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NAACP newsletters, Fort Madison Branch, Fort Madison, Iowa, 1963
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-2- Seven members of the local branch of the NAACP were present and marched at the rally which was held in Des Moines on Saturday, July 27, 1963. A report on this will be given at the next meeting! The Mayor has promised that a meeting of the local Human Rights Commission will be held real soon !!! We are waiting!!! EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND FIRST CLASS CITIZENSHIP... NOW ... NOT SOMEDAY.. RIGHT NOW WRITE TO YOUR SENATORS Senator Bourke Hickenlooper Senate Office Building Washington, 25, D.C. Senator Jack Miller Senate Office Building Washington, 25, D.C. Ask that they VOTE FOR: CLOTURE ... ( no Filibustering on the part of the Dixiecrats) CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WITH BACKBONE.. (Not an inadequate and watered-down bill!) THEY NEED YOUR VOTE TO STAY IN OFFICE !!! MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT !!! LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU STAND ... TODAY !!! The following organizations are working together for POLITICAL ACTION: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Congress of Racial Equality Southern Christian Leadership Conference Students Non-Violent Coordinating Committee National Urban League Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Lift your voice in the cause of FREEDOM.. Praise it! ... Sing it !... Write it! Do your part in seeing that delegates are sent to Washington D.C. on: August 6-8, 1963 Each State's Delegates to visit Congressmen to urge comprehensive legislation NOW August 28, 1963 'March to Washington' Mass Rally at the Lincoln Memorial to urge 'Equal rights NOQ Sept. 15-30, 1963 Federal Civil Rights Bill scheduled for Debate on the Senate floor. DON'T FORGET !!! MEETING FORT MADISON BRANCH of the NAACP RIVER ROOM of the ANTHES HOTEL 7:45 PM AUGUST 2, 1963 FRIDAY Our membership continues to grow... now, lets have more active participation !!! We need all of YOU at this meeting, Friday. It is especially important that the youth members be present but it is equally neccessary for the adults to be there, also, to hear what Mr. Leonard Carter. Field Secretary for Region has to say ! Pass the word along !!! Come... and bring a friend !!! University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa Women's Archives
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-2- Seven members of the local branch of the NAACP were present and marched at the rally which was held in Des Moines on Saturday, July 27, 1963. A report on this will be given at the next meeting! The Mayor has promised that a meeting of the local Human Rights Commission will be held real soon !!! We are waiting!!! EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND FIRST CLASS CITIZENSHIP... NOW ... NOT SOMEDAY.. RIGHT NOW WRITE TO YOUR SENATORS Senator Bourke Hickenlooper Senate Office Building Washington, 25, D.C. Senator Jack Miller Senate Office Building Washington, 25, D.C. Ask that they VOTE FOR: CLOTURE ... ( no Filibustering on the part of the Dixiecrats) CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WITH BACKBONE.. (Not an inadequate and watered-down bill!) THEY NEED YOUR VOTE TO STAY IN OFFICE !!! MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT !!! LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU STAND ... TODAY !!! The following organizations are working together for POLITICAL ACTION: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Congress of Racial Equality Southern Christian Leadership Conference Students Non-Violent Coordinating Committee National Urban League Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Lift your voice in the cause of FREEDOM.. Praise it! ... Sing it !... Write it! Do your part in seeing that delegates are sent to Washington D.C. on: August 6-8, 1963 Each State's Delegates to visit Congressmen to urge comprehensive legislation NOW August 28, 1963 'March to Washington' Mass Rally at the Lincoln Memorial to urge 'Equal rights NOQ Sept. 15-30, 1963 Federal Civil Rights Bill scheduled for Debate on the Senate floor. DON'T FORGET !!! MEETING FORT MADISON BRANCH of the NAACP RIVER ROOM of the ANTHES HOTEL 7:45 PM AUGUST 2, 1963 FRIDAY Our membership continues to grow... now, lets have more active participation !!! We need all of YOU at this meeting, Friday. It is especially important that the youth members be present but it is equally neccessary for the adults to be there, also, to hear what Mr. Leonard Carter. Field Secretary for Region has to say ! Pass the word along !!! Come... and bring a friend !!! University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa Women's Archives
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