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The current index covers issues from May 29, 1931 through May 29, 1959.

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    L. D. Harris Social Club
      meetings in 1954, 1954/10/01: 6
      meetings in 1956, 1956/05/18: 4
    La Capri Social Club
      meetings in 1958, 1958/02/21: 6, 1958/11/28: 8 (filmed in 12/05 issue)
    La Cielito Lindo Social Club
    La Gloria Cleaners Social Club
      meeting of, 1931/05/29: 8
    La Golondrina Social Club
      See also Greater La Golondrina Social Club
      elects officers, honor past officers (Jo's Jottings), 1934/02/23: 6
      meetings in 1931, 1931/08/07: 6, 1931/08/21: 6, 1931/08/28: 7, 1931/09/04: 6, 1931/09/18: 6, 1931/09/25: 6, 1931/10/09: 6, 1931/10/23: 6, 1931/11/06: 6
      meetings in 1932, 1932/04/01: 6, 1932/04/22: 6, 1932/05/06: 5, 1932/05/27: 7, 1932/06/03: 6, 1932/07/15: 7, 1932/08/19: 6, 1932/09/09: 5, 1932/11/11: 7, 1932/12/09: 6, 1932/12/16: 7
      meetings in 1933, 1933/01/20: 6, 1933/02/03: 7, 1933/03/10: 6, 1933/03/17: 6, 1933/03/24: 6, 1933/04/07: 7, 1933/08/18: 7, 1933/08/25: 6, 1933/09/08: 6, 1933/09/15: 6, 1933/09/22: 7, 1933/10/13: 6, 1933/11/03: 6
      meetings in 1934, 1934/05/04: 7, 1934/07/13: 7
      Monte Carlo Cave scene of gay breakfast party, 1936/08/07: 6
    La Grange Baptist Association
      Henegan, Rev. L. C.
        elected again as moderator, 1950/08/11: 8 (filmed in 08/18 issue)
        reelected as head (photo), 1948/08/06: 8 (filmed in 08/13 issue)
      Hicks, Mrs. M. L. Steward, guest speaker for La Grange District Missionary Society (photo), 1953/05/29: 4
      meetings
        closes session at Smithville, 1947/08/08: 6
        District Congress closes 70th session, 1950/06/16: 2
        pre-congress musical Monday for 70th session, 1950/06/02: 6
        Schulenburg, 1952/07/18: 4
        Smithville, with Rev. S. H. James and Rev. L. C. Henegan (photo), 1951/08/10: 8 (filmed in 08/17 issue)
        special bus to 74th annual meeting in Schulenburg, 1948/07/23: 8
        Weimar, 1949/07/29: 8
      Thompson, Mrs. F. C., returns from BTU Congress, 1952/06/20: 8 (filmed in 06/27 issue)
    La Grange Western Landmark Association
      Duncan, Louis Ray, preaches at Association's encampment (photo), 1954/06/18: 2
      Hall, Rev. John A., guest speaker at association meeting, Waelder (photo), 1956/07/13: 4
      Jones, Rev. C. F. M.
      Jones, Rev. Olice, re-elected president of District BTU and Sunday School Congress (photo), 1958/05/23: 8 (filmed in 05/30 issue)
      Smith, Rev. David, guest speaker for first senior women's union conference at Mt. Calvary Baptist (photo), 1958/03/28: 8 (filmed in 04/04 issue)
    La Paloma Social Club
      entertains with elaborate party, 1933/01/20: 6
    La Petite Social Club
      first dance given (Jo's Jottings), 1948/04/02 Supp: 1
      meetings in 1957, 1957/07/26: 6
      meetings in 1958, 1958/03/21: 6
      meetings in 1959, 1959/02/20: 6, 1959/04/03: 6, 1959/05/08: 7, 1959/06/19: 4
    La Premiere Social and Civic Club
      annual Rainbow dance hosted by Esquire Club of Austin (photo), 1959/04/03: 6
      meetings in 1959, 1959/03/27: 6, 1959/04/17: 6
    La Premiere Social Club
      meetings in 1952, 1952/11/14: 6
      meetings in 1955, 1955/06/17 Supp: 2, 1955/09/30 Supp: 4, 1955/12/09: 2
      meetings in 1957, 1957/01/25: 6, 1957/02/22: 6, 1957/03/15: 5
      meetings in 1958, 1958/02/28: 6, 1958/06/13: 6, 1958/09/12: 6, 1958/12/05: 6
      meetings in 1959, 1959/01/30: 6, 1959/02/27: 4, 1959/03/13: 6
      names officers to receive invitations, 1956/09/21: 6
    La Rue Social Club
      meetings, 1935/09/13: 6, 1935/11/15: 6
    La Vernia Singers (Brooks Gospel Singers)
      performances
        Bethel AME Church, 1949/03/04: 8
        Rose of Sharon Baptist Church, 1949/02/04: 8
        series of programs with Austin singers, 1949/08/19: 8
    Labor Council. See San Antonio Colored Labor Council
    Labor Unions
      See also National Labor Relations Board
      See also specific labor organization
        AFL-CIO
        American Federation of Labor (AFL)
        American Federation of Musicians
        Association of Negro Retail Beer Dealers and Merchants
        Brotherhood of Dining Car Employees
        Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
        Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP)
        Colored Trainmen of America
        Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
        Dining Car and Railroad Food Workers Union
        Grand Union of Colored Laborers
        Grand Union of Colored Laborers Sisterhood No. One
        International Brotherhood of Red Caps
        International Garment Workers' Union
        Missouri-Kansas-Texas Train Porters Union
        National Alliance of Postal Employees (NAPE)
        National Brotherhood of Trainmen and Railway Employees
        National Federation of Federal Employees
        National Maritime Union (NMU)
        Pullman Porters Benefit Association of America
        Quartet and Singers Association of San Antonio (Local 62-2)
        Quartet and Singers Association of Seguin
        Quartet and Singers Association of Texas
        San Antonio Colored Labor Council
        Texas State Federation of Labor
        United Auto Workers (UAW)
        United Federal Workers of America
        United Packinghouse Workers
        United Public Workers of America
        United Transport Service Employees of America
      19 Negroes at State Federation of Labor confab, 1940/06/28: 1
      Amsterdam News Strike Situation, by William Pickens, 1935/11/08: 7
      Are We Getting Union-Minded? (editorial), 1934/01/19: 4
      A Bad Sign ["right to work" movement bad for labor movement] (Between the Lines, commentary by Dean Gordon B. Hancock), 1958/06/27: 4
      Bellinger, V. C., brings down labor convention; extemporaneous talk by publisher precipitates thunderous applause (photo), 1940/06/28: 1
      "Big Bill" Tate active in union labor ranks, 1933/10/13: 1
      Boilermakers' Union, Jim Crow finally ends in union, 1946/05/31: 4
      brickmasons permitted to form union, 1934/02/23: 7
      Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen drops color bar, admits Negro, 1953/01/23: 1
      Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, RR union must represent, without bias, all members; Supreme Court rules in case involving Houston local, 1957/11/29: 1
      Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America, annual sermon held Sunday at Butler Chapel, 1952/09/26: 4
      Brotherhood of Railway Porters, Steamship Clerks, and Freight Handlers, meeting of, 1944/04/14: 4
      Congress Recognizes Right of All Workers to Organize (This Is Important), 1933/11/24: 1
      Dixie rail unions opened to Negroes as "Red" check, 1936/01/24: 1
      domestic employees meet to improve services, 1936/02/07: 7
      favorable attitude seen in new move by powerful labor organizations, 1933/12/01: 1
      four jailed who try to organize Louisiana farmers, 1940/08/09: 1
      garment makers urged to join workers' union, 1936/02/14: 8 (filmed in 02/21 issue)
      Houston
        Negroes admitted to white Houston union as association puts on pressure, 1941/02/28: 1
        unions vie for Race workers in Houston plant, 1941/05/16: 1
      integration
        black and white unionists march together in Memphis, 1947/09/19: 2
        Textile Workers Union shows the way in desegregation, 1956/08/10: 7
        United Packing House Workers of Illinois an example of democracy (photo), 1954/07/16: 1
      International Workers Order (IWO), Louise Thompson elected vice president (photo), 1940/07/05: 1
      Latin-American trade unionists visit San Antonio, 1955/06/24: 1
        photo, 1955/07/01: 1
      Lewis, John L., blasts [President] Roosevelt at NAACP meet; CIO head invites Ass'n to work with him, labor's non-partisan league, 1940/06/28: 1
      Local Workers Organize [colored hod carriers have affiliated with Trades Council] (editorial), 1934/05/18: 4
      McKinney, Jake
        Chicago worker upheld when he busts white foreman who called him 'Sunshine' and 'Boy,' 1952/02/15: 1
        fired by company after hitting white foreman, but union ordered his rehiring (photo), 1952/02/29: 3
      NAACP
        reveals Memphis cops forced Negroes to work on levee at gun point; all men dragged from streets to toil, 1937/03/12: 1
        scores use of Race to break Ford strike, 1941/04/18: 4
        will seek NLRA change if union bias continues, 1941/02/21: 1
      National Association of Cooks, Waiters, and Maids, San Antonio domestic employees meet to improve services, 1936/02/07: 7
      National Association of Railway Employees, new association formed to comply with new railway labor law, 1934/11/16: 1
      National Brotherhood of Trainmen and Railway Employees, organization of, 1939/07/07: 6
      National Independent Hotel Association organized at Texas confab; representatives from many state meet in Ft. Worth, 1935/11/08: 1
      National Photo-Engravers Union, Texan is first Negro in South admitted to union, 1949/09/16: 1
      National Urban League
        See National Urban League, labor program
      Neal, Sterling, makes history with election to top posts of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (photo), 1952/02/29: 4
      Negroes and Labor Unions (editorial), 1932/12/02: 4
      Negroes at SP shops urged to vote for union, 1940/09/13: 1
      organizations unite for joint defense, raising funds for Scottsboro Case, 1936/01/03: 1
      Parks, Sam, Chicago packinghouse labor leader to study post-war European conditions (photo), 1947/08/22: 2
      racial discrimination/segregation
        5 unions, with 442,000 total members, still have race bars, 1956/01/06: 1
        17 fired in KKK-inspired strike at Packard plant, 1943/06/18: 4
        30 unions outlaw Negro ban, but locomotive engineers adamant, 1947/01/10: 1
        Connecticut electrical union local ordered to admit Negro members, 1951/08/31: 1
        despite "progress," Negroes still barred, by race bias from unions, 1950/11/24: 3
        Green, William, of AF of L, told to act, as well as talk against Jim Crow, 1940/09/27: 1
        Hill demands AFL's position on Negroes in trade unions, 1933/10/13: 1
        labor-management conference will discuss no Race issues, 1945/11/02: 1
        NY chief justice to work for Negroes in labor unions, 1934/03/16: 1
        poison tongue campaign against Negro workers in South, 1946/01/11: 1
        Race tactics wrong on organized labor; members must qualify as persons, not as a race, 1934/11/02: 1
        southern workers and labor unions at crossroads over segregation, 1956/07/13: 1
        St. Louis
          organized labor opposes Negroes in St. Louis, 1933/11/17: 1
          union ban on Negroes probed by AFL, 1937/09/17: 7
          union-only policy excludes Negro workers, 1934/02/02: 1
          Urban League asks union exclusion halt on public works projects, 1934/02/23: 1
        Texan asks labor leaders' aid in fighting color bar, 1939/07/21: 1
        union, railroad sued in protest of J. Crow local over whether Negroes must join or be fired, 1952/01/04: 1
        union labor trouble averted at new theatre; union drops attempt to force theatre to use white operators, 1940/06/14: 1
        Washington, Forrester B., scores organized labor in Kansas City speech, 1934/06/01: 1
        white union workers walk out to protect Negro employee, 1933/12/15: 1
      railroad waiters eye AF of L with misgivings; federation attacked as treacherous, tricky, 1935/09/13: 2
      Rice, C. W., Houston labor leader, at Detroit confab, warns workers to be wary of both the CIO and the AF of L, 1937/07/16: 2
      San Antonio craftsmen
        form Building Trades Ass'n; organization has full-time representative to push program, 1940/09/06: 1
        Move Forward [with organization of San Antonio Building Trades Association] (editorial), 1940/09/06: 4
      San Antonio Negro Chamber of Commerce learns jobs saved as strike is averted; agitation against non-union carpenters at Alazan is settled, 1940/07/12: 1
      San Antonio Typographical Union No. 172
        issues bulletin concerning strike, 1945/09/21: 8
        releases statement concerning strike issues, 1945/09/07: 7
      Senate group allows woman two minutes to tell tobacco workers' side, 1947/04/18: 1
      Southern Tenant Farmers' Union
        claims victories, 1936/07/17: 8 (filmed in 07/24 issue)
        offers plan to end peonage, serfdom, 1936/09/25: 1
      Southwestern Labor Conference starts Sunday; A. Philip Randolph here for four-day session at Library Aud. (photos), 1940/11/29: 1
      Southwestern Telephone Workers Union, four here for confab (photo), 1941/01/24: 1
      St. Louis Urban League Secretary called to national office to organize labor union program, 1934/03/30: 1
      Strides Made by Labor Movement (By William Tate, Sharps and Flats column), 1945/04/20: 7
      strikes
        3,000 Carolina tobacco workers go on strike, 1943/07/09: 3
        Farm Equipment Workers Union (UE) charges 'frameup' in indictment of official, Harold Ward, in strike against International Harvester, 1952/10/24: 1
        January to see 200,000 Negro workers involved in strikes, 1946/01/18: 5
        Labor Strikes in the News (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1937/03/12: 4
        longshoremen strike argument leads to beating of Corpus Christi man, 1936/03/20: 1
        SA Typographical Union releases statement concerning strike issues, 1945/09/07: 7
        strike closes plant as Campbell's wants to make soup Jim Crow way, 1952/06/06: 4
        Strikes as Usual? [in face of war effort] (editorial), 1942/01/09: 4
        Ward, Harold, "framed" Chicago union official, cleared in murder case during International Harvester strike, 1952/12/12: 1
      Switchmen's Union of North America, lowers bar, votes Negroes full equality, 1956/06/15: 6
      Tenant Farmers' Union
        See Agriculture/Farming, Tenant Farmers' Union
      two Negro CWA workers dismissed for union activities, 1934/01/19: 1
      United Automobile and Agriculture Workers Union, first Negro president, Hilliard Ellis, heads Chicago local, 1946/04/26: 1
    Lacey, John
      murderer, Nathaniel Heyward, given 15-year penitentiary term, 1950/01/06: 1
      young soldier slain by Nathaniel Heyward as he stands in door, 1949/11/04: 1
    Lackey, Elroy
      young boy is season's first drowning victim, 1934/06/08: 1
    Lackey, Jimmie "Bootleg"
      drowns while swimming in the San Antonio River, 1934/06/08: 8 (filmed in 06/15 issue)
    Lackland Air Force Base
      Air Training Command "Command Performance" stage first show, 1959/07/17: 7
      Airmen Aires (choral group) to perform at Butler Chapel AME Church, 1955/03/04: 8
      airmen serve at Lackland Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center, 1956/06/15: 3
      assignments made without regard to race, 1949/06/10: 1
      baseball team (MFSS), 1953
        Clay's Colts beat MFSS 10-4, 1953/06/05: 5
      baseball team (Warhawks), 1948-1949
        AAA playoff series evened as Lackland, Legion roar back to triumph, 1948/08/20: 3
        beats 3728th Trainees to draw first blood in AAA playoff, 1949/02/25: 3
        crushes St. Philip's, 1948/07/16: 3
        Fighters, Lackland play for city crown tonight, 1948/08/27: 3
        grabs two wins, 1948/07/30: 3
        and Kelly Fighters
          make AAA playoff finals, 1948/08/20: 3
          poised for thrice-postponed crown-deciding fracas, 1948/09/03: 3
        Legion-Fighters, Lackland-Bombers vie tonight, 1948/08/13: 3
        takes Walker's, 6-3, 1948/06/25: 3
        Tucker, Leonard, hurls no-hit, no-runner, nips Bombers 1-0, 1948/08/06: 2
        Tucker fans 20 as Warhawks win opener of playoff finals, 1948/08/27: 3
        wops Boys Clubbers, 1948/06/25: 3
      baseball team (Warhawks), 1951-1952
        drops overtime 4-3 decision to Lackland Warhawks, 1951/07/27: 5
        Ellison's loses two to Lackland Warhawks, 1952/04/25: 5
        Ellison's Used Car Lot tries Lackland War Hawks in twin bill, 1952/04/18: 5
      basketball team (3728th Trainees)
        bops Publishers, 1949/01/21: 3
        fights to stay in playoff tonight, 1949/02/25: 3
        Tucker, Leonard, leads 3728th against Comets, 1949/01/21: 3
      basketball team (A S), 1954
        St. Philip's blisters Air Evac, 79-45, 1954/01/29: 6
        Wheatley gets no opposition from Lackland team, 741st ACW Squadron, 1954/02/12: 5
      basketball team (Lackland Airmen)
        Wheatley Lions trim Lackland Airmen, 1955/01/07: 5
      basketball team (Lackland WAFs)
        world champ WAFs, Central, tie 43-43, 1955/01/28: 5
      basketball team (Medina Base)
        St. Philip's takes two from Medina AFB, 1957/12/20: 5
      basketball team (Warhawks), 1948
        beats Randolph to take city playoff, 1948/03/05: 3
        downs Central Comets in Monday's AAA feature, 1948/01/23: 3
        first blood in cage playoff drawn by Randolph, Lackland, 1948/02/27: 4
        Lackland, Bombers, Central, cop AAA openers, 1948/01/16: 3
        Lackland, Comets in tourney finals, 1948/12/24: 3
        Lackland, Randolph win to tie for AAA leadership, 1948/01/30: 3
        Lackland goes after two straight and playoff title tonight, 1948/02/27: 3
        outscores Phillis Wheatley, 47-43, 1948/02/13: 3
        Randolph-Kelly Bombers, and Lackland-Register battle for AAA title, 1948/02/20: 3
        romps on Comets for city recreation cage tourney crown, 1948/12/31: 3
        subdues Randolph in championship playoff, 1948/02/27: 3
        takes Walker's, 1948/02/13: 3
        Warhawks, Ramblers in crucial game, 1948/01/30: 3
        wins over St. Philip's Junior College, 1948/01/23: 3
        wins TAAF crown, 1948/03/19: 3
      basketball team (Warhawks), 1949
        AAA title may ride on Comet-Lackland game, Monday, 1949/01/28: 3
        blasts Kelly Clippers, 1949/01/21: 3
        Comets bow to Lackland in AAA playoffs, 1949/03/04: 3
        Comets even AAA playoff with Warhawks, 1949/03/11: 3
        downs Lions in final period rally, 1949/01/28: 3
        edges Comets, Betty Guilmenot named "Miss AAA" as cage season opens, 1949/01/07: 3
        edges Comets for playoff title, 1949/03/11: 3
        grabs Prairie View Southwestern Conference game, 1949/01/14: 3
        Lackland goes after two wins in row over Central, 1949/03/04: 3
        turns back Randolph for TAF title, 1949/03/18: 3
        Warhawks and Central make playoff finals, 1949/03/04: 3
      basketball team (Warhawks), 1950
        Lackland, "Y" battle in AAA tonight, 1950/01/20: 3
        Tillotson takes Lackland to win tenth straight, 1950/01/27: 3
        tumbles BC, 1950/01/27: 3
        wins thriller in last minute from YMCA Triangles, 1950/01/27: 3
      basketball team (Warhawks), 1952
        and St. Philip's feud tonight, 1952/02/15: 5
      basketball team (Warhawks), 1958
        St. Philip's nips Lackland, 76-73, 1958/01/17: 5
        St. Philip's suddenly goes cold, drops two games, one to Lackland Warhawks and another to Concordia College, 1958/02/14: 3
        St. Philip's tries Lackland, Jan. 8, 1958/01/03: 5
      basketball team (A S) 1950
        downs Fort Sam, 1950/02/10: 3
        Lackland, Clubbers have backs to wall in playoff, 1950/02/17: 3
      chaplain, Drue C. Ford, attends conference at Wright-Patterson AFB, 1949/11/25: 8
      commissioned officers
        7 Negroes get gold bars at Lackland, 1949/12/23: 1
          photo, 1949/12/23: 5
        Carter, Lt. William G., first Negro officer assigned to Lackland AFB (photo), 1949/09/16: 1
        class 49-A graduation (photo), 1949/07/08: 1
        five Negroes get commission at Lackland AFB, 1949/01/14: 1
        Hicks, Davis S., Jr., San Antonian gets commission, 1949/07/08: 1
      Good Conduct Awards received by 12 airmen, 1949/05/27: 4
      Jody Drill Team performs at first anniversary of Tucker's Drive-In (photo), 1959/04/03: 7
      joined hands symbolize unification of armed forced (photo), 1950/05/26: 5
      mobile testing unit
        Lackland testing unit returns from Lockbourne AFB, 1949/05/27: 1
        on new screening mission of Negro airmen, 1949/06/24: 5
      Non-Commissioned Officers Wives Club
        meetings in 1947, 1947/11/14: 2, 1947/11/28 Supp: 2, 1947/12/12: 6
        meetings in 1948, 1948/01/09: 2, 1948/07/30 Supp: 1
        meetings in 1949, 1949/10/14 Supp: 4
      Officer Candidate School, outstanding graduates (photo), 1950/06/23: 3
      Officer Candidate School Chorus
        chorus in concert at St. Paul Sun., 1952/11/21: 4
        in concert at St. Paul Sun., 1952/11/21: 4
        in musical Sunday at St. James AME, 1953/02/20: 8 (filmed in 02/27 issue)
        OCS Protestant Choir scheduled for musical at St. James AME Church, 1953/09/25: 8
      popularity contestants shown (photo), 1948/03/05 Supp: 2
      Sanders, TSgt. Nathaniel I., is non-com heading Lackland Testing Section, 1956/01/20: 7
      Service Club director extends invitation to weekly tea dances, 1949/11/11 Supp: 4
      tennis team
        Alamo netters outpoint Lackland, 1955/07/22: 5
        Lackland netters turn tables on Alamo Tennis Club racketers, 1957/07/19: 5
        netters edge Alamo Tennis Club, 1955/06/24: 5
      two Negro soldiers in farewell review honor guard, 1949/05/13: 1
      WAFs
        17 WAFs of first Negro unit from 11 states at Lackland, 1948/12/03: 71949/01/14: 1
        first flight of Negro WAFs graduated at Lackland, 1949/03/04: 1
        first Negro WAFs reenlist (photo), 1949/12/23 Supp: 4
        first officer candidate, Vera L. Draper (photo), 1949/07/01: 1
        first permanent party of Negro WAFS received, 1949/06/10: 1
        WAFs have an off-duty swing session (photo), 1948/12/03: 7
    Lacy, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
      family loses everything in fire (photo), 1939/09/01: 1
    Lacy, Harry
      doomed to die for slaying, gets new trial, 1938/01/07: 1
    Lacy, Herbert
      obsequies held (photo), 1947/04/18: 8 (filmed in 04/25 issue)
    Lacy, Nellie
      former SA resident dies in California, 1951/02/23: 4
    Ladd, James A.
      final rites for Houston policeman (photo), 1938/11/18: 1
    Ladies' Art and Civic Club
      meetings in 1959, 1959/04/10: 6
    Ladies Auxiliaries
    Ladies' Economic Council of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
    Ladies of Charissa Civic Club
      annual charity ball
        date set for June 22, 1956/06/15: 6
        preparations underway (photo), 1954/01/22 Supp: 3
      Mayor proclaims "Week" for Ladies of Charissa, 1959/06/26: 1
      meetings in 1953, 1953/10/02 Supp: 2, 1953/10/09: 2
      meetings in 1956, 1956/01/13: 6
      meetings in 1959, 1959/03/20: 7
      Patriotic Charity Ball tickets easy to obtain, 1955/07/01: 7
      preside at beautiful silver tea, 1952/06/27: 6
    Ladson, Ben
      dies at sister's home, 1932/10/21: 8 (filmed in 10/28 issue)
      notice of death, 1932/10/21: 8 (filmed in 10/28 issue)
    LaFall, Othello
      performs in "The Eternal Magdalene" (photo), 1949/04/29: 6
    Lafond, Mrs. Georgia
      Flatonia woman dies suddenly, 1941/11/21: 2
    Laird, Edward
      Tuskegee's most talented student to appear on Fred Allen's Texaco Star Theater (photo), 1942/05/01: 1
    Laird, Robert
      final rites held, 1957/06/14: 8 (filmed in 06/21 issue)
    L'Allegro Modello Club
      holds style show at Eastwood Country Club with theme of "Fashion's Green Thumb" (Jo's Jottings), 1959/03/20: 6
      meetings in 1958, 1958/05/02: 6
      meetings in 1959, 1959/03/20: 7
    Lamkin, Mrs. Collie
      obsequies held, 1946/07/26: 8
    Lamkin, Spencer ("Can")
      former Texan dies in Los Angeles, 1957/12/06: 4
    Lamkin, Tom
      funeral rites held for heart attack victim, 1956/03/30: 2
    Lamkin, William A.
      suddenly stricken with a heart attack, San Antonian found dying, 1952/12/19: 1
    LaMotta, Jake
    Lampkin, Mrs. Alice
      graduate masseur thanks instructor, 1948/03/12: 6
    Lampkin, Ben
      World War I veteran dies, 1944/03/24: 7
    Lampkin, Burton E.
      Eagle Scout Badge pinned on by his mother, Mrs. L. Lampkin (photo), 1951/04/27: 7
    Lampkin, G. W.
      ex-4H clubber gets degree, wins Army commission, 1953/06/19: 2
      wins 4-H club scholarship (photo), 1948/10/08: 7
    Lampkin, Jesse
      one armed white youth, Kenneth Berkley, cleared in killing of SA procurer, 1953/06/19: 1
      procurer fatally knifed by one-armed youth, Kenneth Berkley, 1953/05/29: 1
    Lampkin, Juanita
      final rites held, 1958/02/21: 8 (filmed in 02/28 issue)
    Lampkin, Kenneth R.
      Negro attorney admitted to US Court at Austin, 1941/02/21: 1
    Lampkin, William A.
      buys savings bonds with 625 dollar bills (photo), 1947/02/28: 5
    Lampkins, Marshall ("Boll Weevil")
      death given in Luling shooting case; Lampkins get chair eleven days after gun victim succumbs, 1956/07/06: 1
      Dotson, Sheriff Lonnie, misquoted in Luling shooting, denies 'high feeling' of citizens regarding Webb's murder, 1956/06/15: 1
      Luling white man, Erest Webb, killed by Lampkin, during argument with unidentified customer at his shoe shine stand, 1956/06/15: 1
      murder charged in Luling shooting; shoe shine stand operator faces murder count as shotgun victim dies, 1956/06/22: 1
      two counties raising fund to defend doomed man, in Luling slaying case, seeking fair trial, 1956/07/13: 1
    Land Grant College Association
    Landers, Harry M.
      Wiley college professor assaulted by Marshall chief of police, 1938/06/10: 1
    Landmark Associations
    Landon, Gov. Alf
      AME, Governor Alf Landon, settle school [Western University] differences, 1936/07/10: 8 (filmed in 07/17 issue)
      FDR [President Roosevelt] and Landon Campaigning (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1936/08/14: 4
      Kansas' Gov. Landon with two appointees (photo), 1936/04/10: 2
      Owens, Jesse, disregards manager's orders; sees Alf Landon, 1936/09/18: 3
      Randolph, Landon credited with birth of civil rights issue, 1948/04/16: 1
      reporter reveals interesting facts for Race about Kansas' Governor Landon, possible GOP nominee, 1936/04/10: 4
    Landry, Mrs. Mattie
      former SA woman dies in Chicago, 1948/11/19: 1
    Landry, Mattie (Camp Founders Girls)
      founder presents Bibles to nursing students going off to Prairie View college (photo), 1955/09/23: 8
      girls plant tree at Lindbergh Park dedicated to Mattie Landry, founder, 1954/02/26: 6
      honored for years of service (photo), 1948/11/05: 5
      three distinguished women in education and youth work honored (photo), 1955/04/29 Supp: 2
    Lane, Frank H.
      retires after 34 years with Southern Pacific (photo), 1952/07/11: 6
    Lane, H. B.
      Wheatley vice principal's home ransacked again, 1942/09/25: 5
    Lane, Bishop Isaac
      Teach Your Children about Bishop Lane (editorial), 1932/12/02: 4
      Worthy of Note (column), 1934/03/16: 4
    Lane, James
      returns home after discharge from service at Fort Riley, Kansas (Our Men in Service), 1958/01/24: 7
      St. Peter Claver student gets basketball trophy from CYO, 1954/03/05: 5
    Lane, Mabel
      passes after long illness, 1931/09/18: 8 (filmed in 09/25 issue)
    Lane College (Jackson, TN)
      Kirkendoll, Dr. Chester A., Jr.
        college presidents and educators attend his inauguration as sixth president (photo), 1951/11/23: 3
        installed as sixth president in inauguration ceremony (photo), 1951/11/23: 2
        named new president, 1950/07/28: 8 (filmed in 08/04 issue)
      Moore, Johnnie A.
        new publicity head of Lane College (photo), 1951/12/21: 3
        Wheatley grad, now Public Relations Director at Lane, 1951/12/14: 7
    Lang, Anthony Louis
      final rites held for 3-month old boy, 1958/04/11: 8 (filmed in 04/18 issue)
    Langham, Rev. B. F.
      Kiddie Care Center graduation, hands out diplomas (photo), 1956/08/24: 6
      Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
        7th anniversary of pastorate observed with Rev. W. L. LaBeaux, New Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, giving sermon (photo), 1959/02/27: 8 (filmed in 03/06 issue)
        Easter Sunday sermon his first as new pastor (photo), 1952/04/18: 8 (filmed in 04/25 issue)
        leads congregation into new edifice (photo), 1955/07/22: 4
        returns to pulpit
          after 9-day soul-stirring meeting (photo), 1956/04/27: 8 (filmed in 05/04 issue)
          after holiday vacation (photo), 1957/01/04: 8 (filmed in 01/11 issue), 1959/07/03: 8 (filmed in 07/10 issue)
          after National Sunday School and BTU Congress (photo), 1958/06/27: 8 (filmed in 07/04 issue)
          after revivals in two Texas cities (photo), 1957/05/10: 8 (filmed in 05/17 issue)
          from Executive Board meeting of National Baptist Convention, Inc. and vacation (photo), 1959/01/23: 8 (filmed in 01/30 issue)
      preaching/speaking engagements
        anniversary sermons
          Black, Rev. C. William, Jr., Mt. Zion First Baptist Church, 10th anniversary (photo), 1959/03/13: 8 (filmed in 03/20 issue)
          Crenshaw, Rev. L. A., Palestine Baptist Church, 4th anniversary (photo), 1957/07/19: 8 (filmed in 07/26 issue)
          Friendship Baptist Church of Luling, 50th anniversary (photo), 1958/01/10: 8 (filmed on 01/17 issue)
          McClure, Rev. V. William, Zion Hill Baptist Church, Austin, 5th anniversary (photo), 1958/04/25: 8 (filmed in 04/02 issue)
          Steadham, Rev. T. A. , Grant Memorial AME (photo), 1952/10/03: 8 (filmed in 10/10 issue)
          Steward, Rev. S. E., Shiloh Baptist Church, 22nd anniversary, 1956/04/13: 4
        Jacob's Chapel Methodist Church (photo), 1955/10/21: 8 (filmed in 10/28 issue)
        National Baptist Convention (photo), 1953/09/04: 4
        New Hope Baptist Church's dedicatory services, March 16 (photo), 1958/03/14: 4
        Palestine Baptist Church mortgage burning service (photo), 1955/03/25: 8
        Pilgrim's Rest Baptist Church, principal preacher in all-night services, 1954/12/31: 8 (filmed in 1955/01/07 issue)
        Second Baptist Church (photo), 1955/05/20: 4
        St. Philip's College baccalaureate sermon (photo), 1959/05/22: 8 (filmed in 05/29 issue)
      revivalist
        New Hope Baptist Church, 1953/05/15: 8 (filmed in 05/22 issue)
        St. Luke Baptist Church (photo), 1953/05/15: 8 (filmed in 05/22 issue)
    Langham, Charles, Jr.
      13-year-old school boy drowns in San Antonio River (photo), 1944/05/05: 1
    Langhum, Josie Naomi Lee
      girl invalid dies, 1942/05/29: 6
    Langhum, Rhebe Moore
      attends General Baptist Convention of Texas (photo), 1949/10/28 Supp: 4
      programs/recitals
        acclaimed at YMCA program, 1949/12/30: 6
        after program at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, 1949/04/29: 4
        benefit program in Yoakum, 1956/10/19: 2
        Cuero, 1957/03/01: 2
        Douglass school program (photo), 1949/04/01 Supp: 3
        in recital (photo), 1945/11/23: 8 (filmed in 11/30 issue), 1946/06/07: 8 (filmed in 06/14 issue), 1946/11/29: 8 (filmed in 12/06 issue), 1947/02/28: 8 (filmed in 03/07 issue), 1947/03/28: 8 (filmed in 04/04 issue), 1947/09/12: 8 (filmed in 09/19 issue), 1953/09/25: 4, 1956/01/20: 2
        Laurel Heights Methodist Church, 1940/09/27: 6
        with Mildred L. Richardson, in Yoakum, 1947/08/08: 8 (filmed in 08/15 issue)
        Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church (photo), 1936/09/18: 8 (filmed in 09/25 issue)
        National Baptist Convention (photo), 1939/09/29: 1
        New Light Baptist Church
          with Bessie Stewart, vocalists for "World's Best Loved Hymns," 1956/09/21: 8 (filmed in 09/28 issue)
          with Mildred L. Richardson (photo), 1947/06/20: 8 (filmed in 06/27 issue), 1957/04/26: 8 (filmed in 05/03 issue)
          "Singarama" spiritual program, 1957/06/21: 8 (filmed in 06/28 issue)
          three widely-known soloists on New Light Women's program (photo), 1950/06/02: 5
        with Rowland Martin, pianist, in Seguin recital, 1950/11/24: 2
        with Southern Soul Stirrers, in Corpus Sunday, 1946/09/27: 8
        thrills Louisville National Baptist Convention (photo), 1940/09/20: 6
      recovering from crash injuries in an accident near Houston (photo), 1950/10/27: 1
    Langley, William Dennis
    Langram, Madison
      funeral services conducted at Sweet Home Baptist (photo), 1952/03/14: 7
    Langston, Mrs. Theola Taylor
      at Taylor's Barber Shop again (photo), 1947/10/31: 6
      named "Queen" in Alamo City Y's contest, 1952/10/10: 6
      Mrs. Taylor now located at McIntyre's Barber Shop (photo), 1950/05/19: 6
    Langston University (Langston, OK)
      accrediting Langston doesn't make it equal to others, says president, Dr. G. L. Harrison, 1948/03/26: 1
      admitted to white Oklahoma athletic conference, 1957/05/24: 5
      auditorium groundbreaking ceremony held (photo), 1950/08/04: 2
      Davis, Mrs. Elmyra R., librarian given credit for new library (photo), 1950/07/07: 5
      gymnasium named for Zip Gayles, 1953/06/12: 6
      Harrison, Dr. G. Lamar
      Law School loses its lone enrollee, 1948/06/25: 2
      nobody wants to be president, 1939/12/08: 4
      opens with record enrollment, 1937/09/24: 2
      Prince, Curtis, receives scholarhip to Langston (photo), 1956/02/03: 7
      Turner, Albert L., new president resigns after second day, 1939/10/20: 4
      university will not be closed, 1958/08/01: 1
    Language, Ray
      Labor Union Band member passes, 1933/07/07: 7
    Lanier, Carrie L. Bethel
      mother of TSU's president buried in North Carolina, 1953/04/03: 1
    Lanier, Cora Woods
      performs in "Pick-up Girl" (photo), 1949/03/18: 4
    Lanier, Dr. Raphael O'Hara
      appointed to state board of examiners for teacher education, 1953/02/20: 3
      guest speaker at St. Philip's College dedication and recognition services (photo), 1954/11/26: 6
      Houston College dean delivers commencement at St. Philip's, 1936/06/05: 1, 1949/05/20: 4
      Liberia fetes Lanier, departing to head Texas State University, 1948/06/25: 2
      mother of TSU's president buried in North Carolina, 1953/04/03: 1
      president of Texas Southern University
        alumni, ex-student association defend TSU president, 1954/09/10: 1
        Houston publisher disagrees with theory of Lanier firing, 1955/08/19: 1
        Houstonian says Lanier fired to preserve Jim Crow at TSU, 1955/08/12: 1
        inaugurated as TSU's first president, 1951/11/09: 3
        named president of Texas State University, 1948/05/07: 1
        president of Texas State to address National Alliance of Postal Employees (photo), 1948/11/05: 1
        reads 3,000 words a minute, 1954/09/17: 2
        resigns from Texas Southern, 1955/06/17: 1
        TSU administration given clean slate by probers, 1953/08/28: 1
        TSU president denies discord, 1953/06/19: 1
    Lankford, J. J., III
      taking advanced radio technology, 1943/02/05: 6
    Lankford, Lt. Joshua J., Jr.
      graduates from bombadier-navigator class (photo), 1945/02/02: 1
    Lappe, Herman, Jr.
      pedestrian killed by automobile driven by Kelly Field GI, Edward W. Gee, 1948/04/23: 1
    Lara, Althea
      co-ed critically wounded by William Stanford Tanner in shooting accident, 1955/08/19: 1
    Lara, Edison R.
      named Pearl Brewing company San Antonio sales representative (photo), 1957/01/18: 7
    Lara, Pfc. Joseph M.
      rites today for airman killed in Illinois tragedy, 1951/06/22: 1
    Larkin, Milton
      "Froggy Bottom Frolics of 1940" with Milton Larkin Orchestra on Majestic stage at Saturday midnight show, 1940/02/23: 7
      gala stage show at Majestic Theatre, 1939/07/14: 7
      Milt Larkin, with Ella Fitzgerald coming to SA, 1943/07/02: 6
      triumphantly returns to SA Monday, July 12, as "Big Timer," 1943/07/09: 6
    Larkins, Lorenza
      final rites held, 1959/05/29: 8 (filmed in 06/05 issue)
    Larremore, Mollie B.
      ordained as minister by New Thought Science College and Church (photo), 1957/09/27: 6
    Larremore, Vernon E., Sr.
      despite paralysis from train accident, he lives an active, normal life (Have You Met ... column) (photo), 1954/08/06: 4
      succumbs after recent illness (photo), 1955/09/16: 4
    Las Amigas Social Club
      annual Colonial Ball held
        hostesses at ball (photo), 1949/02/25 Supp: 2
        Jo's Jottings, 1948/02/13 Supp: 1, 1949/02/25 Supp: 1
        members at ball (photo), 1948/02/13 Supp: 2, 1948/02/13 Supp: 3, 1949/02/25 Supp: 3
        over 300 entertained at second annual ball, 1948/02/13 Supp: 1
        third annual ball held, 1949/02/25 Supp: 1
      annual formal party held at Eastwood Country Club
        date set (Jo's Jottings), 1955/02/11 Supp: 4
        formal dancing party entertains members and guests, 1955/02/25 Supp: 1
        members and hostesses at annual formal dance (photo), 1955/02/25 Supp: 2–3
      benefit dinner to be held, 1951/06/01: 6
      dance nets $135 for Lincoln Park Little League, 1957/05/10: 5
      Shepphard, Mrs. Ethel, no longer associated with club, 1947/11/28: 6
      Warner, Mrs. L. B., president (photo), 1949/02/25 Supp: 1
    Las Belles Dames
      "After Thanksgiving" dance given, 1939/12/15: 4
      meetings in 1943, 1943/02/26: 6, 1943/03/19: 6, 1943/03/26: 7, 1943/04/09: 4, 1943/05/21: 6, 1943/06/18: 4
    Las Cielitas Lindas
      meetings in 1948, 1948/04/23 Supp: 2, 1948/05/07: 2, 1948/06/04: 2
    Las Reginas Social Club
      meetings, 1933/07/21: 6, 1933/07/28: 6
    Lasalle, Offia
      gulps poison in suicide attempt, 1938/05/06: 1
    Last Affair Social Club
      meeting of, 1937/03/12: 4
    Latimer, Mrs. P. H.
      conducts art, needlework class, 1954/11/05: 6
    Latin Forum
      meeting of, 1933/11/24: 3
    Latson, Gerald Denis
      infant dies at age 21 days, 1957/07/26: 8 (filmed in 08/02 issue)
    Latson, L. H.
      nat'l meeting of funeral directors back secretary; Latson figures in vindication, reelection of official, 1936/08/28: 1
    Laundries
    Laurel Street Church of Christ
      news in 1943, 1943/02/05: 8 (filmed in 02/26 issue), 1943/02/26: 8 (filmed in 03/12 issue), 1943/03/12: 8 (filmed in 03/19 issue), 1943/03/19: 8 (filmed in 03/26 issue), 1943/03/26: 8 (filmed in 04/09 issue), 1943/04/09: 8 (filmed in 04/23 issue), 1943/04/23: 8 (filmed in 06/18 issue), 1943/05/21: 8 (filmed in 06/18 issue), 1943/06/18: 8 (filmed in 06/25 issue), 1943/06/25: 8 (filmed in 07/02 issue), 1943/07/02: 8 (filmed in 07/09 issue), 1943/07/09: 8 (filmed in 07/16 issue), 1943/07/16: 4, 1943/07/23: 8 (filmed in 07/30 issue), 1943/07/30: 8 (filmed in 08/13 issue), 1943/08/13: 8 (filmed in 09/17 issue), 1943/09/17: 8 (filmed in 1944/01/07 issue)
      news in 1944, 1944/01/07: 8 (filmed in 01/14 issue), 1944/01/14: 8 (filmed in 01/21 issue), 1944/01/21: 8 (filmed in 01/28 issue), 1944/01/28: 8 (filmed in 02/04 issue), 1944/02/04: 8 (filmed in 02/11 issue), 1944/02/11: 8 (filmed in 02/18 issue)
      news in 1945, 1945/12/14: 8 (filmed in 12/21 issue), 1945/12/21: 8 (filmed in 12/28 issue), 1946/01/04: 8
      news in 1946, 1946/01/11: 8, 1946/01/25: 8, 1946/02/01: 8, 1946/02/08: 8, 1946/02/15: 8, 1946/03/08: 8, 1946/03/22: 8 (filmed in 03/29 issue), 1946/04/05: 8, 1946/04/12: 8, 1946/05/17: 8
    LaVernia, Texas
      boys baseball school sponsored by E. A. Desch, 1953/03/06: 5
    Law Enforcement
      Keep Up the Good Work [punishing wrong-doers] (editorial), 1934/04/13: 4
    Law Schools
    Lawlah, Dr. John W.
      heads Provident Hospital, Chicago (photo), 1936/08/14: 5
      Howard Medical head resigns over instructors' salary feud, 1946/04/05: 1
      new Howard University Medical School dean (photo), 1941/07/11: 1
    Lawless, Dr. Theodore K.
      named to Chicago's Board of Health, 1957/10/18: 1
    Lawson, Grace
      funeral services held, 1934/01/19: 8 (filmed in 01/26 issue)
    Lawson, Lillian
      injured in bus fall, 1944/11/24: 1
    Lawson, Sarah
      final rites held, 1959/01/09: 8 (filmed in 01/16 issue)
    Lawston, Mary M.
      rites held for former resident, 1955/04/15: 8
    Lawyers
    Laymen's Brotherhood, National Baptist Convention of America
    Laymen's Council
      meets at Lincoln Park, 1932/06/24: 3
    Lazy Lovers Social Club
      Miss Miller entertains with Kiddy party, 1933/03/31: 6
      regular meeting, 1933/03/31: 5
    Leadership
      Negro Leadership and Current Crisis (Between the Lines), 1941/12/26: 4
      Negro Leadership Must Not Fail [after President Roosevelt's death] (editorial), 1945/04/20: 4
      uneducated leaders hold back Dixie Negro says United Negro College Fund member, 1949/02/04: 2
      We Are Thankful for These Young Men [clergymen] (editorial), 1944/09/15: 4
    Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
      30 organizations affiliated with Leadership Conference on Civil Rights urge strong civil rights planks, 1956/08/10: 1
    League of Nations
      Negro newspapers to be represented, 1932/07/29: 1
    League of Nursing Education
      local league offers nurses graduate refresher course, 1952/10/31: 6
    League of Red Cross Societies in Europe
      leaders visit GI vets in German hospitals (photo), 1953/07/10: 7
    League of Texas Municipalities
      Allen, Rev. H. E., Negro mayor of Easton, attends convention of League here, 1950/10/27: 1
    League of Women Voters
      conducts school on political effectiveness, 1954/05/07: 6
    Leake, Rev. Williard
      conducts revival at Bethel AME Church (photo), 1940/07/26: 8 (filmed in 08/02 issue), 1949/05/27: 8
    LeBruce, Dele Mae
      death of, 1933/06/23: 8 (filmed in 06/30 issue)
    LeBruce, Frank P.
      final rites held for SA veteran of World War I, 1956/04/20: 4
    LeDux, Ramona
      slashed by Robert Brown, then kills self; family conference on marriage question ends in tragedy, 1943/06/25: 1
    Lee, Rev. A. M.
      new pastor of Olive St. CME Church preaches, 1932/07/08: 5
    Lee, Adrian
      cursing husband shot to death by wife, Minter Lee, 1952/09/12:1
    Lee, Alonzo
      obsequies held for veteran SA Pullman porter, 1945/10/12: 1
      succumbs to several years' illness (photo), 1945/10/12: 1
    Lee, [baby]
      final rites held for newborn girl, 5 hours old, 1958/10/10: 8 (filmed in 10/17 issue)
    Lee, Mrs. Beatrice M.
      joins Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (photo), 1942/12/04: 1
    Lee, Brenda Kay
      final rites held for newborn infant, 1958/11/28: 8 (filmed in 12/05 issue)
    Lee, Callie
      dies suddenly in Seguin, 1958/05/09: 2
    Lee, Canada
      "Body and Soul," Canada Lee's role is not first intelligent one for Negroes, 1947/11/07: 7
      famed actor dies of heart attack, 1952/05/16: 1
      gets this one [role in "Anna Lucasta"], 1949/07/29: 4
      in L'Ouverture role Sunday over CBS, 1948/05/28: 7
      on Bill Stern program tonight, 1948/04/16: 4
      red herring knocks actor out of jobs, 1949/07/29: 4
      red smear bars speech by Canada Lee, 1948/10/29: 5
      stars in Mystery Theatre thriller tonight, 1948/02/13: 1
      starts in radio version of "A Christmas Carol," 1948/01/02: 5
    Lee, Caroline
      10 months old, dies as flames sweep Maryland Street residence (photos), 1952/11/21: 1
    Lee, Mrs. Davis
      wife of newspaperman dies in Baltimore, 1936/03/06: 6
    Lee, Emma
      death of, 1936/02/14: 7
    Lee, Fannie
      succumbs to heart attack Sunday, 1953/08/07: 1
    Lee, Fay Pearl
      final rites held, 1958/05/09: 8 (filmed in 05/16 issue)
    Lee, George
      aged San Antonio man wanders away from home, struck and killed by auto driven by Irving Ernst, 1952/01/25: 1
    Lee, Harper L.
      death of, 1955/12/09: 1
    Lee, Henrietta E.
      takes over Cavalcade Cafe (photo), 1945/12/21: 7
    Lee, Horace A.
      death overtakes SA man as he rests on lounge, 1940/12/20: 1
    Lee, Houston
      rites held in Seguin (photo), 1947/02/21: 8 (filmed in 02/28 issue)
    Lee, J. R. E.
      president of Florida A&M College passes suddenly (photo), 1944/04/14: 1
      presiding officer at Conference of Negro Landgrant College Presidents (Worthy of Note), 1934/02/09: 4
    Lee, Mrs. J. M. E.
      Perales, Rosa, in critical condition, after abortion charges are filed against SA midwife, Mrs. J. M. E. Lee, 1951/12/21: 1
    Lee, James A.
      funeral services held, 1957/03/08: 8 (filmed in 03/15 issue)
    Lee, Lt. Gen. John Clifford Hodges
      GIs in Italy aghast at charges against square shooter, Gen. Lee, 1947/09/19: 1
      Ike's [President Eisenhower] chief aide revealed as foe of discrimination, 1944/09/29: 5
      Negro troops witness Gen. Lee's departure for US, 1947/10/03: 7
      smear of Gen. Lee may be result of equality stand, 1947/09/05: 2
    Lee, L. T.
      Annie Smith, also passenger in accident that killed L. T. Lee, 1955/03/18: 1
      driver killed when auto hits dip at 80 mph, 1955/03/11: 1
    Lee, Leslie
    Lee, Linnie
      funeral rites held for two Seguin residents, 1955/09/02: 2
    Lee, Marguerite
      Worthy of Note (column), 1934/02/23: 4
    Lee, Oliver
      breaks collarbone in fall from truck, 1945/01/19: 1
    Lee, Patricia
      daughter of David and Madeline Lee, three-year-old perishes as flames level home, 1952/02/22: 1
    Lee, Penny Osborne
      final rites held in Orange, Texas, 1957/08/02: 8 (filmed in 08/09 issue)
    Lee, Plymouth Howard
      drops dead as he waits for bus, on way to work as mechanic for Southern Pacific RR, 1957/04/26: 1
      final rites held, 1957/05/03: 8 (filmed in 05/10 issue)
    Lee, Roger Theodore
      San Antonio man is private first class, stationed in North Carolina (photo), 1940/08/16: 7
      veteran of World War II is now a student at St. Philip's (photo), 1952/02/15: 6
    Lee, Roger W. (St. Philip's College)
      initiated into Beta Kappa Chi scientific society, 1952/02/22: 6
      professor recieves Piper Award and $1,000 as "Professor of 1958" (photo), 1958/12/26: 1
      and Theodore R. Williams, receive grants from National Science Foundation for a summer institute (photo), 1959/04/17: 1
    Lee, Mrs. Veola E.
      final rites held, 1947/10/17: 1
    Lee, William Snowden
      funeral rites held for heart attack victim, 1958/01/24: 1
    Lee, Mrs. Willie Ann
      shoots Ola B. Jones, 'other woman' during struggle in car, 1945/01/05: 1
    Leeks, Mrs. Clyde
      wins $50 barrel of food from Piggly Wiggly, 1952/08/01: 6
    Legislation
      anti-lynching bills
      There Is Other Legislation [and more taxes] (editorial), 1939/07/07: 4
    Leland College (Baker, LA)
      auditorium dedicated (photo), 1939/07/21: 2
    Lemon, Howard
    Lemon, Raymond Juan
      National Quartets Convention
        attends national convention in Nashville (photo), 1956/08/31: 8 (filmed on 09/07 issue)
        elected first vice president at annual session (photo), 1958/08/22: 8 (filmed in 08/29 issue)
        elected to board of directors (photo), 1957/08/23: 8 (filmed in 08/30 issue)
      Quartet and Singers Association of San Antonio
        "Lemon Day" celebrated at New Salem Baptist Church, 1956/09/14: 8 (filmed on 09/21 issue)
        sets up singing association local in Austin, 1953/03/20: 4
      Quartet and Singers Association of Texas
        Lemon, R. J. and Morris McCutcheon, featured at extra session of the singing convention in Seguin (photos), 1951/07/13: 8 (filmed in 07/20 issue)
        local president elected as state president of (photo), 1955/12/16: 8 (filmed in 12/23 issue)
        members praise his work at state board meeting, 1956/11/02: 4
        re-elected as president of Texas association (photo), 1956/06/15: 4, 1957/11/22: 8 (filmed in 11/29 issue), 1958/06/27: 8 (filmed in 07/04 issue)
    Lemons, Horace H.
      funeral services held, 1957/11/15: 8 (filmed in 11/22 issue)
    LeMoyne College (Memphis, TN)
      LeMoyne debaters return from West Coast triumph, 1936/03/27: 5
      receives college rating, 1932/12/09: 1
      will drop intercollegiate athletics, 1942/04/10: 3
    Lemuel, Lee
      Lemuel family of Smithville drowned in attempt to cross flooded creek, 1938/04/29: 1
    Leno, Jacqueline Dian
      final rites held for infant, 9 months old, 1959/02/20: 8 (filmed in 02/27 issue)
    Lenora Chapter, No. 282
    Lenox Avenue Boys Social Club
      meetings, 1935/04/05: 6, 1935/05/17: 6, 1935/06/07: 6
    Lenued, Leon L.
      now with Grand Prize Beer as district representative (photo), 1951/09/14: 3
      with Southwestern Home Equipment Company (photo), 1949/06/10: 6
    Leon Springs Presbyterian Church
      hosts integrated workshop for Methodist youths, 1957/09/13: 4
    Leon Theater
    Leonard, Mrs. A. K.
      struck by Clifford Moransee, 1941/03/14: 1
      surprises Kelly School Home kiddies with ice cream, 1931/08/07: 8 (filmed in 08/14 issue)
    Leonard, Adelia J.
      daughter of Mrs. Ethel S. Leonard matriculates in Samuel Huston College (photo), 1944/02/11: 5
      freshman is Miss "Sam Huston" (photo), 1944/12/22 Supp: 1
    Leonard, Alvin K.
      final rites for West Side druggist held Saturday, 1936/04/24: 7
      killed in auto crash (photo), 1936/04/17: 1
      Leonards celebrate 25th wedding anniversary (Jo's Jottings), 1934/07/27: 6
      West End Church is beneficiary of insurance policy, 1936/04/24: 1
    Leonard, Earl B. ("Baby")
      dies in California, 1952/09/26: 8 (filmed in 10/03 issue)
    Leonard, Lister
      dies suddenly at birthday celebration, 1936/04/10: 5
    Leonard, Minnie
      battle is on for estate of Elijah Alexander; daughter wins first tilt as court admits will in her writing, 1940/02/09: 1
      estate goes to Elijah Alexander's daughter, Minnie Alexander Butler Leonard, 1940/11/01: 1
      man's will cuts off girls; estate goes to Paul Montimore (photo), 1939/11/10: 1
      Montimore gets share of estate (photo), 1941/03/21: 1
    Leonard, Willie H.
      dies; more than 5,000 pass at bier, 1940/04/19: 1
    Leonard's Pharmacy
    Les Chere Amies Social Club
      meetings in 1944, 1944/07/14: 6
      serve coffee and rolls at USO (Jo's Jottings), 1943/07/30: 6
    Les Elegantes Professional Models Club
      hosts "Silver Dollar" tea April 14, 1957/04/12: 6
    Les Grandes Filles Social Club
      meetings in 1952, 1952/10/17: 4
      meetings in 1953, 1953/09/25 Supp: 3, 1953/10/23 Supp: 3, 1953/12/04 Supp: 3, 1953/12/25 Supp: 2
      meetings in 1956, 1956/08/03: 6, 1956/09/28: 4
      meetings in 1957, 1957/05/10: 6
      meetings in 1959, 1959/02/06: 6
    Les Modernes Club
      meetings in 1931, 1931/08/14: 6, 1931/08/21: 7, 1931/08/28: 6, 1931/09/04: 7, 1931/09/18: 6, 1931/09/25: 6, 1931/10/02: 6, 1931/10/09: 7, 1931/10/16: 6, 1931/10/23: 6, 1931/10/30: 6, 1931/11/06: 6, 1931/11/13: 6, 1931/11/20: 6, 1931/12/04: 7, 1931/12/11: 6, 1931/12/18: 7
      meetings in 1932, 1932/04/01: 7, 1932/04/22: 7, 1932/05/13: 5, 1932/05/20: 5, 1932/05/27: 7, 1932/06/03: 5, 1932/06/10: 5, 1932/06/24: 7, 1932/07/22: 6, 1932/07/29: 6, 1932/10/28: 6, 1932/12/02: 7
    Les Quinze Beaute Social Club
      entertain with picnic, 1955/06/24 Supp: 1
    Les Quinze Belles
      newly organized club has first meeting, 1954/05/14: 7
    Leslie, John Earle
      ex-sailor shot to death by Beeville sheriff, 1945/01/19: 1
    Lethridge, Mrs. Eliza Jane
      retires after half-century of teaching (photo), 1948/04/23: 1
      Victoria teacher honored (photo), 1944/02/18: 1
    Levison, Mary
      Santone girl makes unsuccessful suicide attempt, 1938/10/07: 1
    Levison, Mrs. Mildred Thomas
      succumbs to sudden attack, 1949/08/19: 1
    Levison, Ollie Mae
    Lewis, Adolph
      final rites held, 1958/06/27: 8 (filmed in 07/04 issue)
    Lewis, Alberta Barnes
      obsequies held, 1957/12/20: 4
      reporting for duty at St. Philip's, fatally stricken as she steps from taxi, 1957/12/13: 1
    Lewis, Allen
      cuts leg on ornament as he jumps from bike, 1939/03/31: 1
    Lewis, Mrs. Amanda Williams
      dies following long illness, 1949/03/18: 8
    Lewis, Anderson
      pioneer San Antonio man, 86, taken by death, 1942/05/22: 1
    Lewis, Arthur
      2-month-old baby hurt when dropped by holder when she was fisted, 1953/02/27: 1
    Lewis, Bertha
      lad, 10, spends night with body of grandmother, 1938/12/30: 1
    Lewis, Betty
      final rites held, 1959/03/27: 8 (filmed in 04/08 issue)
    Lewis, Miss Billie Jane
      Fort Worth girl wins $500 prize on constitution, 1945/03/09: 1
    Lewis, C. W.
      treasurer of Prairie View State College, succumbs (photo), 1943/04/23: 1
    Lewis, Mrs. Catherine D.
      impressive final services held for Mrs. Lewis, 1945/06/01: 1
      mother of Frank E. Lewis passes in Los Angeles, 1945/05/18: 1
    Lewis, Charles, Jr.
      death of, 1936/02/28: 7
    Lewis, Charles E.
      another former Register staffer returns to city, 1953/07/24: 6
    Lewis, Clyde
      train porter sports murder-suspect escapee (photo), 1949/02/04: 1
    Lewis, Denise
      new born infant dies, 1957/08/02: 8 (filmed in 08/09 issue)
    Lewis, Dollie
      final rites held, 1958/01/17: 8 (filmed in 01/24 issue)
      succumbs after long illness, 1958/01/10: 1
    Lewis, Earnest B.
      obsequies held, 1944/07/14: 7
    Lewis, Edward ("Uncle Buss")
      long time resident taken by death, 1956/11/02: 1
    Lewis, Ellis
      Seguin resident for 35 years buried, 1952/10/10: 2
    Lewis, Eugene
      US Government awards Purple Cross to WWI vet, 1938/01/28: 1
    Lewis, F. M.
      past president of San Antonio Country Club entertains personnel (photo), 1946/09/27 Supp: 3
    Lewis, Frank E.
      empty grave and missing body case
        father, Belton Littlefield, unable to learn what became of tot's body, files suit, 1953/05/15: 1
        funeral director fined in case of 'missing body,' 1953/04/10: 1
        funeral director's license suspended for year in "empty grave and missing body" case, 1953/10/02: 1
        grand jury drops 'missing body' case for time being, 1953/03/27: 1
        grand jury studies empty grave charge, 1953/03/20: 1
        jury in 'missing body' case disagrees; mistrial declared, 1956/05/18: 1
        Lewis thanks supporters during Littlefield investigation (photo), 1953/04/17: 6
      Fountain, Charlie, Lewis makes public statement about deceased body of, 1935/04/05: 5
      honors
        honored as oldest active mortician in Texas by Independent Funeral Directors Association (photo), 1958/05/02: 1, 1958/06/27: 1
        initiated into Epsilon Nu Delta mortuary fraternity (photo), 1951/09/28: 7
        over 700 honor F. E. Lewis on 40th year as mortician (photo), 1949/05/20: 1, 1949/05/20 Supp: 2
      hospitalization of, sends "thank you" to friends during, 1959/01/02: 8 (filmed in 01/09 issue)
      Hyman, Alonzo, receives letter on funeral services for, 1933/02/03: 8 (filmed in 02/10 issue)
      leadership positions
        heads SA funeral directors, 1944/07/21: 7
        past president of Colored State Embalmers Association (photo), 1933/11/10: 1
        returns from Texas State Embalmers Association meeting, 1933/05/19: 1
      mortuary business
        buys new hearse-ambulance (photo), 1937/07/02: 8 (filmed in 07/09 issue)
        gets flowers at end of first month, 1932/08/26: 8 (filmed in 09/02 issue)
        native son opens funeral parlor (photo), 1932/07/29: 1
        Texas' oldest embalmer, to observe 40th anniversary of business, 1949/05/06: 8
        thanks his supporters after first year in funeral business (photo), 1933/07/21: 8
        undertaker faces grand jury in insurance case; Beatrice Moody says mortician gave her only $200 of $500 check, 1936/08/28: 1
        undertaker given two years suspended sentence, 1931/09/11: 1
    Lewis, George F.
      final rites held, 1936/03/20: 6
    Lewis, George P.
      non-paying taxicab rider quizzed in Lewis slaying, 1953/07/10: 1
    Lewis, Harry
      aged man found dead in room, 1949/03/04: 1
    Lewis, Haywood
      final rites held, 1958/03/28: 8 (filmed in 04/04 issue)
    Lewis, Henry, Jr.
      killed with shot through the heart in tavern row with Ellis Rogers whom he threatened with a knife, 1957/11/01: 1
    Lewis, Herman C.
      succumbs to two-week illness, 1948/04/09: 1
    Lewis, Ida
      rites held in Seguin, 1954/09/17: 2
    Lewis, Mrs. Ivory
      SA woman dies suddenly from heart disease, 1946/09/27: 1
    Lewis, Mrs. J. Tobin
      and Mrs. Mack (Julia) Thompson, travel to Baptist World Alliance (photo), 1955/07/15 Supp: 2
    Lewis, Jack
      shot and killed by Frank Wauls, 1946/10/11: 1
      slayer, Frank Wauls, declines to talk about fatal shooting, 1946/10/18: 1
    Lewis, James
      long-time SA resident succumbs at 83, to pneumonia, 1950/05/05: 1
    Lewis, James (youth)
      final rites held, 1958/07/18: 8 (filmed in 07/25 issue)
      youth, 19, slain by brother-in-law, Robert Sanders; teen killed less than four hours after arriving to visit his mother, 1958/07/11: 1
    Lewis, John
      fails to recover from burst appendix, 1946/02/08: 1
      not seen for two days, found dead by landlord, 1957/10/04: 1
    Lewis, John Doe
      final rites held, 1957/10/25: 8 (filmed in 11/01 issue)
    Lewis, John Henry
      forgot dad's advice to duck (photo), 1939/09/08: 3
      goes out of class to battle "heavy" [Simms] just week before title bout, 1936/03/13: 3
      Lewis-Burman bout
        fight off as "Hope" hurts hands, 1936/04/10: 3
        Lewis-Burman fight April 8, 1936/04/03: 3
      Lewis-Louis bout
        Joe Louis whips John Lewis for title, 1936/04/24: 3
        John Henry fails to last round with Joe Louis (photo), 1939/01/27: 3
        Louis starts grind for Lewis bout, 1938/01/06: 3
      Lewis-Olin bout
        John Henry Lewis pastes Bob Olin to win world's light heavyweight crown, 1935/11/08: 5
        Lewis wins title but no cash, 1935/11/08: 3
        Olin gets $15,000 for title battle with John Lewis, 1935/10/18: 3
      Lewis outclasses Jock McAvoy in every department to win; keeps his crown (photo), 1936/03/20: 3
      Lewis sure he'll take Galento, 1938/07/22: 7
      loses again, this time to Abe Feldman, 1935/07/26: 3
      loses decision to Emilio Martinez, 1936/02/07: 3
      new star in fistic sky looms in Frisco, 1933/07/21: 3
      reports say blindness forces Lewis to retire, 1939/03/24: 3
      Rosenbloom gets unpopular win over John Lewis, 1935/07/19: 3
      stomps Izzy Singer, 1936/04/24: 3
      title is taken away by the National Boxing Association (photo), 1939/06/23: 3
      to feel "real" money for first time if he fights Joe Louis, 1938/11/11: 3
    Lewis, John L.
      five-year suspended sentence given to Lester Hodges in old murder case, 1947/03/28: 1
    Lewis, John L. (labor leader)
      blasts [President] Roosevelt at NAACP meet; CIO head invites Ass'n to work with him, labor's non-partisan league, 1940/06/28: 1
    Lewis, John W.
      first Negro motorcycle officer in San Antonio (photo), 1952/11/14: 1
      SA officer lauded for action at crash scene, 1956/01/20: 1
      San Antonio gets another Negro policeman, 1948/07/16: 1
      traffic officer quickly solves Commerce holdup, 1955/03/04: 1
    Lewis, Joseph W.
      death of, 1932/12/23: 8 (filmed in 12/30 issue)
    Lewis, Lafayette
      acquitted of assault charge of attempt on life of Herman Johnson, 1933/06/09: 1
      Johnson, Herman, shot by L. Lewis at work, 1931/10/02: 1
      shoots Herman Johnson at work, 1931/10/02: 1
    Lewis, Laura Bell
      attempted suicide reported, 1945/03/23: 5
    Lewis, Leon (Austin manager of San Antonio Register)
      in San Antonio Sunday, 1932/08/12: 1
      no longer connected with Register, 1932/12/02: 2
    Lewis, Mrs. Mable
      represents New Light Baptist at National Baptist Convention (photo), 1944/11/03 Supp: 1
    Lewis, Mable Satterwhite
      funeral services held, 1957/11/15: 8 (filmed in 11/22 issue)
    Lewis, Marie
      enters nurse training in St. Louis, 1949/09/16 Supp: 4
    Lewis, Martha
      funeral services held, 1934/03/02: 8 (filmed in 03/09 issue)
    Lewis, Mattie Terrell
      directs St. Philip's extravaganza, "Ebony Caravan" (photo), 1944/05/12: 4
      resigns from city recreation dept. and accepts post at St. Philip's Junior College (photo), 1941/11/07: 6
      school teacher stricken with appendicitis, 1934/06/08: 1
      Women's Day speaker at St. John Independent AME Church (photo), 1953/08/28: 8 (filmed in 09/04 issue)
    Lewis, Meade Lux
      boogie woogie pianist steals "Spirituals to Swing" concert at Carnegie Hall, 1938/12/30: 7
    Lewis, Millie
      dies at his residence, 1931/11/13: 8 (filmed in 11/20 issue)
    Lewis, Milton, Jr.
      seven-year-old boy run down by automobile, 1942/08/07: 1
    Lewis, Mitchell
      final rites held, 1958/04/25: 8 (filmed in 04/02 issue)
    Lewis, Morris Laverne
      seven-year-old hero of fire receives awards, 1953/05/29: 1
    Lewis, Nancy Booker
      final rites held, 1959/05/01: 8 (filmed in 05/08 issue)
      obsequies held Saturday, 1959/05/01: 4
    Lewis, Nathan H., Jr.
      death of, 1937/09/24: 7
    Lewis, Rev. O. W.
      obsequies held in Edinburg, 1948/06/04: 1
    Lewis, Oble
      special police officer shot 5 times, in serious condition, 1949/10/28: 1
    Lewis, Paul
      final rites held, 1958/10/17: 8 (filmed in 10/24 issue)
    Lewis, Paul Oscar ("Paulie")
      rites on Saturday for suddenly stricken man, 1947/06/06: 4
    Lewis, Pearl Elizabeth
      final rites held, 1959/03/06: 8 (filmed in 03/13 issue)
    Lewis, R. B.
      death of, 1936/02/14: 7
    Lewis, Richard, Jr.
      final rites held, 1959/05/01: 8 (filmed in 05/08 issue)
    Lewis, Roselyn R.
      debutante introduced (photo), 1949/11/04 Supp: 2, 1949/11/25 Supp: 2
      receives degree from Southern University (photo), 1949/06/03 Supp: 1
    Lewis, Roy Edward
      final rites held for 10-month-old boy, 1957/10/18: 8 (filmed in 10/25 issue)
    Lewis, Russell
      car passenger hurt in truck-auto collision, 1954/02/05: 1
      passenger hurt in auto crash Feb. 1, succumbs, 1954/03/12: 1
      Sunset Motor Lines sued for $25,700 in crash death, 1954/05/28: 1
    Lewis, Mrs. Sara
      illness of five years fatal, 1949/09/09: 1
    Libel
      House gets bill outlawing race, religious libel, 1949/02/11: 1
    Liberia
      agreement for soldiers to go to Race republic signed, 1942/12/11: 1
      Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
        setting up chapter in Liberia, 1958/07/25: 1
        Wallace, Arnetta G., establishes first foreign AKA chapter in Liberia, 1958/08/08: 6
      Barclay, Edwin J.
        former president dies at age of 73, 1955/11/18: 1
        officially accepts Minister Lester A. Walton as United States representative, marking resumption of diplomatic relations (photo), 1935/10/18: 1
      churches meet in DC to take hand in Liberian situation, 1934/02/02: 1
      Davis, Dr. J. W., fired as head of US mission to Liberia (photo), 1954/08/20: 1
      in no immediate danger of Nazi influence, 1941/09/05: 8 (filmed in 09/12 issue)
      presence of Race troops in Liberia finally admitted, 1942/11/06: 1
      richest man, politician, James F. Cooper, taken by death, 1949/01/28: 1
      Slavery in Liberia (by George S. Schuyler), 1931/09/04: 4, 1931/09/18: 4, 1931/10/02: 4, 1931/10/09: 4, 1931/10/16: 4, 1931/10/23: 4, 1931/10/30: 4
      Tubman, President William V. S.
        attempt to assassinate president fails, 1955/07/01: 1
        leader of assassination attempt slain, 1955/07/08: 1
        small nations can help solve world problems, Tubman says, 1955/01/14: 4
      US industrialists to aid in development of Liberia, 1947/10/03: 4
      US may build military bases on Liberian coast, 1941/08/01: 1
      Winship sent to Monrovia to bring about understanding, 1933/03/10: 1
    Liberty Charity Club
      meetings in 1934, 1934/05/18: 6, 1934/11/09: 6
      officers elected, 1934/06/29: 7
    Libraries and Librarians
      See also American Library Association
      See also Colored Branch Library
      See also George Washington Carver Branch Library
      See also San Antonio Public Library
      See also US Library of Congress
      Austin City Council to erect branch library soon, 1933/03/03: 1
      college and university libraries
        Allen University (Columbia, SC) gets grant from United States Steel Foundation to purchase books for library, 1958/02/14: 3
        Arkansas State AM and N College (Pine Bluff, AR) gets new library, two dormitories, 1938/07/01: 2
        Atlanta University (Atlanta, GA), Dr. L. D. Reddick, noted scholar, leaving due to charges of "inadequate administration of library," 1955/05/20: 1
        Bishop College (Marshall, TX), adds volumes to library, 1934/04/20: 3
        Dillard University (New Orleans, LA), library cornerstone laid, 1934/06/08: 8 (filmed in 06/15 issue)
        Hampton Institute (Hampton, VA) finds rare history of Africa in Hampton Library, 1940/12/27: 5
        Huston-Tillotson College (Austin, TX), new library building to be built on campus (photo), 1959/01/09: 2
        Langston University (Langston, OK), Mrs. Elmyra R. Davis, librarian, given credit for new library (photo), 1950/07/07: 5
        Prairie View A&M College of Texas (Prairie View, TX), W. R. Banks library now completely air-conditioned, 1956/07/13: 2
        St. Philip's College (San Antonio, TX)
          457 books added to library during Book Week, 1938/11/25: 2
          books wanted for library, 1938/10/28: 2
        University of Indiana, library of Dr. J. H. Garnett, ex-slave and educator's library dedicated to, 1951/02/09: 1
        Wilberforce University (Wilberforce, OH), breaks ground for new library, 1936/03/20: 8 (filmed in 03/27 issue)
        Wiley College (Marshall, TX)
          awarded $10,000 grant for expansion of library, 1935/07/19: 5
          library gets $1500 worth of new books (photo), 1939/10/20: 5
          reopens library tomorrow, 1935/12/06: 5
      F. W. Gross High School (Victoria, TX), library continues to develop, 1954/10/29: 2
      librarians
        Curry, Prudence L.
        Delaney, Dr. Sadie P., chief librarian, Tuskegee VA Hospital, given citation for outstanding work in library science (photo), 1956/10/26: 3
        Hunton, Margaret Reynolds, gets Library of Congress post (photo), 1940/11/29: 7
        Jackson, Mrs. Prince F., enrolls at Wiley College in library science (photo), 1942/07/24: 6
        local librarians attend Texas Library Association meeting, 1931/11/13: 4
        Miller, Edward B., Cuero man gets library position at U. of Kansas, 1955/09/30: 1
        Person, Mrs. Alyce Sheppard
          receives library degree (photo), 1949/06/10 Supp: 2
          seeks library degree at New York College (photo), 1947/10/17: 6
        Texas librarians to seek better library services, 1936/04/03: 1
        two women get posts in Library of Congress; Race professionals given appointments for first time in history, 1940/11/29: 1
      Mt. Zion First Baptist Church library opens, fulfilling Pastor Jackson's dream (Jo's Jottings), 1941/02/14: 6
      Prairie View A&M College of Texas offers library training courses in summer, 1936/05/15: 7
      segregation
        Bar Association of Washington, DC
          keeps library color ban, 1940/12/27: 1
          to move library rather than let Race use it, 1941/02/28: 1
          white lawyers vote DC library open to Negroes, 1941/03/21: 1
        Virginia library sit-down strike
          strike has Virginia in quandary, 1939/09/15: 1
          Virginia youths arrested for sit-down strike, 1939/09/01: 1
    Licensed Vocational Nurses Association of San Antonio
      local division of San Antonio receives state charter, 1953/10/02 Supp: 2
      meetings in 1953, 1953/08/28 Supp: 3, 1953/10/30 Supp: 4, 1953/11/06 Supp: 4, 1953/11/13 Supp: 3
      meetings in 1955, 1955/04/08 Supp: 3
    Lieck, Charles
      There Can Be No Other Choice! [for Bexar County District Attorney] (editorial), 1958/08/15: 4
    Liggins, Napoleon
      decides to make Navy his career (photo), 1952/11/21: 7
    Lightfoot, Claude M.
    Lighthouse for the Blind
      See also San Antonio Association for the Blind
      annual tea given, 1945/04/20 Supp: 2
      benefits
        benefit lunch will be served tomorrow, 1939/12/15: 4
        carnival at Lincoln Park for benefit of Lighthouse for Blind, 1943/06/25: 6
        Delta Sigma Theta Sorority to give "Dracula" for benefit, 1940/05/17: 7, 1940/05/24: 6
        'Glorified Voices' to present two-hour program, Sunday for benefit, 1940/12/13: 4
        Greater Mt. Olive Welcome Club to give benefit program, 1941/05/09: 6
        silver tea benefit raises $15; Joske Brothers and Household softball teams sponsor benefit game, 1940/08/02: 7
      Christmas activities, 1941/01/10: 7, 1942/01/02: 7
      establishment of
        committee meets for establishment of, 1939/05/19: 7
        program to establish is success, 1939/07/14: 7
      gets contract for 72,000 mops, 1944/06/16: 5
      interracial meeting held under auspices of New Light Baptist Church, 1940/01/26: 8 (filmed in 02/02 issue)
      Light of Life Club organized, 1944/03/10: 6
      meetings in 1942, 1942/05/29: 7
      meetings in 1943, 1943/01/15: 7, 1943/04/23: 4
      news in 1941, 1941/05/23: 6, 1941/06/06: 6
      open house, 1939/09/01: 6, 1939/09/08: 6
      radio donated by E. M. Delavan, Aztec Furniture, 1940/10/11: 7
      tag day
        annual tag day to be held, 1939/10/27: 6
        tag day for city's blind is success, 1939/11/03: 6
      workshop offers training to handicapped, 1944/01/07: 6
    Lighthouse for the Blind No. 2
      Christmas program and dinner given, 1944/01/07: 7
    Lightner, Lawrence H. (Leader of American Woodmen)
      defeats Abner after hectic discussion (photo), 1933/08/25: 1
      directs Woodmen at supreme camp session (photo), 1950/08/11: 1
      elected again as supreme commander (photo), 1954/09/03: 1
      Lightner-for-Commander boom causes wide activity, 1933/08/04: 1
      reports good year for Woodmen (photo), 1939/04/28: 8 (filmed in 05/05 issue)
      San Antonio visits
        Lightner visit spurs fraternals to activity, 1932/11/11: 7
        photo, 1933/11/03: 1, 1947/11/21: 6
        supreme commander here November 4, 5, 1940/11/01: 8 (filmed in 11/08 issue)
        visits Wheatley High; delivers speech, 1933/11/10: 1
        Woodmen chief clerk is here on business, 1931/11/27: 1
      supreme commander victim of attack by L. Branch, 1934/05/25: 1
      Woodmen regional conference under way; L.H. Lightner is supreme commander (photo), 1940/06/14: 1
    Likins, Edward H.
      obsequies held, 1958/01/10: 8 (filmed on 01/17 issue)
    Lillie's Joy Youth Fraternity
    Lily of the Valley Social Club, American Woodmen
    Lincoln, Abraham
      100 end-slavery petitions found in Lincoln's papers, 1947/08/08: 5
      Abraham Lincoln, American (editorial), 1936/02/07: 4
      Negro wins newspaper contest for looking most like Abe Lincoln; paper cools when winner is colored, 1940/02/02: 1
    Lincoln, Carrie
      final rites held, 1959/04/24: 8 (filmed in 05/01 issue)
    Lincoln, Mattie A.
      final rites held, 1957/05/31: 8 (filmed in 06/07 issue)
      final services held Monday, 1957/05/24: 1
    Lincoln Courts
    Lincoln Elementary School
      Parent-Teachers Association news, 1957/05/24: 6
    Lincoln Heights Courts (girls' baseball team)
    Lincoln Heights Courts (San Antonio)
      children entertained at Kelly Field, 1946/01/04 Supp: 2
      Duroc Hog Raffle
        Men's Council announce champ Duroc winner won't be known until March 31, 1959/03/20: 7
        Stock Show grand prize Duroc won by J. D. Deams of Karnes City, 1959/04/03: 7
      Health Institute at Lincoln Courts set for Oct. 15-Nov.15, 1951/10/12: 6
      joint program scheduled for Lincoln and Wheatley Courts, 1944/11/10 Supp: 3
      kindergarten school
        hours announced, 1948/01/02: 6
        now open, 1947/10/10: 6
        to open Monday, 1947/10/03: 6, 1948/09/17: 6
      Library Club organized, 1947/04/11 Supp: 2
      Lincoln Courts area being studied in community project, 1947/01/31: 1
    Lincoln Heights Courts Tenants Association
      meetings in 1944, 1944/02/25: 7, 1944/03/17: 6
      meetings in 1945, 1945/09/14: 6, 1945/09/28: 6, 1945/11/02: 6, 1945/12/21: 7
    Lincoln Heights Kindergarten
      to open Monday, 1948/09/17: 6
    Lincoln Heights ME Church
      news in 1932, 1932/06/10: 8 (filmed in 06/17 issue)
      news in 1933, 1933/10/20: 8 (filmed in 10/27 issue)
      news in 1934, 1934/02/09: 8 (filmed in 02/16 issue), 1934/03/16: 8 (filmed in 03/23 issue), 1934/06/29: 8 (filmed in 07/06 issue), 1934/07/06: 8 (filmed in 07/13 issue), 1934/07/20: 8 (filmed in 07/27 issue), 1934/11/02: 3
      news in 1935, 1935/04/05: 7, 1935/05/17: 8 (filmed in 06/07 issue), 1935/07/05: 8 (filmed in 07/12 issue), 1935/08/02: 8 (filmed in 08/09 issue)
      news in 1937, 1937/12/03: 8 (filmed in 12/10 issue), 1937/12/10: 8 (filmed in 12/17 issue), 1937/12/17: 8 (filmed in 12/24 issue)
      news in 1938, 1938/12/16: 8 (filmed in 12/30 issue)
      news in 1939, 1939/01/06: 8 (filmed in 01/13 issue), 1939/04/07: 8 (filmed in 04/14 issue), 1939/04/14: 8 (filmed in 04/21 issue), 1939/05/05: 8 (filmed in 05/12 issue), 1939/05/12: 8 (filmed in 05/19 issue), 1939/05/19: 8 (filmed in 06/02 issue), 1939/06/16: 8 (filmed in 06/23 issue), 1939/06/23: 8 (filmed in 06/30 issue), 1939/06/30: 8 (filmed in 07/07 issue), 1939/07/21: 8 (filmed in 07/28 issue), 1939/09/08: 8 (filmed in 09/15 issue), 1939/09/22: 8 (filmed in 09/29 issue), 1939/12/15: 8 (filmed in 12/29 issue)
    Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Guild
      meetings in 1939, 1939/09/22: 6, 1939/09/29: 6, 1939/10/20: 6, 1939/10/27: 6, 1939/11/10: 6, 1939/11/17: 4, 1939/11/24: 6, 1939/12/08: 6, 1939/12/15: 4
      meetings in 1940, 1940/01/12: 7, 1940/01/26: 7, 1940/05/17: 7, 1940/07/26: 6, 1940/08/02: 7, 1940/08/09: 7
      meetings in 1941, 1941/06/13: 4, 1941/08/08: 6, 1941/09/12: 6, 1941/10/03: 6, 1941/12/05: 4
      meetings in 1955, 1955/06/17 Supp: 3, 1955/07/01: 4, 1955/07/15 Supp: 2, 1955/07/29 Supp: 3
    Lincoln Heights Playground
      track meet set for August 6, 1947/08/01: 3
    Lincoln Literary Club
      meetings in 1948, 1948/01/23 Supp: 2, 1948/02/20 Supp: 2, 1948/03/26 Supp: 4
    Lincoln Park
      Bus Line to Park "on Trial" (editorial), 1938/12/09: 4
      dangerous area not approved as school site, 1950/04/21: 1
      NAACP succeeds in getting bus line to park, 1938/11/18: 1
      "play day" program at Lincoln today, 1939/07/21: 7
      skating rink
        opens tonight, 1953/03/13: 7
        supervised play offered at skating rink, 1953/10/23: 6
      softball field
        Alamo Athletic Association secures more arc lights, 1939/04/28: 1
        best kept softball diamond in SA, maintained by Charles Holmes (photo), 1948/06/04: 3
        diamond available next week, 1940/04/19: 3
        repair work gets started at softball diamond, 1947/05/30: 3
        softball diamond gets attention, 1941/07/04: 3
        storm tears down softball flood lights, 1942/09/04: 3
        West Side Lincoln Park softball diamond is dedicated, 1947/07/18: 3
        work continues on diamond, 1947/06/06: 3
    Lincoln Park Church of Christ
      choir in debut on 'Glorified Voices' Sunday, 1943/04/09: 8 (filmed in 04/23 issue)
      City-Wide Licensed Beauticians Club to worship, 1955/04/29: 8
      District Council of Texas holds successful meeting, 1932/07/22: 7
      Easter Sunday services, 1936/04/17: 8 (filmed in 04/24 issue)
      musicales
        gospel concert to be held Saturday, 1955/01/21: 8
        musical sponsored by usher board Sat., May 7, 1955/05/06: 8
      news in 1935, 1935/09/13: 8 (filmed in 09/27 issue), 1935/09/27: 8 (filmed in 10/18 issue)
      news in 1936, 1936/01/17: 8 (filmed in 01/24 issue), 1936/01/31: 8 (filmed in 02/07 issue), 1936/02/14: 8 (filmed in 02/21 issue), 1936/04/10: 7, 1936/05/15: 8 (filmed in 05/22 issue), 1936/06/05: 8 (filmed in 06/12 issue)
      news in 1941, 1941/02/14: 8 (filmed in 02/28 issue)
      news in 1944, 1944/05/26: 8 (filmed in 06/02 issue)
      news in 1946, 1946/05/10: 8
      news in 1954, 1954/12/10: 8 (filmed in 12/17 issue)
      news in 1955, 1955/01/14: 8 (filmed in 01/21 issue)
      Pentecostal Assembly of the World closes annual meet held at church, 1935/08/02: 8 (filmed in 08/09 issue)
      special services celebrating newly remodeled church set, 1959/01/16: 8 (filmed in 01/23 issue)
      St. Clair, Mrs. Rosa D., founding member, honored tonight (photo), 1955/01/07: 8
      Tobin, Elder R. F., conducts revival, 1942/04/17: 6
      Watkins, Elder Charles
    Lincoln Park Neighborhood Guild
      meetings in 1949, 1949/05/13: 4, 1949/12/30: 6
    Lincoln Post. See American Legion, Abraham Lincoln Post 114-1
    Lincoln University (Jefferson City, MO)
      Agriculture Department expands program (photo), 1940/05/31: 7
      Alpha Mu honor society charter members (photo), 1950/07/07: 2
      American Assn. of University Professors chapter established, 1936/01/31: 2
      athletics dropped at LU, 1943/07/23: 3
      best students for 1936 (photo), 1936/07/03: 2
      celebrates 70th anniversary, 1936/01/24: 2
      coed expelled; students strike; punishment for going to "off limits" home said "too severe," 1948/06/11: 1
      coeds at Lincoln U. to have new dorm by September (photo), 1938/04/15: 2
      Cornelius, Ruth, is salutatorian (photo), 1941/06/20: 6
      faculty/staff
        Basye, William Edward, Jr., receives Distinguished Service Award from Agriculture Dept. (photo), 1956/04/13: 7
        Coleman, Christine, new home economics instructor (photo), 1941/03/14: 6
        Cotton, George Robert, head of Mechanic Arts Dept. (photo), 1941/05/16: 5
        Davis, Marguerite, joins staff of journalism school (photo), 1945/02/23: 8 (filmed in 03/02 issue)
        Florence, President Charles Wilbur, youthful president and faculty is surprising (photo), 1934/05/11: 1
        Fuller, Dr. O. Anderson, elected veep of National Association of Schools of Music, 1957/12/13: 1
        Gill, Robert Lewis, is history teacher (photo), 1940/12/27: 5
        Harris, Mrs. Annie, serves as recreational director (photo), 1947/11/28 Supp: 4
        Hartshorn, H. Hadley, principal is appointed to North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (photo), 1947/11/28: 2
        Holland, Jerome "Brud" will coach for next three years, 1941/09/05: 3
        McGraw, Dr. B. T., named defense project advisor, 1940/12/27: 8 (filmed in 1941/01/24 issue)
        new faces on faculty (photo), 1939/10/20: 2, 1939/11/17: 2, 1940/11/15: 8 (filmed in 11/22 issue)
        Pride, Armistead Scott
          Dean of Journalism School awarded Ph.D., 1950/06/23: 5
          selected as visiting Fulbright Professor at University of Cairo, Egypt (photo), 1956/08/31: 1
          to preserve pre-1900 Negro newspapers on film (photo), 1946/06/21: 3
        Reed, Dwight, named athletic director, 1955/05/06: 3
        Scruggs, Dr. Sherman D., Jr. (President)
        Taylor, Dr. Moddiek receives $1500 grant for research (photo), 1946/12/20: 1
        two PV grads get positions at Lincoln U., 1939/06/30: 2
        Watson, Margaret L., assistant professor of home economics (photo), 1945/01/05: 4
        Williams, George, is new instructor of printing (photo), 1940/12/20: 5
        Wise, Ethyl E., instructor in voice, on Southern concert tour (photo), 1940/04/19: 6
      female octette gaining recognition (photo), 1938/05/20: 8 (filmed in 05/27 issue)
      Finney, J. Morton, speaker at Alumni Day exercises, 1938/06/24: 5
      flight instruction, secondary, Lincoln U. prepares for (photo), 1940/12/27: 4
      football comes back at Lincoln U., 1945/09/07: 3
      Founders' Day Anniversary
        attendants at 75th anniversary program (photo), 1941/01/31: 6
        DuBois, W. E. B., Missouri governor to speak (photo), 1941/01/31: 2
        LU observes 75th anniversary of founding (photo), 1941/01/31: 4
        presents history at Founders' Day program (photos), 1940/01/26: 2
      graduation
        Bryant, Dr. L. B., TSU, is commencement speaker (photo), 1952/08/15: 4
        preparation for 75th commencement exercises (photo), 1941/05/23: 2
        summer school graduates 38, 1939/08/04: 2
      history of, 1934/05/11: 1
        represented at Expo with mural depicting origins of university (photo), 1940/07/12: 5
      homecoming queen contest (photo), 1939/10/20: 6
      honorary degrees awarded to Dr. Paul Williams and J. Ernest Wilkins (photos), 1941/06/20: 8 (filmed in 06/27 issue)
      Hughes, Mrs. Jesuita C., is valedictorian (photo), 1941/06/20: 7
      integration
        continues as integrated school, 1957/01/25: 2
        more whites than Negroes at Lincoln for the first time in 90 year history, 1956/08/03: 1
        white students admitted after Supreme Court decision, 1954/11/26: 2
      journalism scholarship
        applicants sought, 1948/06/18: 2
        Blackwell, Spoffard Lee, wins Abbott Memorial Scholarship in Journalism (photo), 1950/07/21: 2
        contest winners (photo), 1955/04/29: 3
        Hobdy, Mary Alyce, wins Robert S. Abbott Memorial Scholarship in Journalism (photo), 1953/08/28 Supp: 2
        Okuro, Kanu C., is scholarship winner (photo), 1949/08/12: 5
      Law School
      Missouri legislature apologizes to Lincoln U. for parade slight, 1953/01/23: 1
      popularity contest winners (photo), 1938/05/20: 6
      record enrollment, 1937/09/24: 2, 1939/09/29: 2
      Shottes, Miss Queen E., receives Fullbright Fellowship to teach in British West Indies (photo), 1953/08/21: 3
    Lincoln University Law School (Jefferson City, MO)
      Bush, M. Burns, appointed law librarian (photo), 1941/02/14: 5
      closes law school, drops white ban, 1954/08/13: 1
      Freeman, Dorothy, ranks high in law school (photo), 1941/04/11: 4
      Garner, Silas E., appointed lecturer (photo), 1941/02/14: 5
      law school in second year (photos), 1940/09/06: 2
      Marshall, Thurgood, says it's impossible for Lincoln Law school to be equal, 1954/05/21: 1
      Missouri pays dearly for Jim Crow law school, 1948/02/06: 1
      prepares for 2nd year (photos), 1940/08/02: 4
      Richardson, Scovel, dean of Lincoln University Law School and president of National Bar Association named to federal parole board (photo), 1953/07/31: 1
      school of law to be opened as result of Gaines case, 1939/07/07: 7
      students enter law school despite picketing, 1939/09/29: 1
      Taylor, W. E., dean
        achieves goal of obtaining approved rating for law school (photo), 1941/10/10: 5
        comments that the school more than meets the library requirements of either the American Bar Association or the Association of American Law Schools (photo), 1940/05/31: 7
    Lincoln University (Lincoln University, PA)
      African alumnus presents $1000 gift to Centennial Fund, 1953/08/14: 3
      Bond, Dr. Horace Mann, resigns as president, 1957/07/12: 3
      faculty yields to student demands, 1934/05/11: 1
      girl students to be admitted for first time, 1934/01/26: 3
      graduation
        Dillard, Dr. James J., to be commencement speaker, 1931/05/29: 6
        eightieth annual commencement held, 1934/06/08: 8 (filmed in 06/15 issue)
      white boy stars on Negro college football team, 1939/10/20: 3
      Williams, Frank, former national YMCA secretary, appointed dean of men, 1936/01/03: 3
      Wright, Walter L., retired president succumbs, 1946/01/25: 5
    Lindbergh Park
      activities
        3,000 engage in Lindbergh weekend activities, 1954/06/25: 7
        activities in 1947, 1947/01/03: 6
        beginners activities classes announced, 1954/01/22: 6
      checkers
        Lindbergh makes clean sweep of checkers meet, 1953/08/07: 7
        Lindbergh wins checkers meet, 1954/06/25: 7
      community center/recreation center
        equipment, supplies sought for new recreation center, 1946/01/25: 1
        formally dedicated as recreation center (photo), 1946/02/08: 1
        Lindbergh Park as Community Center (editorial), 1945/12/07: 4
        Lindbergh park to be made community center, 1945/12/07: 1
        new recreation center in need of more equipment, 1946/02/15: 1
        park becomes Negro recreation center, 1945/12/21: 1
        park opens formally in February, 1946/01/18: 1
        plans discussed for developing recreation center at Lindbergh, 1945/12/14: 1
        recreation center dedicated; park turned over to Race, 1946/02/08: 1
        to be formally dedicated next Sunday, 1946/02/01: 1
      dancing
        Mexican folk dancing taught, 1948/01/30: 3
        Sadie Hawkins motif for dance Friday night, 1953/10/30 Supp: 3
        square dance classes offered, 1948/11/19: 6
        square dance held, 1952/12/05: 7
      Halloween party planned, 1957/10/18: 7
      interesting courses offered at the Park, 1953/10/30: 2
      kite tourney
        date set, 1954/02/26: 5
        playground kite winners names, 1954/03/12: 5
      Lindbergh Center Canteen
        City Recreaton Division forms Canteen for social events, 1954/05/07: 7
        plans gala "May Prom," 1954/05/07: 6
      news in 1958, 1958/11/21: 7
      plays and movies
        play to be given, 1956/01/13: 7
        religious movie, "A Wonderful Life," to be shown, 1954/05/21: 8
      Sharps and Flats (column), 1946/02/08: 7
      shuffle board meet held, 1947/08/22: 3
      swimming
        annual Recreation Department meet
          Central Tankers swamp Lindbergh in annual Recreation Department meet, 1952/07/11: 5
        classes taught at Central, Lindbergh tanks, 1954/06/25: 5
        Lindbergh splashers grab city "reck" swim meet, 1953/07/10: 5
      table tennis tournament copped by Lindbergh, 1953/07/31: 5, 1954/07/30: 5
      wins domino meet, 1953/06/26: 5
    Lindbergh Park Baptist Church
      Johnson, Rev. H. Y., speaks to large congregation at new church, 1946/11/22: 8
      services will be conducted every Sunday, 1946/11/22: 8
    Lindsay, Benjamin
      and William A. McDougal, figure prominently in offensive scheme of Randolph Brown Ramblers game (photo), 1945/10/05: 3
    Lindsay, Mrs. Eulah L.
      woman in Masonic parade fatally stricken, 1948/07/23: 1
    Lindsay, Hubert F.
      veteran becomes one of first Negroes to be admitted to San Antonio College (photo), 1955/06/17: 1
    Lindsay, Joe, Jr.
      former San Antonian, 10th grade student at Tynan Junior High in Skidmore, completes second term with A average (photo), 1957/06/14: 6
    Lindsay, William H.
      final rites held, 1959/05/22: 8 (filmed in 05/29 issue)
    Lindsey, Clement, Jr.
      Corpus Christi man killed for love by Jesse Lee Young, 1945/06/08: 1
    Lindsey, Elizabeth Beatrice
      final rites held, 1957/08/23: 8 (filmed in 08/30 issue)
    Lindsey, James
      funeral services held, 1957/04/26: 8 (filmed in 05/03 issue)
    Lindsey, Perry
      shot in hand by Corrine Hicks, 1944/01/21: 1
      slain in West Side bar gun fight over name-calling with Freddy Lee Roy, 1952/09/26: 1
    Linton, Dolores
      with Mrs. R. J. Benson, and H. Rhett James, make history as the first Negroes of graduating class at Our Lady of the Lake College (photos), 1952/05/30: 1
    Linton, Maj. Walter L.
      named professor at Florida A and M University (photo), 1954/09/24: 1
      now assigned to Florida A&M ROTC unit (photo), 1951/09/21: 3
      San Antonian leaves Hawaii for new assignment, 1946/10/11: 1
    Linton, Mrs. Walter L.
      Women's Day guest speaker with Mrs. Marvin Ellison at St. John Independent Methodist Church (photo), 1958/09/12: 4
    Lions Literary Club
      cabaret dance is big success, 1933/08/11: 8 (filmed in 08/18 issue)
      meetings in 1931, 1931/11/27: 6, 1931/12/04: 6, 1931/12/11: 6, 1931/12/18: 6, 1931/12/25: 6
      meetings in 1932, 1932/04/01: 6, 1932/05/06: 5, 1932/06/03: 6, 1932/07/08: 6, 1932/07/29: 6, 1932/08/26: 5, 1932/09/16: 6, 1932/10/07: 6, 1932/11/04: 7, 1932/12/09: 7
      meetings in 1933, 1933/01/20: 6, 1933/02/03: 6, 1933/02/17: 7, 1933/03/03: 6, 1933/03/17: 6, 1933/05/19: 6, 1933/11/17: 6
    Lipscomb, Louis W. (San Antonio Police Commissioner)
      denies prejudice against San Antonio police applicants, 1941/01/17: 1
      denies statement on hiring Negro men, 1939/10/27: 1
      Police Commissioner Candidate Lipscomb Advocates Murder (editorial), 1939/04/28: 4
      to speak at Layman's League, 1941/01/17: 8 (filmed in 01/31 issue)
    Liquor Stores
      Atomic Liquor Store sees 13 cases of liquor vanish during tire change; three men held, 1958/06/06: 1
      Block Distributing Company
        names Hal Mann as its representative, 1952/04/25: 6
        Times, Earl E., midget strong man and representative of Early Times Distillery, to visit local outlets (photo), 1952/07/18: 3
      Burleson Liquor/Package Stores
        Burleson, Lillian, reports liquor stolen from East Commerce St. store, 1948/10/22: 5
        Frances Jeffery, clerk, relieved of $134 by sweet-talking hijacker, 1954/01/15: 1
        new Burleson store, No. 4, opens on Nebraska Street (photo), 1958/12/12: 6
        robberies, 1949/02/11: 1, 1957/02/01: 1, 1957/09/27: 1, 1958/12/12: 1
      California Wine House burglarized by 15-year-old boy, 1939/04/14: 5
      Calvert Distillers appoint Eneil F. Simpson for sales promotion (photo), 1938/05/20: 7
      Clardy's Package Store thanks patrons, extends season's greetings, 1958/12/19: 3
      Cravat Liquor Store looted, 1953/04/17: 3
      Denver Heights Package House to open soon, 1938/04/01: 5
      Don's and Ben's
        Appreciation Jamboree winners named, 1957/10/18: 7
        big "Appreciation Jamboree" held with merchandise prizes given, 1957/09/27: 7
        service comes before sale at Don's and Ben's, 1958/12/19: 6
        stock reduction sale under way, 1957/08/23: 7
      Don's and Ben's Duper Outlet, grand opening of New Braunfels Avenue store scheduled for July 2-11, 1953/07/03: 7
      Ellison Liquor Stores
        See also Ellison, N. O. ("Brother")
        announces super store (photo), 1941/07/18: 7
        extend Christmas greetings to Race patrons, 1940/12/20: 5
        featuring super service for holidays, 1941/12/19: 6
        four stores to serve you, 1941/06/13: 5
        gift shops in each store, 1944/12/01: 4
        gives superb, free, fast delivery service, 1941/05/09: 7
        held up by James Kinard, who had been fired; fingered when he returned to store for salary, 1958/12/26: 1
        Louis, Joe, promoting bourbon bearing his name, visits with Valmo Bellinger and Brother Ellison (photo), 1952/12/19: 3
        now has 22 trucks for fast delivery service, 1946/02/15: 4
        offer assortment of wines, liquors, 1940/12/13: 5
        offers extraordinary holiday service, 1942/12/18: 6
        offers fair rationing of whiskies, 1944/03/24: 7
        opens West Houston Street store, 1945/11/30: 7
        remodeled depot in formal opening today, 1945/03/30: 2
        stores again give fast delivery service, 1945/11/02: 6
        takes over Community Groceries, 1947/11/21: 7
        two new liquor stores opened by Ellison's, 1944/09/01: 4
        West Side now has an Ellison Liquor store, 1940/01/19: 7
      H and W Liquor Store, man nabbed after lifting $20 from store counter, 1947/06/13: 1
      Harvey Package Store located on Commerce Street, 1935/12/13: 7
      Kee Package Store invites patronage (photo), 1946/08/09: 5
      Life Saver Package Store, owned by Woodrow Douglas
      Little "D" Package Store operator, Kermit P. Derbigny, relieved of $210 after closing for night, 1958/08/29: 1
      Lone Star Package Store
        looted of $600 worth of liquor, 1948/07/16: 1
        loses 14 cases to thieves, 1949/11/04: 1
      Lone Star Wholesale Liquor Distributors, Nathan J. King, Jr., promotes sale of liquors in the interest of National Distillers, 1958/03/14: 3
      My Liquor Store owner, Harold Adams, shoots burglar, Jack Spriggs
        1954/11/26: 1
      Riegel's Liquor Store, youth, James Todd, gets five years for holding up Riegel's Liquor Store, 1958/03/21: 1
      Riley's Liquor Store invites patronage, 1947/05/16: 6
      Shade's Liquor store burglarized by two boys, 1941/12/05: 1
      Spivey's Liquor Store
        held up; clerk's hysteria doesn't stop holdup, 1958/05/30: 1
        robbed as owner, C. L. Spivey, is tricked to leave on wild goose chase, 1958/12/19: 1
      Storey Package Store
        glass broken by Clarence Williams, whiskey stolen, 1946/11/29: 6
        short causes fire, 1955/01/14: 7
      Terrell's Liquor Store
        Iowa Street liquor store robbed of large quantity of liquor, cigarettes, watches and $33 cash, 1950/09/08: 3
        robbed of case and 12 fifths of whiskey, 1953/10/09: 1
        Terrell, Roger, gun and cash stolen from his liquor store, 1951/03/30: 3
        thieves steal three cases of liquor, 1955/11/11: 1
      Wesley Package Store to move to new location, 1946/11/15: 7
    Lister, Dr. Leonard M.
      dies of heart attack, rites to be held Friday afternoon (photo), 1956/07/27: 1
      fire guts west side home, loss estimated at $11,500, 1949/08/12: 1
      travels of
        attends annual session of National Dental Association (photo), 1940/08/16: 1
        attends annual Tuskegee clinic (photo), 1940/04/05: 1, 1941/04/04: 7
        leaves on extensive trip (photo), 1943/04/23: 6
    Lister, Mrs. Leonard M. (P. L. Bledsoe Lister)
      president-elect of National Dental Association Auxiliary (photo), 1946/09/20: 1
      president of National Dental Association Auxiliary
        election of, 1942/06/19: 1
        travels to National Council of Negro Women meeting in Washington, DC (photo), 1947/11/07: 6
      reports on testimonial dinner for Mrs. Bethune, 1948/04/02 Supp: 2
      "Woman of the Year"
        medal presented to Mrs. L. M. Lister (photo), 1949/03/04 Supp: 3
        named "Woman of the Year" by Zetas (photo), 1949/02/25: 6
        thanks those who nominated and supported her, 1949/03/04: 6
      Women's Day speaker
        Emmanuel AME Church morning services (photo), 1954/08/06: 8 (filmed in 08/13 issue)
        Greater Corinth Baptist Church (photo), 1949/04/15: 6
        West End Baptist Church, 1948/01/16: 8 (filmed in 01/23 issue)
    Lister, Mrs. P. L.
    Literary Clubs
    Literary Cultural Club
      organization of, 1938/04/22: 5
    Litman, Alex
      ace Army athlete reenlists at Medical Field Service School (MFSS), 1953/07/03: 7
      with George Brown and Henry Cryer, shows class for BAMC in track meets (photo), 1954/06/25: 3
      Negro twirler leads Fort Sam to Fourth Army softball meet, 1949/08/12: 3
      Texan wins twice at Brooke AFB track meet, 1949/08/05: 3
    Little, Miss Addie L.
      crowned "Miss St. Peter Claver," 1941/05/16: 6
    Little, Willie
      dies in Austin, 1934/04/27: 8 (filmed in 05/04 issue)
    Little, Willie T.
      final rites held, 1958/08/22: 8 (filmed in 08/29 issue)
    Little Friendly Maidens Social Club
      meetings, 1932/06/03: 7, 1932/06/24: 5, 7, 1932/07/01: 6
    Little May (Maid) Theresa Club
      meetings, 1932/07/15: 7, 1932/07/29: 6, 1932/08/05: 6
    Little Theater
    Little Women's Club
      meeting of, 1934/06/08: 7
    Littlefield, Belton, Jr.
      father, Belton Littlefield, unable to learn what became of tot's body, files suit against Frank E. Lewis, Funeral Director, 1953/05/15: 1
      missing body case against Frank E. Lewis
        fined in case of 'missing body,' 1953/04/10: 1
        grand jury drops 'missing body' case for time being, 1953/03/27: 1
        grand jury studies empty grave charge, 1953/03/20: 1
        jury in 'missing body' case disagrees; mistrial declared, 1956/05/18: 1
        Lewis thanks supporters during investigation (photo), 1953/04/17: 6
        license suspended for year in "empty grave and missing body" case, 1953/10/02: 1
    Littlefield, Columbus
      69-year-old SA man found dead in bed, 1952/10/10: 3
    Littlejohn, Albert
      dies after long illness, 1932/07/08: 8 (filmed in 07/15 issue)
    Littlejohn, Ella
      suffers injuries in gas explosion, 1940/05/24: 1
    Littlejohn, Pfc. Franklin
      body of soldier killed in Korea due here today, 1951/08/03: 1
      fifth San Antonio GI dies in action in Korea (photo), 1950/11/24: 1
    Littlejohn, Mrs. O. [illegible]
      succumbs (photo), 1946/11/15: 1
    Littlejohn, Ola Richardson
      death of, 1937/12/17: 8 (filmed in 12/24 issue)
      dies as eleventh child is born, 1937/12/17: 1
    Littles, Addie Lee
      enters Prairie View (photo), 1942/09/11: 6
    Littles, Ervin
      circulation manager and photographer for Register (photo), 1941/05/04: 4
      ex-Register employee in SA on furlough, 1944/02/11: 6
      joins Register staff as photographer and circulation manager (photo), 1941/03/28: 7
    Littles, Willie T.
      funeral services held, 1958/08/08: 1
    Live Wire Bible Class
    Liverman, SeamanJunius
      throws bottle at A. T. Friday, Corpus Christi, who knifes him, 1944/12/08: 1
    Livestock shows
    Livingston, Willie
      dies, 1933/11/10: 8 (filmed in 11/17 issue)
    Livingstone College (Salisbury, NC)
      court halts dismissal of strike leaders, 1946/02/08: 1
      Duncan, Dr. Samuel E., two AME Zion bishops feud in his election as college prexy, 1958/05/09: 8 (filmed in 05/16 issue)
      Mertens, Gerard M., bishop and college trustees draw fire in revoking contract with professor, 1958/04/25: 1
      student strike called a "recess," 1946/02/15: 5
      students threaten strike as prof. is fired, 1936/02/21: 3
      Trent, W. J., president, steps down because of amputation of his right leg, 1957/06/21: 7
    Lloyd, Ora Nell
      final rites held, 1957/10/11: 8 (filmed in 10/18 issue)
    LN Club
      meeting of, 1934/06/08: 6
    Loan Companies
    Locke, Dr. Alain
      named professor at Wisconsin U, 1946/02/08: 1
    Locker, Jesse D.
      new ambassador to Liberia is veteran politician in Cincinnati (photo), 1953/08/21: 1
    Lockerman, Gloria
      12-year-old spelling whiz appears on $64,000 Question (photo), 1955/09/09: 1
      spelling whiz gets $500 to splurge, $15,000 for trust fund, 1955/09/09: 3
    Lockett, J. R.
      chosen principal of Solomon M. Coles High School, Corpus Christi, 1938/11/18: 1
      owner of Lockett's Drug Store dies, 1950/09/22: 1
    Lockhart, J. H.
      elected head of American Legion, 1936/06/05: 1
      Masonic service
        attends Masonic Grand Lodge, 1955/07/08: 6
        attends Prince Hall Grand Lodge meeting in Fort Worth, 1958/07/04: 6
        grand lodge office, 1939/08/25: 7
        grand master honored at testimonial dinner, 1954/02/12: 6
        grand master to speak at Grant AME Church, 1950/02/10: 6
        junior grand warden (photo), 1940/07/12: 5
        Masons honor state officer, 1939/08/25: 7
        reelected senior grand warden, 1949/07/08: 6
        returns from Masonic meet in Fort Worth, 1953/07/03: 6
        returns from Prince Hall Grand Lodge annual session in Fort Worth, 1956/07/06: 6
        senior grand warden, 1947/07/04: 6, 1948/07/02: 6, 1952/07/04: 7
          photo, 1951/07/13: 7
    Lockhart, T. L.
      successful investor of oil income (photo), 1938/05/13: 5
    Lockley, Rev. George W. (Joshua Baptist Church)
      ordained as minister, 1940/06/28: 8 (filmed in 07/05 issue)
    Logan, Alice Dunn
      Wiley dean of women, passes, 1940/02/02: 1
    Logan, Julia
      final rites held, 1957/10/18: 8 (filmed in 10/25 issue)
    Logan, Millard F.
      charged with mail theft, 1941/09/12: 1
    Logan, Dr. Rayford W.
      to direct Negro history group, 1950/05/26: 1
    Logan, Tom A.
      retires after 31 years of postal service (photo), 1947/10/31: 1
      SA post office employee injured in shower fall, 1942/08/07: 7
    Logan, Tommye E.
      See also Gibson, Mrs. Tommye Logan
      Phillis Wheatley High students' food selection reported good by school nurse, 1945/10/05: 7
      registered nurse resumes public health studies in Los Angeles (Alamo City Briefs), 1941/07/11: 7
      San Antonio nurse, is placed on Reserve list from the American Red Cross, 1943/03/12: 6
      school nurse gives summary of first term's work, 1940/02/02: 6
    Logwood, Arthur
      son of SA pioneer dies in California, 1950/07/14: 8 (filmed in 07/21 issue)
    Logwood, William H.
      succumbs to long illness, 1946/01/25: 1
    Lomax, Flora
      Sport Sketches by Clint C. Wilson, 1940/05/17: 3, 1941/08/15: 2
    Lomax, Lucius, Jr.
      California editor, publisher, parents of two, to wed, 1948/07/30: 1
      Lomax, Mrs. Carmelita, sues Lucius Lomax, Jr. for divorce; woman editor named in divorce scandal, 1948/02/13: 1
      weds Los Angeles Tribute editor, Almena Davis, 1949/07/29: 1
    Lombrano Street Neighborhood Club
      first anniversary celebrated, 1947/11/28 Supp: 4
      meetings in 1947, 1947/05/09: 5, 1947/06/13: 4, 1947/11/14: 2, 1947/12/12: 2
      meetings in 1948, 1948/01/09: 6, 1948/03/12 Supp: 3, 1948/04/09 Supp: 3, 1948/05/14 Supp: 4, 1948/07/09 Supp: 1
      meetings in 1949, 1949/03/11: 6, 1949/05/13 Supp: 3, 1949/08/26 Supp: 2, 1949/09/09: 4, 1949/11/18 Supp: 2, 1949/12/09: 7
      meetings in 1950, 1950/03/10: 4
      meetings in 1951, 1951/08/24: 6
      meetings in 1952, 1952/05/09: 6
      meetings in 1954, 1954/01/15 Supp: 4, 1954/02/12: 8
      meetings in 1955, 1955/05/13: 4
        Jo's Jottings, 1955/04/15 Supp: 4
      meetings in 1956, 1956/05/18: 4
    Lone Eagle Club
      meeting of, 1933/03/10: 7
    Lone Oak Community
      new church being built, 1932/09/30: 8 (filmed in 10/07 issue)
    Lone Star Brewing Company
    Lone Star Social Club
      mammoth Halloween party held, 1934/11/09: 6
      meetings in 1934, 1934/02/16: 7, 1934/02/23: 7, 1934/03/09: 5, 1934/03/23: 6, 1934/04/06: 6, 1934/05/18: 6, 1934/05/25: 6, 1934/06/22: 7
      members entertained with Halloween party (Alamo City Briefs), 1935/11/08: 9
    Lone Star State Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association
      See also Alamo City Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Society
      See also Southwest District Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association
      annual convention
        61st annual session
          comes to a close, 1948/06/11: 1
          held in San Antonio, 1932/06/17: 51948/05/28: 1
          "night in Monte Carlo" high-lights convention week affairs (photo), 1948/06/18 Supp: 2
          social notes (Jo's Jottings), 1948/06/11 Supp: 1
        Dallas, 1934/06/08: 1
        Galveston, 1950/04/28: 7
        Houston, 1932/06/17: 5
        local doctors and dentists to figure at meeting (photo), 1936/06/12: 1
        San Antonio, 1941/06/06: 1, 1948/06/04: 1
        Santone medics go to state association, 1938/06/10: 7
      Cunningham, Roscoe, elected to board of directors, 1956/05/04: 1
      Friday, Dr. Clarence B., president-elect of state medicos, 1948/06/11: 1, 1948/06/18: 1
      McPeters, Dr. O. W., Texarkanan elected president, 1941/06/13: 1
      Moore, Dr. J. R.
        has meeting of State Medic Board to plan for 1937 (photo), 1936/09/18: 1
        to be installed as president (photo), 1936/06/12: 1
      Preacher, Dr. M. L., is secretary of medical section, 1936/06/12: 1
      Woman's Auxiliary
        elects officers (Jo's Jottings), 1944/10/27 Supp: 1
        feted at garden party during 61st annual meeting (photo), 1948/06/18 Supp: 4
        meets in Ft. Worth, 1942/06/26: 6
    Lonely Girls Social Club
      entertains orphans, 1933/06/23: 6
      Gingham Dress Style Show well attended, 1933/11/24: 6
      holds annual picnic for students of St. Catherine School, 1936/09/18: 6
      holiday festivities, 1934/01/05: 6
      meetings in 1932, 1932/09/16: 6, 1932/09/30: 6, 1932/10/14: 6, 1932/10/28: 7, 1932/11/11: 6, 1932/11/25: 6, 1932/12/23: 7
      meetings in 1933, 1933/01/06: 7, 1933/01/20: 6, 1933/02/10: 6, 1933/03/03: 6, 1933/04/14: 6, 1933/09/08: 6, 1933/10/13: 6, 1933/12/22: 6
      meetings in 1934, 1934/01/19: 6, 1934/03/23: 6, 1934/04/27: 6, 1934/06/08: 6, 1934/10/12: 7
      meetings in 1936, 1936/01/17: 6, 1936/01/31: 6, 1936/02/14: 6, 1936/04/03: 6, 1936/06/05: 6, 1936/07/31: 6
      meetings in 1937, 1937/09/17: 6, 1937/12/17: 6
      meetings in 1938, 1938/01/21: 6
    Lonestar Consistory No. 113
    Long, Beulah Maud
      dies of heart attack (photo), 1958/03/07: 3
      honored with party by SAISD Managers of Food Service Association (Jo's Jottings), 1955/05/27 Supp: 1
    Long, Della E.
      funeral rites held in Marshall for wife of Wiley coach, 1959/03/13: 1
    Long, Mrs. Eugene Browne
      wins highest honors at Wiley College (photo), 1932/06/03: 1
    Long, "Father" Woodrow Freddie
      Dallas cult leader murdered and robbed (photo), 1946/02/01: 1
      slayer held without bond in Dallas cultist murder, 1946/02/08: 1
      youth confesses slaying of cult leader, 1946/02/01: 1
    Long, Fred T. ("Pops")
      honor program for
        coach Long gets plaque and auto from admirers, 1948/10/22: 5
        honor program in final stages, 1948/10/01: 3
        plans made for tribute to coach Long (photo), 1948/08/13: 3
      Prairie View A&M College
        new athletic director and head coach (photo), 1948/07/09: 3
        Panthers out to make [Coach] Long regret quitting them for Texas College, 1949/10/21: 3
      speaker at Alamo "Y" Sportsmen's Dinner, December 14, 1957/12/06: 5
      Texas College, head coach, athletic director (photo), 1949/06/17: 3
      Wiley College
        breaks coaching contract with Kentucky State; to stay at Wiley College, 1945/02/02: 3
        long-time Wiley mentor (photo), 1947/11/14: 3
        returns to Wiley College as coach, athletic head, 1956/01/06: 5
    Long, Harry J.
      brother of Wiley College head coach, drops dead at game (photo), 1945/12/14: 1
    Long, Senator Huey B.
      Mourned in Louisiana; Assassin's Bullet Kills Him (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1935/09/13: 4
    Longfellow Junior High School
      Hasson, Robert, is first Negro president of class of 1957, 1957/06/07: 1
    Longran, Dillard
      killed in dispute over pocketbook by Roy Applewhite, 1947/06/27: 1
    Longshoremen
      advance step in Jim Crow fight, 1950/02/17: 1
      strike argument leads to beating of Corpus Christi man, 1936/03/20: 1
    Looney, Annie Mae
      aids beaten cop (photo), 1955/08/26: 1
    Loring, Porter
      Gives San Antonio Its First and Only Iron Lung for Use by Anyone with Infantile Paralysis (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1937/09/24: 4
    Los Angeles-San Antonio Big Sisters Club
      meets in Los Angeles, 1959/03/20: 6
    Lott, Rev. A.
      Rev. and Mrs. Lott entertained at West End Baptist Church, 1946/09/20 Supp: 3
    Lott, Mrs. Annie
      obsequies held, 1947/08/08: 8 (filmed in 08/15 issue)
    Lott, Arthur T., Jr.
      1st Sgt. awarded Bronze Star (photo), 1945/07/20: 1
      sworn in as a member of the Grand Jury, 1953/11/06: 1
    Lott, Arthur T., Sr.
      succumbs to two years' illness, 1949/11/04: 1
    Lott, Earl A.
      four months' illness is fatal (photo), 1947/05/23: 1
    Lott, Eliza R. (Mrs. F. E. Lott)
      Court of Calanthe holds going away party for Mrs. F. E. Lott, 1947/05/16: 7
      Court of Calanthe Texas position goes to Mrs. Lott, 1955/03/18 Supp: 1
      honored at annual Court of Calanthe Thanksgiving service (Jo's Jottings), 1955/04/08 Supp: 4
      Texas position goes to Mrs. Lott, 1955/03/18 Supp: 1
    Lott, Floyd J.
      dies in local hospital, 1932/09/30: 8 (filmed in 10/07 issue)
    Lott, Georgia A.
      funeral services held, 1957/11/01: 8 (filmed in 11/08 issue)
    Lott, Ida Lenora
      death of, 1959/07/10: 8 (filmed in 07/17 issue)
    Lott, Rev. J. C.
      funeral services held for widely known Austin clergyman, 1949/03/25: 1
    Lott, Otto
      dies, 1931/12/18: 8 (filmed in 12/25 issue)
      popular youth dies of heart attack, 1931/12/18: 1
    Lott, Royal
      April injury from fall, causes his death after second operation, 1957/07/19: 1
      final rites held, 1957/07/19: 8 (filmed in 07/26 issue)
    Lott, Sarah
      funeral rites held, 1952/07/25: 3
    Lott, Thelma
      final rites held, 1958/04/04/: 8 (filmed in 04/11 issue)
    Lott, Rev. W. B.
      retired Methodist minister dies boarding bus in Seguin, 1954/02/12: 1
    Lott's Grocery (baseball team)
    Loud, Rev. Ira Benjamin
      honorary degree bestowed by Samuel Huston College (photo), 1949/08/26: 4
      named to board of directors for new Texas State University for Negroes (photo), 1947/04/04: 1, 1947/05/30: 1
    Louis, Joe
      Army service
        500 troopers want Joe Louis to teach 'em how [to box], 1943/01/08: 3
        Army denies Louis and Sugar Ray jailed in Alabama for protesting camp Jim Crow, 1944/04/07: 3
        back in states, Louis tells of 14-month tour, 1944/10/20: 3
        battle front tour to last year, 1944/03/24: 3
        Brown Bomber to remain at Camp Upton, 1942/02/13: 2
        champ in role of referee (photo), 1943/06/18: 3
        Champ Joe's wise cracking has punch, too, officer writes daily sports scribe, 1944/09/15: 3
        ex-British champion thinks sun has set on Joe Louis' career, 1944/09/01: 3
        film buddies like Joe Louis, too, in film "This Is The Army," 1943/06/25: 3
        Fish urges commission for Joe, 1942/06/12: 3
        heavyweight champ says "hello" to Buffaloes at Ft. Huachuca (photo), 1943/07/09: 3
        informal bout for troops in England (photo), 1944/05/05: 3
        Joe cheers wounded doughboys in England (photo), 1944/06/09: 3
        Joe host at Army dance, 1942/07/24: 3
        Joe Louis discharged from Army, 1945/10/05: 1
        Joe Louis exhibition troupe carries "socko" entertainment to camps, 1943/09/17: 3
        Joe sent to Aleutians, 1945/05/11: 3
        Joe to fight after the war is over, 1943/06/18: 3
        Louis celebrates 31st birthday in Aleutians, 1945/05/18: 3
        Louis-Conn fight planned for Army relief, 1942/04/10: 3
        Louis meets peerage at London tea--noble's grandchild gets autograph, 1944/07/28: 3
        Louis on Xmas furlough awaits "blessed event," 1943/01/01: 3
        race lines fade as Joe visits Durham, SC, 1944/02/25: 3
        rumor says Louis to be discharged [from Army], 1945/07/20: 3
        Sgt. Joe Louis 'captures' DC Army building [while discussing proposed tour of overseas Army camps], 1943/07/23: 3
        Sgt. Joe Louis is awarded the Legion of Merit, 1945/09/28: 1
        tour [of overseas Army camps] shelved, 1943/07/23: 3
        vets honor Joe at dinner, 1942/06/05: 3
        wounded soldier takes chance on losing sight to get peek at Joe Louis, 1944/06/23: 3
      autographs biography (photo), 1946/04/05: 3
      awards and honors
        appreciation for Joe Louis, effort is started, 1942/01/23: 7
        gets ovation in Atlanta, 1946/01/25: 3
        Joe leads 'all time great Negro athlete' poll, 1949/01/21: 3
        Joe sends message to land's worshiping boys; thousand kids stage tin can torchlight parade in Louis' honor, 1935/07/12: 3
        Louis listed in Boxing Encyclopedia (photo), 1936/06/05: 3
        Louis named as one of 10 young men of the year, 1947/01/31: 2
        New York Boxing Writers Association again honors Joe Louis, 1942/06/19: 3
        presents Sugar Ray Robinson with Eddie Neil award at New York Boxing Writers' silver anniversary dinner (photo), 1951/01/19: 3
        Ring Magazine places Joe Louis second among fighters in 1946, 1947/01/17: 2
        Sgt. Joe Louis is awarded the Legion of Merit, 1945/09/28: 1
        testimonial dinner honors Joe, 1946/12/27: 2
        to give trophy to Wilberforce-Tuskegee grid winner, 1938/10/07: 7
        vets honor Joe at dinner, 1942/06/05: 3
        wins Edward J. Neil Memorial Award by unanimous acclamation, 1941/12/19: 3
      Baer (Buddy)-Louis bout
        Bomber Joe catches up with Baer in sixth (photos), 1941/05/30: 3
        DC agog over Louis-Baer fight, 1941/05/16: 3
        King Joe blasts Baer in first round, then hurries into US Army, 1942/01/16: 3
        Louis ready for Baer tonight, 1942/01/09: 3
        Louis to fight Baer in DC, May 23, 1941/04/25: 3
      Baer (Max)-Louis bout
        finis for Baer (photo), 1935/09/27: 3
        Joe says Max Baer toughest opponent, Conn smartest, fastest, 1944/05/19: 3
        Louis will fight Baer, Schmeling, 1935/07/05: 3
        newly-wed Joe Louis crushes ex-champion Maxie Baer in fourth (photo), 1935/09/27: 1
        stupefied and out, takes the count against Louis (photo), 1935/09/27: 3
      Baptist preachers, including Dr. H. M. Smith of Bishop College, visit Joe Louis at training camp (photo), 1935/09/13: 3
      Bassey, Hogan (Kid), says Brown Bomber his inspiration, 1957/04/26: 5
      Beshore-Louis bout
        Joe's TKO of Beshore startles fight world, 1951/01/12: 5
        old Joe sharper, but still should quit, opines observer, 1951/01/19: 4
      Bivens-Louis bout
        Louis beats Bivens in dull fight, 1951/08/24: 5
        named logical contender for Louis' heavyweight crown, 1943/07/30: 3
      Black, Julian (manager)
      Blackburn, Jack (Charles Henry), trainer of Joe Louis, dies, 1942/05/01: 3
      Braddock-Louis bout
        argument over fight causes white couple to divorce, 1942/11/06: 3
        Bomber's sister believed him kayoed in first [fight between Louis and Braddock], 1937/07/02: 3
        Braddock wants to fight Louis, 1935/07/12: 3
        the new champion [comments on Joe Louis' victory over James J. Braddock] (Stray Thoughts by Nick Aaron Ford), 1937/07/02: 4
        non-title match for Louis, Jimmy Braddock proposed, 1936/10/02: 3
        ring experts rank Joe Louis over heavyweight title holder Braddock, 1936/01/03: 3
        scribe looks back on Louis-Braddock fight (by Albert O. Barnett), 1937/07/02: 2
      Brion, Cesar, beaten by Joe; he's unhappy over Walcott-Charles rematch delay, 1951/08/10: 5
      Brown Bomber watches the Brown Bombers in St. Louis (photo), 1937/09/17: 3
      Burman conked in fifth, with body punch, 1941/02/07: 3
      business activities
        elected to Directors' Board of Victory Mutual Life Insurance, 1936/03/20: 8 (filmed in 03/27 issue)
        head's nation's biggest fight promotion outfit of decade, 1949/05/13: 3
        Joe Louis Products Company started (photo), 1947/01/10: 1
        Joe seeks pay for London exhibitions, 1948/07/02: 4
        Louis is businessman now after election as a director for Victory Mutual Life (photo), 1936/03/27: 3
        may invest in Harlem with restaurant/hotel, 1938/06/10: 6
        Moulin Rouge Hotel partnership (photo), 1954/12/31: 5
        promotes bourbon bearing his name at Ellison Liquor Store; visits with Valmo Bellinger and Brother Ellison (photo), 1952/12/19: 3
        restaurant (Joe Louis Restaurant)
          aides discharged when he leaves town, 1947/02/14: 7
          new restaurant makes bid for success, 1946/10/25: 11
        to manage auto firm?, 1951/11/23: 5
      career/retirement
        See also specific boxing matches under his name
        Atlanta Air Port ga-ga over champ, 1944/01/07: 3
        Bomber may fight at San Diego Exposition, 1936/04/10: 3
        can't eat watches (as prizes), goes pro, 1935/07/26: 3
        champ Louis "breaks up" ball game, 1938/07/29: 3
        champ to fight for three more years, 1939/07/14: 3
        Champion Joe says he has no intentions of retiring from ring, 1938/01/28: 2
        championship, if he wins, means tour of Europe (photo), 1936/04/17: 3
        circus, not ring for Joe, 1950/03/31: 3
        demonstrates how he kayoed six champs, 1952/02/22: 5
        English writer has say on subject, "should Joe Louis retire?", 1941/09/26: 3
        ex-British champion thinks sun has set on Joe Louis' career, 1944/09/01: 3
        ex-CO, Lou Krem, named as publicist, 1946/05/17: 2
        gets bloody nose during training, 1946/05/10: 3
        gives statements on his retirement, 1949/03/25: 3
        his record greatest of any mitt champion, 1949/03/18: 4
        Joe changes mind--to fight again, 1948/09/24: 5
        Joe pranks with GI in Manila, 1949/05/13: 3
        loses "Boxer of the Year" title--ten Race boxers ranked by Ring magazine, 1941/01/03: 3
        Louis is year's top fister, 1938/12/30: 3
        Louis' reflexes have slowed, says fight doctor, 1948/01/02: 2
        Louis remembers Police Gazette slight as "champ" belt presented to Ezzard Charles, 1949/07/01: 4
        Louis set many records during his regime, 1948/07/09: 3
        NBA still rates Joe champion, 1948/07/23: 3
        now Joe is a Detroit deputy sheriff, 1948/08/06: 5
        offer of $30,000 guarantee to fight called a "safe" gesture, 1936/03/27: 3
        officially says he will fight Ezzard Charles for title, 1950/08/04: 3
        old Joe may never die but is sure fading away in the ring, 1951/05/11: 4
        "phooey on Gene Tunney's gab," says Black regarding remarks on Louis' abilities, 1935/12/13: 3
        quits to become promoter, 1949/03/04: 3
        the ring to see no more of "the big fist?" (photo), 1942/10/16: 3
        scribe says Blackburn, Roxborough, and Black the tug boats that bring Joe's fistic ship into harbor of fame, fortune (by Dean Gordon B. Hancock), 1939/07/21: 3
        scribe sees no competition for Bomber from current crop of Race battlers, 1936/06/12: 3
        scribe warns of poor sportsmanship in "rubbing in" Joe Louis victories (by Gordon B. Hancock), 1938/07/15: 3
        spikes rumor he'll fight Lesnivich in September, 1948/07/30: 3
        splatters Jersey Joe Walcott, announces retirement, 1948/07/02: 3
        starts on comeback trail, August 18 (photo), 1936/08/07: 3
        still the champion (photo), 1938/06/24: 3
        sues Look magazine for $500,000, 1949/01/07: 3
        Tunney says Joe, at 25, will be good enough to whip all past champs on the same night, 1936/02/07: 3
        Tunney says Joe ring's greatest fighter at 21, 1939/01/13: 3
        Uncle Sam to decide Joe's comeback future, 1950/07/28: 3
        wants to come back [to fight Ezzard Charles], it says here, 1950/03/24: 3
        well, here we go again; Joe to return to ring, 1950/07/21: 3
      charitable activities
        champ gives NAACP $2,500, 1938/07/01: 3
        contributes to Jackie Robinson wing of Sister Kenny Institute (photo), 1949/08/19: 3
        fat conservation effort helped by champ (photo), 1946/12/20: 1
        helps to fight hunger in Europe (photo), 1946/11/08: 2
        Joe buys defense bonds, too (photo), 1942/02/13: 1
        Joe gives two scholarships to Jewish group, 1949/01/28: 7
        Louis gives $5,000 to New York Hospital fund, 1948/04/02: 1
        plays Santa for Christmas broadcast (photo), 1947/01/03: 3
      Charles-Louis bout
        Joe officially says he will fight Ezzard Charles for title, 1950/08/04: 3
        Joe to get 35 per cent, Ez, 20, in title bout, 1950/08/25: 4
        Louis-Charles fight to be on television, 1950/09/22: 3
        Louis-Charles ringsiders to pay $30 for seats, 1950/09/01: 3
        plans for April Charles-Louis bout spoiled by Jersey Joe's right, 1951/03/16: 5
        they never come back; Louis defeated by Charles, 1950/09/29: 5
      Conn-Louis bout
        chitchat by Joe Louis, Billy Conn, 1945/10/12: 2
        Conn bout called off, 1942/10/02: 3
        Forbes, Frank, Negro is judge of Louis-Conn title fight, 1946/06/28: 3
        Joe flattens Conn; ends Conn's title dream, 1946/06/21: 1
        Joe Louis, Billy Conn to do battle again, 1942/09/11: 3
        Joe says Max Baer toughest opponent, Conn smartest, fastest, 1944/05/19: 3
        Joe to break Indiana camp to get ready for meeting Billy Conn, 1946/04/26: 3
        Louis comes from behind to KO Billy Conn, 1941/06/20: 3
        Louis-Conn fight planned for Army relief, 1942/04/10: 3
        New York writer says Louis-Conn fiasco not without benefits, 1942/10/09: 3
        Paris hails Joe's victory, 1946/07/05: 3
        television sets taken from UN for Louis-Conn fight, 1946/05/24: 3
      cop, in Chicago racket probe, tells how his wealth was acquired as Louis aide, 1951/06/08: 5
      denies Demo tale that he has [President] Roosevelt date at White House, 1940/10/04: 3
      divorces
      Dorazio, Gus, crushed in second; Louis in "old-time" form, 1941/02/21: 3
      Ebony magazine
        libel suit dropped, 1946/09/06: 3
        may be sued for libel, 1946/05/31: 3
      entertainment career
        Carlisle, Una Mae, singer, and Brown Bomber together in 3D feature photo (photo), 1953/08/14: 5
        Joe goes on air in barrage of guest appearances, 1940/01/26: 3
        Louis, as hoofer, coming to SA in 'Big Rhythm and Blues Show,' 1953/07/24: 7
        sports album to feature voices of Joe Louis, Jess Owens, 1955/08/12: 5
        to appear on the Jack Benny broadcast on NBC (photo), 1945/11/09: 3
      Ettore-Louis bout
        Joe takes care of Al Ettore in fifth as 40,407 fight customers pay over $200,000 to see fuss, 1936/09/25: 3
        Louis-Ettore fight films at Empire, 1936/09/25: 7
        Louis may battle Al Ettore in comeback try, 1936/07/03: 3
        Louis to fight Al Ettore on Sept. 22, 1936/08/28: 3
      family
        See also Louis, Marva
        See also Louis, Rose Morgan
        brother, Alvaniss Barrow, fined in cafe brawl, 1955/03/25: 1
        father, Monroe Barrow
          Joe investigates report that "dead" father is inmate of Ala. asylum, 1937/07/02: 3
          man who said he was father of Joe Louis, dies, 1938/12/02: 1
        mother, Lillie Barrow Brooks, succumbs in Detroit at 69, 1953/12/18: 1
        sister's graduation from Howard University was biggest thrill, 1946/08/09: 5
      farm bought by Michigan church for $58,000, 1953/06/12: 7
      Farr, Tommy, Louis out-points Farr to hold title (photo), 1937/09/03: 3
      Faulkner, Carrole Drake
        balm suit against Louis is settled out of court, 1950/07/07: 1
        'friends' won't let Capt. Faulkner change mind about 'love theft,' 1948/01/16: 1
        "God is not on Joe's side" says suing reverend, 1949/06/17: 1
        Joe must have right answers for love theft quiz next week, 1949/04/29: 3
        Joe wins first round in "love theft" bout, 1949/05/06: 1
        Louis-Faulkner love triangle now four-sided, 1948/04/16: 1
        'love theft' suit to be heard this month, 1948/10/01: 1
        model, "that way" about Joe, may go abroad, 1948/01/30: 5
        model says mate's charges against her, Louis, lies, 1948/04/09: 1
        new complexion added to heart balm suit; her latest affair may help Joe, 1949/07/29: 1
        New York model denies she is Bomber's heart interest, 1948/01/09: 1
      films
        film buddies like Joe Louis, too, in film "This Is The Army," 1943/06/25: 3
        Joe Louis, next champ, fight pictures to be shown at Strand (photo), 1935/07/19: 3
        Joe Louis picture in midnight show at Empire Theatre, Saturday, July 30, 1938/07/29: 7
        Louis-Conn fight pictures at Cameo Theatre, July 1,2, 1941/06/27: 7
        Louis-Ettore fight films at Empire, 1936/09/25: 7
        Louis-Godoy fight picture at Empire, 1940/02/16: 7
        Louis-Schmeling fight films at Empire for three days, 1938/07/01: 7
        Louis slated for starring role in all-Negro movie, 1947/07/25: 2
        next champ's movies to appear at Strand (photo), 1935/07/19: 3
      former white Georgian on West Coast blasts McLemore for attack on Joe Louis, 1939/07/21: 2
      Galento-Louis bout
        Beer Keg Galento lasts 4 rounds with Joe; end comes in 2 minutes, 29 seconds of fourth (photo), 1939/06/30: 3
        Galento, Louis sign for fight, 1938/06/10: 3
        Joe has something for you, Tony ("everybody's a bum") (photo), 1939/06/23: 3
        Louis-Galento bout a natural, says Tunney, 1939/03/24: 3
        Who Won the Louis-Galento Title Fight Anyway? (by Al White), 1939/07/07: 2
      Godoy-Louis bout
        Bomber Joe Louis wreaks vengeance on Godoy; Chilean who stayed 15 heats in Feb., out in eighth last night (photo), 1940/06/21: 2
        Godoy stays limit with Joe Louis (photos), 1940/02/16: 3
        Louis gets $55,989 for Godoy fight, 1940/06/28: 3
        Louis' title on the line (photo), 1940/02/09: 3
        Sport Sketches by Clint C. Wilson, 1940/06/14: 4
      golf
        Joe plays, granted right to play in San Diego open golf tournament, 1952/01/18: 5
        Joe quits ring, wars on Jim Crow golf, 1952/01/18: 5
        Louis to play in open golf meet, 1943/07/23: 3
        Louis to play in United Golf Association national amateur championship, 1941/08/15: 3
        plays in Houston golf tourney, 1949/06/10: 3
        wins first battle against Jim Crow golf, 1952/01/25: 5
      Hoffa rackets controversy, Joe calls Sen. McClellan of Arkansas a "liar" about, 1957/08/30: 5
      honors
        See Louis, Joe, awards and honors
      income
        earns $1,106 per minute since turning pro, 1936/01/03: 3
        income tax of $227,746 paid since 1934, 1942/01/16: 1
        Louis earns $160,000 on exhibition tour, 1949/02/18: 2
        million in earnings for Louis, 1938/04/01: 3
      income tax
        children's trust fund
          IRS demands money set aside for his children to pay back taxes, 1954/03/19: 1
          losses told in government fight for his children's funds, 1955/07/15: 1
          An Open Letter to Uncle Sam [on potential seizure of trust fund] (editorial), 1956/12/28: 4
          seizure of children's funds assailed; government takes $65,000 trust fund for taxes, 1956/12/21: 1
          US seeks grab of children's funds for payment of back taxes, 1955/07/08: 1
          US takes trust fund to satisfy tax bill, 1958/05/30: 1
        DC basketball game and variety show nets $3,497 for his tax fund, 1957/04/19: 5
        fund launched to pay his back taxes with Jack Dempsey serving as national chairman, 1957/01/25: 1
        gov't asks him to pay more than he made; $1,150,000 already paid, $1,200,00 asked, total $50,000 over earnings, 1957/02/01: 1
        interest on back taxes costing Joe Louis $275 daily, 1957/01/04: 7
        Joe, US sign tax pact, 1958/01/17: 5
        Joe doubts he'll catch up back taxes, 1956/01/13: 5
        Joe owes "Uncle" $61,221.68, 1949/12/30: 7
        Joe's "ex" fights income tax charges, 1955/04/01: 1
        Marciano, Rocky, donates $5,000 to Joe Louis fund, 1957/02/15: 5
        may get break on income tax payments, 1957/01/18: 5
        Siominski, Alfred D., Congressman introduces bill to help Joe Louis out of tax troubles, 1956/06/15: 7
        tax troubles mounting, 1956/02/10: 5
      injuries
        Joe gets ankle repaired as softball floors him--but not down for the count (photo), 1938/09/30: 2
        plays first base despite his bad ankle, 1938/10/14: 5
        shaken but uninjured in Kentucky car crash, 1940/11/29: 8 (filmed in 12/13 issue)
      Jacobs, Mike (manager)
      Johnson, Jack, picks Sharkey over Louis, 1936/08/14: 2
      Levinsky, King, Bomber has Levinsky pleading in less than two minutes; Kingfish smacked down four times, 1935/08/09: 1
      Lewis-Louis bout
        Joe Louis whips John Lewis for title, 1936/04/24: 3
        John Henry fails to last round with Joe Louis (photo), 1939/01/27: 3
        Louis starts grind for Lewis bout, 1938/01/06: 3
      Louis is idol of great American public, 1936/01/17: 2
      Marciano-Louis bout, trail's end for ol' Joe as Marciano wins with TKO, 1951/11/02: 3
      marriages
      Mauriello, Tami, chilled by Joe in 2 minutes, 9 seconds, 1946/09/20: 3
      McCoy lasts five rounds with Louis, 1940/12/20: 3
      Musto-Louis bout
        Comish bars Louis-Musto in Cleveland, 1941/03/21: 3
        Musto goes out in ninth, 1941/04/11: 3
      Navy Relief Benefit
        eulogy of Joe in Congressional Record, 1942/01/23: 3
        Jim Crow Navy to get thousands of dollars from champ Joe Louis, 1941/11/21: 3
        A Negro's Dollars Are All Right for the Navy (editorial), 1941/11/21: 4
      new book on Joe Louis, 1935/09/27: 3
      Nova-Louis bout
        Lou Nova no match for Louis, says Braddock, 1941/08/29: 3
        Louis fist blitz mows down Yogi man Nova, 1941/10/03: 3
        preparing for Nova cost Joe over $7,000, 1941/10/10: 3
      officials giving boxing black eye, says Bomber, 1954/11/26: 5
      Olson, Carl (Bobo), Brown Bomber is third man in ring with, 1954/11/12: 5
      on stand in Chicago murder trial, 1950/02/03: 1
      Pastor-Louis bout
        Joe had handlers biting their nails when he failed to finish Bob Pastor quickly, as ordered, 1939/09/29: 3
        Pastor stays 11 rounds with Joe; is down four times in first, but comes back (photo), 1939/09/22: 3
        promoters hope for $500,000 gate at Louis-Pastor fight, 1939/07/28: 3
      Paychek blasted by Louis, 1940/04/05: 3
      retirement
        See Louis, Joe, career/retirement
      Retzlaff-Louis bout
        Bomber to hit the 203 pound mark when he meets Retzlaff, Jan. 17, 1936/01/10: 3
        dynamitin' Joe Louis puts game Charley Retzlaff away after just one minute, twenty-five seconds (photo), 1936/01/24: 3
        one who will sock and one who will be socked tonight (photo), 1936/01/17: 3
      Reynolds, Grant, congratulated for GOP victory over Adam C. Powell (photo), 1946/08/30: 1
      Roper, Jack, Joe takes care of Roper in 2 minutes, 20 seconds, 1939/04/21: 3
      Roxborough, John (manager)
      Russian Champion
        Joe replies to Russian champion, 1942/07/24: 3
        Joe's letter finally reaches Red champ, Nikolai Koleyev, 1943/03/12: 4
        Red champ pens a line to Bomber, 1942/06/26: 3
        Russ champ waits word from Louis, 1942/07/17: 3
      Savold-Louis bout, Joe says he's ready for Ez after knocking out Lee Savold, 1951/06/22: 5
      Schmeling-Louis bout
        Bomber, Max plan for battle, 1936/05/08: 3
        Farr predicts Joe will beat Max Schmeling, 1937/12/31: 3
        "Joe to take Max in six" says Braddock, 1938/04/29: 3
        Louis beats Max in two minutes (photo), 1938/06/24: 1
        Louis-Schmeling fight films at Empire for three days, 1938/07/01: 7
        Louis-Schmeling fight goes to New York, 1936/03/27: 3
        Louis will fight Baer, Schmeling, 1935/07/05: 3
        many of nation's notables at Louis-Schmeling heavyweight title bout, 1938/07/01: 3
        Max certain he can beat Joe, 1938/05/13: 3
        Max Schmeling only ring foe hated by Joe Louis, 1949/01/28: 4
        More Anent That Joe Louis KO (by Al White), 1936/07/10: 5
        NAACP, Urban League to gain from title bout, 1938/05/20: 3
        Schmeling wasn't really Dempsey's pick over Joe, 1950/03/24: 3
        Schmeling will have to fight Louis in Chicago, says Black, 1937/07/09: 3
        scribe gives new angle of big fight (by Bud James), 1938/07/08: 2
        what they think of Joe Louis knockout, 1936/07/03: 3
        William Pickens says happiest folk at championship fight were the Jews, 1938/07/01: 3
      Simon-Louis bout
        Louis-Simon bout postponed again, 1941/04/18: 3
        Simon stays with Joe for nearly thirteen rounds, 1941/03/28: 3
      Sport Sketches by Clint C. Wilson, 1940/05/31: 3, 1940/06/14: 4, 1940/07/05: 3, 1941/06/27: 5
      sues Tony Galento for $250,000 for TV slander, 1957/04/12: 5
      taxes
        See Louis, Joe, income tax
      Thomas-Louis bout
        champ Louis is ready for Harry "Powerhouse" Thomas, 1938/04/01: 3
        Louis defends title tonight in Chicago (photo), 1938/04/01: 3
      tutor role
        500 troopers want Joe Louis to teach 'em how [to box], 1943/01/08: 3
        Joe's proteges to fight in K.C., 1943/01/15: 3
        overmatching mars Louis' debut as tutor, 1943/02/05: 3
        proteges to fight in K.C., 1943/01/15: 3
      Walcott-Louis bout
        Louis, Walcott to fight again after unpopular decision in last Friday's match, 1947/12/12: 3
        Louis gets $75,580; Walcott $25,960, from fight, 1947/12/19: 3
        Louis says he'll carry fight to Walcott from start, 1947/12/05: 3
        Louis splatters Jersey Joe, announces retirement, 1948/07/02: 3
        Walcott has no fear of Louis; thinks he can snatch crown, 1947/11/28: 3
      War Dads won't permit segregation at dinner for Louis and his boxers, 1943/02/05: 3
      wrestling match in Florida
        Joe, fans Jim Crowed, 1956/04/20: 5
        wife tells Joe to "leave Dixie, come home," 1956/04/20: 51956/04/20: 5
    Louis, Joe, Jr.
      young Joe Louis arrives in Chicago from Mexico City, 1947/07/11: 4
    Louis, Marva
      See also Trotter, Marva
      admires trophies of hubby's fistic prowess and American Negro Exposition in Chicago (photo), 1940/08/09: 5
      boy born to Marva as remarriage to Joe is revealed, 1947/06/13: 1
      champ Joe's wife sued for $1,500, 1944/04/07: 3
      and Chicago hotel slaying case, 1949/10/28: 1, 1950/01/06: 1
      collapses from exhaustion at Municipal Airport (photo), 1944/11/24: 5
      divorce from Joe Louis
        chance of Joe, Marva "making up" seems remote, 1941/07/18: 1
        divorce for second time ends marriage, 1949/02/25: 5
        "I love him too much," says Marva in divorcing Joe, 1945/04/06: 1
        Joe, Marva finally confer--she's willing, but champ won't be reconciled, 1941/08/01: 1
        Joe good sport as he loses one--to the judge, 1946/10/25: 11
        lawyer's fee suit against Joe deferred for duration [of war], 1942/06/19: 3
        London hears Joe-Marva rift, 1937/07/09: 3
        Louis disclaims responsibility for wife's debts--Marva seeks out-of-court settlement, 1941/07/25: 1
        Marva may drop divorce action against champion, 1945/03/30 Section 2: 1
        Marva sues Joe for divorce!, 1941/07/04: 1
        pondering divorce suit action, 1941/07/11: 3
        rumors fly about plans of Joe and Marva, 1945/05/25: 3
        and they all think that Marva Louis is wrong, 1941/08/08: 4
      fashion show tour underway (photo), 1949/11/18 Supp: 2
      income tax problem, 1953/09/18: 1, 1955/04/01: 1
      launches cosmetic business career (photo), 1946/01/04: 4
      sings in San Antonio next Friday (photo), 1944/03/10: 6, 1944/03/17: 6
      wins postponement in damage suit, 1941/10/03: 5
    Louis, Rose Morgan
      bookkeeper steals $35,000 from estranged wife of Joe Louis, 1958/03/21: 1
      divorce from Joe Louis
        denies marriage "on rocks," and his involvement with Sarah Vaughan, 1957/01/18: 6
        goes through formality of annulment, 1958/11/14: 2
        Joe's second marriage goes on rocks, 1958/09/05: 3
        "there will be no divorce" says Mrs. Joe Louis, 1957/07/19: 7
      ex-champ, bride say "I do" (photo), 1956/01/20: 6
      Joe and bride cut wedding cake (photo), 1956/01/20: 5
      Joe will be "boss" declares new Mrs. Louis, 1956/01/06: 1
    Louis, Pvt. Willie James
      SA Marine dies in coast crash at Carlsbad, Cal., 1952/01/25: 1
    Louisiana State Industrial School for Boys
      survey blasts school for boys, 1953/08/21: 1
    Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
      63 professors sign petition criticizing ACLU, 1958/07/18: 3
      segregation/integration
        honor body elects Negro girl veep, 1954/06/04: 1
        LSU won't let Globe Trotters play on campus, 1952/12/12: 1
        new Negro students barred, 1956/10/12: 1
        ordered to admit Negroes sans eligibility 'certificates,' 1957/01/25: 3
        over 100 Negroes enrolled, 1954/08/13: 3
        refuses to admit Negroes, 1950/08/04: 6
        seeks to slow Negro enrollment, 1956/02/17: 1
        trustees again vote down race ban proposal, 1956/06/08: 1
        University of Wisconsin to cancel LSU football game because of racism in pro-segregation bill in Louisiana, 1956/07/27: 5
      Tureaud, Alexander P., Jr.
        appeals to US Supreme Court in effort to oust student; says equal facilities at Negro schools, 1954/03/26: 1
        despite injunction, LSU refuses to enroll Negro, A. P. Tureaud, Jr., 1953/09/25: 3
        New Orleans youth first Negro to enter LSU Law School, 1953/10/02: 1
        ousts first Negro student on new court ruling, 1953/11/20: 1
        Supreme Court orders Louisiana State U. to readmit Negro student, 1953/11/27: 1
        Supreme Court rules LSU must admit undergrad, 1956/05/18: 1
        US District Court rules studies available only at LSU, 1953/09/18: 1
        US Fifth Circuit Cout upholds entry of Negro to LSU, 1955/09/02: 6
        wins new admission to university, 1956/01/20: 3
    Louisiana State University Law School (Baton Rouge, LA)
      Payne, Lutrill Amos, another suit against LSU in making when they deny his admission to law school, 1951/06/15: 3
      Wilson, Roy S.
        first Negro student quits; school says he was not qualified, 1951/02/09: 2
        Negro enrolls in Louisiana State University Law School, 1950/11/10: 4
        Negro in Louisiana State U. upheld by Supreme Court, 1951/01/12: 1
    Louisiana State University School of Nursing (New Orleans, LA)
      court orders Negro admitted to LSU Nursing School, 1951/11/09: 8
      Foister, Daryle, ex-Army nurse, sues to enter LSU Nursing School, 1951/10/19: 1
    Louisville, KY, Colleges
      See also University of Louisville (Louisville, KY)
      all Louisville colleges accept Negro students, 1950/08/04: 1
      Louisville Municipal College faculty members face job problem, 1950/05/12: 5
      Louisville Municipal College to close as LU drops 'Crow,' 1950/04/28: 1
    Love, Arthur, Jr.
      San Marcos names street for first GI to die in Korea, Arthur Love, Jr., 1950/10/06: 1
    Love, Charles
      "Have You Met...Charles Love" (column) (photo), 1954/11/12: 4
    Love, Florence
      passenger in car driven by Sherman R. Fogle killed when racing machines strike third car driven by Lexton McCall, 1956/09/21: 1
    Love, Jim
      funeral services held, 1934/06/15: 8 (filmed in 06/22 issue)
    Love and Mercy Civic League
      meeting of, 1939/01/13: 7
    Lovely Seven Social Club
      meeting of, 1933/10/06: 7
    Lovingood, Clarissa Azalia
      Austin girl to get Master's Degree, 1932/04/15: 1
    Lowe, Dewitt
      62-year-old prisoner dies in Robert B. Green Hospital, 1955/01/07: 1
    Lowe, J. W.
      district manager of Universal Life Insurance Company, to be speaker at Bethel AME Church (photo), 1936/09/25: 1
      veteran insurance man, claimed by death; illness of ten months is fatal to "The Old Master" (photo), 1940/02/16: 1
    Lowe, Rev. Lavalle, Jr.
      gets divinity degree from Gammon Theological Seminary, 1954/06/04: 4
    Lowery, J. D., Jr.
      authority on post office as a letter carrier and member of NAPE, as well as a sports lover (Have You Met ... column) (photo), 1954/05/21: 4
      coaching/teaching career
        attends Midwest Officials meet, 1954/08/06: 5
        Completes Training Course, Lays Plans for Fall Campaign with Wheatley Lions (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1935/07/19: 4
        honored at annual Officials Association banquet, 1956/01/13: 5
        impresses with knowledge of rules at officials meet, 1949/09/02: 3
        Keeping Faith with their Public [selected Physical Director and Coach of Phillis Wheatley High School] (editorial), 1934/01/26: 4
        quits position in school system; accepts post in mail service, 1936/08/14: 1
        Resigns as Coach and Teacher at Wheatley (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1936/08/14: 4
        serves as rules interpreter for Midwest Association's southern division clinic in Shreveport, 1957/08/16: 5
        veteran official honored (photo), 1956/01/13: 7
      elected chairman of Executive Committee of San Antonio NAACP, 1950/12/08: 1
      postal service
        attends National Alliance of Postal Employees meeting (photo), 1947/08/29: 6
        quits position in school system; accepts post in mail service, 1936/08/14: 1
        reelected president of San Antonio branch of National Alliance of Postal Employees, 1946/09/13: 6
    Lowery, J. D., Sr.
      Lowery, T. L., only nephew of late educator resides in San Antonio, 1947/08/22: 5
      principal of Cuney School receives 17-jewel watch for 50 years' service, 1941/05/30: 1
      retired principal taken by death (photo), 1947/08/15: 1
      three SA public school principals to work on month-to-month basis, 1940/04/26: 1
    Lowery, Mary Lou
      "elevator case" suspect, Honey Horton, gives up as charge filed, 1944/06/02: 1
      Horton jury unable to agree, discharged after deadlock in murder case of Mary Lou Lowery, 1944/07/28: 1
      probe continues in "elevator case" and death of Mary Lou Lowery, 1944/05/26: 1
    Lowery, T. L.
      heads American Legion sub-district, 1947/11/21: 1
      only nephew of late educator (J. D. Lowery, Sr.); resides in San Antonio, 1947/08/22: 5
    Lowery, Thomasine
      returns from Southwestern area conference, 1940/06/28: 8 (filmed in 07/05 issue)
      to attend "Y" interracial meet in Kerrville, 1940/06/14: 5
    Lowry, Rev. Frank C.
      Sentence Sermons (column), 1958/01/03: 8 (filmed in 01/10 issue), 1958/01/10: 8 (filmed on 01/17 issue)
    Lowry, Joe D.
      police officer, and ex-wife are charged in slaying of Corpus Christi physician, Dr. A. N. Prince, 1944/09/29: 1
      police officer is freed in death of Corpus physician, Dr. A. N. Prince, 1944/11/17: 1
    Loyal Legion
      Don't Be Misled by Rumors (editorial), 1932/04/22: 4
      Join the Loyal Legion [of San Antonio] (editorial), 1932/04/15: 4
      Loyal Legion day has loud opening, 1932/04/15: 1
    Loyal Neighborhood Club
      2nd anniversary celebrated, 1946/07/26 Supp: 2
      meetings in 1946, 1946/10/18 Supp: 3, 1946/11/01 Supp: 2
      meetings in 1949, 1949/01/21 Supp: 2
      meetings in 1950, 1950/12/29: 6
      renamed Alice Porter Neighborhood Club, 1948/04/16 Supp: 3
    Loyal Neighbors Social Club
      meetings in 1943, 1943/02/05: 6
      meetings in 1946, 1946/06/21 Supp: 4
    Loyal Thirteen Social Club
      See also Original Loyal 13 Social Club
      meetings in 1931, 1931/05/29: 7, 9, 1931/08/14: 6, 1931/08/21: 6, 1931/08/28: 7, 1931/09/04: 7, 1931/09/18: 7, 1931/09/25: 6, 1931/10/09: 6, 1931/10/30: 6, 1931/11/06: 6, 1931/11/13: 6, 1931/11/20: 7, 1931/12/04: 7, 1931/12/18: 6
      meetings in 1932, 1932/05/13: 5
      meetings in 1933, 1933/10/27: 7, 1933/12/08: 5, 1933/12/22: 6
      meetings in 1934, 1934/01/19: 6, 1934/06/08: 6, 1934/06/22: 6, 1934/07/13: 6, 1934/07/27: 7
      meetings in 1940, 1940/11/22: 6
      meetings in 1941, 1941/02/28: 6, 1941/03/28: 7
      meetings in 1942, 1942/04/10: 7, 1942/05/01: 7, 1942/05/08: 7, 1942/05/08: 8 (filmed in 05/22 issue), 1942/06/26: 7, 1942/07/17: 7, 1942/08/14: 7
      meetings in 1943, 1943/02/26: 6, 1943/03/12: 6, 1943/03/26: 6
      meetings in 1946, 1946/03/08 Supp: 4
      meetings in 1948, 1948/02/27: 6, 1948/03/12 Supp: 4, 1948/03/26: 4, 1948/04/09 Supp: 2, 1948/04/23 Supp: 3, 1948/06/04 Supp: 2, 1948/06/25 Supp: 2
      meetings in 1956, 1956/07/27: 6
    Loyd, Lesia Ann
      9 month old child dies, 1957/04/19: 8 (filmed in 04/26 issue)
    Lucas, Rev. A. A.
      Houston pastor and NAACP member charged in fomenting Detroit riot; Daily reporter declares pastor made "fightingest speech," 1943/07/16: 1
    Luce, Clare Boothe
      commencement speaker at Tuskegee Institute (photo), 1949/06/24: 6
      gives $10,000 to maternity hospital, 1947/03/21: 8 (filmed in 03/28 issue)
      has Negro milliner, 1946/04/05 Supp: 2
    Lucey, Archbishop Robert E.
      40th anniversary of ordination of San Antonio archbishop commemorated, 1956/05/11: 6
      addresses Knights of Peter Claver, 1956/04/27: 8 (filmed in 05/04 issue)
      bans race bars in schools; Negroes already attending six schools, three colleges in SA, 1954/04/16: 1
      honored by NAACP for contributions (photo), 1955/01/21: 6, 1955/02/11: 1, 1955/02/18: 1
      presides over pilgrimage mass at the Grotto sanctuary at Oblate School of Theology, 1958/05/09: 8 (filmed in 05/16 issue)
      special guest at CYO leaders banquet, 1953/11/27: 8
    Luck, Dudley B.
      Conoco Travel Bureau service director in town (photo), 1938/01/21: 6; 1941/07/11: 5
      new Conoco Travel Bureau service (photo), 1936/05/15: 8 (filmed in 05/22 issue)
      promoted to special marketing representative (photo), 1934/06/15: 1
    Luckey, Leon V.
      petty officer second class dedicates poem to wife (photo), 1945/07/20: 4
    Luckey, Lillie B.
      killed by 62-year-old lover, Henry Holmes, after money fuss, 1955/07/01: 1
      rites held Saturday, 1955/07/08: 2
    Lucky, Cora Lee
      death of, 1935/12/06: 8 (filmed in 12/13 issue)
    Lucky Girls Social Club
      meetings, 1932/11/04: 6, 1932/11/18: 6, 1932/12/02: 6
    Lucky Heart Social Club
      meetings in 1940, 1940/04/26: 7, 1940/05/17: 7, 1940/05/31: 6
      meetings in 1941, 1941/05/16: 7, 1941/05/23: 7, 1941/07/04: 6
    Lucky Night Club
      meetings, 1939/10/20: 6, 1939/10/27: 6
    Lucky Strike Club
      meetings, 1932/05/27: 6, 1932/06/03: 7, 1932/07/08: 7
    Lucky Twelve Social Club
      meetings in 1932, 1932/05/13: 6, 1932/05/20: 6, 1932/05/27: 7, 1932/06/10: 5, 1932/06/17: 7, 1932/06/24: 7, 1932/07/01: 6, 1932/07/08: 6, 1932/07/15: 5, 1932/07/22: 7, 1932/07/29: 6, 1932/08/05: 6, 1932/08/19: 6, 1932/09/23: 6, 1932/10/14: 7, 1932/10/21: 1, 1932/10/28: 6, 1932/11/18: 7, 1932/12/09: 7
      meetings in 1933, 1933/11/17: 6, 1933/11/24: 6, 1933/12/08: 6
    Lucy (Foster), Autherine
      gets scholarship aid from Elks, 1959/05/22: 2
      with Gus Courts
        speaks at San Antonio NAACP Freedom Rally, 1956/05/04: 1, 1956/05/11: 1
        tour to start May 6; pair schedule to appear in SA May 8, 1956/04/20: 1
      University of Alabama admissions case
        admission ruling upheld by Supreme Court, 1956/05/25: 1
        Alabama asks Supreme Court to rehear Lucy case, 1956/05/04: 5
        Alabama U. has last word; expels Autherine, 1956/03/09: 1
        Alabamans sue Miss Lucy, NAACP for $4,000,000, 1956/03/09: 1
        Autherine's case back in court, 1956/03/16: 1
        'Bama U. trustees cited in contempt in Lucy case, 1956/11/23: 1
        co-ed's suit to reenter U of A set for Feb. 29, 1956/02/17: 1
        Lucy mobster (one of white men who filed suit against her) arrested for theft from farmer, 1956/03/30: 6
        Miss Lucy to continue AU fight--reveals romance, scores Reds, 1956/04/27: 1
        riots related to
          admits 'mistake made' her charge that the university promoted mob violence, 1956/06/29: 3
          co-ed won't bow to 'Bama mob rule, 1956/02/10: 1
          flood of protests follows riot, 1956/02/17: 1
          governor blames NAACP for riots, 1956/02/24: 1
          President Eisenhower deplores riots at Alabama Univ., 1956/02/24: 4
        seeks readmittance to University of Alabama, 1956/08/24: 1
        students for admitting Lucy; officials await legal action, 1956/02/24: 1
      weds Texas pastor, C. Foster, in Dallas ceremony, 1956/04/27: 1
    Luddington, Rev. Clifford L. (West Mt. Calvary Baptist Church)
      accepts call to pastorate (photo), 1957/10/04: 8 (filmed in 10/11 issue)
      guest speaker for Guadalupe Landmark Association Presidents' Night sermon (photo), 1959/05/22: 8 (filmed in 05/29 issue)
      opens eight-night revival service (photo), 1958/03/21: 8 (filmed in 03/28 issue)
    Luke, Mrs. Fred (Dorothy Coleman)
      dies in California (photo), 1952/02/08: 8 (filmed in 02/15 issue)
    Luke, John
      Governor of St. Philip's College
        congratulates Albert "Fats" Martin on his graduation (photo), 1952/05/30: 7
        criticizes SA junior college board effort at blocking equality of city's junior colleges (Your NAACP and You), 1952/08/01: 1
        Mills, John "Bubba," ex-St. Philip's student "shocked" by article written by former 'governor' criticizing junior college board's efforts, 1952/08/08: 4
      honored by NAACP for contributions (photo), 1955/02/18: 1
      named Kool Vent Aluminum Company sales agent, 1953/11/13: 6
    Luling, Texas
      See also Caldwell County, Texas
      $100,000 school bond election to be held; city to lose accreditation if Negro school not improved, 1956/02/03: 1
      Johnson Chapel AME hosts Seguin and Gomez Temple AME churches Sunday, 1956/09/14: 8 (filmed on 09/21 issue)
      New Farmers of America (NFA) chapter has record enrollment, 1948/02/13: 2
      oldest known resident, Ben Hill, passes at 110, 1947/08/15: 1
    Lumbermen's Association for San Antonio District
      French, Lorenzo Floyd, heads district association, 1953/07/31: 1
    Lumpkin, Isaac Eric
      final rites held for infant, one month old, 1959/03/06: 8 (filmed in 03/13 issue)
    Lunceford, Jimmie
      dance fans await return of Jimmie Lunceford on March 10, 1941/02/28: 6
      dies suddenly in Oregon (photo), 1947/07/18: 1
      famed band leader sees SA from air (photo), 1945/05/18: 2
      here Monday night, 1941/03/07: 6
      in dance engagement here May 11, 1945/04/27: 6
      Jimmie Lunceford and his band at Library Auditorium Feb. 23, 1942/02/13: 6
      "King of Syncopation" here Wed., 1936/04/24: 6, 1936/05/01: 6
      Lunceford and his orchestra at Library Auditorium, 1946/03/15: 6
      overflow crowd expected to hear Lunceford, 1946/03/22: 7
      plays dance here, Monday, Feb. 5, 1940/01/26: 6
      record crowd expected to hear Jimmie Lunceford, 1940/02/02: 6, 1945/05/11: 6
      to be heard at down-town aduitorium May 11, 1945/05/04: 6
      to play dance here, 1940/01/19: 6
      widow wins $10,000 suit for use of Lunceford's name, 1949/12/30: 5
    Lunt, MSgt. McKinley
      first San Antonio Negro attached to recruiting service (photo), 1946/03/01: 1
    Luter, Alexander
      retired farmer dies in Victoria, 1959/01/16: 1
    Luter, Grace
      SA delegate to AKA South Central regional conference (photo), 1955/04/08 Supp: 3
    Luter, Joseph V.
      honored by San Antonio NAACP at annual anniversary dinner (photo), 1958/02/21: 1
    LuValle, James E. (Jimmy)
      Luvalle and Metcalfe star at Drake Relays, 1934/05/11: 3
      Luvalle to Olympic finals, 1936/07/03: 3
      runs quarter mile in fastest time this season, 1934/04/06: 3
      Santone native wins Rosenwald Fellowship for '39, 1939/05/05: 1
      Williams, Luvalle upset in 400-meter finals, 1936/07/10: 3
    Lydia Chapter No. 7
    Lydia Circle No. 4
    Lyles, Goodlo C.
      former longtime resident dies in St. Louis (photo), 1948/04/16: 1
    Lynch, Major J. R.
      ex-slave, congressman, dies in Chicago (photo), 1939/11/10: 1
    Lynchings
      See also Hate Crimes
      See also Hate Groups
      See also Mobs
      Alabama
        another name for murder, 1933/08/25: 3
        barristers make telegraph company pay for calling them 'lynch lawyers,' 1934/03/02: 1
        Birmingham
          Alabama editors think little of latest lynching, 1933/09/15: 1
          education needed to fight lynching, 1933/10/20: 8 (filmed in 10/27 issue)
        A Blow at Lynching (editorial), 1934/06/08: 4
        Carrollton, FBI investigates kidnap-beating of Alabamian, 1955/09/23: 1
        Eclectic, lynching averted as mother's rape story branded hoax, 1956/06/01: 1
        evidence points to early August 'Bama lynching, 1943/09/17: 1
        Haynesville, 16-year old Negro boy lynched by mob, 1931/08/14: 3
        Hurtsborough youth, saved from lynch mob, gets 20 years, 1947/06/27: 1
        Lowndesboro, success costs Alabaman's life, 1947/12/12: 1
        slayer of jailer said victim of 'streamlined' Alabama lynching bee, 1944/11/17: 1
        Tuscaloosa
          governor offers big lynch reward, 1933/10/06: 1
          report says innocent man lynched, 1933/11/17: 1
      anti-lynch film "Fury," a hit in New York, 1936/06/19: 4
      anti-lynching legislation
        67 congressmen pledge support of bill, 1938/11/04: 1
        76th Congress drafts new anti-lynch bill, 1938/12/02: 1
        148 congressmen to be on hand for bill, 1939/12/29: 1
        'agreement' holds up Demo. caucus on lynching bill, 1936/04/24: 1
        anti-lynch bill before Senate Committee; Tom Connally of Texas, schemes to block mob measure in hearings, 1940/01/26: 1
        anti-lynching bill introduced in Tennessee, 1931/12/11: 1
        Anti-Lynching Measure Debate to Be Long and Bitter (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1937/07/09: 4
        Attorney Gen. Cummings wires Sen. Wagner that US is powerless to act without federal law, 1938/07/22: 1
        Barkley, Alben W. (US Senator, Kentucky)
          denies "deal" made to kill lynch bill, 1940/10/04: 1
          majority leader, asked to set date for lynch bill action, 1940/04/05: 1
          mum on GOP-Demo anti-lynch bill "deal"; paper quotes him as saying bill 'dead horse' by mutual agreement, 1940/09/27: 1
          remains silent on anti-lynching bill action, 1940/04/26: 6
          says he will vote for anti-lynch bill, 1940/05/24: 4
          says he won't bring up anti-lynch bill; denies NY paper's story that he promised vote--defense comes first, 1940/08/16: 1
        Bethel AME pastor sends telegram to President to end filibuster (photo), 1938/01/21: 1
        bill must high jump Democratic strategy, 1934/05/04: 1
        Blocked in Special Session of Congress (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1937/12/10: 4
        Borah, William E.
          Borah uses anti-lynching bill as excuse for vicious attack on Negro race, 1938/01/14: 1
          meeting picketed: Senator "explains" stand on Costigan-Wagner Anti-Lynching Bill, 1936/02/07: 1
          NAACP gives lie to anti-mob claim of William E. Borah; Senator is asked embarrassing questions, 1935/12/06: 1
          Sen. Borah reiterates stand against anti-lynch bill, 1936/01/31: 1
        caucus petition on federal anti-lynching bill finally presented, 1936/05/15: 5
        CIO, AFL both behind fight for anti-lynch bill, 1938/12/30: 5
        committee okehs punishment of those failing to halt lynchings, 1949/04/29: 1
        Congress Adjourns Without Taking Action (Tid Bits from the Week's News), 1934/06/29: 4
        Connally no match for NAACP prexy Spingarn in lynch bill tiff, 1940/02/16: 1
        Senator Costigan pleads for anti-lynching bill, 1934/06/08: 1
        Costigan-Wagner bill hearings Feb. 20-21, 1934/02/16: 1
        country rallying behind NAACP anti-lynching bill, 1934/01/05: 1
        death of Senator Morris Sheppard takes away bitter foe, 1941/04/18: 1
        election victors favor lynch bill passage, 1938/11/18: 1
        expect anti-lynching bill to be taken up on floor of Senate today--Dixie Senators to battle it to last ditch, 1937/12/10: 5
        Florida Lynches Two; Need for Anti-Lynching Law (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1937/07/23: 4
        Garner, John Nance
          favors mob bill because "Negroes want it," 1940/01/26: 1
          writer says fate of lynch bill in Garner's hands (by Alvin E. White), 1940/02/02: 1
        Georgia Legislature unanimously against anti-lynching bill, 1937/12/10: 6
        GOP salons fear lynch bill won't pass in present form, 1948/05/28: 5
        hearing get under way on Senate lynching bill, 1934/03/02: 1
        hearings set for Feb. 15, 1934/02/09: 1
        House action is started on anti-lynching bill, 1939/03/31: 4
        House aid sought as anti-lynching bill locked in Senate, 1936/03/27: 8 (filmed in 04/03 issue)
        House petition for lynch bill action gets 16 signatures, 1936/04/03: 1
        Illinois House passes resolution in favor of bill, 1934/04/27: 1
        King, William E., blocks passage of mob-inviting bill in Illinois; bill would have forced Illinoisans to "testify" in other states, 1935/12/13: 1
        League for Industrial Democracy asks support of national anti-lynching bill, 1934/01/12: 1
        looming court bill debate perils anti-lynching bill, 1937/07/02: 1
        lynch bill urged at YWCA national board meeting, 1936/05/15: 8 (filmed in 05/22 issue)
        lynch petition is again held up; Demo leader ill, 1936/05/01: 1
        lynch probe bill favorably reported, 1936/02/21: 7
        lynching orgies spur move for mob legislation, 1936/05/22: 8 (filmed in 06/05 issue)
        Marshall, Thurgood, tells capacity crowd to press for US lynch law, 1955/10/28: 1
        Maverick, Maury, mayor, says Race seeks things it wants, not needs; tells collegians lynching bill won't get Negro any groceries, 1940/02/16: 1
        NAACP
          asks $5,000 to fight for anti-lynching bill, 1934/01/12: 5
          calls again for US anti-lynching law, 1947/05/30: 1
          Connally no match for NAACP prexy Spingarn in lynch bill tiff, 1940/02/16: 1
          country rallying behind NAACP anti-lynching bill, 1934/01/05: 1
          hails Mrs. Roosevelt for anti-lynch stand, 1939/01/20: 1
          lynch fight to continue says Walter White, 1938/07/08: 6
          Mitchell, Congressman A.W., charges NAACP with insincerity in fight for anti-lynching bill, communism, 1935/10/18: 1
          opens campaign for anti-lynching bill, 1938/12/16: 1
          silence greets FDR's [President Roosevelt] lynch idea, 1938/04/01: 1
          urges telegrams and messages to senators, 1934/03/09: 1
          White, Walter
            breaks with President Roosevelt, quits Virgin Islands Council in protest over silence during anti-lynching filibuster, 1935/05/17: 1
            scores anti-lynch bill filibuster, 1938/04/01: 2
        new measure introduced in Senate, 1939/01/27: 1
        nine state heads fail to answer lynching query; Allred mum; two out of office, another dead; five answer, 1936/02/21: 1
        no adjournment for Senate until lynch bill vote, 1937/07/16: 8 (filmed in 07/23 issue)
        On Writing Letters to Representatives (editorial), 1934/03/16: 4
        panicky Democratic House leaders bite nails as show-down on anti-lynching legislation looms, 1936/04/10: 1
        Passes House, Should Pass the Senate and Become Law (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1940/01/19: 4
        passes House--faces Senate filibuster, 1940/01/12: 1
        petition for lynch bill signed by 76 congressmen, 1939/04/14: 8 (filmed in 04/21 issue)
        petition now has enough names for lynch bill caucus, 1936/04/17: 5
        Pickens replies to Scott Nearing, 1933/12/29: 1
        Rankin, John E., representative from "worst American state" [Mississippi], proves leading Race baiter during House anti-lynch bill debate, 1940/01/19: 1
        Robinson, Sen. Joseph T., death brings greater dangers to anti-lynching bill, 1937/07/23: 8 (filmed in 07/30 issue)
        President Roosevelt asked to take stand on anti-lynch bill, 1940/01/12: 5
        Senate Filibusters Block Passage (Tid Bits from the Week's News), 1938/01/14: 4
        set back--comes up in January, 1937/12/24: 1
        Southern ME Church Women O.K. lynch bill, 1936/04/17: 8 (filmed in 04/24 issue)
        Southern women seek aid of president in lynch fight, 1934/01/19: 1
        Texas governor, Beauford Jester, signs Texas Lynch Law, 1949/07/15: 1
        Texas House of Representatives passes anti-lynching bill, 1949/03/11: 1
        Truman, President Harry S.
          says he will do all "possible" against lynching, 1946/09/27: 1
          US anti-lynch bill endorsed by President Truman, 1946/08/09: 4
        Two Anti-Lynching Bills (editorial), 1933/12/08: 4
        US attorney general not interested in anti-lynching bill, 1934/01/19: 7
        US wants anti-lynching law, poll reveals, 1947/07/11: 1
        What Will It Be? [comment on anti-lynching bill measure debate] (editorial), 1937/07/23: 4
        White, Walter, scores anti-lynch bill filibuster, 1938/04/01: 2
      Arkansas
        Hot Springs police thwart lynchers seeking two men, 1936/08/28: 1
        McGehee sheriff saves man from lynch-bent mob, 1941/04/18: 1
        Negro helps white man to lynch Negro, 1931/08/14: 8 (filmed in 08/21 issue)
        Pine Bluff youth swears uncle victim of police lynching, 1946/10/18: 1
      Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching (The Echo by V.C.B.), 1931/12/04: 1
      boycott effort made against National Baptist Convention, USA, in lynch protest, 1946/08/09: 5
      California
        A Bad Precedent [California lynching] (editorial), 1933/12/01: 4
        California Lynching Is Bad Precedent (Tid Bits from the Week's News), 1933/12/01: 4
        leaders condemn California governor's attitude, 1933/12/08: 1
        Negro citizens of Los Angeles demand impeachment of governor, 1933/12/08: 1
        San Jose radio broadcast causes lynching in California, 1934/10/12: 5
        Two Men, One in California and One in Mississippi, Are Lynched (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1935/08/09: 4
        Wife of California Victim Files Suit (Tid Bits from the Week's News), 1934/04/27: 4
      citizens of the South urged to take steps to curb lynching, 1934/07/20: 1
      convictions rare for lynching, cherished Southern "tradition," 1947/06/20: 4
      Council of Churches of Christ to crusade against lynching, 1932/06/10: 1
      Danish paper scores US lynch orgies, 1934/02/09: 8 (filmed in 02/16 issue)
      definitions of lynching
        new definition hikes 1946 total to 120, 1947/03/21: 2
        Tuskegee confab decides definition for lynching, 1940/12/27: 1
      Dixie women succeeding in fight against lynching, 1933/03/31: 7
      Dixie's new lynching method is to shoot in back, say "self defense," 1947/08/22: 1
      Fisk students
        hold silent parade despite refusal of parade permit, 1933/12/29: 1
        register protest with President Roosevelt, 1933/12/15: 1
      Florida
        Daytona Beach, two brothers give up in lynching of cabbie, 1939/05/12: 1
        Floridians reject governor's lynch "gift" of $237,500, 1948/04/16: 1
        Groveland mobs burn, shoot, spread terror, 1949/07/22: 1
        Madison
          Floridian lynched; governor says probe begun; man taken from unguarded jail, riddled with bullets by mob, 1945/10/19: 1
          reward of $500 offered by ILD in Florida lynching, 1945/10/26: 1
        Marianna, lynching victim taken from jail, clubbed to death in Marianna, 1943/06/18: 1
        mob lynches innocent man in Florida, 1934/02/09: 5
        Perry
          fourth suspect in Florida rape case riddled by posse, 1949/08/05: 1
          lynching confirmed by NAACP; brings year's "official" total to five, 1938/09/23: 1
        Quincy mob drags victim from ambulance to lynch him, 1941/05/16: 1
        "that was no lynching" moans Florida governor, 1946/01/11: 1
      Georgia
        Baker County (Robert Hall lynching)
          jury frees cops who lynched man, 1945/11/16: 1
          lynch cops bond set at $7500; three Georgia officers who murdered man released on bond, 1943/04/23: 1
          lynch sheriff may lose sight from gun blast, 1943/07/30: 1
          sheriff, convicted of lynching Negro, is renamed for office, 1944/03/17: 1
          US Court denies lynch sheriff new hearing, 1944/03/10: 1
          widow of man Georgia officers lynched, sues, 1944/02/04: 1
        Blakely sheriff thwarts mob, preventing lynching, 1945/07/06: 7
        Carollton sheriff saves prisoner from mob, 1947/07/11: 1
        Colquitt, another "legal lynching" as mob slays prisoner, 1945/06/22: 5
        Fairburn, GA enacts own anti-lynching law, 1946/08/09: 5
        Georgia falls from grace with 2 lynched in 2 weeks, 1933/05/19: 1
        Georgia refuses to be out-lynched by Mississippi by burning wounded farmer alive, 1938/07/15: 1
        Hall, Felix
          president told soldier lynched, 1941/04/25: 1
          provost marshal believes soldier was slain, 1941/05/02: 1
        Irwington
          lynchers freed; Georgia keeps record of infamy "perfect," 1949/06/24: 1
          lynching follows ancient pattern of Dixie race terror, 1949/06/10: 1
        LaGrange
          lynch toll rises to six as Georgia mob rides again; youth, 18, taken from jail, riddled with bullets, 1940/09/13: 1
          widow of lynched Georgian placed under $1,000 bond, 1947/07/04: 1
        lynchers of pet lion halted; Negro lynchers get victim, 1936/05/08: 7
        Lyons
          another slain at scene of 1948 lynching in Lyons, 1949/08/19: 1
          Robert Mallard lynching
            jurors on witness stand shock nation, but they can do it in Georgia, 1949/01/21: 1
            lyncher freed as jurors take stand for defendant, 1949/01/21: 1
            murder charged against one white in lynching, 1948/12/10: 1
            robed mob lynches man because he's prosperous, votes, 1948/12/03: 1
            speaking tour by lynch victim's widow folded by NAACP, 1949/05/27: 1
            widow tells of plot to hide lynching, 1948/12/03: 1
        Monroe
          churches, school, at 1946 pogrom scene, burned, 1947/12/05: 1
          federal jury to probe beating of pogrom witness, 1947/02/28: 2
          governor orders state probe of fires, 1947/12/26: 2
          lynch town described as typical of many in South, 1946/08/16: 1
          mob leader, lynchers know, but evidence is lacking in Monroe case, 1946/08/09: 1
          The Monroe Pogrom (editorial), 1946/08/02: 4
          NAACP branch raises funds for Monroe mob case, 1946/08/09: 1
          none indicted in Georgia pogrom, 1946/12/27: 1
          one attacker of pogrom witness wins acquittal, 1947/06/13: 1
          pair that beat pogrom probe witness to face grand jury, 1947/01/17: 1
          pastor reveals names of 2 witnesses to Monroe pogrom, 1946/09/20: 1
          pogroms at Monroe nothing new--eight lynched 50 years ago, 1946/08/09: 1
          probe of Georgia pogrom by US Jury said not enough, 1946/11/08: 1
          probe of Monroe lynchings at standstill--none arrested, 1946/08/23: 1
          rewards for Monroe lynchers now over $30,000, 1946/08/09: 1
          speculation rife as FBI prober of pogrom quits, 1946/08/30: 5
          technicalities hamper Georgia pogrom probe, 1946/12/20: 3 (Section 2)
          trials reset for Georgia pair in lynch case, 1947/06/20: 1
          two arrested in Monroe lynchings, 1947/01/10: 1
          two men, wives lynched in Monroe pogrom, 1946/08/02: 1
          white admits beating youth, but jury says "not guilty," 1947/03/07: 1
          witness in pogrom jury probe brutally beaten, 1947/01/10: 1
        Montgomery, Alfred, Texas soldier reported lynched in Savannah; man cut, shot, dragged to death identified as Houstonian, 1943/03/26: 1
        Nashville, three spirited away as lynching looms, 1946/11/08: 5 (Section 2)
        Valdosta, Georgia charged with another legal lynching, 1945/04/06: 1
        Waycross, cop slayer believed "legal lynching" victim, 1944/04/21: 1
        women protest lynching, 1933/07/28: 1
      Illinois
        lynchers of ex-soldier indicted by US, 1943/07/23: 1
        Mound City sheriff with machine gun stops lynch mob, 1938/09/23: 4
      Japan, Lynchers at Work in Tennessee and Japan (editorial), 1944/12/01: 4
      Kansas, suspected slayer rescued from lynch mob, 1947/02/14: 1
      Kentucky
        Harned, lynching charged as mother, three children die in fire, 1954/12/10: 1
        Perry County jailer removed as result of lynching, 1934/03/09: 1
      General Lee and lynch law, 1934/03/09: 1
      letter to governors
        Dixie governors reply to letter against lynching, 1936/01/31: 1
        governor's reply to lynch query; Texas Gov. Allred one of 13 state executives to be heard from, 1936/01/24: 1
        two more state executives reply to lynch letter; Governors of Maryland, Florida bring total to five, 1936/02/07: 7
        Unanswered [call for governors of southern states to take strong stand against lynching] (editorial), 1936/02/28: 4
      London Negroes urge US to end lynching, 1934/01/05: 1
      Louisiana
        Assumption Parrish lynch suit transferred to state's Supreme Court, 1939/05/05: 4
        eyewitness, near-victim, of La. lynching, arrives in New York, 1946/09/06: 1
        Louisiana Att'y Gen'l "disproves" boy's lynching, 1940/08/16: 5
        "lynched" boy, Norman Thibodeaux, on speaking tour, 1934/04/20: 1
        Minden
          chief cleared in Louisiana lynching, 1946/12/13: 1
          Dixie "justice" prevails--Louisiana lynchers go free, 1947/03/07: 1
          six indicted by US Jury in lynching, 1946/11/01: 1
        mob murder in North Carolina, Louisiana with two more lynchings, 1946/08/23: 1
        Opelousas
          ex-sheriff one of trio in lynching attempt, 1949/03/18: 1
          kidnapped youth escapes from lynchers, 1949/03/11: 1
        Paris woman refuses to prosecute; man killed, 1946/08/23: 1
        Ruston
          sheriff jeers at lynching legislation, implying he would not enforce laws, 1938/11/11: 1
          terror-stricken Negroes in lynch-ridden town "agree" that nothing more is to be said about mobbing, 1938/11/11: 1
          torture-lynching given jury whitewash, 1938/10/28: 1
      lynch tragedy in bronze at American Negro Expo (photo), 1940/08/09: 1
      lynchers might be tried under UN genocide pact, 1950/02/03: 1
      Maryland
        governor demands replacement of state attorney in lynching case, 1933/11/24: 1
        legislature passes lynch measure, 1933/12/22: 5
        Salisbury mob takes dying man from hospital bed to lynch, 1931/12/11: 5
      Mexico Gives Lesson in Respect for Law (The Echo by V.C.B.), 1931/10/02: 1
      Mississippi
        Belonzi
          Lee Rev. George, Congress asked by NAACP to protect Mississipians after lynching of crusading minister, 1955/05/27: 1
          two men flee state in wake of pastor George W. Lee's slaying, 1955/06/03: 1
        A Good Place to Start (editorial) [double standard of justice for Negroes], 1946/11/01: 4
        Hazelhurst, fourth lynching in one week feared as 'Sippi savages hunt wanted man, 1942/10/23: 1
        Holly Springs mob tries to lynch motorist after accident, 1946/03/22: 1
        Ike [President Eisenhower] mum on FBI withdrawal from Poplarville case, 1959/06/19: 1
        Lexington, innocent man is victim of lynching, 1946/08/09: 1
        Meridian, Eddie (Buster) Patton given new trial; man is moved to avert lynching, 1947/12/19: 1
        Mississippi indicts 17 white men for lynching, 1933/07/21: 1
        Mississippi women repudiate lynching mobs, 1932/05/13: 1
        NAACP plans program to curb 'Sippi terror, even if hands tied in Emmett Till case, 1955/10/28: 1
        Negroes "can expect no justice..." from 'Sippi officials, 1959/05/08: 1
        new form of lynch terror sweeps 'Sippi, 1948/02/27: 5
        Parker, Mack Charles
        Pittsboro white youth is whitewashed in Miss. lynching, 1950/04/28: 4
        Prentiss cops kill suspect as mob gives ultimatum, 1947/08/08: 1
        Provides the Answer [for due process of law] (editorial), 1959/05/01: 4
        Rolling Fork
          double burning marks Mississippi lynch festival, 1938/07/15: 1
          Georgia refuses to be out-lynched by Mississippi, 1938/07/15: 1
          NAACP to probe Mississippi lynching, 1938/07/15: 6
        'Sippi jury frees lynchers in ten minutes, 1946/11/01: 9
        'Sippi Rolphers foiled, 1933/12/15: 5
        Till, Emmett L.
        Two Men, One in California and One in Mississippi, Are Lynched (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1935/08/09: 4
        Wiggins investigation reveals victim was killed because he was manly, 1938/12/16: 1
      Missouri
        Missouri acts to prosecute 11 in lynching, 1934/01/19: 5
        Sikeston
          federal jury blasts failure of Sikeston police, 1942/08/07: 4
          wounded man dragged through streets till dead, set ablaze, 1942/01/30: 1
      Mormon church condemns lynching, 1933/12/22: 5
      NAACP
        anti-lynching legislation
          asks $5,000 to fight for anti-lynching bill, 1934/01/12: 5
          calls again for US anti-lynching law, 1947/05/30: 1
          Connally no match for NAACP prexy Spingarn in lynch bill tiff, 1940/02/16: 1
          country rallying behind NAACP anti-lynching bill, 1934/01/05: 1
          hails Mrs. Roosevelt for anti-lynch stand, 1939/01/20: 1
          lynch fight to continue says Walter White, 1938/07/08: 6
          Mitchell, Congressman A. W., charges NAACP with insincerity in fight for anti-lynching bill, Communism, 1935/10/18: 1
          opens campaign for anti-lynching bill, 1938/12/16: 1
          silence greets FDR [President Roosevelt]'s lynch idea, 1938/04/01: 1
          urges telegrams and messages to senators, 1934/03/09: 1
          White, Walter
            breaks with President Roosevelt, quits Virgin Islands Council in protest over silence during anti-lynching filibuster, 1935/05/17: 1
            scores anti-lynch bill filibuster, 1938/04/01: 2
        Congress asked to protect Mississippians after lynching of crusading minister, Rev. George Lee of Belonzi, 1955/05/27: 1
        Georgia
          NAACP branch raises funds for Monroe mob case, 1946/08/09: 1
          speaking tour by widow of lynch victim Robert Mallard folded by NAACP, 1949/05/27: 1
        gives lie to anti-mob claim of William E. Borah; Senator is asked embarrassing questions, 1935/12/06: 1
        NAACP attorney escapes lynching by Tennessee officials, 1946/11/29: 1
        phony lynch case solicitors warning given, 1946/08/30: 1
        plans program to curb 'Sippi terror, even if hands tied in Emmett Till case, 1955/10/28: 1
        Senator Wagner pledges continued anti-mob crusade at annual NAACP conference, 1936/07/17: 2
        statistics
          2 vets lynched at Marshall, Texas, NAACP says, 1946/08/30: 1
          4 lynched in first six months of 1940; Ass'n "inexpressibly shocked' at Tuskegee's inaccuracy--three victims white, 1940/07/12: 1
          5 lynched in '39; report says many lynchings not revealed because of new mob technique, 1940/01/05: 4
          FDR [President Roosevelt] gets tab of lynchings of his office tenure: NAACP wires mob record since March 4, 1933, 1936/05/08: 5
          Florida lynching confirmed by NAACP; brings year's "official" total to five, 1938/09/23: 1
          gives year's total lynchings as five; Tuskegee revises report, 1941/01/10: 1
          NAACP reports five, Tuskegee reports four lynchings in 1941, 1942/01/02: 1
          refutes Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching claim of "lynchless year," 1940/05/17: 1
          reveals Ala. lynching is fifth of year; Alabamans show new technique in stream-lined, hushed-up mob atrocity, 1940/08/23: 1
          statistics show increase in lynchings, 1934/01/05: 8 (filmed in 01/12 issue)
          Texas Council of Negro Organizations charges Tuskegee, NAACP statistics unreliable, 1949/03/11: 1
        to probe Mississippi lynching, 1938/07/15: 6
        warns lynch verdict is no mob cure, 1936/06/05: 7
      National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners to investigate recent lynch activities, 1933/11/03: 1
      North Carolina
        13-year old boy sought by mob, 1931/09/18: 1
        Angier
          governor declines to act in lynch case, 1947/12/26: 4
          two whites held without bond in lynch-slaying, 1948/01/16: 5
        Governor Criticized for Failing to Protect Prisoner Lynched by Mob (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1935/08/02: 4
        Jackson (Godwin "Buddy" Bush lynch attempt)
          man, taken to be lynched, tells of escape from mob, 1947/06/06: 1
          mob leader, jailer held in rehearing of lynch attempt, 1947/09/12: 1
          South Fails Again: Leader of Would-Be-lynchers Set Free (editorial), 1947/09/19: 4
          suspect escapes from lynch mob, 1947/05/30: 1
          would-be lynchers, intended victim, freed, 1947/08/15: 1
        Kingston man barely escapes lynching; girl's accusations blasted, 1931/09/25: 1
        mob murder in North Carolina, Louisiana with two more lynchings, 1946/08/23: 1
        Raleigh women try to lynch man for alleged outrage, 1933/08/18: 3
        Roxboro
          five would-be lynchers given road sentences, 1942/05/08: 4
          ten indicted for lynch attempt, 1941/10/31: 1
        vet who resists cop's brutality, ambushed, 1946/08/23: 1
        Waynesville cops save ex-GI from lynch mob, 1946/09/27: 5
      number of
        See Lynchings, Tuskegee report and other statistics
      painting of lynch scene, "American Pieta," is awarded $1,000 Carnegie prize, 1941/10/31: 1
      Parades Will Not Stop Legal Lynchings (editorial), 1931/05/29: 4
      Pennsylvania courts refuse to send 17-year-old youth back to Georgia to be lynched, 1943/04/23: 5
      Protestant Episcopal Church adopts resolution condemning lynching, 1934/11/02: 5
      President Roosevelt and
        FDR gets tab of lynchings of his office tenure: NAACP wires mob record since March 4, 1933, 1936/05/08: 5
        Fisk students register protest with President Roosevelt, 1933/12/15: 1
        For Self-Respect [comment on Walter White's break with President Roosevelt] (editorial), 1935/05/17: 4
        NAACP hails Mrs. Roosevelt for anti-lynch stand, 1939/01/20: 1
        Roosevelt asked to take stand on anti-lynch bill, 1940/01/12: 5
        silence greets FDR's lynch idea, 1938/04/01: 1
      South Carolina
        Anderson, governor orders probe as Klan runs wild; fear terrorists' activities may influence passage of anti-lynching bill, 1940/01/12: 1
        Dixie 'justice' frees another lyncher, 1947/03/14: 1
        Ellenton lynch victim shot in alleged bootleg raid, claims SC cop, 1945/11/23: 1
        governor to push probe of lynching, 1933/07/21: 1
        Greenville County constable will continue lynching arrests, 1933/12/15: 5
        Greenville widow sues under anti-lynching law, 1933/12/01: 1
        Kingstreet sheriff outtalks mob bent on lynching youth, 1947/10/03: 1
        Ninety-Six, 4 indicted in lynching, 1934/01/12: 8 (filmed in 01/19 issue)
        Pickens, Willie Earle lynching
          2 lynchers violate probation, get six months, 1947/07/04: 1
          23 admit taking part in lynching, 1947/02/28: 1
          31 cabbies indicted in lynching, 1947/03/21: 1
          31 lynchers on trial May 5, 1947/05/02: 1
          freed lyncher fined for using Negro as target, 1947/06/20: 1
          jury frees South Carolina lynchers, 1947/05/23: 1
          lynchers expected to be tried next week, 1947/03/07: 1
          lynching's 'trigger man' named by mob members, 1947/03/14: 1
          mob lynches murder suspect, 1947/02/21: 1
          mother receives $2,000 for lynching of son, 1950/03/31: 1
          trial of 31 lynchers gets under way as delay denied, 1947/05/16: 1
          victim's mother entitled to $2000, 1947/03/21: 1
        Rock Hill judge asks probe of lynch threat made in court, 1956/03/30: 1
      statistics on
        See Lynchings, Tuskegee report and other statistics
      Tennessee
        Columbia, NAACP attorney escapes lynching by Tennessee officials, 1946/11/29: 1
        governor offers reward for Tennessee lynchers, 1944/12/01: 1
        Lynchers at Work in Tennessee and Japan (editorial), 1944/12/01: 4
        lynching averted by efforts of white pastor, 1946/12/13: 1
        Nashville grand jury dismissed in lynching case, 1934/01/05: 1
        Tennessee has had anti-lynch law 67 years, but not enforced, 1948/03/19: 1
      Texas
        2 vets lynched at Marshall, Texas, NAACP says, 1946/08/30: 1
        Ames, Mrs. Jessie Daniel, white Texas woman does great work against lynching (photo), 1934/06/29: 1
        Beaumont, "lack of leadership" thwarts lynching of Texan who attacks girl to escape army service, 1943/06/18: 1
        McClain, Sammy, wanted for killing Tyler cop, near death after gun fight, 1946/07/05: 1
        Montgomery, Alfred, Texas soldier reported lynched in Georgia; man cut, shot, dragged to death identified as Houstonian, 1943/03/26: 1
        Senator seeks to have US investigate lynch outrages; Texas Governor Allred has no objections, 1936/01/10: 8 (filmed in 01/17 issue)
        Texarkana
          FBI starts probe of Texas lynching, 1942/07/31: 1
          mob lynches Willie Vinson, 1942/07/17: 1
          "no clues" to identities of unmasked men in Texarkana orgy, 1942/07/24: 1
          Texas jury gives man death in alleged attack, 1942/08/07: 1
        Texas Developing New Lynching Technique: Killing Negroes in The Courtroom (editorial), 1941/11/28: 4
        Texas sheriff saves Louisiana suspect from lynch mob, 1938/04/29: 6
      There May Be Another Today (editorial), 1936/05/08: 4
      Tuskegee Report and other statistics
        1931, lynching spurt: two in one week, 1931/08/14: 7
        1932
          11 lynchings reported in 1932, a decline of 3 from 14 reported in 1931, 1932/12/30: 1
          Lynching Declines--Congratulations (editorial), 1932/12/30: 4
        1933, number of lynchings for 1933, 1933/07/07: 3
        1934, statistics show increase in lynchings, 1934/01/05: 8 (filmed in 01/12 issue)
        1936
          anti-mob meet hears startling lynching facts, 1936/06/05: 8 (filmed in 06/12 issue)
          FDR [President Roosevelt] gets tab of lynchings of his office tenure: NAACP wires mob record since March 4, 1933, 1936/05/08: 5
        1937
          8 mob killings in 1937; one is accused of rape; Florida leads lynch parade with three, 1937/12/31: 1
          Work, M. N., says lynch report not from Tuskegee; faked report states lynchings on the decrease, 1937/12/10: 1
        1938
          6 lynched in 1938 according to Tuskegee records, 1939/01/06: 1
          Florida lynching confirmed by NAACP; brings year's "official" total to five, 1938/09/23: 1
          no lynchings are reported for first six months of '38, 1938/07/01: 1
        1939
          4 lynchings reported for first six months of 1939, 1939/07/07: 5
          5 lynched in '39; report says many lynchings not revealed because of new mob technique, 1940/01/05: 4
          Patterson, F. D., Tuskegee President, gives lynching data for year, '39, 1940/01/05: 5
        1940
          4 lynched in 1940, Tuskegee says, 1941/01/03: 1
          4 lynched in first six months of 1940; NAACP "inexpressibly shocked' at Tuskegee's inaccuracy--three victims white, 1940/07/12: 1
          recent "lynchless year" statement not authorized; interracial commission head says Mrs. Imes speaks for self, 1940/05/24: 5
        1941, 3 lynchings reported for half year (1941), 1941/07/11: 1
        1942
          1 lynched in first six months of 1942, 1942/07/17: 1
          5 lynchings reported during 1942; all mob victims Negroes; Mississippi "leads" the nation with three, 1943/01/01: 4
        1943, 3 lynchings reported for 1943, 1944/01/07: 1
        1944, 2 lynchings in 1944, as shown by records, 1945/01/05: 1
        1945, 1 lynching in 1945 reported, 1946/01/04: 1
        1946
          2 vets lynched at Marshall, Texas, NAACP says, 1946/08/30: 1
          3,422 Negroes, 1,291 whites lynched during past 64 years, 1946/08/16: 1
        1947
          1 lynching in '47; 31 are prevented, Tuskegee reports, 1948/01/09: 1
          17 lynchings prevented in first six months, 1947/08/08: 4
          4,715 total lynchings since 1882 reported by Tuskegee, 1947/06/13: 1`
        1948, 2 lynched, 19 saved from mobs in '48, 'Skegee reports, 1949/01/07: 1
        1949
          3 "clear-cut" lynchings in 1949, Tuskegee reports, 1950/01/06: 1
          Texas Council of Negro Organizations charges Tuskegee, NAACP statistics unreliable, 1949/03/11: 1
        1950, just two lynched during past year; one Negro, one white die, seven saved from lynchers, 1951/01/05: 1
        1951
          1 lynching reported, 1952/01/04: 1
          1 "official" lynching fails to tell story of 1951 hate, 1952/01/11: 1
        1952, no lynchings reported in 1952, but similar violence has not declined, 1953/01/02: 1
        1953, no lynchings again this year, Tuskegee reports, 1954/01/01: 3
        NAACP
          gives year's total lynchings as five; Tuskegee revises report, 1941/01/10: 1
          refutes Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching claim of "lynchless year," 1940/05/17: 1
          reports five, Tuskegee reports four lynchings in 1941, 1942/01/02: 1
          reveals Ala. lynching is fifth of year; Alabamans show new technique in stream-lined, hushed-up mob atrocity, 1940/08/23: 1
      Virginia
        Ballsville New Year's Eve lynching exposed, 1950/01/20: 1
        Norfolk minister's fiery death, two years ago, still mystery, 1953/06/05: 3
      "We Must Stop Mob Violence!" (commentary), 1947/06/27: 4
      West Virginia lynching may cost $10,000, 1931/12/25: 8 (filmed in 04/01/1932 issue)
      White, Walter, secretary of NAACP, breaks with President Roosevelt, quits Virgin Islands Council in protest over silence during anti-lynching filibuster, 1935/05/17: 1
      White Citizens Council pressure causes "doctoring" of TV lynch drama, 1956/05/11: 1
    Lyons, Col. Louis D.
      heart attack fatal for distinguished citizen of Austin, 1944/11/24: 1
    Lyons, Richard
      final rites held, 1959/01/09: 8 (filmed in 01/16 issue)
    Lyons, Webster
    Lyons Street Neighborhood (Club) Guild
      meetings in 1957, 1957/01/25: 6
      meetings in 1958, 1958/02/07: 8 (filmed in 02/14 issue)
    Lytle, Mrs. G. S.
      veteran Victoria teacher passes, 1942/07/17: 1
    Lytle, James Cornelius
      funeral services held Monday for retired train porter, 1950/09/15: 1

 

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