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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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Harold W. Flowers urged NAACP branches in Arkansas to fight for equal schools for Negroes, criticizing recent legislature activity and planning a court case. He spoke to over 200 at Little Rock's Bethel A.M.E. Church, where the local chapter aimed for 5,000 members.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-(ANP) Now is the opportune moment to fight for equal schools for Negroes in Arkansas, Harold W. Flowers, former NAACP head in Pine Bluff, declared last week in an address before the Little Rock branch NAACP.
Discussing the recent Arkansas state legislature activity on education in the state, Flowers said: "What we've witnessed for the past 60 days has been a fight among the big dogs. If representatives don't care about education of white people they certainly don't care about education for the colored.
"We must determine among ourselves that segregation is evil,
Flowers called inequality in Arkansas education a "political football which we can carry to a touchdown. He said that within two weeks he would be ready to carry an equal schools case to court. He asked for cooperation of NAACP branches in the state in his fight.
More than 200 persons heard Flowers speak at Bethel A. M. E. Church. Thad D. Williams, president of the Little Rock NAACP, told the group the local chapter was seeking a membership of 5,000.
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Little Rock, Ark.
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Harold W. Flowers addressed the Little Rock branch NAACP at Bethel A. M. E. Church, declaring it opportune to fight for equal schools for Negroes in Arkansas. He discussed recent state legislature activity on education, called segregation evil, described inequality as a political football, and announced plans to carry an equal schools case to court within two weeks, seeking cooperation from NAACP branches. More than 200 persons attended. Thad D. Williams, president of the Little Rock NAACP, stated the local chapter was seeking 5,000 members.