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Beshears: Citizen CrusaderEntry/Object ID
2022.40.19Scope and Content
A 16 page newspaper "Citizen Crusader, Seeking New Frontiers Of Community Purpose", Friday, March 24, 1961, Vol. 1, Number 12, St Louis, Mo.Context
The front page is allocated to James Hurt and is captioned 'ALL COMMUNITY MOBILIZED BEHIND HURT FOR SCHOOL BD.' It features a full page picture of the candidate and his family: father, mother, sister, wife, and daughter. The article on page 8 "A Salute To St. Louis Women" by Ernest Calloway is pointed out in the upper right corner.
Page 2 articles: Heading 'TREMENDOUS OVATION GIVEN JAMES HURT, JR AS COMMUNITY CLOSES RANKS IN SCHOOL ELECTION' sub-articles: 'Dick Gregory Flew In For Salute To Hurt' Day; Attended By 2,000'; Negro Labor Group Endorses Hurt'; 'Facts And Figures On Candidate James Hurt'; ' The Citizens Committee For HURT'. Pictures: Dick Gregory made a special appearance at the Hurt Tea and contributed $100.00 to the campaign.; THE JAMES HURT TEA COMMITTEE.
Page 3 articles: 'URBAN LEAGUE MEETS TO DISCUSS TANDY'; 'End Jim Crow Golf Course'; 'The Life And Times Of James E. Cook-Citizen', with picture; 'Praise Sit-In Martyrs' by Andrew Thomas.
Page 4 articles: Mayor Tucker Outlines Neighborhood Program'; 'Negro Population 4 Million in 10Yrs'; 'Job Order Major Step'; 'On State Legislation' by Senator T. D. McNeal. A picture en masse of dead South Africans with the caption 'First Anniversary Of A National Act Of Infamy'.
Page 5. 'Pick The 10 Most Influential Negroes In St Louis' accompanied by pictures of 24 candidates. A ballot is included for readers to vote on their top ten picks.
Page 6: EDITORIALS ". . I Will Not Retreat a Single Inch - And I Will Be Heard". Articles: 'Why We Support Hurt' 'The Wandering Phillistines In St. Louis Negro Politics'; 'McMillian For A Federal Judgeship'; 'LET'S FACE IT!' By Margaret Bush Wilson.' ; 'Kenyans Want Leader Freed'. Political cartoon of a Hurt supporter dragging a stay-at-home voter into the polls.
Page 7. "Rigging The Civil War Centennial, The South Wins". The article includes drawings of: '54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment charging Fort Wagner, S.C., July 18, 1863'; 'Negro crewmen of the Confederate gunboat Planter'; 'Major Martin Delany, . . . the first Negro field officer to serve in the Civil War.'; 'A Civil War Regiment Of Negroes receiving the colors'; 'The massacre at Fort Pillow, April 12, 1864, Confederates killed all captured Negro soldiers'; Captain Pinchback, Major Augusta, Lieutenant Trotter. An additional article about Robert Smalls, a Negro crewman of the 'Planter'.
Page 8 'They Serve Freedom's Cause Well - A Salute To St. Louis Women'. This is the first in a series of articles on the important role Negro women are playing in the life of the St. Louis community. Subheadings: St. Louis Women Have Made An Inspiring Contribution To Development Of The NAACP: The Early Years; Mrs. A. N. Vaughn; Mother-Daughter Teams; At Mid-Century. Pictures of prominent Negro women involved in the NAACP, as well as 2 pictures of Miss Evelyn Roberts, Executive Secretary of the NAACP.
Page 9 contains with pictures related to the previous article: Registration Workers gathered to promote and publicize a NAACP project; 'Active NAACP Workers From Westside Baptist Church.'; Mrs. Allen, Harris, and Hamilton at a kick-off meeting to launch 1959 NAACP Freedom Tea.; 'Mrs Jane Lathen - Chairman of the NAACP Freedom Tea in 1958'; DeVerne Calloway, Mrs. Calhoun, Witherspoon and Johnson during a financial report meeting for the 1960 NAACP Freedom Tea.; A large group of participants of at a NAACP Freedom Tea.; Employees Of Fenwick Fashions who organized into a Union Local in 1958.
Page 10 articles by MERLON HINES 'William Owens Of Railway Clerks' and ARTHUR MARTIN. A picture of 'NAACP YOUTH IN OKLAHOMA' About 65 youth held a sit-in on the floor of a lobby of a cafeteria; thirteen were arrested. An article ' Raps Bigots Who Would Block Mays'
Page 11. The top half of the page is a diagram of 'The Flow And Structure Of Power In St Louis'. The bottom half is the article 'Some Notes & Chart On The Power Structure Of St Louis' - WHO 'RUNS' ST. LOUIS BEHIND THE SCENES?'.
Page 12. FOR THE WOMAN': 'Around the Town' with DeVerne Calloway. Articles: 'CORE Pickets Kresge Stores'; 'Pre-Easter Banquet'. And a recipe for hot Chicken n' Cheese Pie.
Page 13. 'youth in action' a picture of YOUTHFUL LEADERS AT CARVER HOUSE - In a ceremony held during their mid-winter prom. 'Carver House Molds Young Leaders', ' Former Clayton Hi Student Urges New Look at Racial Attitudes'. A picture of Summer Carver House sponsors during their stay at Home Camp, participating at one of the features at a Festival Day in India. 'For The Children' a drawing to color of a little boy riding a tricycle.
Page 14 Sports - "Big Daddy's Corner". A rundown of the ' 1949-1960 Baseball Writers' All-Americans Including 8 Tan Aces'. The list and pictures include: Jackie Robinson; Roy Campanella; Ernie Banks; Henry Aaron; Larry Doby; Willie Mays; Don Newcombe; and Sam Jones.
Page 15 Pictures: Official Democrat Leaders of the 26th Ward met with Mayor Raymond Tucker; Twenty-Fifth Ward Voters at a meeting with District Manager Benjamin Goins; Mrs. Tommie Brooks, Republican Committee Woman of the 20th Ward and others at the Hurt Tea. Articles: Norman Seay Supports Hurt; Ald. Woodson Supports Hurt; Fr. Nicholson Supports Hurt.
Page 16 A single picture featuring Ben Lindenbusch, Republican Candidate for Mayor, with his Headquarter's Office Staff. The rest of the page contains advertisements and a half page campaign ad for Lindenbusch.Collection
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