io»m
April «, 1944
ivy League Students, Chaplains Invade St. Augustine
Spend Easter
Fighting Bias
In Fla. City
By SNOW JAMES
ST. AUGUSTINE. FU.—Students and chaplains from Ivy
League collect* all over New
England, conversed upon this
ancient city to spend their two-
week Easier vacation here—determined, at least, to focus national attention upon the racial Injustice practiced here,
and. hopefully, to get a mixed
foot into many- a segregated
door.
Responding to a call for help
i* out by Dr. R. & Hayllng
in the name of the local chapter of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, the
"pilgrims" have been trouptng
in by the score, determined to
'do or die."
Serving as spokesmen for
the group are Rev. William
England, chaplain of Bolton
1'nrversity. and Rev. David A.
Robinson. United Church chap-
I lain at Yale University.
Other* bradtag op she start, mi. are Bev. Richard Inv
: worth, chaplain. Smith < oUrcr;
Rev. Lewis Madge, omaplain,
Amherst: William Coffin, rhsp-
lain. Vale, noted civil rights
leader, (Bat Bev. Warren Me.
Krnna. Ilolbmok. Mass.
Besides the colleges mentioned. Dartmouth. Brown. Got
ham Teachers College (Maine),
and ML Hotyoke. also, are
among those represented by
student contingents here.
Easier Sunday, Mrs. Malcolm Peabody, wife of Bishop
Peabody, and mother of Gov.
Endicoa Peabody (Massachu-
scts). waa expected to Soto the
civil rights advocates.
Interviewed, here, by The
Courier. Revs. England and
Robinson indicated that the
first few days would be devoted
to interviewing public officials
and, otherwise, becoming ori
■ ■ .11 «1 to the local situation.
After that, they Indicated,
anything could liaprmi. with
no punches being pulled.
High priority win he steaa,
they said, to kneel nw. inigall
\n integrate local rharrhas If
on a 'mmisSfhaiBan basis
with the kneeieni asking food
rat ions aith them.
Restaurants and other segregated estabtishraenU of public
arcornnvidation. also, would be
brought Into the line of fire,
these spokesmen said.
"■• For the first few days, here,
official, and businessmen
seemed determined - to brush
them oft, aith a burst of
"Southern hospitality," but
there seemed Utile doubt that
as the visitors went over .to
"direct action." the atmosphere
would change.
A "point of Interest" has
been the St John's County Jail.
where seven Negro youths are
serving out threemonth sentences, for having sought serv.
ice. in a Downtown drug store.
No matter what the thousands of students who. annually, converge at atSstsl upon
Daytona. 40 miles farther
South, do to overturn that city-,
it Is likely to be mild compared with what may happen
here.
io»m
April «, 1944
ivy League Students, Chaplains Invade St. Augustine
Spend Easter
Fighting Bias
In Fla. City
By SNOW JAMES
ST. AUGUSTINE. FU.—Students and chaplains from Ivy
League collect* all over New
England, conversed upon this
ancient city to spend their two-
week Easier vacation here—determined, at least, to focus national attention upon the racial Injustice practiced here,
and. hopefully, to get a mixed
foot into many- a segregated
door.
Responding to a call for help
i* out by Dr. R. & Hayllng
in the name of the local chapter of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, the
"pilgrims" have been trouptng
in by the score, determined to
'do or die."
Serving as spokesmen for
the group are Rev. William
England, chaplain of Bolton
1'nrversity. and Rev. David A.
Robinson. United Church chap-
I lain at Yale University.
Other* bradtag op she start, mi. are Bev. Richard Inv
: worth, chaplain. Smith < oUrcr;
Rev. Lewis Madge, omaplain,
Amherst: William Coffin, rhsp-
lain. Vale, noted civil rights
leader, (Bat Bev. Warren Me.
Krnna. Ilolbmok. Mass.
Besides the colleges mentioned. Dartmouth. Brown. Got
ham Teachers College (Maine),
and ML Hotyoke. also, are
among those represented by
student contingents here.
Easier Sunday, Mrs. Malcolm Peabody, wife of Bishop
Peabody, and mother of Gov.
Endicoa Peabody (Massachu-
scts). waa expected to Soto the
civil rights advocates.
Interviewed, here, by The
Courier. Revs. England and
Robinson indicated that the
first few days would be devoted
to interviewing public officials
and, otherwise, becoming ori
■ ■ .11 «1 to the local situation.
After that, they Indicated,
anything could liaprmi. with
no punches being pulled.
High priority win he steaa,
they said, to kneel nw. inigall
\n integrate local rharrhas If
on a 'mmisSfhaiBan basis
with the kneeieni asking food
rat ions aith them.
Restaurants and other segregated estabtishraenU of public
arcornnvidation. also, would be
brought Into the line of fire,
these spokesmen said.
"■• For the first few days, here,
official, and businessmen
seemed determined - to brush
them oft, aith a burst of
"Southern hospitality," but
there seemed Utile doubt that
as the visitors went over .to
"direct action." the atmosphere
would change.
A "point of Interest" has
been the St John's County Jail.
where seven Negro youths are
serving out threemonth sentences, for having sought serv.
ice. in a Downtown drug store.
No matter what the thousands of students who. annually, converge at atSstsl upon
Daytona. 40 miles farther
South, do to overturn that city-,
it Is likely to be mild compared with what may happen
here.
