Rosa Parks Box 19 Folder 8 Events Featuring or honoring Parks 1970-1979 THE CHRISTIAN AID SOCIETY of MICHIGAN, Inc. 2001 E. Davison — Detroit, Mich. 48212 We the Members of the Christian Aid Society, Invite You to Our 22nd ANNIVERSARY Sunday, November 1st, 1970 4:00 P.M. at Lomax A.M.E. Zion Church 17441 Dequindre Our Guest Speakers Will Be: Mrs. Rosa Parks (The lady who started the spark to end segregation on buses in Alabama) Congressman John Conyers (Of the First Congressional District) We are in the process of enlarging our Community Center at 2001 E. Davison. This Community Center will be built by the people and for the people. We need YOU, and you need US. LET US STAND UP AND BE COUNTED. Join Us Today. With Your Help, We Can Accomplish Our Goal for All. —————————————————————— FREE DINNERS WILL BE SERVED at 5:30 P.M. —————————————————————— We are looking forward to seeing you. Thanking you in advance— Yours in Christ, COMMITTEE: E. A. Hill, Pres.; Mrs. R. Glover, Secy.; W. Howard, Public Relations SERVING COMMITTEE: Mr. G. Wilbus, Chr.; Mrs. T. Odom, Mrs. M. Smith, Mrs. C. Veal, Mrs. M Stone, Mrs. M Hill, Mrs. H. King, Mrs. C. Stephen, Mrs. C. Hall, Mrs. M. Hunt The Christian Aid Society of Michigan, Inc. 2001 East Davison at St. Aubin, 48212 883-2807 Mrs. Rosa Parks 231 W. Lafayette ave. #307 Detroit, Mich 48226 PRESS RELEASE THE INTERNATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM 1549-53 WEST GRAND BLVD. DETROIT, MICH. 48208 SUBJECT: ROSA PARKS and THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1971 the INTERNATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM(I.A.M.) WILL OPEN A MAJOR EXHIBIT OF THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT. THE EXHIBIT WILL OPEN AT NOON AND CLOSE AT 5:00 P.M. MRS. ROSA PARKS, WHO INITIATED THE BOYCOTT WILL BE PRESENT. THE EXHIBIT IS BEING PREPARED BY MR. MORRIS BROWN OF "TOGETHER COMMUNICATION BUREAU", (T.C.B.). A PORTRAIT OF MRS. PARKS AND HER FAMILY WILL BE SHOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBIT. LEROY FOSTER IS THE ARTIST. THE TALKING DRUMS AND A ROYAL CHAIR WILL RECALL THE GRANDEUR OF THE ASHANTI KINGDOM IN ANOTHER EXHIBIT THAT WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE SAME TIME AS ABOVE. A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM THE HIGHLAND PARK JUNIOR COLLEGE WILL EXHIBIT THEIR FAMILY TREES DURING THE SAME PERIOD. THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO VISIT THESE INFORMATIVE DISPLAYS, BRING THE CHILDREN !! I.A.M. EXHIBIT AREA IS LOCATED AT: 1549 WEST GRAND BLVD. AT WARREN DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48208 899-2500 [* To a great and noble lady to whom we all owe so much Always the best. Mal Goode ABC*] [*Best Wishes To one who made it possible for all of us Richard G. Hatcher*] NAACP LUNCHEON for BUSINESS, LABOR and CIVIC LEADERS Honoring MR. EDWARD P. MORGAN American Broadcasting Company and Special Guest MRS. ROSA PARKS Recipient of Roy Wilkins Award and MR. MAL GOODE American Broadcasting Company Vice-Chairman, N.A.A.C.P. Life Membership Committee May 19, 1971 - 12 Noon Hunters Den Downtown Holiday Inn 465 Broadway Randall C. Morgan, Sr., Presiding Chairman Program Committee INVOCATION REV. ROBERT LOWERY Minister, St. Timothy's Community Church INTRODUCTIONS MR. ROBERT J. BURBEE Co-Chairman Dinner Committee SERVICE OF LUNCHEON GREETINGS MR. RAYMOND E. DALY, Host Chairman of the Board, Bank of Indiana GREETINGS HONORABLE RICHARD G. HATCHER Mayor of the City of Gary INTRODUCTION OF GUEST MRS. HERMAN CHAMBERS Co-Chairman Dinner Committee REMARKS MR. EDWARD P. MORGAN MRS. ROSA L. PARKS MR. MAL GOODE REMARKS DR. BENJAMIN F. GRANT Life Membership Committee BENEDICTION REV. JOHN E. HUNTER Minister, First A.M.E. Church OUR HOST TODAY IS THE BANK OF INDIANA Raymond E. Daly, President GUEST LIST MR. EDWARD P. MORGAN, American Broadcasting Company, Washington, D. C. MR. MAL GOODE, ABC New York, New York, New York MRS. ROSA L. PARKS, Recipient of Roy Wilkins Award, Detroit, Michigan HONORABLE RICHARD G. HATCHER, Mayor, City of Gary MR. CLIFFORD WALLMAN, Manager, Illinois Bell Telephone Company MR. RAYMOND E. DALY, Chairman, Bank of Indiana MR. JAMES BREED, Manager, Northern Indiana Public Service Company MR. LEO LOUIS, Manager, Gary-Hobart Water Corporation DR. GORDON McANDREW, President, School City of Gary MR. GEORGE COKER, Executive Director, Urban League of Gary MRS. FANNYE J. BENFORD, President, Local Branch of N.A.A.C.P. MRS. JEANNETTE STRONG, Regional President of N.A.A.C.P. RABBI CARL I. MILLER, Co-Chairman of Dinner Committee MR. ROBERT C. GASSER, President, Gary National Bank MR. ROBERT J. BURBEE, Manager, Sears Roebuck and Company MR. JOHN D. CARR, General Superintendent, U. S. Steel Corporation MR. WALTER T. RIDDER, Publisher, Gary Post Tribune DR. CARRIE B. DAWSON, Early Learning Center, Williams School MR. C. DARROW TULLY, Associate Publisher, Gary Post Tribune DR. ROBERT McNEIL, Chancellor, Indiana University, Northwest Campus DR. HARON J. BATTLE, School City of Gary MR. ROBERT WAECHTER, Executive Vice-President, Chamber of Commerce MR. JAMES L. DANDURAND, President, Bank of Indiana MR. WILLIAM GASSER, Board Chairman, Gary National Bank MR. CHARLES GRAVES, Lake County Economic Opportunity Council REV. ROBERT LOWERY, N.A.A.C.P. Special Gifts Committee REV. JOHN E. HUNTER, Pastor, First A.M.E. Church MR. ROBERT KELLY, Assistant Advertising Manager, Gary Post Tribune MR. PAUL FISSINGER, Assistant General Superintendent, U.S. Steel Corporation MR. JOE HAAS, Station Manager, Radio Station WWCA MR. GEORGE FORT, Assistant Superintendent, U. S. Steel Corporation MR. EDWARD J. RADIGAN, Vice-President, Director of Marketing, Bank of Indiana MR. RAY A. FELICETTI, Executive Vice-President, Bank of Indiana MR. FRANK SHNEIDER, Shneider, Inc., President, Downtown Merchants Council BISHOP ANDREW G. GRUTKA, Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Gary MR. BANCROFT YARRINGTON [Handwritten:] Mrs. Louise Tappes [Page] 2 FREEDOM ’71 An Experimental *Collage Symposium UNIVERSITY CENTER BALLROOM 8:00 P.M. - FREE WITH USA I.D. FREEDOM ’71 is a week-long symposium to examine the conditions in which we now find our civil liberties. To this end, we have attempted to assemble a multi-media cross-sectional collage of interesting topics. all the speakers are amongst the best in their fields, int he public eye, and, most importantly—have something to say. All programs will meet in the University Center Ballroom at 8:00 and will be open to the general public. Thank you, Don Don Soto, Chairman NOV. 17 RANDY BUTLER PROTECTION The dynamic young Mobile County District Attorney who has pledged to correct the corrupt practices he found in that office. NOV. 18 LEONARD WEINGLASS Attorney. The co-counsel in the landmark trial of the "Chicago 7." Mr. Weinglass has represented many clients in famous civil liberties cases, including: John Butenko, Rutgers University engineer accused of espionage, LeRoi Jones, black student leader at Rutgers, and The Free People, Yippie community at Rutgers. "Law on Trial" "The Great Chicago Conspiracy" THE SELLING OF THE PENTAGON: The Emmy award winning CBS documentary plus and evening with HOWARD ZINN noted historian, who will present an analysis of the military-industrial complex. NOV. 19 NOV. 20 HON. CHARLES EVERS Famous civil rights leader, Mississippi NAACP Field Director and Fayette Mississippi's first black Mayor. ALSO: ROSA PARKS — THE LADY WHO WOULDN'T GET OFF THE BUS. FILM "FAYETTE STORY" 7:00 2nd Annual Black - History- Week- February 13, 1972 Thru February 16, 1972 The Church Views Liberations Thru Economics Bethel A.M.E Church Rev. E. Woody Hall Pastor - RICHARD ALLEN - Erected in 1889, Mother Bethel, stands on the oldest plot of land in the country continuously owned by Negroes. The present building is the fourth built on the site where Richard Allen and Absalom Jones founded the Free African Society in 1887. The society developed into the African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the largest and most influential Negro denominations in the country. Allen was the denomination's first bishop. Born a slave, Allen became a Minister and circuit rider after obtaining his freedom. Throughout his life he was a leader of the Negro Community and anti-slavery groups. With Jones and James Forten, a Negro sail-maker who built up a $100,000 fortune, Allen organized a force of 2,500 free Negroes to defend Philadelphia against the British in 1814. In 1830, he led the first Negro Convention in Philadelphia, the first large formal organization dedicated to anti-slavery agitation. Allen is entombed in a basement vault at Mother Bethel. Adjoining the tomb is a room containing the original pulpit used by Allen and Jones and various relics and artifacts of the two men and their times. Presented by Amanda Bailey Mrs. Rosa Parks is the Living Symbol of Passive Resistance Movement Activities & Awards Montgomery Branch NAACP Secretary, 1943 to 1955 Alabama State Secretary of the NAACP, 1948 Life Membership, National Association of Colored Women, Inc., August, 1954, Washington, D.C. Deaconess' Certificate, St. Matthew AME Church, Detroit, Michigan Life Membership, NAACP, 1969 Staff Member to Honorable John Conyers, Jr., U.S. House of Representatives Distinguished Service Award, Delta Gamma Sigma Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, May 19, 1956 Honor Roll of Democracy Award, Chicago Defender, May 5, 1957 Certificate of Merit, Women's Senate of Hampton Institute, May 10, 1958, Hampton, Virginia Allen Anvil Award, June 18, 1963, Detroit, Michigan Dignity Projection Award, Afro-American Broadcasting Company, 1964 Resolution, Common Council of the City of Detroit, March 30, 1965 NAACP Freedom Award, Flint, Michigan Branch of the NAACP, 1966 The Martin Luther King Freedom Award, The Capitol Press Club, June 1, 1968, Washington, D.C. Michigan Conference Branch Women's Missionary Society AME Church Award, August 21, 1969 Resolution, House of Representatives, Michigan State Legislature Doctorate of Humanities, Shaw College at Detroit, June 13, 1971 Women's Missionary AME Church Award, July 21, 1971, Los Angeles, California The Whitney Young, Jr. Memorial Award, September 11, 1971, New York City The Roy Wilkins Award, Gary, Indiana Branch of the NAACP Social Action Achievement Award, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., founded at Howard University Key presented by the Key Women, New York City In January of 1971, Rev. E. Woody Hall called together a group of Bethel members to make plans for African Methodist Episcopal Education Week. At this meeting, it was decided to observe Education Week by studying Black History. Mr. Edward Bessley, the well known black historian, helped the planning committee to formulate a meaningful three-day program. The programs were held February 14, 1971 through February 16, 1971. "The Church Within and Beyond Black Power and The Revolution" was chosen as the theme. A number of area people participated on the programs: Mr. Edward Bessley, Mrs. Dorothy Wade, Mr. Chester Anderson, Mrs. Gloria Terrell, Mr. Joseph Tillmon and Mr. Maurice Harper. These persons were largely responsible for the success of the programs. Question and answer sessions were encouraged each night which allowed for participation by everyone present. Because of the enthusiastic response to the 1971 programs by both the Bethel and outside community, Black History Week is being repeated this year. This book is dedicated to the memory of those black people who have gone before us, both the renowned and the unknown who struggled, suffered and died to gain freedom for us! We must not allow ourselves to forget our black history, for it is upon our past that our present progress is built. If we allow ourselves to forget and become compacent, there will be no progress in the future. Hence, we present these Black History programs -- lest we forget! Margaret J. May, Editor ROSA PARKS Rosa Parks was born February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She attended a one room school in Tuskegee from grades 1 through 5. Mrs. Park's mother moved to Montgomery, Alabama where Mrs. Parks received a work scholarship to Mrs. White's All Girl School. The owner and administrator, Mrs. Alice White, offered occupational courses, such as cooking and sewing. The school had an all white staff and was considered quite a fashinable establishment. Mrs. Parks was employed at the Fair Department Store in Montgomery in 1955. She was a very ardent worker for the NAACP and served as a Junior Sponsor. Mrs. Park's refusal to give up her bus seat in the "colored section" of the bus to a white man touched off the celebrated Montgomery boycott. As a result of her spontaneous decision to keep her seat, the Black clergy in Montgomery formed the Montgomery Improvement Association. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was chosen as the head of this organization. The bus boycott in Montgomery made Dr. King the central figure in the civil-rights movement. It has been said, "The day she sat down, the whole world stood up." Mrs. Parks is married and lives with her husband and mother in Detroit, Michigan. Sunday, February 13, 1972 4:00 p.m. Piano Prelude Miss Lisa White The Lord's Prayer Miss Theron Thomas The Creation Mr. James May In White America Miss Twana Hall I Have a Dream Mr. Donald Strother The Impossible Dream Miss Theron Thomas Plenty Good Room The Voices of Bethel Introduction of Speaker Miss Brenda Gower Guest Speaker Mrs. Rosa Parks Children Get Together The Voices of Bethel Special Presentation Rev. Sethard Beverly Offering Remarks Pastor E. Woody Hall Lift Every Voice and Sing Mr. James May Benediction Refreshments served in the multi-purpose unit of the church immediately following the program. Monday, February 14, 1972 7:30 p.m. The Black Contemporary Players present A Day of Absence A sitirical contemporary play about a Southern town that wakes up one morning and finds all it's "nigras" are gone. The play is performed by black people in "white face". The Black Contemporary Players group was formed about three years ago. The group is composed of about 20 people - businessmen, professionals, college and high school students - who enjoy acting. The main objective of the group is to improve the image of black people. The group's repertoire consists mainly of works that have contemporary themes. They base their selections on the social and moral impact that can be realized from them. In addition to performing for church and civic groups, the Black Contemporary Players have performed on college and high school campuses in the past year. Tuesday, February 15, 1972 7:30 p.m. Guest Speaker Mr. Edward Beasley Mr. Beasley teaches Black History at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. He is a local television personality and has been responsible for "opening the eyes" of many in the Kansas City area. Mr. Beasley will be happy to answer any questions you'd like to ask. Wednesday, February 16, 1972 7:30 p.m. The film "Nothing But A Man" The fictional story of a Southern Negro who refuses to be subservient and docile, tries to maintain his dignity and integrity in a locale where it is difficult for a Negro to be a man. The setting is Alabama, the stars are Abbey Lincoln and Ivan Dixon. Awards were given by the following for this movie: Venice International Film Festival, American Film Festival and National Council of Churches A discussion group composed of local businessmen will debate the merits of this film and act as a sounding board for questions from the audience. PATRON LIST Mrs. Emma Adams Mrs. Geraldine Alexander Charles H. Allen Marguerite Allen Mr. and Mrs. Logan Artis Woodrow Austin Frank Bailey Gertrude Bardwell Mrs. Iola Barker W. C. Baron William Bartlett Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Basterville Estees Battle Barbara Bennett Cornelia Beverly Jack Bolinger Mr. and Mrs. Chester Boyd Donald Brooks Ruby Burks Miss Lorena Byrd Robert Byrd Mrs. Roberta Byrd Mrs. Agnes Blackwell Mrs. Mary Byars Mr. and Mrs. Chris Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Shannon Campbell Mrs. Vivian Carlock Mrs. Felicia Carlyle Margie Carmons Amos Chandler Mrs. Emily Cheek Vern Clabaugh Mrs. Bernice Clark Mrs. Luvenia Collins Valerie Collins Steve Cooney Joseph Coursey Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Curtis Mrs. Vivian Davis Bonita Dobson Finley Dysart Gertrude Dysart Floyd Elder Marlene Epps Mrs. Jo Ann Evans Robert L. Evans Geraldine Farnsworth Mrs. Mary L. Few Lloyd D. Fields Mrs. Adele Fisher Mrs. Ruth Fobbs Cleo Foreman Mrs. Gloria Ford Mrs. Tanya A. Foster Mrs. Bessie Gamble Miss Brenda Gower Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gillians Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goodlow Ethel Gower Willie Gower Donald Green Rev. and Mrs. E. Woody Hall Rev. and Mrs. Jackson Harbert D. L. Hake Lila Hamlett Mr. and Mrs. John Hardy Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Hardy Barbara Harris Mrs. Dorothy Harwell Harvey Mae Hayes Elbert M. Henderson Mrs. Susie Henson C. Maurice Herron Patricia Hill Mrs. Mercelen Holder Leslie Hoover Miss Susie Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Harry Howard Sherrell Howard Rev. A. M. Hudson, Sr. Lawrence N. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hutchinson Mrs. Naomi Jacks Mrs. Cora Jackson Dennis Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Glox Jacobs Christopher Jacobs, Jr. Anita Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. Frank I. Johnson Mrs. Hortense Johnson Mrs. Mable Johnson William C. Johnson Herbert Jones R. W. Jones PATRON LIST Mrs. Virginia Kaiser Gail Kelso Mrs. Birdie Kelton Mr. and Mrs. James King Paula King Douglas C. Lacy Mrs. Bessie Lapsley Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Layne Andrew Lee Mrs. Alice Love Leroy Luckett Mrs. Helen Luckett Mrs. Arcenia May Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. May Mr. McCallop Mr. and Mrs. Sherman McClellan Mr. and Mrs. James McCraney Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McReynolds Samuel McCormick Dexter Miller Mr. and Mrs. Richard Monroe Mr. and Mrs. Carl Moore Mr. and Mrs. Roshell Moorer Mrs. Geneva O. Moseley Mrs. Mary Motley Ramona Nash Lillie Newsome Napoleon Northern Mrs. Oddie Miss Ruth Oliver O. Opitz Debbie Owens Sylvia Owens Mrs. Frances Page Fred Parker Mr. and Mrs. Edward Parks Mrs. Leola Payne Mrs. Mattie Penn Dale Pierre Wallace Pinkepank Mr. and Mrs. Charles Powell Mrs. Carrie Redd Ben F. Reynolds William Reynolds Charles Rhodes Mrs. Quitman Rich Beatrice Richardson Berlin M. Richardson Gladys L. Richardson Zelma Richardson Miss Beulah Roberts Mrs. Caradella Robinson Calvin Stanley Rogers Clifton Rollins Miss Margaret Rucker Mrs. Aaron J. Samuels Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Saunders Mrs. Ruth Scott Ethel Shelton Mrs. Nellie Shoates Katherine Simmons Mrs. Phillip Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Slaughter Marvin Smith Mrs. Louise Smith Mrs. Mary Smith Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Speed Mrs. Barbara Stafford P. Stebbins James Stell Donald Strother Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Strother Mrs. Hazel Strother Vincent T. Sullivan Leroy Taylor Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor Robert Taylor Mrs. Geneva Thixton Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Junior Thompson Mrs. Ada Thompson Mrs. Haley Thompson Joseph Tillmon Mrs. Ella Tindall Mrs. Alice Tinson Maxine Tivis James Trigg Ben T. Trotter Mrs. Billie Troup Mrs. Inez Thompson PATRON LIST Mrs. Elnora Upshaw Mr. and Mrs. Hence Van Noy Della M. Walker O. A. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Walker Mrs. James Washington Miss Geraldine Watson Mr. and Mrs. James Watson Mr. and Mrs. James B. Watts Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Weaver Mrs. Doralouise Wells Chandler Wesson Mr. and Mrs. John West Mrs. Anna Mae Westbrook Mrs. Jessie Webster Trueal Wheeler Vera Gene Wheeler Mrs. Gustava White Mrs. Katie White Mrs. Edna Williams Mrs. Frances Williams Mr. and Mrs. Irman T. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Jessie H. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wilson Miss Mildred B. Wilson Ray and Barbara Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Winston Mr. and Mrs. William Winters L. Wolfrom Mrs. Julia Woods Calvin Worrick Mrs. Margaret Wren Miss Willy Wright Miriam Brady Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Small Betty Young LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise, High as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of faith that the dark past taught us. Sing a song full of hope that the present has brought us. Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won. Stony the road we trod Bitter the chastening rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died Yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears have been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, Out of the gloomy past, till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who hast brought us thus far on our way, Thou who hast by thy might, led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path we pray, Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world we forget Thee, Shadowed beneath Thy hand, may we forever stand True to our God, true to our Native Land. --- James Weldon Johnson Compliments of MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR B. 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Woody Hall Ruth Speed Lurlia Curtis Gustava White Brenda Gower Elaine Williams Florence Hall Evelyn Williams Celeste Harbert Mildred Wilson Joe Rector Margaret May, Chairman Our thanks to: Luree and Donald Strother for designing the cover of this book; Mr. Norman Brown and the MDTA Duplicating Machine Operators students for the printing of this book; The patrons and advertisers who supported us financially; and to you for attending our programs! We ask that you patronize the businesses advertised in this book. Thank you. Detroit's Spirit of '76 Bicentennial PRESENTS the Memorial Service of THE GREAT, UNFORGETABLE DR. MARTIN L. KING, JR. TOGETHER.... WE REACH FOR GOALS. AN INVITATION -- Mr and Mrs Rosa Parks & Mother Dear Friend, Citizen, and Leader: It is our time to say thanks again to a great fallen hero, Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., for paving the way for the forgotten souls of America. Please join us April 5 at the Detroit Sheraton Hotel, downtown, at 6 PM. Refreshments. 7 PM Memorial Program. HEAR: Choirs and soloist. Awards will be presented. Tributes from our great leaders. The speaker will be the great educator, soloist, and pastor of Hartford Avenue Baptist Church, Detroit, Dr. Charles G. Adams. Mrs. Rosa Parks, the first lady with COURAGE,is always our No. 1 guest. Sponsors: Churches, ministers, laymen, and business places. Kate Johnson & J. James--Directors The late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Adams [*Mrs Parks at speakers Table*] [*A Sad Note: This is Kate's last Big Program given in Detroit to promote Love peace, fellowship and faith. She will Return to Birmingham Ala. to live in Oct. - Do Come.*] The Committee of Concerned Citizens FOR A Tribute To Rosa Parks 17361 GREENLAWN DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48221 Phone: 345-3125 [*OFFICERS President MRS. TESSIE D. BUSH 1st Vice President MR. REUBEN N. VAUGHN 2nd Vice President MRS. BARBARA V. TURNER Recording Secretary MRS. LETTIE M. BARGE Assistant Recording Secretary MRS. LELA BURNETTE Corresponding Secretary MRS. MILDRED CAMPBELL Asst. Corresponding Secretary MRS. BEULAH BREWER Financial Secretary MRS. BETTY LACKEY Treasurer MR. DAVID SINGLETON Parliamentarian MRS. CURLIE HORTON COMMITTEES Publicity Committee MRS. ISOLA GRAHAM Mailing List Committee MRS. RUBY URQUHART Ticket Committee MRS. BETTY LACKEY Women's Clubs & Sororities MRS. FANNETTE NORRIS Hostess Committee MRS. ERMA COLDING Program Committee MRS. VIRGINIA EDWARDS Telephone Committee MRS. LELA BURNETTE Social Activities MRS. LETTIE BARGE Souvenir Booklet MRS. BARBARA V. TURNER Budget & Finance Committee MR. WALLACE WILLIAMS Fund Raising MR. THOMAS TURNER*] Dear Recently, The Citizens Action Group, Inc., was formed to pay honor, recognition, and tribute to Mrs. Rosa Parks for her Civil Rights Posture, December, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. You have been referred to us as a person who would desire supporting such an observance. We further request your being identified as a Member of The Citizens Action Group, Inc. Being a Member of The Citizens Action Group, Inc., permits you to become a Sponsor. We have set the Sponsorship Contribution at a minimum of $50.00, which is tax deductible. In respect to your being amenable to this gesture, your name will appear in our Souvenir Program as a Sponsor. Although the date of this history making event was December, 1955, the Protest Bus Boycott March followed during the Spring of 1956, led by the late Dr. Martin Luther King. Consequently, our Program will culminate May 16, 1976, at Cobo Hall, in keeping as closely as possible to the same time of the Protest March. In order to allow us ample time to do the many things necessary, we need your confirmation immediately. Sincerely, Tessie Bush Mrs. Tessie Bush President - General Chairman P. O. Box 38212 Detroit, MI 48221 Reuben N. Vaughn Reuben N. Vaughn First Vice-President A Special Tribute to Rosa Parks Sponsored by CITIZENS ACTION GROUP, INC. P.O. BOX 38212 • DETROIT, MICH. 48221 OFFICERS President Mrs. Tessie D. Bush 1st Vice President Mr. Reuben N. Vaughn 2nd Vice President Mrs. Barbara V. Turner Recording Secretary Mrs. Lettie M. Barge Assistant Recording Secretary Mrs. Lela Burnette Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Sadie Ramsey Asst. Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Beulah Brewer Financial Secretary Mrs. Betty Lackey Treasurer Mr. David Singleton Legal Counsel Atty. Lonnie T. Smith COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS General Chairman Mrs. Tessie D. Bush Publicity Mrs. Bobby McCoy Isola Graham Ticket Mrs. Betty Lackey Women's Club & Sororities Mrs. Joyce Singleton Hostess Mrs. Erma Colding Program Mrs. Agnes H. Bryant Invitations Mrs. Lettie Barge Social Activities Mrs. Mildred Campbell Souvenir Booklet Dr. Charles H. Wright Budget & Finance Mr. Wallace Williams Entertainment Mr. Joe Madison Telephone Mrs. Lela Burnette Decoration Mrs. Callie Bryum Mailing List Mrs. Mary Dowles The Women's Conference of Concern Erma Henderson HONORARY CHAIRMAN: Hon. William Milliken, Governer, State of Michigan; Richard A. Austin, Secretary of State; Jackie Vaughn III, Hon. Charles Evers, Hon. Charles C. Diggs, Mr. Emil Mazey, Hon. John C. Conyers, Jr. HONORARY CHAIRMAN: Hon. Coleman A. Young, Mayor, City of Detroit; Mr. Leonard Woodcock, President of International U.A.W.; Horace A. Sheffield, Hon. Clyde Cleveland, Hon. Nicholas Hood, Hon. James Del Rio, Hon. Erma Henderson, Mrs. Clara Jones, Hon. Ernest Brown, Mr. Thomas Turner, Mr. Wardell C. Croft, Mr. Lawrence P. Doss, Rev. James E. Wadsworth, Mr. Frank Wilkerson, Adm., Wayne County Sheriff's Department; Mr. William Lucas, Sheriff, Wayne County. HONORARY CHAIRMAN: Hon. Benjamin Hooks, Hon. Thomas Bradley, Hon. Maynard Jackson, Hon. Richard Hatcher, Hon. Julian Bond, Senator Phillip Hart, Senator Robert Griffin, Hon. Andrew Young, Dr. Gilbert A. Maddox. HONORARY CHAIRMAN: Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, Mrs. Coretta King, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Mr. Larry Washington, Mr. Vernon Jordon, National Executive Director, National Urban League; Dr. Francis Korneagy, Executive Director—Detroit Urban League; Dr. Mary O. Ross, President, Woman's Convention, National Baptist Convention, U.S.A.; Mr. Ray Johnson, Executive Director, Detroit, S.C.L.C.; Mr. Thomas Turner, President AFL-CIO. USE CARBON, CUSTOMER TO RETAIN CARBON COPY ADVERTISEMENT INSERTION ORDER Published on the occasion of the Presentation of the ROSA PARKS TRIBUTE COBO HALL 5/16/76 You are authorized to publish our (amount of space) ___ page advertisement in the Souvenir Program, to be printed for the the sum of $___ for the advertisement. 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Date ________ Signed by Solicitor ________ QUARTER PAGE EIGHTH PAGE USE REVERSE SIDE FOR FULL PAGE AN D ONE HALF OF IT FOR HALF PAGE AD THE CITIZENS ACTION GROUP INCORPORATED Presents A Tribute To Mrs. Rosa Parks MOTHER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1776 DETROIT 1976 Sunday, May 16, 1976 - 5:00 p.m. BALLROOM - COBO HALL Detroit, Michigan William G. Milliken Governor of the State of Michigan presents this Executive Declaration in Observance of MRS. ROSA PARKS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT Twenty years have passed since Mrs. Rosa Parks was arrested for not succumbing to Jim Crowism. With dignity and grace, Mrs. Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest followed, and so did the Montgomery bus boycott. The Montgomery bus boycott eventually broke the back of some of the city's hardest segregation laws, thus giving tangible signs of hope to Black Americans throughout the Deep South and nationwide. One year after the boycott, which began on December 13, 1956, the United States Supreme Court invalidated Montgomery's bus segregation laws. The bus boycott gave birth to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and several other organizations; it reinspired others to work for equality and justice in this country; and it gave rise to marches, confrontations and constructive legislation to end discrimination. Mrs. Parks is known to many as the mother of the Civil Rights Movement. For her contributions to making the U.S. Constitution an instrument of hope and life, I pay tribute to this lady. Therefore, I, William G. Milliken, Governor of the State of Michigan, do hereby give special recognition to Mrs. Rosa Parks for her contributions to human civilization, and I urge all Michigan citizens to pay tribute to her. Given under my hand on this twenty- ninth day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred seventy-six and of the Commonwealth one hundred fortieth. William G. Milliken GOVERNOR Rosa Parks Biographical Sketch Rosa Parks is the living symbol of the passive resistance movement in the United States. When she refused to vacate her bus seat to a white man in the south, she slapped the face of segregation. Because she had so lived among her fellow human beings a person slow to anger, courteous and disciplined, the revolt of resistance that followed touched the hearts of the world. Her act dealt a lethal blow to segregation. Her act resulted in 98 percent of the 50,000 blacks of Montgomery, Alabama, the seat of the Confederacy, to walk with her in protest to her arrest during that famous bus boycott. They walked 381 days non-violently until the city bus lines were integrated. From that one great demonstration a multitude of others have taken seed and grown and blossomed into the hearts of many. Rosa Parks is a living symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. Reports are here and abroad that she is the "Mother of the Revolution." She did not plan that revolt - it just happened that way. In her heart she knew some change should take place as she told the policeman who came to arrest her the day it all happened, "Why do you people treat us so badly . . . always shoving us around?" She never suspected the role in history she was destined to play because she got tired of it all. Rosa wanted a change in attitudes for all people, especially those making unjust laws and persons obeying them so meekly. Rosa Parks is a God fearing woman . . . ask anyone that is well-acquainted with her. They will tell you that she is a down to earth person who works with the underprivileged, the elite, the church-goer, the non-church affiliate of all races, and never loses sight on the goal of dignity and freedom for all. It is her belief that to free the oppressed is to free the oppressor. Mrs. Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McCauley. She attended school in Montgomery and graduated from Alabama State Teacher's College High School. Her training as a seamstress began early at her mother's knee. Rosa's father, now deceased, was a competent carpenter and Sylvester McCauley, her brother, follows that trade until today. Mrs. Parks' mother, Leona, a former school teacher was and is a profound influence in Rosa's life. She is currently with Rosa and her husband, Mr. Raymond A. Parks. Mr. Parks' history in civil rights dates back to the days of the Scottsboro case of Alabama. During his career as a barber in the south, he catered to a large private clientele of white patrons. This gave him an insight into many facts and facets that may not have been at his disposal had he limited himself to merely working at his shop. When Mrs. Parks became nationally identified with the civil rights movement, Mr. Parks was to be found right at her side as they worked cleaning up the debris from the bombed-out homes of the citizenry. Their activities resulted in financial reverses, stresses and strains to such a degree that illness has now limited Mr. Parks' activities. He endorses and encourages Rosa's militant participation in the civil rights movement. Because of Mr. Parks' illness and the retiring years of her mother, Rosa's brother prevailed upon them to leave Alabama and reside in Detroit, Michigan where he and his family have lived for many years. The late Dr. Martin Luther King on speaking of Rosa Parks said, "her courage and dedication will be an inspiration to generations yet unborn . . . that you have done for all America, your creative witness was the great fuse that led to the modern stride toward freedom." The President's Message The members of the Citizen's Action Group, Inc. welcome you in celebrating this wonderful and noteworthy occasion. We feel that this celebration, that has been spread nationwide, is long overdue as has been quoted by several interested and concerned persons. It was planned to demonstrate our appreciation of a lady whose courage and heroic acts sparked a chain of events which affected the course of this Nation's history and improved the living conditions of millions of people. This reflects upon the role Mrs. Parks played in helping shape and mold the future course of the Civil Rights Movement in Montgomery and in America. We are happy that you, too, saw fit to share with use, the opportunity to lend ourselves in paying tribute and demonstrating our undying and everlasting appreciation for what Mrs. Parks achieved and for which she so firmly stood. What could be a better time than the eve of July 4th in this Bicentennial year to pay tribute to Mrs. Rosa Parks, the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement in America. Mrs. Tessie T. Bush SPONSORS — $50.00 Mrs. T. Bush James Morris Mrs. Mary Dawls Erma Colding David Singleton Ruby Urquhurt Charles Diggs Move Detroit Forward Betty Lackey Beulah Brewer Lettie Barge Laura Pointer Mildred Campbell Dr. Joseph T. Hudson Lucille Lee Elizabeth Walker Callie Bynum Attermeas Beasley John Aaron Wallace Williams Sadie Ramsey O'Neal Swanson Agnes Bryant Reuben Vaughn Georgia Parker Theotis Wilson Tommie Summersville Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. XI Beta Sigma Chapter NAACP TEN DOLLAR PATRONS MR. & MRS. P. L. WHITE MR. RALPH T. REDRECK MRS. BEVERLY B. REDRECK MR. WESLEY DAVIS MR. RALPH BYNUM DR. & MRS. STIEN MR. JAMES COLE DAWN VARIETY AMERICAN AUTO BROKERS BEL-AIR DRY CLEANERS BERNIECE AVERY THE MOOD SHOP ALFRED MURPHY STOW BAKER MR. & MRS. ROBERT LIGGONS MRS. MARY W. IVORY MS. FANNIE J. CROW $5.00 CONTRIBUTIONS LUCIUS WELLS CAROLYN JOHNSON DAVID WILBORN MARION AARON RAYMOND THOMAS UNITED SISTERHOOD MR. & MRS. P.L. WHITE MRS. S. A. CLINTON MS. MARY L. PETERSON MRS. ALMA BROWN JUDGE JERROLD W. MARSH PINE CLEANERS ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY DETROIT ALUMNI SALUTES The Citizens Action Group, Inc. in PAYING HONOR AND TRIBUTE to Mrs. Rosa Parks "THE MOTHER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT" A GREAT LADY AND CITIZEN EXTRAORDINARY MR. JOHN AARON President MRS. MAXINE TOWNSEND Corresponding Secretary MRS. PARKS, Your quiet courage and resolve in Montgomery inspired millions of Americans to enlist in the Civil Rights struggle. Your action is an everlasting testimony to the moral power of the individual who takes a determined stand against injustice. I am honored to be among those you count as friends, and am deeply grateful for your counsel and contributions as a member of my Congressional staff. Your presence has been a source of strength in carrying on the struggle for dignity, equality, and justice which you helped launch. Thank you for the many good years of our association. JOHN CONYERS, JR. MEMBER OF CONGRESS BEST WISHES TO ROSA PARKS from THE NACIREMA CLUB President ___ Frank Stanton Vice President ___ William Harris, Jr. Recording Secretary ___ Ernest Baylor Financial Secretary ___ Samuel Timbers Treasurer ___ Ernest Broyles BOARD MEMBERS Charles Booker Johnathan R. Stone James Yancey Prentis Morrow Nathaniel McIntyre Willie Street GENERAL COMMITTEE STANDING, left to right: Lula Sirls, Planning Committee; Reuben Vaughn, 1st Vice Pres.; David Singleton, Treasurer; Lucille Lee, Ticket Committee; Frances Vaughn, Ticket Committee; Sadie Ramsey, Planning Committee; Erma Colding, Chrm. Hostesses; Agnes Bryant, Program Chrm.; Beity Lackey, Ticket Committee Chrm.; Elizabeth Walker, Hostess; Wallace Williams, Finance & Souvenir Booklet Chrm.; Georgia Parker; Hostess. SEATED, left to right: Attermeas Beasley, Hostess; Tessie Bush, Gen. Chrm.; Patricia Burnette, Hostess; Callie Bynum, Ticket Committee. MARY DOWELS Co-Chairman, Hostesses DORA GOUGH LETTIE BARGE Chairman, Invitations JOYCE SINGLETON A SWANSON TRIBUTE TO A GREAT LADY . . . "SISTER ROSA PARKS' MAY GOD CONTINUE TO SHOWER HIS BLESSING UPON YOU The House of Personal Service - Sympathetic - Dependable - Economical O'NEIL D. SWANSON PRESIDENT "SERVING GREATER DETROIT AND SUBURBS SWANSON FUNERAL HOME INC. 806 E. Grand Blvd. AT MACK AVE. Detroit, Michigan 48207 WA. 3-1122 SANTA BARBARA'S Party Store & Patent Medicine FOR ALL YOUR PARTY NEEDS 7700 West McNichols WILLIE G. CALLOWAY, Owner RATTLER SECURITY AGENCY, INC. MALE & FEMALE UNIFORM ARMED GUARDS Industrial - Commercial - Residential Construction Sites - Hospitals - Shopping Centers Retail Stores - Factories - Hotels Warehouses - Parking Areas Clock Verification RADIO DISPATCHED PATROL CARS 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE CHECK OUR RATES FIRST Office 863-0846 18440 Livernois Emergency 862-8286---931-0008 Detroit, Mich. 48221 The Shaw College Family THANKS YOU, ROSA PARKS! SHAW COLLEGE OF DETROIT OFFERS DEGREE PROGRAMS Business Administration Humanities Medical Technology Natural Science Social Science Correctional Programs Shaw College - U of M Teacher Education Joint Certification Program Shaw College - U of M Dual Degree Program in Engineering ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS Business Administration Arts - Science Dental Assistant Medical Assistant Nursing Applied Science Accounting Concentration Finance Concentration Management Concentration Correctional Orientation Programs CSD SHAW COLLEGE AT DETROIT FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS VETERANS APPROVAL . . . & a Veterans' Service Center ENROLLMENT WITH HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR ITS EQUIVALENT CAREER PLANNING & PLACEMENT STUDENT-CENTERED EDUCATION PLAN SPRING/SUMMER REGISTRATION May 18-19, 1976 Classes Begin May 24 For Application or Information Contact ADMISSIONS OFFICE SHAW COLLEGE AT DETROIT 7351 Woodward Avenue Detroit, Mich. 48202 313/873-7920 Shaw College admits students of any race, color and national or ethnic origin. 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JACKIE VAUGHN--------------------- State Representative COUNCILMAN CLYDE CLEVELAND---------------------- Common Council MUSIC The Winstonaires PRESENTATIONS DETROIT BRANCH NAACP----------------------- Lawrence Washington President WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY--------------------------- Ms. Lillian Genser Dr. Gil Maddox, Dr. Arthur Johnson MOVIE- ROSA PARKS STORY SONG--"We Shall Overcome"------------------------------- Audience PRESENTATION OF HONOREE--------- Congressman John Conyers RESPONSE------------------------------ Mrs. Rosa Parks MUSIC------------------------------- Lift Every Voice and Sing BENEDICTION--------------------- Rev. James Wadsworth Fellowship Chapel Wright Mutual Insurance Company Proudly SALUTES The Mother of The Civil Rights Movement of The Sixties MRS. ROSA PARKS We are very proud to be a part of the movement through economic stability. Life Insurance for The Whole Family's Needs. 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McNichols 272-2399 Greetings and Salutations to A Courageous Lady Mrs. Rosa Parks For your contribution towards the Civil Rights Movement for the Freedom of all mankind. MAY GOD BLESS YOU The St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church FAMILY 2260 Hunt Street Detroit, Michigan REV. GERALD L. HAYDEN, Pastor JANE L. HARRIS, Publicity CONGRATULATIONS TO ROSA PARKS upon Igniting the Struggle for Equal Rights for all people. Best Wishes for your continued success. JUDGE ARTHUR BOWMAN Common Pleas Court CARGLE REALTY COMPANY ALL TYPES OF BUYERS WITH READY CASH LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH US CALL TODAY! FRANK E. CARGLE, Broker 15926 West McNichols Detroit, Michigan 48221 Phone: VE 6-4461 COMPLIMENTS AND BEST WISHES to MRS. ROSA PARKS WE ARE PROUD OF YOUR COURAGEOUS BEHAVIOR and LEADERSHIP MR. & MRS. ERNEST HALL MR. & MRS. JESSE HORTON MR. & MRS. CHARLES BANKSTON BEST WISHES to MRS. ROSA PARKS A Grand Lady and Heroine of American History Erma Colding Frank, Erma and Frank Elliott Colding, III May God Bless and Keep You Frank Elliott Colding III CONGRATULATIONS to A Great Lady MRS. ROSA PARKS from JAROLD V. MARSH Referee of Traffic Court A & J DRIVING SCHOOL 18440 Livernois Detroit, Michigan 863-1761 EZELL COLE, Manager Authorized by the Michigan Department of Education To Teach Youth under 18 Years of Age Adult, 18-81 plus Teens, 15-18 Nervous, Worried, Meek, Mild -- You Are Our SPECIALTY Private Lessons -- Low Rates -- Pay As You Learn Senior Citizens -- Refresher Courses Free Home Pick Up and Return -- Help Obtain Permits WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS ROSA FROM ONE WHO IS HONORED TO BE COUNTED AMONG YOUR FRIENDS Patricia H. Caldwell GREETINGS TO ROSA PARKS Compliments of MICHIGAN INSTITUTE FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT MAIN CAMPUS 19499 Livernois NORTH CAMPUS 19141 Greenfield NORTHWEST CAMPUS 21355 W. 7 Mile HOSTESSES Erma Laird Colding, Chrm. Mary Dowels, Co-Chrm. 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Providing heartfelt service of the highest professional quality, regardless of cost, is our guiding concern. ENCLOSED ADJACENT PARKING AREA REBECCA HOLLAND BARKSDALE Funeral Director 7321 PURITAN THREE BLOCKS WEST OF LIVERNOIS Phone UN 1-3400 A Testimonial Dinner for "THE MOTHER OF THE MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT" SUNDAY OCTOBER 10, 1976 6:00 pm / Cobo Hall EMCEE Ossie Davis ENTERTAINMENT Dave Heard Trio MRS. ROSA L. PARKS SPONSOR: National Committee for the Rosa L. Parks Shrine DONATION: $25.00 (Proceeds will help build, maintain and enshrine a new retirement home for Mrs. Parks at the entrance to the newly constructed Rosa Parks Boulevard/formerly 12th Street.) TICKETS: Grinnell's, Hudson's, Vaughn's Book Store, White's Record Shop or call 961-9334 THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE ROSA L. PARKS SHRINE Presents AN EVENING IN APPRECIATION TO ROSA L. PARKS OCTOBER 10, 1976 COBO HALL • DETROIT, MICHIGAN ROSA L. PARKS - HEROINE, A NATIONAL LEGEND Mrs. Parks' refusal to surrender her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white man in they year 1955 led to her arrest. A 381 day protest and bus boycott by Montgomery's Black community was organized. The success of that activity exposed the unconstitutional laws, customs and practices which were depriving America's Black people of full citizenship in many sections of the nation. Threats against their lives and safety, forced the Parks family to leave Montgomery. They finally decided to make Detroit their permanent home in 1958. During this national Bi-Centennial year civil rights leaders in Detroit formed the 'National Committee for the Rosa L. Parks Shrine'. The Committee's purpose is to build a permanent home on the new boulevard recently named for Mrs. Parks. Detroit's 12th Street was the scene of the most destructive of the many "civil rebellions" which occurred in the 1960's. It is now officially, ROSA PARKS BOULEVARD, and concurrently with the construction of a new residential/commercial complex sponsored by a local citizens association, we hope to build a home for Mrs. Parks. Ribbon cutting ceremonies for Rosa Parks Boulevard took place on July 14, 1976. The National Committee for the Rosa L. Parks Shrine premiered the musical 'Selma' at Detroit's Music Hall on Aug. 10. Following that event the 'Shrine Committee' leaders opened an account at Detroit's First Independence National Bank which is Black owned and operated; and will serve as depository for the fund raising campaign. The goal of the National Committee for the Rosa L. Parks Shrine is to raise a sufficient amount to cover construction, maintenance and eventual enshrinement of the residence. It is expected to be built near the northern entrance of Rosa Parks Boulevard. Mrs. Parks will live in the residence with her husband and her 88 year old mother. MENU Assorted Iced Relishes Wedge of Canteloupe/w Strawberry Broiled New York Sirloin Steak/w Giant Mushroom Caps Baked Idaho Potato/w Butter Fresh Glazed Carrots Crisp Tossed Salad/w Chef's Creamy Garlic Dressing Rolls & Butter Walnut Torte Cake Beverage PROGRAMME Presiding The Honorable Councilwoman Erma L. Henderson Detroit City Council National Anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing"................................Led by Kim Weston Dinner Invocation......................................................Reverend J. A. Abrahams St. Matthew A.M.E. Church Greetings......................The Honorable Coleman A. Young, Mayor City of Detroit Purpose: NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE ROSA L. PARKS SHRINE Mrs. Margaret C. Ashworth, Co-Chairperson, National Committee for the Rosa L. Parks Shrine Introduction of National Chairperson..............Mr. O'Neil Swanson Presentation of Keynote Speaker....................Mrs. Louise C. Tappes, National Chairperson Address...................................................................................Mr. Ossie Davis, Author, Actor, Playwright THE LEGEND OF ROSA LOUISE PARKS, A Pictorial Presentation...............................................Ms. Sharon Brown, WXYZ-TV Narrator Script by Mr. Tom Fox, WJBK-TV Correlation Assistance Ms. Synka Curtis, WXYZ-Radio Slides - Center for Teaching about Peace and War, Wayne State University Remarks..............................................................Mrs. Esther Gordy Edwards National Honorary Chairperson Presentation of Honoree...............................................Mrs. Edith Savage Board Member, Martin Luther King Center for Social Change MRS. ROSA LOUISE PARKS "We Shall Overcome".........................................................Led by Pat Lewis Benediction.................................................Reverend James E. Wadsworth Fellowship 5:30 P.M. Music by the DAVE HEARD TRIO - Guest Artist J. C. Heard NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE ROSA L. PARKS SHRINE Honorary Chairwomen: Coretta Scott King Esther Gordy Edwards National Chairperson: Louise C. Tappes National Co-Chairperson: Margaret C. Ashworth Dr. Luther Mae Adams Sharon Brown Shirley Clark Clyde Cleveland Taylor Cox Synka Curtis Al Dunmore Esther Gordy Edwards Marguerite Farmer Joyce Garrett David Harper Justine Hurst Nathan Johnson Zodie Johnson Alice Kinebrew Pat Lewis Walter Mason Sue Marx Bob McBride Hon. Jesse Miller Agnes Marie Miller Regina O'Neil Region 8 Family, Detroit Public Schools Harley Selling O'Neil Swanson Shelton Tappes Beatrice Taylor Dorothy Taylor Harrison Taylor Carrie Thompson Dr. Reginald Wilson, Wayne County Community College Publicity Walter Luttrell La Nita Haith Mills Toni Jones Synka Curtis Program Committee Sharon Brown Synka Curtis Bea Taylor Margaret C. Ashworth Rose Williams Ticket & Finance Committee Agnes Marie Miller Shelton Tappes Mamie Guy Doris McPherson Harley Selling Al Dunmore Edgar Nelson Helen Brooks O'Neil Swanson Herbert Ford Bernice Williams Hospitality Committee Shirley Clark Zodie Johnson Ricardo Cortez Miller Beverly Schneider Faye Nevels Evelyn Bonham Arrangements Hostess-Host Youth Committee Marguerite Farmer Rhea Michelle Turner Camille La Raine Bobbie Walton Bobbie Boone Annette Farmer Dimitri Fox Michael Nixon Afbony Models Alpha Theta Chapter of Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. Angie Monette Sandra Walton Deneda Walton Barbara Lewis Pugh Sherry Walton Thelma Louis Little Victory D. Little Doreen Prichard Gerald Williams Andrea Hill Gina McPherson N O T I C E TOMMY BUTLER, star of the musical, "SELMA", salutes Mrs. Rosa L. Parks. Coming events demonstrate Mr. Butler's dedication to the City of Detroit and its youth as exemplified by an upcoming program spearheaded by such local leaders as Rev. James Holley, Councilwoman Erma Henderson, Commissioners Currie and Simmons, and other civic and church leaders. This program provides for the following: "SELMA" will open on October 20, 1976 at the New Showcase Theatre located at 8041 Harper at Van Dyke for a four week's run. Proceeds from opening night will be donated to the Martin Luther King Center for Social Change. On every Saturday night during the "SELMA" performance, a presentation will be made on stage to be used toward a scholarship fund. In addition, local talent will be provided an opportunity to appear on stage at the Saturday and Sunday matinees. The program will also provide several job openings for youth to work as ushers, pop corn sellers, etc.--This is a positive way to combat youthful unrest. Mr. Joe Neaderlander is currently setting up a tour of "SELMA" to be shown at the Neaderlander Theatres in various cities throughout the country, and Mr. Butler expresses a desire to dedicate another performance of the musical to Mrs. Parks. We are honored to have Mr. Butler as a platform guest this evening; and if you haven't seen "SELMA", now is your opportunity to see a truly great musical. THE ROSA L. PARKS SHRINE COMMITTEE Lift Every Voice and Sing Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea, Sing a song full of the hope that the dark past has taught us; Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun, of our new day begun, Let us march on, till victory is won. Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chast'ning rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet, Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, Out from the gloomy past; Till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears Thou who has brought us thus far on the way; Thou who has by thy might Led us into the light Keep us forever in the path, we pray, Lest our feet stray from the places, our God where we met thee, Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee; Shadowed beneath thy hand May we forever stand, True to our God, True to our native land. We Shall Overcome We shall overcome, We shall overcome, We shall overcome some day. Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome some day. We'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand, We'll walk hand in hand some day, Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome some day. The truth will make us free, the truth will make us free, The truth will make us free some day. Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome some day. CITATION for ROSA L. PARKS Sixty-fourth Spingarn Medalist In tribute to the quiet courage and determination exemplified on December 1, 1955, when she refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white male passenger. That act inspired a total, year- long boycott of public transportation by the black citizens of that city. Her defiance of a demeaning tradition brought about desegregation of buses in Montgomery and set the stage for the great Civil Rights Movement of the Sixties; In recognition of her personal dedication since that time, to the cause of civil rights and particularly, to the youth of the Detroit area. As a community activist, she has offered job guidance, cultural and recreational planning and inspiration to the young people of that city to whom she is dedicated to help "grow, develop, and reach their full potential," The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People presents with great pride The Sixty-fourth Spingarn Medal to ROSA L. PARKS Mother of the Civil Rights Movement Community Activist Tuesday, June 26, 1979 Louisville, Kentucky Tuesday, June 26 together, we can do it! 7:30 P.M. MASS MEETING - BRANCH NIGHT (Hall B - Commonwealth Convention Center) Presiding: AUBREY WILLIAMS, ESQ., President Louisville Branch NAACP Louisville, Kentucky MUSICAL PROGRAM: (Until 8:00 P.M.) First Congregational Methodist Church Choir REV. ROBERT E. LEE, Director Louisville, Kentucky NATIONAL ANTHEM ..... Audience Led By DR. JIMMY SMITH, Louisville, Kentucky Branch ACCOMPANIST: THOMAS QUEEN Louisville, Kentucky INVOCATION REV. HENRY W. JONES, Pastor Consolidated Baptist Church Lexington, Kentucky RECOGNITION OF DAIS GUESTS: JOHN JOHNSON, Chairman Convention Host Committee Louisville, Kentucky GREETINGS: THE HON. WILLIAM STANSBURY Mayor, City of Louisville THE HON. MITCH MCCONNELL Executive Judge Jefferson County, Kentucky THE HON. ROMANO MAZOLLI United States House of Representatives THE HON. WENDELL FORD Member United States Senate Louisville, Kentucky THE HON. WALTER D. HUDDLESTON Member United States Senate Louisville, Kentucky MUSICAL SELECTION: BERNARD MINNIS, Soloist Louisville, Kentucky ACCOMPANIST: THOMAS QUEEN Louisville, Kentucky TUESDAY, JUNE 26 PRESENTATION OF 64TH SPINGARN MEDAL Presentor: The Hon. Damon Keith Judge - United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit Detroit, Michigan Acknowledgment: Mrs. Rosa Parks Detroit, Michigan Musical Selection: Bernard Minnis, Soloist Louisville, Kentucky Introduction of Speaker: Kelly M. Alexander, Sr. Vice President NAACP Member, NAACP Board of Directors Charlotte, N.C. Address: The Hon. Walter F. Mondale Vice President, United States of America "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" ...Audience Led by Dr. Jimmy Smith Accompanist: Thomas Queen Benediction: Rev. W. F. Fisher, Pastor Emeritus Elim Baptist Church Louisville, Kentucky 10:00 P.M. CONVENTION RECEPTION (All Delegates) (Archibald Cochran Ballroom - Galt House Hotel) 10:00 P.M. YOUTH SOCIAL Stouffer's Louisville Inn naacp 'tell it!' THE SPINGARN MEDAL Awarded annually for the highest achievement of an American Negro By the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE 1790 Broadway, New York, New York 10019 In Recognition of Achievement THE SPINGARN MEDAL was instituted in 1914 by the late J. E. Spingarn (then Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), who gave annually, until his death in 1939, a gold medal to be awarded for the highest or noblest achievement by an American Negro during the preceding year or years. A fund sufficient to continue the award was set up by his will "to perpetuate the lifelong interest of my brother, Arthur B. Spingarn, of my wife, Amy E. Spingarn, and of myself in the achievements of the American Negro." PURPOSE The purpose of the medal is twofold---first to call the attention of the American people to the existence of distinguished merit and achievement, among American Negroes, and secondly, to serve as a reward for such achievement, and as a stimulus to the ambition of colored youth. CONDITIONS The medal is presented annually to the man or woman of African descent and American citizenship, who shall have made the highest achievement during the preceding year or years in any honorable field of human endeavor. The Committee of Award is bound by no burdensome restrictions, but may decide for itself each year what particular act or achievement deserves the highest acclaim; the choice is not limited to any one field, whether of intellectual, spiritual, physical, scientific, artistic, commercial, educational, or other endeavor. It is intended primarily that the medal shall be for the highest achievement in the preceding year, but if no achievement in any one year seems to merit it, the Committee may award it for work achieved in preceding years, or may withhold it. The medal is usually presented to the winner at the annual convention of the National Association for the Advanced of Colored People, and the presentation speech is delivered by a distinguished citizen. A nine-person Committee of Award is selected by the NAACP Board of Directors. The Committee's decision is final in all matters affecting the award. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE AWARD should be submitted in writing to the Secretary of the Committee of Award, 1790 Broadway, New York City, by January 1 of each year. Such communications should state in detail the achievements of the person recommended. CITATION for ANDREW JACKSON YOUNG Sixty-third Spingarn Medalist In respectful recognition of the vicissitudes of international diplomacy and the deftness with which he has handled relations between this nation and other countries through the offices of the United Nations; For his forthrightness in expressing personal concern for human rights and especially for the major role he has filled in raising the consciousness of American citizens to the problems of various African nationals and to the significance in world affairs of the massive African continent and its numerous individual nation states; For exemplary service during his term as United States Congressman, 5th District, State of Georgia, the first black person to represent that State in Congress since 1870; and For his unflagging commitment and negotiating skill as a civil rights activist during the turbulent sixties, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People presents with great pride The Sixty-third Spingarn Medal to ANDREW JACKSON YOUNG Minister Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Diplomat, Cabinet Member, Civil Rights Activist, Minister Sunday, January 7, 1979 New York, New York Winners of the Spingarn Medal 1. Professor Ernest E. Just,* head of the department of physiology, Howard University Medical School, for researches in biology. Presented February 12, 1915, by Charles S. Whitman, Governor of New York, in the Ethical Culture Hall, New York City. 2. Major Charles Young,* United States Army, for services in organizing the Liberian constabulary and developing roads in the Republic of Liberia. Presented February 22, 1916, by Samuel Walker McCall, Governor of Massachusetts, at an NAACP mass meeting in Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. 3. Harry T. Burleigh,* composer, pianist, singer, for excellence in the field of creative music. Presented May 16, 1917, by United States Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington, at a special meeting of the NAACP in Washington, D. C. 4. William Stanley Braithwaite, poet, literary critic and editor, for distinguished achievement in literature. Presented May 5, 1918, by R. Livingstone Beeckman, Governor of Rhode Island, at a special meeting of the NAACP in the First Baptist Church, Providence, R. I. 5. Archibald H. Grimke,* former U. S. consul in Santo Domingo, president, American Negro Academy, author and president of the District of Columbia branch of the NAACP, for seventy years of distinguished service to his race and country. Presented June 27, 1919, by Charles F. Thwing, president, Western Reserve University, at 10th annual NAACP conference, Cleveland, O. 6. William E. Burghardt DuBois,*author, editor of THE CRISIS, for the founding and calling of the Pan-African Congress. Presented June 1, 1920, by Bishop John Hurst, chairman of committee of award, on the campus of Atlanta University at the 11th annual NAACP conference, Atlanta, Ga. 7. Charles S. Gilpin,* actor, for his notable performance in the title role of Eugene O'Neill's play, THE EMPEROR JONES. Presented June 30, 1921, by a representative of the Governor of Michigan to a proxy of Mr. Gilpin's (the actor having been prevented from attendance by illness), at the 12th annual NAACP conference in Detroit. Medal later presented to Mr. Gilpin in person by Mr. Spingarn in New York City. 8. Mary B. Talbert,* former president of the National Association of Colored Women, for service to the women of her race and the restoration of the Frederick Douglass home. Presented June 20, 1922, by Rabbi Solomon Foser of Newark, N. J., at the 13th annual conference of NAACP in Newark. 9. George Washington Carver,* head of the Department of Research, and director of the Experiment Station at Tuskegee Institute, Ala., for distinguished research in agricultural chemistry. Presented September 4, 1923, by Charles B. Griffith, Attorney-General of Kansas, at 14th annual NAACP conference, Kansas City, Kans. 10. Roland Hayes, singer, for his great artistry through which he "so finely interpreted the beauty and charm of the Negro folk song" and won for himself a place as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Presented July 1, 1924, by Dr. Josiah H. Penniman, provost and president of the University of Pennsylvania, at 15th annual NAACP conference in Philadelphia. Presentation by proxy due to Mr. Hayes' absence in Europe. Personal presentation made on April 7, 1925, by Walter Damrosch of the New York Symphony, in New York City. 11. James Weldon Johnson,* former U. S. consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua, former editor, secretary, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, poet, for distinguished achievements as author, diplomat and public servant. Presented June 30, 1925, by Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, editor, The Crisis, and sixth Spingarn Medalist, at 16th annual NAACP conference, Denver, Colo. 12. Carter G. Woodson,* historian and founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, editor, NEGRO ORATORS AND THEIR ORATIONS, compiler, FREE HEADS OF NEGRO FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1830, for ten years' devoted service in collecting and publishing the records of the Negro in America. Presented June 29, 1926, by Dr. John Haynes Holmes of New York City, at the 17th annual NAACP conference in Chicago, Ill. 13. Anthony Overton,* businessman, president of the Victory Life Insurance Company, for his successful busines career climaxed by admission of his company as the first Negro organization permitted to do insurance business under the rigid requirements of the State of New York. Presented June 28, 1927, by Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, at 18th annual NAACP conference, Indianapolis, Ind. 14. Charles W. Chesnutt,* author, for his "pioneer work as a literary artist depicting the life and struggle of Americans of Negro descent, and for his long and useful career as scholar, worker and freeman in one of America's greatest cities." Presented July 3, 1928, by Buron R. Fitts, Lieutenant-Governor of California, at 19th annual NAACP conference, Los Angeles, Calif. 15. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, president of Howard University, "for his successful administration as first Negro president of the leading Negro university in America, and especially for his leadership in securing, during the past year, legal authority for appropriations to Howard University by the government of the United States." Presented July 2, 1929, at Cleveland, O., by Dr. Charles F. Thwing, President Emeritus of Western Reserve University, at the 20th annual conference of the NAACP. 16. Henry A. Hunt,* principal of Fort Valley High and Industrial School, Fort Valley, Ga., "for twenty-five years of modest, faithful, unselfish and devoted service in the education of Negroes of rural Georgia, and to the teaching profession in that state." Presented July 1, 1930, at Springfield, Mass., by Dr. William Allan Neilson, president of Smith College, at the 21st annual conference of the NAACP. 17. Richard Berry Harrison,* "whose fine and reverent characterization of the Lord in Marc Connelly's play, THE GREEN PASTURES, has made that play the outstanding dramatic accomplishment of America in the year 1930. But the medal is given to Mr. Harrison not simply for this crowning accomplishment, but for the long years of his work as dramatic reader and entertainer, interpreting to the mass of colored people in church and school the finest specimens of English drama from Shakespeare down. It is fitting that in the sixty-seventh year of his life he should receive widespread acclaim for a role that typifies and completes his life work." Presented March 22, 1931, by Herbert H. Lehman, Lieutenant-Governor of the State of New York, at the Mansfield Theatre, New York City. 18. Robert Russa Moton,* principal of Tuskegee Institute, Ala., "for his thoughtful leadership of conservative opinion and action on the Negro in the United States, as shown in the U.S. Veterans' Hospital controversy at Tuskegee; by his stand on education in Haiti; by his support of equal opportunity for the Negro in the American public school system; and by his expression of the best ideals of the Negro in his book, WHAT THE NEGRO THINKS." Presented May 20, 1932, by Bronson Cutting, U.S. Senator from New Mexico, at 23rd annual NAACP conference, Washington, D.C. 19. Max Yergan, for ten years American Y.M.C.A. secretary among the native students of South Africa, "a missionary of intelligence, tact and self-sacrifice, representing the gift of cooperation and culture which American Negroes may send back to their Motherland; and he inaugurated last year an unusual local movement for interracial understanding among black and white students." Presented July 1, 1933, at Chicago, Ill., by Edwin R. Embree, president of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, at 24th annual NAACP conference. 20. William Taylor Burwell Williams,* dean of Tuskegee Institute, "for his long service as field agent of the Slater and Jeanes Funds and the General Education Board, his comprehensive knowledge of the field of Negro education and educational equipment, and his sincere efforts for their betterment." Presented June 29, 1934, at Oklahoma City, Okla., by the Reverend J. Raymond Henderson of Atlanta, Ga., at the 25th annual conference of the NAACP. 21. Mrs. Mary McCloud Bethune,* founder and president of Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Fla. "In the face of almost insuperable difficulties she has, almost single-handedly, established and built up Bethune-Cookman College. . . In doing this she has not simply created another educational institution. Both the institution's and Mrs. Bethune's influence have been nationwide. That influence has always been on a high plane, directed by a superb courage. Mrs. Bethune has always spoken out against injustice, in the South as well as in the North, without compromise or fear." Presented June 28, 1935, by William Pickens, field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, at the 26th annual conference of the NAACP, St. Louis, Mo. 22. John Hope,* president of Atlanta University, characterized by the Committee of Award as "a distinguished leader of his race, one of the foremost college presidents in the United States, widely and favorably known throughout the educational world." Presented (posthumously) July 3, 1936, at Baltimore, Md., by Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, president of Howard University, 15th Spingarn Medalist, to Mrs. Hope at 27th annual NAACP conference. 23. Walter White,* executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, for his personal investigation of 41 lynchings and 8 race riots and for his "remarkable tact, skill and persuasiveness" in lobbying for a federal anti-lynching bill. Presented July 2, 1937, by Governor Frank Murphy of Michigan at the 28th annual conference of the NAACP, Detroit, Mich. NO AWARD IN 1938 24. Marian Anderson, contralto, ". . . has been chosen for her special achievement in the field of music. Equally with that achievement, which has won her world-wide fame as one of the greatest singers of our time, is her magnificent dignity as a human being. Her unassuming manner, which has not been changed by her phenomenal success, has added to the esteem not only of Marian Anderson as an individual but of the race to which she belongs." Presented July 2, 1939, by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the 30th annual NAACP conference, Richmond, Va. 25. Louis T. Wright,* surgeon, "for his contributions to the healing of mankind and for his courageous, uncompromising position held often in the face of bitter attack, that Negro men of medicine should measure up to the most absolute standards of technical excellence and, as a corollary, that having done so, Negro medical men and nurses should be accorded every opportunity to serve, without discrimination on account of race or color." Presented July 19, 1940, by Dr. Russell L. Cecil, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Cornell University Medical School, at the 31st annual conference of the NAACP, Philadelphia, Pa. 26. Richard Wright,* author, because "he has given to Americans who have eyes to see a picture which must be faced if democracy is to survive . . . For his powerful depiction in his books, UNCLE TOM'S CHILDREN and NATIVE SON, of the effect of proscription, segregation and denial of opportunities on the American Negro." Presented June 27, 1941, by Elmer A. Carter, member of the New York State Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, at the 32nd annual conference of the NAACP, Houston, Tex. 27. A. Philip Randolph, labor leader, international president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, "for his unparalleled record of leadership in the field of labor organization and national affairs for a period of more than three decades . . . in recognition of the dramatic culmination of his years of effort in the mobilization of the Negro mass opinion in 1941 in a March on Washington to exercise the constitutional right of citizens of a democracy to petition their government peaceably for the redress of grievances (which) was instrumental in securing the issuance on June 25, 1941, by the President of the United States of an executive order banning discrimination on account of race, creed, color, or national origin in defense industries and in the federal government, and creating the Committee on Fair Employment Practices to effectuate the order." Presented July 19, 1942, by Bishop John A. Gregg, at the 33rd anual conference of the NAACP, Los Angeles, Calif. 28. William H. Hastie, jurist and educator, "for his distinguished career as a jurist and as an uncompromising champion of equal justice. His every act, and particularly his protest against racial bigotry in an army fighting for the democratic processes, has established a standard of character and conduct." Presented June 6, 1943, by Congressman Will Rogers, Jr., of California, at the 34th annual conference of the NAACP, Detroit, Mich. 29. Charles R. Drew,* scientist, "for his outstanding work in blood plasma. Dr. Drew's research in this field led to the establishment of a blood plasma bank which served as one of the models for the widespread system of blood banks used by the American Red Cross. Dr. Drew was appointed full-time Medical Director for the blood plasma project for Great Britain. The report on this work was published and served as a guide for later developments for the United States Army and for the armies of our Allies." Presented July 16, 1944, by Dr. Ernest A. Hooton, anthropologist, at the 35th annual conference of the NAACP, Chicago, Ill. 30. Paul Robeson, singer and actor, for "distinguished achievement in the theatre and on the concert stage." Presented October 18, 1945, by Marshall Field, publisher and philanthropist, at a dinner meeting in the Roosevelt Hotel, New York City. 31. Thurgood Marshall, special counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, for "his distinguished service as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of the United States and inferior courts, particularly in the Texas Primary Case, which conceivably may have more far-reaching influence than any other act in the ending of disfranchisement based upon race or color in the country." Presented June 28, 1946, by Robert W. Kenny, Attorney-General of California, at the 37th annual convention of the NAACP, Cincinnati, Ohio. 32. Dr. Percy L. Julian, research chemist, "in recognition of his work as a distinguished chemist who has made many important discoveries that have saved many lives. He has demonstrated technical skill, courage and sustained effort on the highest level in making contributions that will benefit mankind for years to come." Presented June 27, 1947, by Dr. Harold Clayton Urey, professor in chemistry at the University of Chicago, Ill., at the 38th annual convention of the NAACP, Washington, D. C. 33. Channing H. Tobias,* "in recognition of his consistent role as a defender of fundamental American liberties . . . He brought to the President's Committee on Civil Rights intellectual vitality, courage and the richness of his long experience in the field of race relations. Largely due to his persistence and clear insight the committee produced a report of historic significance in man's unending struggle for justice." Presented June 27, 1948, by Edwin R. Embree, former president of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, at the 39th annual convention of the NAACP, at Kansas City, Mo. 34. Ralph J. Bunche,* international civil servant, acting UN mediator in Palestine, "for his distinguished scholarship in the Myrdal study, his aid in fashioning sections of the United Nations Charter, his painstaking efforts as director of the United Nations Trusteeship Division, but principally for his priceless contribution to the settlement of armed conflict in the Middle East." Presented July 17, 1949, by Mme. V. L. Pandit, Indian Ambassador to the U. S., in the Hollywood Bowl at the 40th annual NAACP convention. Los Angeles, Calif. 35. Charles Hamilton Houston,* Chairman, NAACP Legal Committee and "stalwart defender of democracy, inspired teacher of youth, and leader in the legal profession . . . in memory of a lifetime of gallant championship of equal rights for all Americans, of unselfish devotion to democratic ideals, of unswerving fidelity to the American dream of equal opportunity." Accepted posthumously by six-year-old Charles H. Houston, Jr., at 41st NAACP Annual Convention, June 25, 1950, in Boston. Presentation made by Erwin Griswold, Dean, Harvard University Law School. 36. Mabel Keaton Staupers, who, as a leader of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, "spearheaded the successful movement to integrate Negro nurses into American life as equals," and whose work was "characterized by wisdom, vision, courage and refusal to equivocate", as a result of which the NACGN was dissolved as no longer needed. Presented June 29, 1951, by Lillian Smith, noted author, at 42nd Annual NAACP Convention in Atlanta, Ga. 37. Harry T. Moore,* NAACP leader in the State of Florida and a martyr in the "crusade for freedom," for "his invaluable contributions and his courage in working for full implementation of the democratic ideal," including justice in the courts, the abolition of segregation at the University of Florida, and the expansion of the Negro vote in the state. Assassinated by a hate bomb in his home at Mims on Christmas night, 1951. Accepted posthumously by his mother, Mrs. Rosa B. Moore, in the Municipal Auditorium, Oklahoma City, June 27, 1952, at 43rd Annual NAACP Convention. Presentation made by Representative Clifford P. Case of New Jersey. 38. Paul R. Williams, distinguished architect, for his pioneer contributions as a creative designer of livable and attractive modern dwellings and beautiful and utilitarian commercial structures — contributions which have won for him the respect and admiration of his fellow architects and high rank in his chosen profession. Presented at 44th Annual NAACP Convention, June 26, 1953, in the Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis. Presentation by Senator W. Stuart Symington of Missouri. 39. Theodore K. Lawless,* physician, educator and philanthropist, recognized as one of the world's leading dermatologists, for his extensive research and experiments which have enlarged the area of scientific knowledge in his chosen field. Presented at 45th Annual NAACP Convention by Dr. Buell Gallagher, President, College of the City of New York, July 4, 1954, Dallas, Texas. 40. Carl Murphy,* dedicated editor, publisher and far-sighted civic leader, for his leadership role in leveling invidious racial barriers in employment, education and recreation. Presented at 46th Annual NAACP Convention, by New Jersey Governor Robert B. Meyner, June 26, 1955, Atlantic City, N. J. 41. Jack Roosevelt Robinson, brilliant and versatile athlete, for his superb sportsmanship, his pioneer role in opening up a new field of endeavor for young Negroes, and his civic consciousness. Presented at Spingarn Award Luncheon Meeting, Hotel Roosevelt, New York City, December 8, 1956. 42. Martin Luther King, Jr.,* dedicated and selfless clergyman, for his creative contributions to the Fight for Freedom and his outstanding leadership role in the successful Montgomery bus protest movement. Presented by Bishop Richard S. Emrick, Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, at 48th Annual NAACP Convention in Detroit, June 28, 1957 43. Mrs. Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine, for "their pioneer role in upholding the basic ideals of American democracy in the face of continuing harassment and constant threats of bodily injury. Presented by Dr. William E. Stevenson, president of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, at 49th Annual NAACP Convention in Cleveland, July 11, 1958. 44. Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington, composer and orchestra leader, for his outstanding musical achievements which have won for him "not only universal acclaim but also worldwide recognition of our country's contribution to the field of music." Presented by Benny Goodman aboard the U. S. Liner, United States, at New York City, Sept. 11, 1959. 45. Langston Hughes,* poet, author and playwright, "generally recognized in America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America as a major American writer and considered by many the poet laureate of the Negro race." Presented by NAACP President Arthur B. Spingarn at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., on June 26, 1960, during 51st Annual NAACP Convention, held in St. Paul, Minn. 46. Kenneth B. Clark, Professor of Psychology at the College of the City of New York; founder and director of the Northside Center for Child Development and prime mobilizer of the resources of modern psychology in the attack upon racial segregation, for his dedicated service and inspired research which contributed significantly to the historic U. S. Supreme Court decision of May 17, 1954, banning segregation in public education. Presented by Dr. Otto Klineberg, Professor and Chairman, Department of Social Psychology, Columbia University, at the 52nd Annual NAACP Convention in Philadelphia, Pa., July 16, 1961. 47. Robert C. Weaver, Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency, for his long years of dedicated public service at munipal, state and federal levels; for his pioneer role in the development and advocacy of the doctrine of "open occupancy" in housing; and for his responsible and militant leadership in the struggle for human rights. Presented by Earl B. Schwulst, President, Bowery Savings Bank, New York City, and Chairman, Commission on Race and Housing of the Fund for the Republic, at 53rd Annual NAACP Convention in Atlanta, Ga., July 8, 1962. 48. Medgar Wiley Evers,* NAACP Field Secretary for the State of Mississippi, World War II veteran, hero and martyr felled by an assassin's bullet in the back on June 12, 1963. His dedication to the Fight for Freedom in his native state and his steadfast courage in the face of constant danger endeared him to liberty lovers everywhere and marked him for early death at the hands of racists. His memory will serve as a lasting inspiration to those who carry on the fight for racial justice. Accepted posthumously by his wife, Mrs. Medgar W. Evers, at 54th Annual NAACP Convention in Chicago, Ill., July 4, 1963. 49. Roy Wilkins, Executive Director, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, for the militancy of his leadership, the integrity of his performance, his determined and persistent pursuit of clearly perceived goals, his dedication and intelligence, his quiet and unassuming compassion and the bright flame of courage burning in his heart. Presented by Dr. John Hope Franklin, chairman of the History Department of Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N. Y., at the 55th NAACP Annual Convention, Washington, D. C., June 23, 1964. 50. Leontyne Price, Metropolitan Opera Star, in recognition of her divinely inspired talent, in tribute to her extraordinary achievement as the outstanding soprano of our era, and in appreciation of her priceless contribution as artist, citizen and person to the continuing crusade for justice, equality and understanding among the peoples of the world. Presented by Rudolf Bing, Metropolitan general manager, at NAACP Fellowship Dinner, New York City, January 2, 1966; Recipient was unable to be present at 56th NAACP Annual Convention, 1965. 51. John H. Johnson, founder and president of the Johnson Publishing Company of Chicago, for his productive imagination, ingenuity and enterprise in the perilous field of publishing; for his contributions to the enhancement of the Negro's self-image through his publications; and for his commitment to the attainment of full and equal treatment of all Negroes in this day and age. Presented by Harry Golden, Author and Publisher, at the 57th NAACP Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California, July 8, 1966. 52. Edward W. Brooke III, first Negro to win popular election to the United States Senate, "in recognition of his distinguished career as a public servant...in appreciation of the substantial contribution he has made to the enhancement of the prestige and image of his country and race through the excellence of his performance in public office." Presented by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusett's senior Senator, at the 58th NAACP Annual Convention, Boston, Mass., July 11, 1967. 53. Sammy Davis, Jr., Broadway-Hollywood star and civil rights activist, for "his superb and many-faceted talent," for "his commitment to the enduring values of the Judeo-Christian tradition - justice, freedom, equality and the brotherhood of all mankind," and for "the tireless sacrifices he has made in the furtherance of these great goals through his generous and meaningful participation in the civil rights movement." Presented by NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins, at Spingarn Award Luncheon, Hotel Plaza, New York City, March 30, 1969, as Mr. Davis was abroad when designated for Medal in July, 1968. 54. Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., Director, Washington Bureau, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and civil rights lobbyist, "for his selfless devotion to the task of ending racial bias; for his uncompromising rejection of racism, white or black . . .; for his abiding faith in the democratic process as a means of achieving freedom and equality for all; and for the pivotal role he has played in enactment of civil rights legislation, particularly the Civil Rights Act of 1968 with its Fair Housing title." Presented by Mrs. Bruce B. Benson, President of the League of Women Voters, at 60th NAACP Annual Convention, Jackson, Mississippi, July 2, 1969. 55. Jacob Lawrence, artist, teacher and humanitarian "in testimony to his eminence among American painters; in recognition of the signal success with which he has turned his artistic gifts and values to the portrayal of Negro life and history on the American scene; in tribute to the compelling power of his work which has opened to the world beyond these shores a window on the Negro's condition in the United States; and in salute to his unswerving commitment, not only to his art, but to his black brother within the context of hope for a single society." Presented by Bayard Rustin, Executive Director of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, at 61st NAACP Annual Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 30, 1970. 56. Leon Howard Sullivan, clergyman, activist and prophet, "in recognition of the inspiration and resourcefulness with which he has transmuted the social gospel into economic progress for his people; . . . in tribute to his splendid achievement in adapting his church to the social, cultural and economic - as well as the spiritual - needs of its community; and in admiration of the singular steadfastness with which he has melded religious leadership and social vision for the advancement of black folk." Presented by Andrew F. Brimmer, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at 62nd NAACP Annual Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 9, 1971. 57. Gordon Alexander Buchanan Parks, Twentieth-Century Renaissance man, "in recognition of his unique creativity, as exemplified by his outstanding achievements as photographer, writer, film-maker and composer, in admiration of his rare dedication to and success in attainment of the goal of excellence in these varied creative fields; and in appreciation of the symbolic significance of his remarkable career as an inspiration for talented and aspiring young black artists." Presented by Dr. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., President, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, at 63rd NAACP Annual Convention, Detroit, Michigan, July 4, 1972. 58. Wilson C. Riles, educator, "in recognition of the stature he has attained as a national leader in the field of education; in commendation for steadfast devotion to the best principles of education for integrated living in a multi-racial society; in deep appreciation for his lifelong service to the proposition that schools exist, first and foremost, for the benefit of the children who attend them." Presented by John H. Johnson, president of the Johnson Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., at 64th NAACP Annual Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 3, 1973. 59. Damon J. Keith, jurist, "in tribute to his steadfast defense of constitutional principles as revealed in a series of memorable decisions he handed down as a United States District Court judge; . . . in recognition of his lifetime of distinguished public service in behalf of his city, state and nation and, particularly, of his race; and in genuine appreciation of the model he has afforded aspiring young black folk." Presented by Congressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr., of Detroit, Michigan at 65th NAACP Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 2, 1974. 60. Hank Aaron, athlete, "in recognition of his singular achievement in the sport which symbolizes America--baseball; especially for his memorable home-run record which stands as a landmark; . . . and for his outstanding example of sportsmanship in his field which he has carved for all our youth to follow." Presented by Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn at the Americana Hotel, New York City, January 11, 1976. 61. Alvin Ailey, innovative dancer, choreographer and artistic director, "in recognition of his international pre-eminence in the field of dance; . . . for his development of one of the world's premiere dance companies; . . . and for exemplifying a quality and virility in dance which will be emulative to future generations." Presented by Leonard De Paur, renowned conductor-composer at the New York Hilton Hotel, New York City, January 9, 1977. 62. Alexander Palmer Haley, author, biographer and lecturer, "in recognition of the incomparable, exhaustive research and literary skill which was combined in 'Roots' : the saga of an American family; . . . for his unsurpassed effectiveness in portraying the legendary story of an American of African descent; . . . and for his role in presenting the survival story of a black American family, for inspiration to black youth, for the enlightenment of the general public." Presented by Professor Benjamin Quarles, Chairman Department of History, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland at the 68th NAACP Annual Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, June 30, 1977. *Deceased SPINGARN MEDAL AWARDED TO BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE 448 Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.