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The Detroit Tribune
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
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In Bridgetown, NJ, the NAACP urged the Board of Education to select a new site for a proposed elementary school to ensure accessibility for both Negro and white pupils, achieving full compliance with the law. Local president Solomon Riley wired the request, following April protests by Negro parents about the site's location near railroad tracks. NAACP field secretary Phillip H. Savage assured assistance.
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Proposed N. J.
School Site
BRIDGETOWN. NJ
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NAACP this week urged the
Board of Education here to take
immediate steps to select a new
site for a proposed elementary
school.
Solomon Riley, local NAACP
president, wired the Board asking
for a new site on a location
accessible to both Negro and
white pupils, which would result
in complete, not token, compliance
with the law.
Twice during the month of
April, Negro parents protested to
the Board and City Council that
the new building would be "near
the railroad tracks, with only a
one-way entrance." It would be
primarily attended by Negroes.
Phillip H. Savage, NAACP tri-
state area field secretary, assured
the local NAACP branch that
assistance, legal or otherwise, will
be "provided as requested."
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Primary Location
Bridgetown, Nj
Event Date
This Week; Month Of April
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assurance of legal or other assistance provided as requested
Event Details
NAACP urged Board of Education to select new site for proposed elementary school accessible to both Negro and white pupils for complete compliance with law; Negro parents protested twice in April that site near railroad tracks with one-way entrance would be primarily attended by Negroes