Black Democrats Seek Access to Democratic Primary

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Collection:: Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas
Title:: Black Democrats Seek Access to Democratic Primary
Publisher:: Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Libraries
Date of Original:: 1942-07-22
Subject:: African Americans--Arkansas
Civil rights--Arkansas
Race discrimination--Arkansas
Segregation--Arkansas
People:: Barrett, Joe C.
Atkins, Homer
Location:: United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
Medium:: articles
Type:: Text
Format:: application/pdf
Description:: Article describing efforts by the Arkansas Negro Democratic Association to vote in 1942 Democratic primary.
Civil Rights -- African-Americans -- Blacks -- Democratic Party -- Arkansas Negro Democratic Association -- Little Rock -- Pulaski
NEGROS PLAN AN EFFORT TO VOTE TUESDAY ________ Arrange Meeting Here Sunday. ________ Indications that a large number of Little Rock Negroes will attempt to vote in the July 28 Democratic primary were seen in announce- ment yesterday of a meeting of the Arkansas Negro Democratic Asso- ciation to be held at Dreamland hall, Ninth and State streets, at 5 p.m. Sunday. "Political Mass Meeting" Called for Sunday. In a prepared statement sent to the Gazette, Dr. J. M. Robinson, president of the association wrote: "A political mass meeting for those interested in the Democratic party is called to meet at the Dreamland hall, Ninth and State streets, at 5 p.m. Sunday, July 26, 1942. "Since November, 1928, during the candidacy of our illustrious Senator Robinson for the vice presi- dency, at least 10,000 of us have persistently supported the Demo- cratic ticket. We make no effort for mass voting for Negroes, no rep- etition of the 1870s. We only want orderly, liberty-loving, loyal Negro Democrats to vote for congression- al and senatorial candidates, tues- day, 28th inst. "The Supreme Court of the land has decreed that we shall not be deprived of this privilege. We shall vote for the candidates of our choice without fanfare, making no effort to vote for those candidates who are not seeking federal offices, unless the judge at the polls vol- untarily permits such. "It is the desire of the leaders of the Negro Democrats that we evolve into the primaries by our orderly and intelligent system of voting, thereby assuring the white South that in this era of peril*** we, the Negroes of Arkansas, through our loyalty, are worthy of the ballot."
Metadata URL:: http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Civilrights/id/843
IIIF manifest:: https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/iiif/2/Civilrights:843/manifest.json
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Original Collection:: Arkansas Gazette
Contributing Institution:: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries
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