that oninion.
or group of individuals make American policy, heca use
Cohberess and Supreme Court are not rubber stamnp bodies.
convene, and expre~gs their views in the form of legislation ~ as lone
this is the situation, there is every possible chance for progres
| Suen Coleman being sworn in*~ in the solution of our problems in the future.

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Rev.: Robert Bradby |
Coming To Flint |

| SUPREME COURT

| DECISION TO BE

| CELEBRATED

| Flint will again be host to: the
Honorable Rev. Robert L. Bradby,
Ji., pastor of the Greater King
Solomon Baptist Church of Detroit at a large celebration meeting commemorating the recent
ruling of the U. S. Supreme Court
against racial segregation.

| Speaking) under the aus pices. of
the Women~s. Auxiliary of the National. Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Dr.
Bradby. will deliver his address at
the Vernon A. M. E. Chapel located at North and Addison Sts.
on Sunday, May 23 at 3 p. m:-His

topic will be ~The Road We Are
Travelling.~
| Dr. Bradby~s sspntdtion as a

staunch crusader for civil rights
and civil liberties is widely known.
He is a national board member
of the NAACP and past;
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| president
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great spokesmen for
race and for human rights.

Dr. J., 1. Leach, piesident of the}
Flint Chapter of the NAACP, and.
(Continued ~] page _12)

Fire Damages
North Side Home

Car~ lessness once again | was
the cause of fire.| Waste paper
on the rear porch dt 1209 Dakota |

smoking, spread to} the rea wall!

state.

of the house. Damage was not!
extensive, and the} house is COv- |
ered by insurance.)

Those who reside in the bose:
are Mr.| Thomas MeNeal, Thomas |
McNeal, Jr., Sylvester McNeal, |
and ~Doreatha McNeal.. The upstairs section was | occupied by
My. and Mrs.

~Stacy Hunt.

f suk-committee ond- Repr. cena:

~ tive Doyle:

~Cosnimesinks Gets Rough Jolt From
Supreme Court And Negrees~

Mr. James Citbnans the only Negro to anpear before the Un
American Activties.| \Committee, and the only witness not to. complete
hin testimony, is pictured at left as He took the oath.
had only time enough to begin a lengthy statement which he had prepared for delivery to the committee,: when he was excused because 9!
the limited time left for the investigation.

As you all knew, the various witnesses who appear-d made ~i
appeer that they were defending the principles of good.
unionism, and of course fighting for the freecom of all races.
avd has been the contention, of the ~informed people cf all races tha~
these~ problems can and will be settled within the framework of the
present constitution. The Supreme: Court forcibly pointed ant
fact in il~s decision against segregation in the American Schoc!]! sys
x

lis slower, because each individua! has a

of that): oteduidation.|
is rated as one of America~s!

the Negro | |

The program will also letedde |
| Rutherford

St., ignited mee by careless | heen distressed

~|preventive program has
~a low ebb, not because of

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> ' ee eee |

Shown at left is, left to right:
Repres.ntative Velde, Represent -

ative Kit Clardy, chairman of the

Mr. Coiemar

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~Rutherford Seeks
_ Voluntary
Co-operation

~ Acting Fire Marshall Elwood

is seeking voluntary.
co-operation from owners and cccupants of substandard buildings.
He urges that owners of houses
occupied with three or more famiHies.to call his. office, CE 4-4661,
to request inspection.. This response will speed the checking by
eliminatmg door knecking.

~The Flint Fire Department ha:
becaus~, of the;alarming number of fatalities re-+
sulting from fires in substandard

ection of the laws~

9,000,000 white and 2,650,000 Negro children

| dwellings. It is the duty of the |

| fire department to take preven-|

itive steps to combat fires as weil |
as quelling them. However, ih:
been at!

ignor- |

(Continued on page 8)

ourt Rules Segregation
chools Unconstitutional

This week the Supreme Court ruled ina unanimous
decision that racial segregation in public schools is un
constitutional.

This decision was deemed one of the mast important in U. S. race relations since the Dred Scott decision of

1857.

Chief Justice Earl Warren spoke for the Court and

said education must be available to all on an equal basis. |
The NAACP instigated this case relying) upon the

14th amendment to the Constitution and the court Jaid

Jown the rule that segregation is
to Negroes.

~a denial of equal pro
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yppoximately 20 states will thereby be affected.
Yet the court said that it will hear further arguments.

Dr. j. L. Léach's
Statement:

Eiht, lie! milliens c:
Americans, expectcd a
avorable decision in the ~Segre~ation Case, but must confess we
1cver dycamicd of a unanimous
sate by the men of/the Supreme
Court...~

We of the NAACP
all true and loyal Americans,
fuse. to.get) ovcr-exeited jas tk
hat ~the dire-hearts | of Gcorgiz
and ~South Carolina~ will. der fer|
n the final analysis, Talmage o4
creg ea and Burns of. South Car- |

~We of
rth itr real

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lina will find that the decent
ind law-abiding citézens of the
Scuth will not follow them inta
noth: Rebellion. Whem it istal!!

aid and-.done, they will-be foune |

~ither upholding the laws they
have: sworn. to uphold or will bie
lin: epen er) notcriods rebelkon
4c.linst tne laws of |Itne-| United}
jtat.s and Constitution.
~~We of.the NAAG@P are now

trying to: concern ourselves not
so much avout the final end o~
Jim Crow, segregation | and dis
crimination, but we are trving to
prepare our people for that day
when tctal. integration will be
upon-us and there will | be but
ONE AMERICA strong, honest
nd with real leadership! worthy
23 an example before the nations
f ithe earth..To this! end, we
the National office have set the
date 1963 when total. intewration
mwill take: place over! the natién.
I do not mean to~ imply that
here will not be some reaction |
to ithe decision, but we must he
prepared to meet the. résistance
as we have in the past.

~For that reason we are now
-ngaged in a great NAACP membership effort. Flint should have
at least 2500 paid up* members
in. the Flint Branch, ~and we
=-hould send at least $2500 tothe
National office.~

108th Birikday
Celebrated From
Hospital Bed

Laneaster, Pa.
slave, -Billy Adams, -
his 108th birthday. May 15, from
his hospital bed, Uncle Billy held
open house at the Lancaster
County Hospital to observe his
birthday. The 109-year-old. pati-; ent muttered to his friends, ~This
is the first time I ever was in a
hospital on my birthday.~

of

A former

celebrated |

aext fall on how and when to end segregation.|

| Siatement By

Arthur ~ dimmu nds

The recent Supreme Court accision declaring unconstitutionel
the separation of races in ppble
elementary and secondary ~chools, aldng: with,

is an undeniable victory for the
American people and all peepies
of the free world. It would ~e
unfair to say that this~ dec/sioa
| will benefit Negroes jonly, | pa) tic| ularly since our vefy exi<t) nee
las free neople depends dn (tiis
i kind of interpretation and ~eai
| firmation of the qaqual | rpEhtis
| principles of our constitutio:
All of us who beliéve in e:

|ity owe a debt of. Prat: itt 19
ithe National Association for ih| Advancement of rhe wae Pe ppie
~for spearheading the jcourt f-ihts
| that led jto. this hist4ric decizien.
| The brilliant legal staff of this
'association, headed Yy- Thur. ved
| Marshall, fought a tohg and Yar!
battle. The patience, devciion,
(Continued on page 11) &

Hearing Set For
Seam Kemp May 25

May 21, has been! set flo: th
Municipal Court hearing for Sam
Kemp, 42, of 769~ EL Dartmeuth
St. He is charged With assault
with intent to murder.

Kemp is alleged to have shot
and Wounded Ida~ May Smith, 21

| of 831 E. Dartmouth St., jin the
i lee and jaw in an ~argument
ste os froma card gam: at

her apartment.
ile has been arraigned and
bond set at $2,000.

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