St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-01-09

And the entertainment world
was saddened by the death of the
famed Father of the Blues" w.
c. Handy. Among those who sent
kilograms of condolences was
President Eisenhower.
Manhattan Anu-Bias Law Goes
Into Effect
New York City's anti-discrim-
ination law went into effect, in
April and the Civil Rights Com
mission in its first major action,
set up advisory committees in As
states. In religion. st. Cecilia's
Roman Catholic mission church in
Jesuit Bend. La, was re-opened
after more than two years. II had
been closed by Archbishop Rum
mel of New Orleans because big
OTIS refused to permit a Negro
priest to celebrate Mass there. On
the international front, the first
Conference of Independent Africa
States met in Accra, Ghana, and
Princess Margaret Of Britain Of
ficially opened the first parliament
Of the West Indies Federation.
Prime Minister NlIrumah of
Ghana in July paid a state visit
TO America. He was royalty re-
ceived by President Eisenhower
and cabinet members in Washing
ton and feted at banquets in such
cities as New York, Chicago, and
Philadelphia. Returning home, the
prime minister, Africa's Man In
Motion, thanked the American
and Canadian peoples for the wei
come he received in the two count
ries.
In Montgomery, Ala. last Oc-
tober, Approximately $50 persons
in rs cars welcomed DIR. Martin
Luther King Jr, when he returned
to the city after being stabbed by
Mrs. lola Curry while autograph
ing his book In New York City.
AS the crowds waited at the new
81, 900, 900 Airport, expressions Of
Thank God" could be heard
throughout the waiting period The
plane was IS minutes late.
Forming the welcoming commit
tee were the official staff Of the
Montgomery Improvement Assoc
iation, representatives Of the In
terdenominational Ministerial AL
lance Of the Dextor Avenue Bap-
fist and the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference with head
quarters in Atlanta, Ca.
The u. S. Civil Rights Commits
sion in December created a model
Advisory Committee in Alaska by
appointing to membership a Ne
gro, an Eskimo, an Indian, and a
Jew. With the creation of the
Alaskan group, some 40 such COM
mittees were appointed to investi-
gate complaints of discrimination
in the various states and report to
the parent body. The Negro mem
Der is Clarence Coleman, Anchor
age contractor and president Of
the city's NAACP.
Jessie Angie Evans, 15-year-old
Arkansas high school student was
named one of Ten Young Women
Of the Year" by Mademoiselle
Magazine, after she led a success
full drive for Indignation at Van
Buren,, Ark. High school.
African Bishop COnsecrated BY
Pope
In a sole.un ceremony in St
Peters Basilica, Pope John XIII
consecrated the Rev. Charles
MsaIiIa, native African, a bishop
! in the Roman Catholic Church and
thus raised to Is the total number
Of Negro bishops in the 500 ,0OO,-
600 member worldwide denomina-
ton. Bishop Msalila was conse-
Grated side by side with six white
clergymen, including the vatican's
Secretary Of State. Domenico Tar
DINA, and placed over the diocese
Of Karema In Tanganyi<a in East
Africa
Sports - Sugar Ray Robinson
blasted the National Boxing As
ISOLATION for issuing an ultimatum
directing him to negotiate for a
middleweight title bout by Jan. II
or risk having his title vacated by
the MIA. Robinson termed the
MIA edict unfair. and threatened
to sue every member Of the as
ISOLATION
On a state visit to New Delhi.
India. DIT Kwame Nkrumah Prime
Minister Of Ghana, declared in an
address before the African Stu
dents Union. that Ghana, in CO.
Operation with other African
states. was determined TO lead the
vanguard for liberation Of the
whole African continent from col
onial rule.
Following q nine-year legal bat
tie elimaxed by U. s. supreme
Court ruling against segregation
the City Park Association Ct New
Orleans la announced tEat Ne
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