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Bishop II. L. S t Earlcan P. Hodge
Journalism at its Best
M arv el C o o k e ’s life sto ry is an
e x c e p tio n a l o n e, from h e r u p p er-
c la ss u p b rin g in g in a p o litic a lly
p ro g re ssiv e M in n eso ta fam ily to
h er a d u lt life as a jo u rn a lis t, trad e
u n io n ist, an d p o litic a l a c tiv ist.
A s a jo u rn a lis t, h er lan d m ark
series, “ T he B ronx S lave M ark et,”
e x p o se d the e x p lo ita tio n o f black
w o m en by w e a lth y w h ite w o m en
in N ew Y ork.
C o o k e a lso re p o rte d for a n u m ­
b e r o f o th e r p u b lic a tio n s in c lu d ­
ing the N A A C P ’s m o n th ly p u b li-
Worship Service: Sundays—8:00 A.M.
Seminars: Bible Themes— Wednesdays—6:00 P.M.
“God The Father”; “God The Son”; and “God The Holy Spirit’
Before Rosa, there was Claudette
Bishop Hodge and Congregation invite you to
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Location: 4800 NE 30th Ave.
Portland, OR. 97211
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c a tio n , th e C ris is , A m ste rd a m
n ew s, the N ew W o rld R ev iew and
the D aily C o m p ass, w here she w as
the o n ly A fric a n A m e ric a on s ta f f
as w ell as the o n ly fem ale.
S he fo u g h t fo r w o rk e rs ’ rig h ts
as a m e m b e r o f the N e w sp a p e r
G u ild , and w as c a lle d to te stify
b e fo re S e n a to r Jo se p h M cC arth y
ab o u t h er m em b ersh ip in the C o m ­
Marvel Cooke
m u n ist P arty.
“ 1 d i d n ’t r e a liz e ,” sh e to ld h av in g su ch a g re a t e x p e rie n c e .”
P h illy .co m , “ until m uch later look-
M arvel C o o k e w as b o m in 1901
ing b ack on m y life, th a t I w as a n d d ie d o fle u k e m ia a tth e a g e o f9 9 .
Claudette Colvin
C laudette C olvin is a p io n eer o f the
A frican A m erican civil rights m ovem ent.
She
d is o b e y e d
M o n tg o m e ry ,
A labam a’s bus segregation law on M arch
2,1955, nine months before the better known
Rosa Parks did, but her case was not pub­
licized at the tim e by black leaders.
W hen told to get-up from her seat,
C olvin refused and w as forcibly taken o ff
the bus by tw o police officers and taken
to jail. A t the tim e, local black
leaders believed that C o lv in ’s
case w as an appropriate one
to litigate all the w ay to the Suprem e
C ourt, as part o f a bro ad er effort to o v er­
turn segregation law s in the South.
But because o f her illegitim ate preg­
nancy, local black leaders felt that her
case w o u ld n ’t have a chance. So the
decision w as m ade to w ait until they had
a p la in tiff w ho w as m ore upstanding.
C olvin w ent to the S uprem e C ourt to
challenge the law that led to the end o f
segregation, and later com m ented that
Rosa Parks w as the right person to repre­
sent the civil rights battle.
(Obituary
W iley H ayes M arch 8, 1931-Janurary 3 1 ,2 0 1 0
Survived by H usband Frederick G. H ayes o f 58
y e a rs and in c lu d in g 3 c h ild re n : F red e ric k
Jr.W ylene and Y vonne W ile y ’s been a resident
o f Portland, O regon for 36 years. A nd w orked as
a A von representative for 35 years, M ultnom ah
C o u n ty E lection Board (! 0 yrs.) E m p lo y e d at
T ongue Point Job C orps C enter in A storia, O r­
egon (5 yrs.), N ew sp ap er carrier (10 yrs.), and
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