Chattanooga News-Free Press
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Series of Chattanooga News-Free Press clippings about desegregation actions and civil rights occurring in December 1961. a) "Wilson Okays Mix Meeting" Details an agreement by U.S. District Judge Frank Wilson to hold a pretrial conference with the city school board members regarding their revised desegregation plan. December 2, 1961. b) "School Board Files Motion Asking Judge Wilson To Set Pretrial Conference To Discuss Integration" Details an agreement by U.S. District Judge Frank Wilson to hold a pretrial conference with the city school board members regarding their revised desegregation plan. Provides background on the case. December 2, 1961. c) "McDonald Terms Negroes' Charges 'Racial Blackmail'" Details the response of Roy McDonald, chairman of the board of trustees of Baroness Erlanger Hospital, to charges of racial discrimination and financial misappropriation of funds leveled by the Council for Cooperative Action (CCA). Includes full text of letter from the CCA and McDonald's responding letter. December 5, 1961. d1, 2) "Negroes' Hospital Protest Baseless, McDonald Says" Details the response of Roy McDonald, chairman of the board of trustees of Baroness Erlanger Hospital, to charges of racial discrimination and financial misappropriation of funds leveled by the Council for Cooperative Action (CCA). Includes full text of letter from the CCA and McDonald's responding letter. December 5, 1961. e) "Court's Mandate Received In School Desegregation" Details three developments in the city's move towards school desegregation. December 6, 1961. f1, 2) "Conference Set On School Case" Details Judge Frank Wilson setting a date of December 26th for a pretrial...
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