St. Joseph News-Press Articles on Black History

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

St. Joseph News-Press Articles on Black History

Entry/Object ID

9999.BHF.155

Scope and Content

St. Joseph News Press Articles Black History. For black students, St. Joseph is a different world is the title of an article in the St. Joseph News Press in the St. Joseph News -Press Sunday, February 4, 2007. There is an article in the St. Joseph News-Press Sunday, March 28, 1993 entitled Blacks would like to see their history preserved. There is a photo of Ku Klux Klan in conference in 1923 at the old City Auditorium. Local membership was about 3,500. The photo was the courtesy of Virgil Bashor. There is a picture of Kelsy Beshears. There is a picture of the brick house located at 24th Street and Mitchell Avenue. It was operated as a home for aged and dependent former slaves. There is a yearbook picture of Bartlett High School 1921 members of the junior class. There is a picture of Richard Robinson one of eight black youths who tried to integrate the Missouri Theater in 1960. His parents Jewel and Geraldine Robinson are also pictured. Another picture is a crowd witnessing the lynching of 19-year-old accused rapist Lloyd Warner on November, 18, 1933. Friday, June 29, 1990 St. Joseph News-Press\Gazette is a picture of Elwood Scouts. There is also a story about scouting written by Simon Rositzky. In the January 31, 2001 News Press Alonzo Weston wrote an article entitled During Black History Month, we should honor local notables, too. A week of events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Missouri Western State University wrapped up Thursday with the Freedom Fund Banquet, which honored students and community members. Those honored were Jamie Grayson, David Tushaus, Helen Washington, Ramadhan Washington and Alonzo Weston. This article was from the St. Joseph, News-Press Friday, January 22, 1010. Decent, small-town folks make stepping into Al Seifert's shoes less scary is the title of an article written by Alonzo Weston. He took over the writing of Al Seifert job of writing feature stories about small towns around the area.

Collection

Black Archives

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Slavery, Discrimination, Segregation, Desegregation, Lynchings

Search Terms

St. Joseph News-Press, Black History, Ku Klux Klan in St. Joseph, Home for Aged & Dependent Ex-Slaves, Bartlett High School, Missouri Theater, Warner, Lloyd, Black Boy Scouts

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

File, Folder

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jun 4, 2013

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Roe Bartle

Person or Organization

Virgil Bashor

Person or Organization

Kelsey Beshears

Person or Organization

Parvin Bishop

Person or Organization

Mabel Brown

Person or Organization

Ivory Ducan

Person or Organization

Fiske Finley

Person or Organization

Rex I. Gary

Person or Organization

Jamie Grayson

Person or Organization

Hester Hoggart

Person or Organization

Red Leavitt

Person or Organization

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Person or Organization

Lester Miller

Person or Organization

Jasmine Pasley

Person or Organization

Geraldine Robinson

Person or Organization

Jewel Robinson

Person or Organization

Richard Robinson

Person or Organization

Simon Rostizky

Person or Organization

Al Seifert

Person or Organization

David Tushaus

Person or Organization

Washington Ramadhan

Person or Organization

Washington, Helen

Person or Organization

Weston, Alonzo

Person or Organization

John Young