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The Northwest Enterprise
Seattle, King County, Washington
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In New York, Socialist leader Frank Crosswaith credits the NAACP for his court victory in Denver, Colorado, over racial discrimination in a restaurant in April 1931. The NAACP provided financial and legal support, enabling the case to reach the Colorado Supreme Court, which recently ruled in his favor after a witness was kidnapped.
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NEW YORK-Frank Crosswaith Socialist leader of this city and a noted orator, expressed surprise today that newspaper stories announcing his recent court victory in Denver, Colorado, had failed to give full credit to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The case involving discrimination against Mr. Crosswaith on grounds of color in a Denver restaurant in April '31, was vigorously prosecuted by the Denver branch which contributed $100 and the national office which contributed $25 and supplied legal advice. The chief witness for Crosswaith was kidnapped and kept out of town resulting in a non-suit in municipal and county courts. Mr. Crosswaith declares that had it not been for the Denver branch, the case would never have reached the Colorado supreme court which, recently rendered a decision favoring him.
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Denver, Colorado
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April '31
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colorado supreme court rendered a decision favoring him
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Frank Crosswaith, Socialist leader and noted orator in New York, expressed surprise that newspaper stories on his court victory in Denver did not credit the NAACP. The case involved discrimination against him on grounds of color in a Denver restaurant. The Denver branch of NAACP contributed $100 and the national office $25 and legal advice. The chief witness was kidnapped and kept out of town, resulting in a non-suit in municipal and county courts. Without the Denver branch, the case would not have reached the Colorado supreme court.