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HOUSTON CHAPTER / : 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 / .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."
Object Description
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Identifier | MSS1457-105 |
Title | Story of Houston police officer harassing a woman |
Original Publisher | Houston Defender |
Description | Two articles covering a story about a local, white police officer harassing a young African American girl on a bus. |
Date Original | May 14, 1938 |
Source | 2 pages |
Type | Text |
Language | English |
Subject Terms |
Houston Defender ; Police--Texas--Houston |
Geographic Subject Terms | Houston (Tex.) |
Era | 1930s |
Publisher | Electronic version published by Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas |
Collection | MSS1457 C.F. Richardson Sr. Papers |
HPL Location | C.F. Richardson Sr. Papers, Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas |
Finding Aid | Finding aid available at: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/houpub/00191/hpub-00191.html |
Rights | Please contact the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston, Texas. |
Date Digital | 2009 |
Format | |
Filename | MSS1457-105.pdf |
Description
Identifier | MSS1457-105 |
Title | Houston chapter of youth council has fine program |
Transcript | HOUSTON CHAPTER / : 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 / .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." |
Filename | MSS1457-105.pdf |
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