I ORANDUM. ON NAACP BRANCH MEETING OF FEBRUARY 27th, 1959
(in Pres. Jones! absence)ts Vice-Pres Willis Thomas
Qairmas
Attendance# Aprox 40 persons, aprox 8 of whom were Board members
1. Thomas read a national NAACP memo reporting on a Set er pen to the President
of the Textile Workers Union by Roy Wilkins regarding the support given by the
In response to the chair.
Textile local in Front Royal to the segregationists.
that th Branch pass a mot.on-endorsing Wilkinis position, a
man's aggcstio
was passed hht the Chicago NAACP Boar d contact the local joint board
mtQsa
them to put pressure on their International
*irging
of:the. Textile Workers Union
2'
The Chairman reported (4.n reply to a regaest for information from the Univer-.
sity of C:Icago.NAACP) that the Branch had as yet teen no stand and engaged in
.on A
.
on the YouthiTarch for Integrated Schools w i .ch is to take place
:A
i. h since :no word had as yet, been recei"red frum the National Office
t.
no activi
exp'.i- .Lrxder :
t~h
per- i
ch
.i,
the i: "-' a^nd te
sttrng
dsuch
activity. A motion of endorsement was ruled out of
Thomas said that the fact of Wilkins being a chairman of
fact tiat the Youth Councils and New York chapters were engag
ing in a' :.i-t, did not necessarily imply NAACP support nationally and therefcre did not permit the Brmnch to support the March.
A motion was passed that the
body take a collection} elect a two-man committee to send a telegram to ilkins
asking for an immediate reply to be sent to Pres. Jones and to the two-man
comir.ttee; and also endorsing the March when and if
receivedR
3o
an affirmative reply is
(Two-zan committee elected was Timuel Black and Norman Hill.)
Blanche Selden presented and the body passed a motion dealing with the stories
appearing in the Defender and elsewhere that the two Police officers responsible
f9 the Joseph Smith frame-up might be reinstated in Woodlawn. The motion was
that the NAACP send a letter to the Police Commissioner and others demanding that
these officers be permanently removed from Woodlawn and warning against any
return; and also that the NAACP take ay farther action deeed advisable,
. ,rgingy
h..T body passed aa. tion strongly
tanheo the ionroe County, North Carola
alaia-.
the
oard to send financial
AP
(Where the kissingg case" occur-
red)
-. Faith Rich presented a motion and a letter, whose substance she read to
be sent to the two labor members of the Board of Eduhation on the segregated
of the two vocational schools and bringing to their attention various
natire
allegations regarding the methods by which the schools are maintained as
segregated schools (one white and one Negro). The motion passed, and the Chair
stated that the letter would be forwarded to the present Housing Chairman for
any rewording, and then sent outi
6, The Chairman agreed with an Ehglewood member on the necessity of having
NAACP involvement in Engelood urban renewal hearings and promised to notify
the chairmen of the Housing Comdttee (neither was there) to send a representa-
tive to these hearings, etc.
7. Motion presented by A. Miles Ctrtaan and passed that the NAACP board initiate
a comamnity-wide Housing Confetence to be held prior to the sinmer of 1959 ih
view of the alarming developments in the housing field.
8. Timuel Black moved- and passed, that Pros. Jones be asked to report to the
March membership meeting on the Urban Re ewal hearings which he had previously
meao on ClP
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stated were to be held by Senator Douglas some time in February
9.
A motion. was passed that the NAACP Board issue a statement on recent
troubles in Englewood,
Announcements and Reports,
Work on segregation in the Police Department by ,a subcommittee of the Legal
Redress Committeo was reported on. An institute is being organized, it was
reported. to aid in promotion policies.
The existence of a Speakers Bureau and its activities was reported on. It
hoped to send and provide speakers on request to pre sent the official views
S .legislt,~ie
3ha9.ruman reported that their cmrmt es
)"r.is
n ii.. Spr.ingelE with major .onzi:.Ion
......
- i, the tate,
t
to develop a pr -J
4' i.c.age
The Le~sla ,ive ChaLrman also tated hat
,ie
cr'
..
i;+t
.... n4es c;: individuals interested in vrking
(:Cu
l.is
.s
d been filled out at the previous meeting
c.iz. .
Ge .lad iBull.ok., had volunteered their names).
w tuld crtaijnly 'i'Ie
Mr Tulj.ock to join the Committee
S ... "-Y
'
L~ thi
2hese interested in
office,
main focus would
toward organizing
prsu-e outside
ad nrecee .vd
wit his comet tt ee
ad several members,
He stated that he
immediately.
oriJttee assignments were asked to notify the NAACP
The new executive secretary, Rev.
IFchways,
spoke briefly,
He is presently
h'airma~ of the Youh Co!rnission which has not yet begun to function, he
stated0
Membership kits and authorization cards are available at the office at all
times, it was reported.
The next monthly membership meeting will be on THE WEST SIDE, on March 27th,
at 8pm.
Address:
217 N. Levitt, at the Baptist Church,
(For information about a ride to the meeting from the South Side call
KE
0-o5R)