Justice Department gets anti-Negro complaints (1-4-41)

The Pittsburgh Press (January 4, 1941)

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT GETS ANTI-NEGRO COMPLAINTS

Washington, Jan. 4 –
The Justice Department has received complaints charging discrimination against Negroes in Memphis. Ugo Carusi, executive assistant to Attorney General Jackson said:

We’re considering what action to take.

Recent dispatches from Memphis told of police picketing a Negro drugstore after its owner had sponsored a Willkie rally.

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