The Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) met to discuss the ongoing struggle for racial equality and justice while highlighting the significance of education and intellectual pursuits.
Attorney Frank De Reeves, Board of Commissioners member in the District of Columbia, discussed the importance of direct community action and legal action in the courts to ensure full participation of American citizens in a democratic society, particularly for southern negros.
The Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA), special guest, Rev. Newman, emphasized the importance of living a righteous life by doing justly, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God.
Senator Leroy Johnson of Atlanta, GA, was a member of the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta, and came to Tuskegee University in 1965 to speak with the students about the upcoming Georgia election and how to use their voice while voting.
Ralph David Abernathy and Benjamin Mays answer the question "is it very difficult to be a Black man in America and Christian too or that Christianity is a white man's religion?"
The President’s Essay Contest, sponsored by the Trinity Church of Boston Massachusetts, award prizes to the students who wrote and delivered the best papers on the given subjects assigned for the competition.
Marian Williams, a gospel singer, provided Tuskegee Institute students with a gospel concert in realtion to the Tuskegee Civic Association meeting in 1972.
Hattie Simmons Kelly, James W. Williams and Leloa Belton being interviewed for a docmentary on Booker T. Washington and his achievements with Tuskegee University.
Interviewing Leola Belton, James W. Woodson and Dr. Luther Foster on Booker T. Washington, the creation of Tuskegee Institute, and the philosphy of his life.
Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to serve in the U.S. Congress, emphasizing the need for systemic change and collective action to achieve racial equality and social justice.
The Reverend KLB spoke on the subject of “The reaction of the Tuskegee City Council” and responsibility of Negro citizens and Mr. Emily Field, Director of the Fellowship of the reconciliation New York City.
The Tuskegee Civic Association meetign featured two speakers: Reverend P.R. Newman emphasized the importance of unity and organization in the fight for civil rights. Patrick Malan spoke on Little Rock: The 1967 Civil Rights Legislation and the future South and North.
Tonight's speaker is Reverend RB Ford of the Baptist Association. He spoke on the subject of "charity or love suffer long and this kind charity envies not charity vaunted".
The meeting was being held at the Greenwood missionary Baptist church, with special guest Reverend S.T. Martin. The message was the reaction of the Tuskegee City Council to the TC petition and the responsibility of Negro citizens.
The Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) was a nonprofit organization founded in 1941, comprised of citizens from larger Macon County, Tuskegee, AL, and Tuskegee Institute. It focused on local political and civic affairs.
Slide presentation of the Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) mass meeting, number 1 and 50, presented by Mr. I.L. Guzman of the Tuskegee Institute. In addition to a larger selection of slides, there will be short excerpts on tape from each speaker's address who appeared between mass meetings.