The Script
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Description
"Brevard County's Only Colored Newspaper" containing church, social, and news of general interest. Circulation in Cocoa, Merritt Island, and Mims every Saturday. The Script Collection includes volume I, number 1 from July 13, 1946, through February 8, 1947 totally twenty-nine issues with contributions from Harry T. Moore. Moore (1905-1951) was the founder of the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Brevard County, Florida.
Subject
Brevard County (Fla.) -- Newspapers; Brevard (Fla.) -- Newspapers; Colored people -- Newspapers; African Americans -- Newspapers; African Americans -- Brevard County (Fla.) -- 1940s; African American Newspapers; Black Newspapers; Civil Rights Movement; People; Places; Social Life.
Subject - Personal Names
Brown, Mary Lee
Date
7-13-1946
Publisher
Elmer Silas (Cocoa, Fla.)
Description-TOC
Cocoa Gets Colored Newspaper: Script To Appear Every Saturday Says Publisher; Colored Agent Is Appointed By Green's Fuel Co.; Local Girl Dies From Knife Wound, Husband Is Held In County Jail; Central's New Agent (with photo of Mrs. Mary Lee Brown); Is The Harvest Ripe?; Colored Woman Is Stabbed Monday; City Briefs And Social News [Column]; Mt. Moriah AME Church; Sport News [Column]; Club News [Column].
Number Of Pages
8 p.
Size
23 cm x 30 cm
Repository
Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Cultural Complex
Coverage-Spatial
Brevard (Fla.)
Document Type
Newspaper
STARS Citation
The Script, "The Script, Vol. 01 No. 01, July 13, 1946" (1946). The Script. 1.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-thescript/1