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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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The Civil War Centennial Commission will relocate its April 11-12 assembly commemorating Ft. Sumter to Charleston's Naval Station to comply with Kennedy's anti-discrimination policies after a racial lodging complaint, prompting withdrawals by several state commissions.
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WASHINGTON (P) - The Civil War Centennial Commission plans to move its April 11-12 assembly to the Charleston, S. C., Naval Station to avoid racial barriers in the city proper.
The change in plans was in compliance with President Kennedy's anti-discrimination policies, said the commission chairman Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant (ret.),
Kennedy had written the commission that it had an obligation to avoid racial discrimination in its activities. His letter followed the complaint of a New Jersey Negro woman, planning to attend the assembly, that she had been denied a room.
The state centennial commission of New Jersey, New York, California and Illinois had withdrawn, mainly for racial reasons, from the meeting to commemorate the firing on Ft. Sumter 100 years ago
In. his announcement, Grant, grandson of the Civil War general, said every effort will be made to lodge commission members, delegates from state commissions and representatives of attending organization at the station where segregation is practiced. About 200 to 300 persons are expected.
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Charleston, S. C.
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April 11 12
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the assembly is being moved to the charleston naval station to avoid racial barriers; state commissions from new jersey, new york, california, and illinois have withdrawn mainly for racial reasons; about 200 to 300 persons expected to attend at the station where segregation is practiced.
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The Civil War Centennial Commission plans to move its April 11-12 assembly to the Charleston, S. C., Naval Station to avoid racial barriers in the city proper, in compliance with President Kennedy's anti-discrimination policies following a complaint from a New Jersey Negro woman denied a room; the meeting commemorates the firing on Ft. Sumter 100 years ago.