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with no desire to do anything but be
come again part of their howl.
If Mary wins this, her last I'M
conquered world, then what?
Mary says, Il dunno. Heck"
Ma says, "It's up to Mary. She's
had an awful lot of professional bids,
and maybe we should take some of
them. for her education's sake"
Well, it's all far cry from the year
776 BIC. when the Greeks put to
death several curious women who
peered down at the athletes in the
sacred vale of Olympia. The ancient
tabu on women even in the vicinity
of the Games has been so completely
lifted that million spectators at the
Winter Games at Garmisch- Parten-
kirchen picked girl, Sonia Henie. out
of fifteen hundred contestants, as their
favorite.
And again in a few weeks, if Mary
lives up to expectations this week end,
perhaps it will be little girl who will
lead the rest "a little girl under
whose tanned skin beats great COM
petitive heart, brave child fighting
against the wind, stiff boards and the
whims of scorers; a tot behind whom
stands a mother who is seeing her
6rearnc coyna fr1Ia in tho arh;evau,aDfe
of her twelve-year-ol baby girl.
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A Baby Olympic Star?
Continued from pose seven
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the water. she completed one of the
somersaults, then another. And then
as her whirling body swept halfway
through third revolution, she
Strengthened out gracefully. and slid
perpendcularly into the water with
splashless gurgle.
The wild football roar OF acclaim
increased as Mary padded deftly to
the side and lifted herself out of the
water.
Ma Hoerger, sitting at the edge of
the pool, grinding her handkerchief
into a little ball, did not cheer. She
saw her daughter skip like little girl
into the shelter of the tower before
Ma cried soft cry. She doesn't know
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Ten years after that first adventure
some debut, Mary stood, firm-lipped
and steady eyed. in the dark reoesses
of the Manhattan Beach, N. Y, diving
tower. Suddenly the muscles in her
slim little legs grew taut and she
sped toward the great opening at the
front of the shaft.
Far out into the thin air she flung
herself. And then, as if she summoned
invisible gymnastic devices from that
very air, her body commenced that en-
'thralling torment known as the "for-
ward two and a half" First her little
frame shrank into a tiny somersault-
ing ball, and as gravity pulled her
down irresistibly toward the surface of
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familiar little house centipede - not
the thousand legs, or millipede, but
the true centipede with its twenty-one
segments and pairs of legs - is rela-
tive that we generally consider the
more normal size.
1t is easy to list giant after giant of
this present day and age: The giant
armadillo of South America that out
measures the eight-banded and the
nine-banded armadillos by five to one.
The giant anteater from the same con-
tinent, whose length from the tip of
his exploratory snout to the end of his
handsome brush of tail is close to six
feet, compared to the two feet of the
silky anteater. The giant kangaroo,
an astonishing product of Australia,
where almost every animal is aston
ishing in some way or other - kan
garoo that stands taller than a man.
Branick's giant rat. The giant sea
turtle that attains weight of thou
sand pounds, whereas the hawksbill
turtle, another marine species, is nor
mally sixty or seventy pounds.
And besides all the admitted giants,
to which the name of giant" has been
attached, there are the ''naturalgiants"
that merit the adjective even though
1T has not been commonly attributed:
Such monsters as the Ganges gavial.
which measures thirty feet from stem
to stern. Beside a Cuban crocodile,
seldom more t.,ssi eight feet long, this
most ponderous of all living reptiles
might well be called the giant gavial.
Yes, there are still giants in these
days. although we shall never again
see the like of the ancient Bronto-
saurus, thirty tons of flesh and bone
directed by the dim promptings of a
two-pound brain. For the tendency
from prehistoric times has been for the
races of mammals and birds and rep
tiles and amphibians to produce much
smaller members.
Will the race of giants eventually
pass away completely? think so. The
giant animals of today do not appear
to be particularly well fitted to endure,
and long before the smaller races dis
appear in the slow but inevitable
grinding Of the evolutionary mill, l
have no doubt the giants will become
totally extinct - even the giants as
we know them today.
But that is a long time off. Mean
while can still hope that some day
the New York Geological Park may
exhibit an okapi. giant panda or an
Australian giant earthworm!
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Mosozine Section
Giant Animals of Today
Continued from pose two

table giant of eight to twelve feet !
| still think that if the cameramen had
varied their shots of the dragons"
with a closeup of one of the giants
American relatives, a swift or tiny
Anolis, the striking contrast in size
would have enhanced the interest of
the picture.
The giant tortoise of the Galapagos
. comes by his name of giant" honestly
enough. | have little doubt that under
the most favorable circumstances of
climate and food those greatest of iv-
ing tortoises will come very close to
the amazing size Of the extinct land
tortoises of fifty or sixty million years
ago.
Visitors to the New York Geological
Park stare in awe at the giant of our
collection, weighing little better than
300 pounds, with a measurement of
approximately four feet over the curve
of its shell. The Lower PliOcene fossil
beds of the Siwalik Hills in India have
produced skeleton of an extinct race
of land tortoises that is eight feet over
the shell.
Beside that ancient giant our largest
is but baby Nevertheless, ours is
growing, and if climatic conditions
were more favorable, so it could be
turned out on grass and shrubs the year
round, his growth would certainly be
much more rapid. DR. G. II. Townsend
has placed colonies of Galapagos tor
toises IN several tropical and sub-trop-
ical spots where they can be observed
constantly. and their rate of growth is
startling Lord Rothschild had one in
his collection at Tring, England, that
weighed 593 pounds, and although that
may be very near the limit of the size
they will reach. it certainly establishes
the species in the giant class.
Giants" of course, come in all
sizes. A creature an inch long may be
an authentic giant if the standard size
of his relatives is only an eighth or
sixteenth of an inch. | don't recall any
quite in that scale. but some come
close to it. There is, for instance. the
giant spider of the tropics - the so
called "bird-eating" spider. We have
several on exhibition now; their nor
mally outstretched legs span almost
eight inches. Compare that spider with
the diminutive creature that spins its
web among the rafters of a barn.
Or the giant centipede - nine to
fourteen inches of highly polished
trouble for whoever or whatever gets
in the way of its scimitar fangs The
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Yakima. Wash.


Mr.. Delbert Grafton of Oakland,
California, was a visitor here last
week. - Mrs. H. Jones was host
ess on Thursday evening for the
meeting Of the Mite Missionary So
ciety. - Stein Mitchell appeared
on the Y.M.C.A. Amateur boxing
card last Thursday evening. He
was awarded the decision over his
opponent. - Mr.. Webb Coleman
left for Seattle last Sunday to
make his home in Seattle. = Miss
Adeline Barnett, Miss Bessie Lee
Grimes, Eddie Robertson and Wal
lace Austin of Ellensburg, spent
Sunday here. - Mr.. Harmon Cole
man passed away ON Wednesday
morning. - Mesdames P. Braggs,
Arnold, M. F. Dubois. L. Ellison,
and D. Woods attended the meet
ing of the Republican Club held at
the Chamber of Commerce Monday
afternoon.
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Dies All Ripe Old Age

PRINCETON, Ill. amp Born
in Virginia 12s years ago, records
show, Archie Burnley, emancipat-
ed slave, died here Monday. His
recorded age was revealed seven
years ago when Burnley tell iii and
the Bureau County home sent to
Virginia for data on his date of
birth. Papers showing he was born
in 1907 were returned.
Then 121, Burkley rallied and
was well until a week before his
death. According to the ex-slaye,
it was no novelty for members Of
his family to reach old age as he
said his mother lived to reach 1874.
BurIxley's only surviving relative,
Mrs. Chester Washington Of Prime
ton, a grandniece, said from fam
lily records she was sure Burnley
was at least LOT.
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NEGRO JURORS

ROCKINGHAM. N. c. amp
Negroes win be placed on the jury
rolls during the forthcoming fed
eral court session of the federal
court in this district, as a result
of demand made on the court by
Attorney j. r. Mccormick OF
Washington, D. c. Judge johnson
]. Hayes ordered that the names Of
Negroes be included in rolls hence
forth after Attorney Mccormick,
who came here to defend broth
er charged with blockading. con-
tended for the inclusion Of Negro
Jurors. Judge Hayes ordered the
indictment quashed, a new one
drawn and the names of Negroes
added to the rolls.
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The pastor Of st. Paul A.M.E.
Church, Rev. w. williams. spoke
at the evening service last Sunday
from the subject. with Jesus in
Prayer" = A birthday party was
given last week at the home Of
Mrs. E. Ropeck honoring the an
niversary of Mr.. J. G. johnson.
Cards were enjoyed during the ev-
ening. Mrs. Beatrice Sims re-
ceived a diploma from the MIG.
Beauty Culture School recently
Miss Carmelita Ropack recently
received her degree in millinery at
the University Of Montana. Miss
Ropack is now employed at one Of
the larger millinery shops Of the
city. - Miss Mineola Fenter has
left for her home in Butte. Miss
Ruth Hardin has gone to Los An
geles for an indefinite stay.-Mrs.
r. Taylor and granddaughter, La
Verne, are visiting relatives in
Portland, Ore. Mrs. Florence
Mundy left last week for Spokane
after a brief visit with relatives
Among the sick: Mrs. R. Mudd and
Mrs. c. Ropack.
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BEGIN CAMPAIGN
TO AID ETHIOPIA

NEW YORK (ANP) - Sponsor
ed by the United Aid for Ethiopia
Committee, Lii Tasfaye zaphiro.
special Ethiopian envoy to this
country, is touring the East and
the Midwest in an effort to raise
half-million dollar defense fund
for his country.
After appearances this week in
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Colum-
bus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Indianap-
oils. and st. Louis. Mr.. zaphiro
will speak Saturday night, March
IA, in Kansas City, Mo.
Returning eastward, the youth
full envoy viii address meetings at
Gary, Indiana, March II: South
Bend, Ind, March 10; Toledo, o.,
March 20; Buffalo, March %; Ro-
chester, March %; Syracuse,
March "a; Springfield, Mass,
March 20; Hartford, March q;
New Haven, March %; and Bridg-
port, March 20.
The itinerary for Mr. zaphiro
was arranged on the basis of co.
ordination of local aid committees,
representatives of which worked
out plan at the National Negro
Congress in Chicago last month.
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Portland's History Told

Portland, Oregon, the terminus
of seven great railroad systems
and the possessor Of five fresh wa
ter herbors. win be the subject of
the American School Of the Air.
history dramatization over the
Columbia network Monday, March
%, from 11:s0 to IL noon, psf.
Among the episodes of Portland's
historical background to be dra-
naatized are the first survey Of the
site In 1s4s by William Overton
and Asa Lovejoy. the manipulation
of their claims by Daniel Towns
dale, who pushed the settlement
and development Of the city; and
tie Pacific Mail Steamship Lines
establishment Of Portland as its
terminus in 1851.
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Spokane, Wash.

The choir Of Bethel A.M.E.
Church presented a program of
Negro spirituals and readings at
the Spokane Billet Friday evening.
= Among the sick: Rev. and Ms.
J. c. White, Mrs. Hattie Robinson.
Mr.. VIM. Smith, Mrs. James
Strong, Leroi Wilson. A mass
meeting for Negro voters viii be
held Sunday afternoon, March %,
at the Bethel A.M.E. Church.
Phyllis Wneatley Club gave a
Sport Dance on Tuesday evening
at the Parrish Hall. - Mrs. Brun-
nette Turner i employed on the
WPA sewing project in Hilliard.-
Mr.. Robert Coltrane, who graduat-
ed from high school last January,
Is attending the Northwestern Blu
siness College. The Sunday
School teachers of Bethel A.M.E.
Sunday School presented Mr.. F. A.
Stokes, superintendent, with gift
for his birthday at the teachers
meeting held Friday evenin, March
ID. Rev. George S. Allen. pre-
siding elder, passed through the
city enroute to Tacoma last Tues
day morning. = Mrs. Lucille Vim
cent of California, mother of Mrs.
Marie Nichols, has returned to
Spokane for an indefinite stay. -
Mr.. Henry Bell Of Seattle was In
the city Sunday evening. The
Spokane Band Of Gideon conduct
ed the evening services at Calvary
Baptist Church last Sunday.-On
Sunday the Young People Of Cal
vary Baptist Church viii conduct
services throughout the day.-The
Missionary Society of Bethel AN.
q. Church met last Friday after
noon with Mrs. J. H. Stephens. =
Friends of the Rev. and Mrs. ].
Abram Hayward Of st. Matthew'S
Baptist church, gave them sur
prise Thursday. the occasion being
Mrs. Hayward's birthday. Friends
with a car called for the pastor
and wife and took them downtown
TO do some shopping. When they
returned, they found improvised
tables, loaded with good things, in
clading two birthday cakes decor
ated with candles. Twenty-Five sat
down to dinner. Mrs Hayward re-
ceived many gifts.
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MRS. BONNIE BOCLE
CORRESPONDENT

On Wednesday by plane to train
for 4 bout with Young Firpo.
Bishop 3. d. Dagwell VIII make
his first visitation at st. Philips
Mission on Sunday evening. March
%, at which time several candid
ates win be presented for confir-
nation. A reception IN honor Of
the Bishop win follow the services.
Friends gre cordially invited to at
tend.
Funeral services for Brother
Binford, age IS, win be held next
week. Brother Binford was q
faithful member Of Mt Olivet Bap-
fist Church and his passing win be
sadly mourned.
The Comic Opera at the Neigh
Dor OF Woodcraft Hall to be pre-
sented on April 2. should be well
attended by our group as part
of the proceeds win be donated to
the waverly Baby Home. which
institution has been extremely gem
erous In caring for colored babies.
Williams Ave. Y.W.c.A., Miss
Elizabeth Summers, secretary. =
The Health Education and Recrea-
ton Committee under the leader
ship Of Mrs. Bessie p. Johnson,
sponsored a Community Play Eve
ming on Friday night, March 20.
Moving pictures and games were
the diversions. Refreshments were
served. The committee win spon-
scr Play night each month for
adults and children of the COM
munity
Mrs. Henry MYles presented the
Branch with a beautiful fern for
the clubroom.
Edr. stanton Duke, advisor of
the Trojans Club, submitted his re-
signation.
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Billings. Mont.

Services were conducted as US
ual at Wayman Chapel AM.E
Church on Sunday. = On Friday
afternoon Rev. 1. N. Blake con
Quoted funeral services for Albert
Scott. barber shop porter here for
the last fifteen years, who died on
Wednesday morning Of a stomach
ailment. Services were held at Set
tergren's Funeral Home. Several
numbers were rendered by Mrs. O.
Johnson and Mrs. Ths odore Ross
accompanied by Mrs. VIM. Nc
Cabe. Pallbearers were ]. c. Ba-
ker, W. c. Brown, J. W. Aldridge,
Lewis W. Marshall, William Har-
ris, and Richard Moore. "Scotty,'
as the deceased was affectionately
called, was born in slavery on a
Kentucky plantation and was alb
out IS years old. Several color
ed boxers have arrived to take part
in bouts scheduled for next Thurs
day night at the Babcock Theatre.
Kid Rippatoe of Denver and Tiger
Bruce Fisher of Helena are the
out of town fighters Jimmie. Best,
local boxer, will also be matched
On the same card = Ted Ross,
saxophonist and Phoebe Baker, tap
dancer, were featured on a special
program at the Babcock Theatre
on Saturday night.
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JAPAN

BY WILLIAM PickENs for AMP
To protect itself from the great
White Peril" Japan has built up
veritable Franlxenstein in its Ar
my: they set out to teach their
young men not to fear to die but
to covet death for their cause.
Those young men learned to fear
death, to get what they go after;
and they are accordingly not a.
fraid to kill anybody in order to
reach their detectives; they win
kill Premier, General, Admiral, or
anybody except the Emperor whom
they still worship as a God.
What they cannot get by votes
or by parliamentary methods, they
take with the sword; If they can
not convince the opponent, they
kill him. Political liberation and
human patience are out of the
question. They are trained to be
martyrs for their country; they
are just as willing to be martyrs
for their political faction, for their
clique or their club.
One Of the quickest ways to
Heaven Tor to wherever Japanese
go after dcath) is to become a high
officer in Japan and disagree with
the cockish young patriots of-the
army, who really fear nothing, not
even assassination and ruthless
murder.
It would seem to US that with
Russia and the United States star
ing them in the face from west and
east, the Japanese would see the
value of preserving their old men
for counsel, as well as their young
men for war. A new official may
be as troublesome as the assassin
ated one.
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|OKLAHOMANS HEAR
RECORDER OF DEEDS

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. CBy
ANP)-Two thousand citizens Of
both races gathered at the Doug
lass High School auditorium here
Friday morning to hear DR.. VIM.
J. Thompkins, Recorder Of Deeds,
washington. D. c., who was the
principal speaker Of the mass
meeting.
Taking as his subject. High
lights of Negro History" for forty
five minutes DR.. Thompkins re-
viewed the history of the group,
paying homage to such prominent
figures as Cirspus Attacks, Fred
erick Douglass, and DR.. Booker T,
Washington.
Platform guests were Attorney
Elisha Scott, Topeka, Kans.. Geo.
Ragland, Attorney ]. j. Joseph, SUI
perintendent of the State Training
School for Negro Boys, Boley, and
Prof. H. v. Gear, assistant princi-
pal Of the Douglass High School.
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Brewer Abney, man about town
in New York City, with his charm
ing Missus, Nadene, who amounts
to a plenty and also keeps plenty
of bananas. Write, wire or phone
this writer, 1 have a sale for your
private residence here in Los An
geles If it's for sale
Top Row tied up the 100000
big race at Santa Anita, same as
John Roxborough and Julian Black
tied up Cameras and Baer's big
money.
Berry Brothers, fast dancing
team, have their lovely mother
here who looks too young to claim
two grown sons.
Louise, very cute Franklin show
girl, has her mother here visiting
from Kansas City, who looks more
attractive than the daughter.
Late Laughing Spots in L. A.
has few big spenders including
Walter Green, Eugene sorrell, Jed
son Grant, George Hyson, Black
Dot, Rainy Shaw, Freddie McClsin,
Frank Winborn, Jimmie Willis.
Freddie Archibald, Billy Graham,
Clarence Brooks, and CLAUDE Neil.
If this bunch doesn't go for an en-
tertainer, the manager win ask her
to take a rest or fire her.
Duke ChevroIier, with his sand
colored outfit and grass green tie,
marches down in ringside seats
sometimes with one on each arm.
Perry Lamont and the very cute
Missus folded their tent out of the,
red at Santa Anita and win head
their car in the T're etion of Tan
foran.
Miss Ophelia Marshall from Chi
cago, visiting in L. A., received
many handshalxes from friends.
Miss Marshall looked the part and
also brought her money with her.
Very beautiful Helen o'Neil of
Phoenix. your style and swell seen
cry is tops and all the big shots
are waiting to swing for you in
case you get on the loose, but the
boys all agree that George, Globe
Trotter, o'Neil is a tough man to
walk out on.
Miss Collins of the D & M Beau
ty shoppe, in the Elks Bldg, has
a bunch of beautiful assistants
who top the list in beauty culture.
For any information. write or
wire Jay Gould, Apt. 800. Dunbar
Hotel. I'll be seeing you.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Decra Richardson
Of Oakland are the proud parents
of daughter born February 90
Mrs. Richardson is the former Oh
i've Bushnell Of this city. Mrs. Clio
yer, aunt Of hrs Richardson. is
now visiting her niece in Oakland.
Mrs. King Of Kansas City, Mo-,
is IN the city a. guest Of Mrs. Has
lxins.
Mrs. Ridley, Grand Deputy Of
the Household Of Ruth is guest o.
Mrs. R T.. Morrison. Mrs. y. H.
Myles was hostess At dinner for
the visitor and the local chapter,
No. ga. complimented Mrs. lid
ley with a beautiful arranged re-
ceptlon on Wednesday evening at
the eYn
Among the sick; hrs. Howe con-
tunes i'll; Mrs. Leonard Crowwhite
is convalescing at her home; Mrs,
j. D. Jamisoa has recovered from
q recent illness; Mrs. c. F. Martin
is rapidly improving.
Funeral services win be held at
Miller and Tracey Mostuary Sat
urday for Mrs Constance Smith,
prominent heautician, who passed
away following a brief illness,
Mrs. Smith was a pioneer busin-
ess woman Of the city. Surviving
are her widower. Girls Smith; son,
Charles. and a daughter. Mrs,
Christina Ellxins.
CLUB NOTES: Miss Josephine
Dancey was hostess this week for
the meeting OF the Y.P.F. The
Rosebud study Club met on We'd
nesday with Mrs. ]. w. Stanley
st. Philips Guild met on Wednes-
day with Mrs. e. A. Browne as
hostess. Miss Lillian Belard was
hossess this week for the Knedyeu-
fawn Club. Mr.. George Miller win
be host at the next meeting.
Red Bruce. heavyweight battler
Of Pittsburgh. arrived in Portland
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Mr.. Webb Coleman and Mr.. Will
Der Grafton were visitors here on
Sunday enroute to Yakima. = Mr.
Ethel Cranen and Mr.. and Mrs. P
Barnett. Mrs. NJ. P. Echols, Mrs,
w. e. Claxton, and Moses Echols,
Jr., -ttended the funeral of Mrs
LHcienda Shelby in Ellensburg c
March 10. - Mr.. Moses Echols Jr.
returned to the CCC Sunday after
spending his vacation with his mo.
ther. ~ Mr.. Sam Cranen left Sat
urday to attend the funeral Of his
father In Whitewright, Tex. =
Twenty-Five guests were present
at the home of Mr.. James Price
on Thursday to help him celebrate
his seth birthday anniversary.
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Negro Fiier Builds
Plane With WPA Aid

DAYTON CAMP With a corps
of 16 WPA workers, Paul H. VIII
liams, former aviator and master
mechanic, is busily engaged at the
local WPA Emergency School con-
structing a plane which viii be en-
tered in the international air races
at Cleveland this fall.
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HAMPTON STRESSES
BUSINESS, INDUSTRY

HAMPTON INSTITUTE (ANPl
Business and industries will be
emphasized at Hampton Institute,
according to an announcement by
President Howe here Wednesday.
The future plans, the announce
ment stated, include provisions for
special attention to the problems
of Negroes in industry and bust
ness but do not mean any reduc-
ton of the work in teacher-train-
ing.
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Bill Passes Va. House

RICHMOND, Va. CAMP = ste
phens-Dovell Bill binding the state
Of Virginia to pay tuition for Ne
groes seeking training in law, me-
dicine. pharmacy, or other profess
sions in which no provision is made
in Virginia schools, passed the
House of Representatives here last
week. 1t now goes to the state
senate. The introduction of the
bill is regarded as a direct out
come of the fight waged by the
NAACP to secure equal education.
al advantages for all citizens, ir-
respective of color.