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Jackson, Miss. ? Mississippi ai
Court decision in three cases involving
Negroes hhve been cited A
r- by the Civil Rights Congress as ri
.examples of the "growing num- D
her of legalized genocid^l acts m
against Negroess in Mississippi
and all over, the United States.", gi
In Simpson County, MississIppi,
James Brent Durr, tenant j "1
farmer, has been sentenced to; tc
die in the state's portable ele<S ei
trie chair on January 4. 1052. tl
5 Durr was convicted of "murder" e<
?-?by an all-white jury for his self-'^ai
-defense slaying of a local con- w
stable. The .constable had tired
shots at him, his pregnant wife, TI
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iss. Cases At Hand '
id his young son.
The shooting took place last j
pril 13th when Constable Her- 1
ngton and his brother invaded
urr allegedly owed a local ^
lerchant. A
Mrs. t>urr, who has since c
von birth tfj a second child, is
;heduled to go on trial for 1
nurder" during the Marcb r
rm of the Simpson County Cir- '
jit Court. The constable's broker
has charged that she "leap- *
j on my back'' at the time ho s
rfd his Brother ""were firing a- *ay.
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ship, terrorized Negroes through- Ol
>ut Simpson County following
;he shooting in the search for , T*
Durr. The commanding officer O'
publicly asserted that his aim _
.vas to terrorize Mississippi Ne
?rofes then struggling to S?ve;
(Villie MCGee. - I Is
McGee was electrocuted on !cv
May 8 in an act of genocide v'y
vhicH brought protests from ev- -jlou
ry corner Of the globe. I the
Dun's court-appointed defense Tall
itto'rney* have, made ho on-'S()I11
louncement about an appeal of.-the
lis death sentence.,
I contrast to the sentencing of five
Durr. the CRC, was a Mississippi life
tll-whitp jury's freeing on Nov and
TfTtTUT" 80th of Jack Sides, a Col- M
imbgs white man, who shot and ?
tilled Tom Porter, a Negro, ln-t ps
July 28, in a cafe. *
Sides, wtp, has been a figure ^
n numerous. Columbus criminal
ases during thc^pa-t few years;
d Iv-mp'"d?to?i+hrrrt^rlu'ngT* foror.
The Negro begun to protest
ma was immediately- shot an'd
cilldd.
Jn the third Mississippi case,
lug'. L. Morrow, a 48-year old |
vhitc carpenter who raped a 14- * 1
/ear old Negro girl in Jackson *g
ast Spring, was given a mis- J
.rial by an all-white jury on
December 5th. He is scheduled ij
o face trial again in a few 1
nonths.
r\ :n -trial was ordered even
hough Morrow admitted that lie IS
ad a rcait.onship with th?e "
:hild and that lie held his hands Si
?ver her mouth when she began
creaming. Ho* t roatened .in
lim: her into a lake unless she Lubmitled
to his assault. \
Ti?a I'iegio 'Womanhood De- ....
cpse Committee of Jackson,'.; ,
vcuii was loim.d ,-h ?rt1y alter (jui
;,e I. at.,; nvt ie^.uo- ?
ic, has announced that it Will.
i-:.i:?vuo il |,.rj iis.iig.it v:r ibe
miii l.melit of Morrow and for ?
in end to racist attacks on HoK
;l > wviDjii.
In ,puh'.Uing the foots as live ..
three cases, the Civil I\ignt.-.
-.ongrej^mlcr'arcd that "all three*
?a,s?s Have either been ignored/
>.uppiea .eJ .or. bar-kvt- by-tiie-sorailed
'free press' of the Unit.ee'.
States. Rather than look myth
v'f yiolfeiloss .of .freedom aought
to pierce the 'Iron Cur /'
tain' which is hiding the gneo- (\
\ VvORLD WAR II VETERANS!
( A RtCENT LAW PROVIDES
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hung* oatwrjli) down the back. (It ia ei
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V-loll: .. . S3. 30 imall Clwstof *f Cvr
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forgery-larceny trial of Mrs. th
leen Crotiln, former maid, rm
isekeeper and confidante, to da
glamorous, unpredictabNo Ta
ulah BanklTend. brought out Wi
e more tnud-slin.ging against j Ln
prosecuting actress, when j La
nsel for the defense named fiv
dashing men in Tallulah's lh
ti> include Sidney Bechet ' sit
Dickie We i la. /_ ' Pn
Irs. Cronin, white, is being mt
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r party gloves from Paris go ; i
Teat lengths to achieve glamor
feature large, glitter pins for
iy, holiday look. These shown, t
i Marshall Field & Company's j
irt collection, were designed by !
lues Fath and are above-theilder
length, in suede.
tvr:vr ' i-1 the Negro J|
pie in the United State's.'*
he CItC urged letters anrt !
es to G'iv -El? ! V
vir.hji.e .t t y ... execution !
a i'? mmuVita n r the death j
tf tiee f. .r James Durr.
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h's to the tune of $15,000 in Tallu
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tal. Her counsel, State Senator was i
at th*> trial would be most re- which 1
aling in trying to prove that head in
i client, motherly doQking Mrs. inatipn,
onin only acted under the ex- a savin
e-ised wishes of her former name o
ipl<>yer, Talluah Bankread. but Na<
Iter bringing forth the limit?I
at the actress bought cocaine, j
arihuana, gigoloes?the third '
ys cross examination charged
Ilu with friends. vBec.het. and."
along with actor William
ngford and Blake Johnson and
rrv Washburn. None of the
e were further identified,
r.vrvcr.' Bechet, the jazz ' mu:inn
was recently married in ,
)u- Harlem restaurant and I
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ie handled for Miss Bank- ^
1949. In tbe cross examit
was brought out that
.gs account was in the
t the actor Bill Langford, M
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s lor the other lour men nami,
Nad el -aid that he did not
low them. Moritt tried to proJed
further on the men in Tali's
life by asking whether Langrd
had been^tbe recipient of
iss Bnnkhead's favors, but th*
as ruled out as being inima'-.M
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