Cleveland Call and Post - September 6, 1958 - Clara Luper
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Click on date to view post:September 1, 1928: Appeal to left-handed readers in the Pittsburgh Courier.September 2, 1950: “They’ll Never Die” profile of Samuel A. McElwee in Norfolk Journal and Guide.September 3, 1960: Carver Federal to open new black bank branch in Brooklyn, reported in New York Amsterdam News.September 4, 1975: First National Conference on the Concerns of Black Women meets in Los Angeles, led by Caffie Greene. Reported in Los Angeles Sentinel.September 5, 1987: Peter J. Ottley, president of Local 144 Union representing hotel, hospital, and nursing home workers, leads New York City Labor Day parade. Reported in New York Amsterdam News.September 6, 1958: Cleveland Call and Post features Clara Luper who led youth sit-ins in Oklahoma City.September 7, 1967: Banquet for Cabrini-Green Homes softball and basketball tourney winners, featured in Chicago Defender.September 8, 1926: Savoy Ballroom in the New York Amsterdam News.September 9, 1961: Cleveland women organize rent strike, reported in Call and Post.September 10, 1955: Emmett Till in Chicago Defender.September 11, 2002: 9/11 and pilot LeRoy Homer Jr. remembered in Norfolk Journal and Guide.September 12, 1976: Actress and Singer Melba Moore joins children’s television show “Big Blue Marble,” reported in Atlanta Daily World.September 13, 1919: Congressional debate over Jim Crow railroad cars, reported in Philadelphia Tribune.September 14, 1989: Articles on hypertension and diabetes in Los Angeles Sentinel.September 15, 1906: Second U.S. Occupation of Cuba begins, reported in Baltimore Afro-American.September 16, 1963: Racists bomb 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, killing four young girls. Reported in Chicago Defender.September 17, 1938: Soap advertisement featuring profile of Phillis Wheatley, published in Pittsburgh Courier.September 18, 1954: “It’s Your Newspaper” advertisement in Norfolk Journal and Guide.September 19, 1942: Kansas City Monarchs and Satchel Paige face Homestead Grays and Josh Gibson in Negro World Series, reported in Philadelphia Tribune.September 20, 1952: Ad for Tan Magazine featuring “Army Life Changed My Husband” in Baltimore Afro-American.September 21, 1927: “Colored Home Seekers” wanted in Merrick Gardens, Springfield, and Long Island, advertisement in New York Amsterdam News.September 22, 1932: Beauty hint, “abdominal fat can be ironed away” in Atlanta Daily World.September 23, 1950: Robert S. Pious editorial cartoon on employment discrimination of black veterans in Cleveland Call and Post.September 24, 1960: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) prepares to become professional boxer, reported in Chicago Defender.September 25, 1981: Articles in Philadelphia Tribune respond to Reagan administration budget cuts to welfare programs.September 26, 1957: Little Rock Nine integrate Central High School, reported in Chicago Defender.September 27, 1941: Pittsburgh Courier reports on stage adaptation of Richard Wright’s Native Son, directed by Orson Welles.September 28, 1989: “The Lady Knows the Game” sports column by Rhonda V. Smith in Los Angeles Sentinel.September 29, 1934: Textile workers’ strike ends, reported in Baltimore Afro-American.September 30, 1950: Dr. Ralph Bunche is awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
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On February 13, 1960, the Norfolk Journal and Guide and Cleveland Call and Post ran stories on the sit-in protests in Greensboro, which started on February 1st. The Journal and Guide described the college students from North Carolina A&T State University who were protesting segregation at Greensboro lunch counters by taking seats at the F. W. Woolworth store and refusing to leave until they were served. The students who initiated the protests—Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr., and David Richmond—became known as the “Greensboro Four.” The paper reported that “the protest spread from Greensboro to Durham, Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Fayetteville during the week” (click to view PDF).
The Call and Post quoted one of the protesters regarding the motivation for protests: “We believe since we buy books and papers in the other part of the store we should be served in this part...We drop in here before or after a movie and buy paper or pencils or a newspaper—It’s very handy for that. We say if we can buy one thing why can’t we buy another?” (click to view PDF).
The Call and Post opened their story by linking Greensboro to early student protests: “Taking their cue from similar protests by youth in Oklahoma City, a group of well-dressed Negro college students staged a sit down strike in the downtown Woolworth store last week and vowed to continue it in relays until Negroes were served at the lunch counter.” The paper had reported on the Oklahoma City protest, led by Clara Luper, on September 6, 1958 (click to view PDF).
What I like about these articles is that they show the formation of an iconic moment in civil rights history in real time. These stories were a small part of a vast amount of media attention the Greensboro sit-ins generated, but it was not at all clear at this point that Greensboro rather than Oklahoma City would be the sit-in protest that would be recorded in history textbooks.
For more on the web about the Greensboro sit-in protests, see:
Jonathan Murray, “Greensboro Sit-In”
International Civil Rights Center, “Greensboro Chronology”
For more on the web about the Oklahoma City protest and Clara Luper, see:
Alison Shay, “Remembering the Oklahoma City Sit-Ins”
NewsOK, “Timeline of the 1958 Sit-Ins”
Dennis Hevesi, “Clara Luper, a Leader of Civil Rights Sit-Ins, Dies at 88”
Also, Southern Foodways Alliance, “Counter Histories: Documenting the Struggle to Desegregate Southern Restaurants”