Title

The Script, Vol. 01 No. 02, July 20, 1946

Authors

The Script

Files

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

Willis, Annie L.; Matthews, Willie Robert

Date

7-20-1946

Publisher

Elmer Silas (Cocoa, Fla.)

Description-TOC

Attempt Made To Rob Package Store: Owner Keeps Out Intruder Until Officers Arrive; The Script Takes Cocoa By Storm: Over 700 Copies Of First Issue Sold Last Week; Script On Sale In Melbourne, Titusville; Mrs. Annie Willis Died Here Sunday; Big Robert Killed In Pistol Prank; Sheffield Barber Shop Reopened Saturday; Funeral At Newberry For Mrs. Woodard; Arthur Cole Gets Kick Out Of Selling Paper; Navy to Resume DDT Mosquito Spraying; Transportation to Cuba To Be Resumed; Fived Injured As Their Car Turns Over; Two Agencies Are Spraying DDT In Mosquito Fight: County Mosquito Control Board Cooperates With Banana River Air Base; Arkansas May Be Second Target Ship; City Briefs and Social News [Column]; Sporting 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. 02, July 20, 1946" (1946). The Script. 2.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-thescript/2