National Committee Against Repressive Legislation Records, 1948-2003

 
Container Title
Session IV, 1976 March 17
Alternate Format: Audio recording of interview with Rubie Bond, March 17, 1976 available online.
Tape/Side/Part   4/2/1
Time   0:00
Introduction
Tape/Side/Part   4/2/1
Time   0:15
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
Tape/Side/Part   4/2/1
Time   11:11
Black churches and the adjustment to Beloit--the development of Emmanuel Baptist--establishment of New Zion
Tape/Side/Part   4/2/1
Time   18:37
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
Tape/Side/Part   4/2/2
Time   0:00
The decision to join the Catholic church--hostility to black members within the church--reaction to Pope John XXIII
Tape/Side/Part   4/2/2
Time   8:01
The problem of being a fair-skinned black person--children attacked at church--reaction of the children--homemaking to compensate for low income
Tape/Side/Part   4/2/2
Time   17:22
Housing patterns in Beloit--getting along with white neighbors
Tape/Side/Part   4/2/2
Time   27:07
Realtors and housing for black people in Beloit
Tape/Side/Part   4/2/3
Time   0:00
Continuation of comments on realtors and housing for black people in Beloit
Tape/Side/Part   4/2/3
Time   1:16
The biracial committee In the 1940s--very few accomplishments--WCC considered too pushy by this committee--the biracial committee and the Steelworkers Union
Tape/Side/Part   4/2/3
Time   8:46
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
Tape/Side/Part   4/2/3
Time   16:07
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