Transcript
Index
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:28 - Role of black churches in Beloit--churches and leadership training for youth--the influence of Reverends Fox and Brown of Emmanuel Baptist--continuity with church in Mississippi--comparison of church-going habits in Beloit and Mississippi
00:10:52 - Black churches and the adjustment to Beloit--the development of Emmanuel Baptist--establishment of New Zion
00:18:20 - Rubie Bond's conversion to Catholicism--problems for the Bond children resulting from being fair-skinned--the People's church--daughter Bernice and the Catholic church
00:30:23 - The decision to join the Catholic church--hostility to black members within the church--reaction to Pope John XXIII
00:38:40 - The problem of being a fair-skinned black person--children attacked at church--reaction of the children--homemaking to compensate for low income
00:48:09 - Housing patterns in Beloit--getting along with white neighbors
00:58:02 - Realtors and housing for black people in Beloit
01:01:06 - Continuation of comments on realtors and housing for black people in Beloit
01:02:10 - The biracial committee in the 1940s--very few accomplishments--WCC considered too pushy by this committee--the biracial committee and the Steelworkers Union
01:09:43 - The Human Rights Council in the 1950s--Dr. Lucius Porter returns from China--letter to businesses concerning job opportunities, small response--advisory nature of the Council--efforts to open public accomodations--Rubie Bond's nomination by Governor Gaylord Nelson to the Wisconsin Human Rights Council
01:17:10 - The impact of the post-World War I recession on the Beloit black community--exodus of black business and professional people from Beloit--Mr. Halliard from Morehouse College