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  NAACP Exec Assails Chester Council

  Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 26, 1962 reporting on the executive director of the Chester National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Stanley Branche, and his comments to Chester city council and students participating in the Chester Tutorial Project. He asks city council to address unfair employment practices and discriminatory housing against Black residents, and their responses are disclosed. To those involved in the Chester Tutorial Project, Branche predicts that the Chester school administration will eventually support the project.

  Tags 1962, Asbury AME Church, Chester City Council, Chester NAACP, Chester PA, Chester Tutorial project, Cheyney State College, NAACP Youth Council, Public opinion, Racial discrimination, Stanley Branche, Swarthmore College, Tutoring
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  Chester Tutorial Survives Setback

  Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 16, 1962 reporting on a meeting for the Chester NAACP Youth Council where the continuation of the Chester Tutorial Project is announced, despite the Chester Public School Superintendent's withdraw of support from the program. Spokespersons from the Youth Council, Swarthmore College, and other organizations speak about the details of how the program will proceed.

  Tags 1962, Alice Broadhead, Asbury AME Church, Charlotte Beverly, Chester NAACP, Chester PA, Chester Tutorial project, Education, George Raymond, Margaret Neisser, NAACP Youth Council, Richard James, Tim Parsons, Tutoring