The Omaha guide., 1939-06-24

night are the medals to life mem
bers OF the Association, those VIII.
have paid $500 in to association
treasury. Medals will go to: Thu
Alpine Kappa Alpha sorority, Mrs
Lillian A. Alexand r of New York
Duke Ellington, Marshall Field
and DR.. John l.. Reeves of Phila-
/ delplia, Pa. The presentation vii
be made by DIR. William Lloyd
lines of New York, member of the
asgociatica's board of Directors.
The principal speaker at the Fri
day night session June 30, which
has been designated as youth
night will be DIR. Arthur Rapefi
research director of the Commits.
sion on ~Interracial Cooperation at
Atlanta, Ga, Other short talks
will be given by Edward Strong,
secretary of the Southern Negro
Youth Congress, James II. Robin
son, and W. Willeroy Wells of
Richmond, Va.
The closing meeting on Sunday
afternoon, July 2, will be address
sed by Governor James H. Price,
Of Virginia, Walter White and
Mrs. Franklin d. Roosevelt. Mrs.
Roosevelt will close her remarks
by presenting the oath Spingarn
Medal to Marian Anderson, famed
contralto.
The following living Spingarn
medalists have been invited to be
present at the ceremonies, when
Mrs Roosevelt presents the 1898
medal to Miss Anderson:
Professor f. f. Just, William
Stanley Braithwaite, Harry I.
Burleigh, DIR. w. E. B. Dubois,
DR.. George Washington Carver,
Roland Hayes, DR.. Mordecai w.
johnson, DR.. R. r. Motion, DR.. Max
Yergan, DIR. W. T. B. Williams,
Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune, and
Dr.. Carter G. Woodson,
The address of Mrs. Roosevelt
and the response of Miss Ander-
son will be carried over the two
major radio networks-NBC and
CBS-from five to five-thirty +.
M. Eastern daylight saving time.
One of the features of the con-
ference will be a luncheon, June
3Oth, celebrating the twenty-one
of service which Walter
White, NAACP secretary, has CIV
en- to the organization. At that
luncheon reports are to be received
from branches of contributions to
tho legal defense fund of the as
ISOLATION in honor of Mr.. Whites
service.
Another feature will be the
youth fellowship dinner Friday
night, June 30. Still another en-
tertainment arranged for the
branches is the living newspaper
play "Place: America which has
been written especially for this
| conference and which covers the
central philosophy and some Of the
, main events. in the thirty years
history of the NAACP. 1t will be
produced by the Richmond Com
munity Theatre players under the
direction of Thomas Richardson.
The youth delegates to the
NAACP conference will have a
meeting each morning in a separ-
ate youth section and on Thursday
noon. June 90 a debate on social
lied medicine will be staged be-
tween the Detroit youth council
(affirmative) and the Boston
youth council (negative.)
The speakers morning sessions
for young people will hear severa.
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speakers including Georae Smith
of the Delata Cooperative Farm
at Rocsdale, Miss; Drank Fultor
Of New York; Mrs. Ann Caution
director of NYA activities among
colored youth in Oklahoma; Johl
Holly Of Cleveland, o.; Ed Strong
and Miss l.. Pearl Mitchell. Wal
ter White, NAACP secretary, viii
speak to the youth delegates Fri
day morning, June 80. Gloster Z
Current, president of the Detroi
youth councils, will preside at tn
youth night mass meeting Fri
day, June 80.
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