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Arizona Tribune
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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National Civil War Centennial Commission addresses racial discrimination claims at Charleston, SC observance on April 11. President Kennedy demands equal treatment for Black and white delegates after NAACP member Mrs. Williams is denied hotel lodging; NAACP calls it pro-South propaganda.
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CLINTON, NEW YORK--Members of the National Civil War Centennial Commission met to discuss an alleged case of racial discrimination at an observance scheduled at Charleston, South Carolina, April 11.
White House spokesmen announced that President Kennedy had asked the commission to assure Negro and white delegates equal treatment in the celebration.
Mrs. Madeline A. Williams, a Negro member of the New Jersey commission unit, had complained that she was refused hotel accommodations at the headquarters of the observance in Charleston.
Officials of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People protested the national observance would be a channel for pro-South propaganda during the Civil War centennial.
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Charleston, South Carolina
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April 11
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Members of the National Civil War Centennial Commission discuss alleged racial discrimination at a Charleston observance. President Kennedy requests equal treatment for Negro and white delegates. Negro member Mrs. Madeline A. Williams was refused hotel accommodations. NAACP officials protest the event as pro-South propaganda.