A. Summarizing statement

B. Boyd of report---The riot of July 1919

I. Introduction---The Causes of the Riot (A brief paragraph)

1. Underlying causes

a. Primary. There are two, bound up closely with
fundamental problems

a' Housing--decent living

b' Industry--adequate livelihood

b. Secondary

a' Race prejudice

a'' Part in Chicago riot---It became apparent as
a cause because of the complications arising
from the primary causes.

b'' Comparison with the importance of this cause
in other riots.

2. Pyramid of succeeding causes

a. Increase in number of hostile activities

a' Antecedent clashes

b' Bombings

b. Augmentation of hostile attitude

a'-on the part of the Negro--increasing lack of
trust in the white man both in daily relations
and as regards legal protection.

b'-on the part of the White man--fear or annoyance
at the increasing numbers of Negroes and at his
growing importance

3. The immediate causes, the peak of ill-felling

a. The drowning of Eugene Williams

b. The alleged refusal of the white police officer
to arrest the man supposed to have been
responsible for the drowning of the colored boy.

II. The beginning of the Riot

1. Setting

a. Time

b. Place

c. Weather

d. Nature of crowd

2. Events

a. The rapid battle

b. The drowning

3. Results

a. Consternation, and consequent rumor

b. Rumor. The boy was stoned to death.
Guilt fixed upon a white man.

c. Demand for arrest of alleged white stone thrower

d. Refusal, or rumored refusal of officer to arrest.
Effect upon the crowd--restraint removed--a mob
formed.

III. The Growth of the Riot

1. Extensive

a. Time

a' Period covered

a" From inception to peak

b" From peak to end

c" Entire time

b' Rise and fall in events by hour or portions of day

b. Place--area covered (Insert small outline map)

a' Delineation of districts

b' Order in which districts entered riot as scenes of clashes.

2. Intensive

a. The rise

a' Individuaal, sporadic assaults

b' Gang leadership, surging mobs, irresponsible commission of atrocities

c' Predatory raids, showing increase in plan and daring.

d' Retaliation, intense feeling increased gre-
gariousness

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PRESIDENT

NEWCOMB CARLTON
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

J. C. WILLEVER
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT

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CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE

WEST SIDE OFFICE
2103 W. WASHINGTON ST.
CANAL 0229

OFFICERS and
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Horace J. Bridges
Honorary President

Earl B. Dickerson
President

Louis Binstock
Vice President

Charles M. Thompson
Treasurer

Elbridge Bancroft Pierce
Assistant Treasurer

Miss Zonia Baber

Leonard G. Ball

M. O. Bousfield

James A. Bray

Archibald J. Carey, Jr.

Harry NMI Cohen

Mrs. Dorothy Bushnell Cole

William F. Clarke

Mrs. U. G. Dalley

Joseph M. Evans

Rev. Mary Evans

S. B. Fuller

Mrs. Norman Freehling

T. K. Gibson

Ralph Lee Goodman

William P. Harrison

William E. Hill

Percy L. Julian

George D. Kells

Samuel C. Kincheloe

Roscoe Kolliner

Samuel Luderman

Hugo B. Law

Theodore K. Lawless

Mrs. George W. Lawrence

Mrs. Emile Levy

Julian H. Lewis

Walter L. Lowe

Michael Mann

Howard G. Mayer

Harry D. Oppenheimer

Leo C. Pliner

George L. Quilici

Curtis Reese

Benjamin Samuels

Howard D. Shaw

Alfred Smart

J. P. Smith

Miss Sara Southall

A. A. Sprague

Robert R. Taylor

D. DeWitt Turpecu, Jr.

C. Udell Turpin

John L. Yancey

James M. Yard

3032 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE

CHICAGO 16, ILLINOIS

OFFICE OF
A. L. FOSTER
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

April 27, 1944

Mr. Langston Hughes,
United States of America,
The World.

My dear Friend Hughes:

I note that you are speaking in Glencoe, May 2nd. That is the village in which our family have lived for the past three years. We are at 379 Jefferson Avenue and if you have a few moments before or after your lecture, please drop in for a hello. My sons remember when you used to call to see Helena Harper who you may recall lived with us on 51st and they greatly admire you. I am glad to have them admire you. So do I. So does Mrs. Foster.

If you decide to drop in on us do not let your hostess or those persons arranging the program know, at least until after you have finished your engagement with them. The Fosters are personna non grata. As one Glencoe "lady" said, "We do not have a race problem in Glencoe because our (the underscoring is mine) Negroes are good Negroes. We do have a 'Foster Problem'.

That statement was made when Civil Liberties of Chicago accused the Glencoe PTA with being un-American for refusing to sell Mrs. Foster a ticket for their annual luncheon at the Skokie Country Club. Of course, I can readily understand that Mrs. Foster despite her educational bakcground and travels abroad, would prove undesirable to nice educated, economically secure, Christian "ladies" but she was naive enough to assume that since she was a financial member of the PTA with all dues paid, that she, as other members would be served etc.

The Glencoe folk also despise the Fosters because they do not stay in their place which, as far as Glencoe is concerned, is definitely fixed. For example, Foster the Man thought that he and his sons would want to swim in Lake Michigan. Well, he

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discovered that neither dogs or Negroes were allowed to swim at
the Park avenue beach because that was reserved for the white folk.
He found that white folk could purchase a beach ticket for $3 and
that they and their friends could enjoy the cool,igg waters on hot
summer days; but that Negroes were expected to cool themselves in
some other fashion such as cavorting around under the sprays of a
lawn sprinkling system or perhaps getting under a shower or in a
bath tub.

Well, the Fosters - Man and Woman - decided that since
white folk had fixed up a constitution and established courts to
protect the helpless, they would appeal to said courts. Of course,
they didn't realize that circuit and superior courts could be in-
fluenced by white folk to the end that they would see justice in a
very different light. Anyway, after fooling around with such courts,
the Fosters went into a district court of the UNITED STATES, and
Judge William Holly, a real liberal, handed down an injunction. To
make a long story short, now - and for the past two years p the Fosters
have been buying a beach ticket and going into the cooling waters,
which have not yet turned brown or black as a result. Nor has the at-
tendance at the beach diminished.

Your "Simple Friend" would be interested in Glencoe
and I hope he accompanies you on your visit. He asks such interest-
ing questions. I really like your "Simple Friend" although I haven't
heard much about him lately.

Oh yes, several years ago, the white folk thought
of a good plan for getting rid of Negroes. They condemned fifty feet
on each side of Vernon avenue for several blocks for park purposes
and two full blocks and some other land and now we have extensive
parks which few people ever use but fewer Negroes. They also caused
the Negro Baptist church to be burned down (accidentally) but we
still have the AME church. I have never been spoken to by a white
minister since I have been there although my sons go to one of the
white churches to scout meetings. The pastor there always gets busy
when it comes our time to shake his hand. We've never shaken it yet
but we have hopes. Oh yes, the Jewish Rabbi spoke to me once and he
called up Mrs. Foster during the PT A episode to advise her not to
push the matter but to be nice and patient and to continue to love
her neighbors. You and I can understand why the Jews of the village
would not champion the Negro's cause especially with such bad Negroes
as the Fosters. They probably feel that their own security is not too
secure.

Well, I hope you enjoy your visit to Glencoe. The
ladies will treat you swell. They'll smile at you and genuinely enjoy
your poetry because they are all well educated white folk. They have
attended Smith and Woolsley, Hunter, Barnard etc. You'll have no new
experiences but while you're reading your poetry to them you'll be-
thinking of the deceit and bitterness and a lot of other things.

I'm serious about coming by.

CHICAGO, ILL.
JUL 26 1944
12:30 PM
2ND ST. STA.

CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE

203 NORTH WABASH AVENUE
SUITE 712

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Phone STAtc 7810

OFFICE OF
SARA DRUCKER
DIRECTOR
PUBLIC RELATIONS

638

March 23, 1945

Earl B. Dickerson
President

Louis Einstock
Vice President

Charles M. Thompson
Treasurer

Miss Zonia Baber
Leonard G. Ball
M. O. Bousfield
James A. Bray
Archibald J. Carey, Jr.
Harry NMI Cohen
Mrs. Dorothy Bushnell Cole
William F. Clarke
Mrs. U. G. Dailey
N. M. Di Pietro
Joseph Evans
S. B. Fuller
Mrs. Norman Freehling
Mrs. Benjamin Getsoff
T. K. Gibson
Ralph Lee Goodman
William P. Harrison
Arthur Hubbard
Joel D. Hunter
William E. Hill
W. A. Johnson
Percy L. Julian
George D. Kells
Samuel C. Kincheloe
Roscoe Killner
Samuel Laderman
Hugo B. Law
Theodore K. Lawless
Mrs. George Lawrence
Mrs. Emile Levy
Julian H. Lewis
Walter L. Lowe
Michael Mann
Howard G. Mayer
Harry D. Oppenheimer
Leo C. Filner
George L. Qullici
Curtis Reese
Benjamin Samuels
Howard D. Shaw
Alfred Smart
J. P. Smith
Miss Sara Southall
A. A. Sprague
Robert R. Taylor
D. DeWitt Turpeau, Jr.
Clarence Wright
John L. Yancey
James M. Yard

A. L. Foster
Executive Secretary

Mr. Langston Hughes
New York, New York

My dear Mr. Hughes:

Let me introduce myself as the Miss Wilson you have met a couple of times down at Parkway Community House. I'm still there but have also joined the public relations staff of the Chicago Urban League on a part-time basis.

We were wondering if you'd be good enough to give us more information than we have about your visits to schools in New York under the auspices of the Common Council. Among other things, our public relations program includes periodical bulletins to a number of specialized groups, one of which is school teachers and principals in Chicago. In the bulletin addressed to them, we're presenting suggestions for ways of attacking racial attitudes that have proved successful in dealing with school children.

And that's our particular reason for wanting to know about your experiences in the New York schools. We have, of course, the report given in Common Ground - I believe it was the winter number - and I would so much appreciate it if you could find the time to drop me a note telling me of your approach to the problem, and the reactions you may have noticed on the part of the children. These personal reactions would be especially valuable to us.

In case you have already written something about this, of course a reference to your article would be quite sufficient.

I do hope I will have the pleasure of seeing you again.

SOUTH SIDE OFFICE
3032 South Wabash Ave.,
CALumet 6828

July 11, 1945

Dear Miss Wilson:

I very greatly regret being so late answering your letter, but I found it here on my return from a three-months' lecture tour through the South and Middle West.

Just about all I would have to say about the high school tour of mine was contained in Common Ground, which you say you have. I also included a week of visiting high schools in Milwaukee in my tour during the month of February. This week was sponsored by the local National Conference of Christians and Jews. If you would care for their reactions you might write:

Mr. Maurice H. Terry
National Conference of Christians
and Jews
759 N. Milwaukee Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

I also spoke at many other high school assemblies in connection with my regular lecture tour. Of course, in the South those were almost entirely Negro. What I did was simply to read my poems and interpret Negro life and the problems of democracy through the m.

I am sending you, in another envelope, some few of the letters which Common Ground received after my tour for the m. Miss Margaret Anderson has the entire file of these letters in her office.

With all good wishes, I am

Miss Arleen Wilson
CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE
203 North Wabash Avenue
Suite 712
Chicago, Illinois

CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE

Mr. Langston Hughes
634 St. Nicholas
New York, New York

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The Chicago
URBAN LEAGUE...

FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF RACE RELATIONS
THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION

2410 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE • CHICAGO 16, ILLINOIS

CALumet 5-0600

December 18, 1957

OFFICERS:

President

N. O. CALLOWAY

Vice Presidents

JAMES C. WORTHY
In charge of Finance

HUGO B. LAW
In charge of Public Relations

JOSEPH H. EVANS
In charge of Program

Secretary

E. H. REED

Treasurer

HOWARD S. BAZEL

Assistant Treasurer

RUSSELL S. BROWN

Executive Director

EDWIN C. BERRY

DIRECTORS:

MRS. WILLIAM H. BOWMAN
OSCAR C. BROWN
GEORGE BYNUM
CHARLES FISCHER
S. B. FULLER
WILLIAM H. HARVEY
MISS MARY J. HERRICK
WILLIAM E. HILL
ALONZO J. JERNIGAN
JOHN H. JOHNSON
SIDNEY A. JONES, JR.
THEODORE A. JONES
MARSHALL KORSHAK
HOWARD G. MAYER
WILLIAM R.MING
ROBERT G. MORRIS, JR.
J. HAROLD MOSELY
MRS. L. T. RAYMOND
LEO ROSE
MRS. PAUL RUSSELL
HERMAN W. SEINWERTH

MEMORANDUM

TO: MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE

FROM: EDWIN C. "Bill" BERRY, Executive Director

RE: YEAR-END LETTER

We are now winding up our 1957 affairs. This year has been unusual-
ly successful in terms of program and financing. Let me tell you
of our financial situation first and then give some program high-
lights from 1957.

Finance

Our total Budget this year is $150,000. To date we have received $63,750 from Chicago Community Fund and we have raised through our own efforts $70,000. Both reflect record amounts. However, we still need $17,000 to finish this year with all bills paid and to complete our $150,000 Budget. We are asking our friends to make a year-end contribution. If you are one who has already given, then please send a little more. If you have been intending to give and have put it off - then please do it now. What better way to contribute to an improved City than a gift to the Chicago Urban League - What better time than during the season of Good-will toward Men?

Program Highlights

The Employment and Guidance Department organized, financed and got
moving the NEGRO YOUTH GUIDANCE PROJECT, first and only of its kind
in the U.S.A. It is designed to help Negro youth make maximum use
of the school experience; to train for specific jobs; and to raise
the level of their aspiration.

This department has worked with schools, colleges, churches, labor
organizations and civic groups, to promote the Stay-in-School and
Back-to-School Campaigns. Also, it has worked with employers to
make available additional job opportunities where workers are se-
lected on the basis of COMPETENCE - NOT COLOR.

CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE
CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE
ARE DEDUCTIBLE FOR
INCOME TAX PURPOSES

ENDORSED BY THE CHICAGO ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1957

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The Community Services Department has planned, organized and executed the establishment of the CENTRAL SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY COUNCIL. This Council has brought together seventy South Side organizations and institutions to combine their skills, strengths and resources to systematically attack the problems of health and welfare of the South Side. This department has sponsored and directed educational seminars, institutes and conferences with religious leaders, school personnel, social agency administrators and students helping them to see and understand the CAUSES, CURES AND COSTS of prejudice and discrimination in our City and helping each group effect democratic changes in the agencies of which they are a part.

The Research Department has made original studies on subjects such as: Residential Segregation, Health Service In Chicago, Relocation, Population Projection, Income of Negroes In Chicago, Educational Level of Negroes In Chicago, et al. These studies have added significantly to the authentic body of information re race relations in Chicago and has given a scientific pedestal upon which the combined efforts for inter-racial improvement in our town can be supported.

The Information and Referral Service has placed hundreds of Negroes in jobs, has disseminated job information, and has related many persons in need of social service (mainly newcomers), to the service in the community which could meet their needs.

The Community Education Section has published regularly the Chicago Urban League Newsletter, generally recognized as the best house organ published in Chicago. The Education Section has distributed more than one-half million pieces of educational literature, has worked with radio, press and T.V., stimulating improved interpretation for inter-racial living.

The total staff has made in excess of three hundred-fifty public addresses during the year, explaining the Urban League program and sharing factual data on some aspect of problems re race relations.

The programs, the efforts, and the influence of this staff has sharply defined basic problems of race relations and has placed these problems on the minds of Chicagoans with a dimension of significance new to this City. Respect for the League and its Board, staff, committees and opinion, has reached an all-time high. Your gifts and support to the League have made all of this possible.

Please use the enclosures for your Christmas gift to the Chicago Urban League.

My thanks and a happy holiday season to you.

Enclosures

The Chicago Chapter
Frontiers of America, Inc.

1959 Officers 1959

WALTER J. PAYNE - President

ROBERT L. NEAL - Vice President

JAMES A. GLOVER - Secretary

ARTHUR N. JONES - Ass't. Secretary

HERBERT R. HANNAHS - Corresp. Secretary

WILFRED D. HARRIS - Financial Sec'y.

CLIFFORD E. WATKINS - Treasurer

ULYSSES S. McCLERKIN - Sgt.-at-Arms

SAMUEL S. MORRIS - Chaplain

WEEKLY MEETING

6:30 P. M. - Washington Park Y. M. C. A. - 5000 Indiana Ave.

YOUR BREAKFAST AND TOUR COMMITTEE

ANDREW "BOOTS" JOHNSON, Chairman

FRAYSER T. LANE, Co-Chairman

LAWRENCE C. RATLIFF

JAMES A. PURGESON

SAMUEL B. STRATTON

M. M. TILLER

BREAKFAST AND TOUR - ONLY $3.50

The Chicago Chapter
of

The Frontiers of America, Inc.

invites You and Yours to attend its

Fourth Annual

Negro History Week Breakfast
and

Bus Tour of Historic Spots

Saturday, February 14th, 1959

9:30 A. M. to 1:00 P. M. Sharp

SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY ART CENTER

Frederick Douglass Room 3831 South Michigan Avenue

Chicago, Illinois

Breakfast Program

9:30 A. M.

Enjoy Your Breakfast Deluxe

While Listening To

GOOD MUSIC

Then

THE WELCOME BY OUR PRESIDENT

INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS

Guest Speaker

MRS. MADELEINE STRATTON

Teacher

Social Studies, A. O. Sexton Public School

Author

"Supplement To Social Studies On Negro History"

Used In The Schools of Chicago

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CLOSING

11:15 A. M. Bus Tours

NORTH TOUR

1. Phillips High School

2* Soldier's Statue
35th and South Parkway

3. S. Douglas Monument

4* Dunbar Voc. High School

5. Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Ch.

6* D. H. Williams School

7* Crispus Attucks School
and Park Dist. Center

SOUTH TOUR

1* Chicago's Oldest House
4528 So. Wabash Avenue

2* DuSable High School

3. Geo. Wash. Monument

4. South Parkway Highlights

5* Abe Lincoln Center

6. Phillips High School

These and many other spots along the way will be pointed
out, and at the places that are marked with an asterisk * the
bus will stop for a 5 Minute Speech and Presentation.

Both Tours will end at Stateway Gardens Park District
Center, 3658 South State Street where the Final Speech and
Presentation to the Crispus Attucks School nearby will be
made beginning at 12:30 P. M., and everything will be over
before 1 P. M.

You will then be only two blocks away from starting
point of the Tour where you parked your car.