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Delegate 5th Annual Oklahoma Conference Youth Council N.A.A.C.P. Muskogee April 26th 1941

Youth Council Aid In Youth And Democracy Rally

The Tulsa NAACP Youth Council and other interested youth groups have been invited to help in the planning of the Youth and Democracy Rally to be held February 27th in the Convention Hall. The purpose of the rally is to rally the youth of the city to the true meaning and practice of democracy. Last year, Negro youth were excluded. The Youth Council vigorously protested in as much as Negroes are citizens in this democracy as others and should have been invited. This year Negro youth have not only been invited but have the chance to secure an outstanding Negro speaker as the chief speaker for the occasion.

White Youth Want Professor Howard Thurman

White youth were enthusiastic in their desire to secure Professor Howard Thurman of the School of Religion at Howard University, Washington, D.C. Many of them have heard him throughout the country and proclaim him as one of the best speakers in the United States. Professor Thurman is internationally known as a speaker, teacher, minister and world traveler. He has the distinction of speaking to many students in the leading universities such Yale, Chicago, Colgae and many others together with numerous colleges and religious gatherings. For one year, Professor Thurman and his wife, Susie Baila Thurman were resident teachers in one of the universities in India. Tulsans remember the interesting exhibit from India and lecture by Mrs. Thurman which was sponsored by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. If Tulsa is able to secure him, they will have the privilege of hearing a great speaker.

First Youth Bulletin Published

The first youth bulletin has been published by the Youth Council. In it are listed the past and present activities of the council together with a list of some of its members. Future bulletins will record the commendable achievements of Tulsa's youth. The council meets regularly at the YWCA, saturday night, at 8:30-Join it.

Youth Rally February 27

Final preparations for the annual "Youth and Democracy Rally" to be held February 27 in the First Christian church education building under the sponsorship of the Y.M.C.A., the A.Z.A. and nine other youth groups in the city, got under way this week, with the acceptance of Dr. Roy Schramm, pastor of the Broadview community church in Hartford, Conn., as guest speaker.
Two years ago, the youth rally was just an annual youth banquet held by the Y.M. and the A.Z.A., Jewish youth organization. Last year the program was expanded to include the Y.W.C.A., the Council of Churches, the Girl Reserves, Hi-Y clubs, boy scouts, Youth Commission of the Council of Churches, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Featured on the rally this year, to begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, will be three youth speakers representing the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish faiths.
Bob Donnelly will speak on "Equality," representing the Catholic faith: Howard Alexander will speak on "Liberty," representing the Jewish faith: and Isaac Flippin will speak on "Fraternity," representing the Protestant faiths.

Negro Council Withdraws from Part in Rally

The youth council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has withdrawn from participation in the "Youth and Democracy Rally," to be held Thursday night at the First Christian Church, because it objected to segregation at the meeting, it was learned Monday.
The rally is being planned by various young people's groups in the city.
According to Mary Williams, sponsor for the Negro youth organization, the council had been promised that no segregation would be enforced. The two representatives of the N.A.A.C.P. youth council were apprised of the segregation rule Saturday, she stated.
"We know about the state law," the sponsor said Monday, "but we feel that since we are fighting for youth and democracy and since the meeting is to be held in a Christian church building we shouldn't be segregated and put up in a small corner of the auditorium." The council's sponsor said the group was "quite shocked" at the decision.
 

Communism? Tulsans Are Not Taking Chances!

The second annual Youth and Democracy rally at the First Christian church Thursday night proved to be one of those affairs that everybody sponsors and hardly anyone attends.
There were perhaps 150 in the audience-not many considering that the rally was staged by the Y.M.C.A., Y.W.C.A., Council of Churches, boy scouts, University of Tulsa, Catholic Activities and 18 other large organizations. Officials of the sponsoring groups sat on the stage.
"The hardest part about planning this rally was convincing people that we were not communistic," said Robert Livingstone, the youth who presided.
An interracial trio of youth speakers included Howard Alexander, University of Tulsa student, Bob Donnelly, Marquette high school pupil, who spoke respectively on "Liberty and Democracy," "Fraternity and Democracy."
Dr. Roy Schramm, Hartford, Conn., clergyman, pleaded with the young people "not to be afraid to be individualistic."
"We need young people who have convictions, who are willing to stand on their two feet against what the crowd does," he said. He urged them to be loyal to their homes, to their country and to God.

FREE SPEECH

Negro Group Withdraws

Plans went ahead today for the "Youth and Democracy Rally," scheduled by young people's groups at 8 p.m. Thursday in the education building of the First Christian Church. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People representatives said they withdrew from the rally after they learned Negroes would be segregated. They were promised, they said, that no segregation would be enforced.

YOUTHS TO PROTEST SEGREGATION RULE

A protest against the segregation ruling between white and Negro delegates to the "Youth and Democracy Rally" to be held Thursday night will be carried to the Tulsa Council of Churches Wednesday by the councils Youth Commission. Lawrence Watts, newly elected president of the latter organization, said Tuesday night.
The Youth Commission will request from the parent council that the Negroes be admitted on the same terms as the whites. Officers of the commission elected with Watts Tuesday night were Miss Helen Chandler, vice president, and Miss Jackie Marler, secretary.
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People withdrew earlier from the rally because of the segregation rule.

Negro Youth-"Democracy" will be the topic to be discussed at 8:30 o'clock Saturday night by the Youth Council of the National Association for Advancement of Colored People, according to Mary Pittman, president. The youth group will meet at the YWCA cottage, 621 Oklahoma street.