Story of Houston police officer harassing a woman

              HOUSTON CHAPTER
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: OF YOUTH COUNCIL I
HAS FINE PROGRAM
He-depi'eeated the ruclu.l tendency
to essay to cructrv those or the race
who asaume the lead In Clghtlng the
battles for their people, as well as
:the policy or deserttng those aym pa-t,
thetlc and liberal white rrtends who
J attempt to help advance the Negro's
,cause.
He contended that youths of the
race must help to solve some of the
Vexing problema, including juvenile
delfn.quency, which is on the increase
here among Negroes, with no cor-
Irocttve or protective institution pro"
vided tor their commitment and
retormatton.
The speaker was introduced by
Morris GuldrJt, Jr., popular barber
and business man.
Miss Neyland (}itcs Activit.ies
Miss Rosie Neyland, vtce-presi-
Ident ot the council, gave a detailed
rF1)ort or the organization's acttvt-
.ties and achievements during the
past year, and outlined some of the
objectives tor the new year.
H James H. Jemison, president and,
bronze mayor" ot Houston, made I an appeal tor members and dona-tions
to the legal defense tund, and "
the audience responded with a flat-tering
offering. This was followed i Iby brief remarks by C. F. Richard- i
.son, president senior branch and i
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.Defender editor. i
The program was made more in- I
teresHng by musical selections ren-j'
dered by Trinity Choral Club, St.
John orchestra (Bastrop}, Boynton
Chapel junior choir and East Trinity!
young people's choir.
Misses Cleo Oliver and Grace
R~gers gave a vocal duet and Mrs.
Artie Meka Huckaby, brilliant sing-er
and minister of music at Bethel
Baptist Church, electrified the audi-l
'ence with a soprano 80'10', Miss Hat-tie
M. Black conducted the singing
of the NAACP theme song and Miss
Margaret Mlsher served very grac-iously
as mistress ot ceremonies.
Invocation and benediction were
pronounced by Rev. F. W. Logan
and Rev. J. S. Scott, respective pas-tors
or Boynton Chapel and Trinity
,East M. E. churches.
Lanier Stirs Audience Attend-ing
Firat Anniversary Ob-servance;
JOhlUlOR Expoae5
"Frame-up" In Gibson Caae'j
·Musical Selections Superb
The first anniversary program ot
the Youncil Council of the Houston
branch NAACP, held last Sunday af-ternoon
in the auditorium or the Odd
Fellows Temple, with R. O. Lanier,
Idean of Houston College tor Negroes,
'as principal speaker, was easily the
best and most interesting program
conducted here by this youthful or-ganization.
Present at tne program was Miss
Christel Gibson, young Wheatley
High graduate who was treated so
brutally here recently by an ort-duty
uniformed patrolman on a North
Side bus, who thanked the council,
for coming to her rescue by pr6vid-ing
legal de tense, which resulted in
the charge belng dropped' against
her and the ottendtng' otncer 8US-
,l)ended for 10 days.
Johnson Bares Pollee "Frame-up"
W. Jay Johnson, prominent white
attorney and co-chairman or the
senior branch's committee 011 legal
redress and legislation, gave a gra-phic
account 01 the Olbsen-easo I!I'!!ft
I
read the. "trame-u'p" testimony which
the assaulttng orrtcer had sworn to
beCore the district attorney in con-nection
with the attack on and ar-rest
or this innocent and frail color-, L
ed girl.
"If it had not been tor the youth
Counctl;" MI'. Jo.hnson averred, I
i "Christel Gibson would have been
round guilty tor an oftense she never
committdd and by now more than·
Ilkely would have been serving a:
.Iong sentence in the county jail. It I
Ithey could frame her in this man- \
:ner, It is easy to see how many In-[
Inocent members or your race have
Ieven been sent to the penitentiary I tOI' cl'imes they never committed."
LIlni.,r Dis(~1l6f1C"Sli.innro Banana I Taking as his au bfect, "A Skinned
Ilanuua;" Dean Lanier stated that
111:\ long us the banana remains on I
the job it is sure and secure, but that
just as soon as the banana leaves'
the bunch It is skinned.
The 'way to keel) tr orn being i
"8k inned," he aaserted , WI1.!l thr-ough
orga nlaed, eftort, such as the youth
Co unclj 811d NAACP, Wblcn are de-voUIlJI:
their e(torts to keep N9Kroea
rrom being "8klnned" and to keep
tbom on UBI _"pllnch."