Hubert Robinson

Life and Orange County connections

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1. by May 3, 1935 Black citizens of Chapel Hill organize the Colored Civic Club Leading Black citizens of Chapel Hill formed the Colored Civic Club 'to improve the social conditions' of the town's Black community, with Charles Craig as president and Eugene White as secretary. It met on the first Monday night of each month in the old Quaker school building on West Franklin Street. People: Hubert Robinson, Charles C. Craig, Harold M. Holmes Place: Old Quaker school building, West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: Charles Craig, Eugene WhiteSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 3, 1935, p. 1
2. May 14, 1940 Black residents hold a mass meeting to back the Negro Community Center At a mass meeting at the Black Methodist church, after songs by the Black high school's boys' and girls' choruses, Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Negro Civic League president Charles Craig and Kenneth Jones spoke and Hubert Robinson presided, and pledge cards for gifts of money or work were handed out. Pratt said the stone center, expected to cost $12,000 to $16,000, would be paid one-fourth locally, with Black residents giving the labor, and three-fourths by the WPA. People: Hubert Robinson, Joseph Hyde Pratt, Charles C. Craig, Kenneth Jones Place: Black Methodist church, Chapel Hill · Also named: Charles CraigThe Chapel Hill Weekly, May 17, 1940, p. 1
3. March 19, 1941 President Frank Graham is named to the National Defense Mediation Board President Roosevelt appointed University president Frank P. Graham to the new mediation board meant to keep strikes from slowing defense work; Graham first heard of it from Hubert Robinson, who works at the President's House and heard it on the radio. People: Frank Porter Graham, Hubert Robinson Place: President's House, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 21, 1941, p. 1
4. December 2, 1945 The Chapel Hill Recreation Commission sets up the Negro Community Center after the Navy band leaves Leaders met to open and run the Community Center the Navy band had just vacated. The nursery school took the lower floor, Henry Edwards became superintendent of the building, and Melvin J. Scales was named program director, with the center open five days a week. People: Hubert Robinson, Harold D. Meyer Place: Negro Community Center, Chapel Hill · Also named: Henry Edwards, Melvin J. ScalesThe News of Orange County (Hillsborough), December 6, 1945, p. 5
5. January 1, 1946 Chapel Hill's Black community celebrates Emancipation Day at the Community Center The Negro Community Center held an Emancipation Day program with a reading of the proclamation and an address by Dr. C. E. Boulware of North Carolina College on 'The Building of a Great People.' Pioneer citizens and club leaders were recognized. People: Hubert Robinson Place: Negro Community Center, Chapel Hill · Also named: C. E. BoulwareThe News of Orange County (Hillsborough), January 10, 1946, p. 3
6. January 12, 1948 Chapel Hill's new Community Council launches the town's first Community Fund drive Meeting in the Town Hall, the newly formed Chapel Hill Community Council chose a joint Community Fund drive as its first project, trimming the requests of the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, the white and Black recreation centers, an emergency medical care fund and the Black day nursery to a $7,500 goal, with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Green as co-chairmen. The council said it would organize a permanent Community Chest the next fall. People: Paul Green, Hubert Robinson Place: Town Hall, Chapel Hill · Also named: Mrs. Paul GreenSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), January 22, 1948, p. 1
7. February 6, 1948 Orange County organizes a unit of the American Cancer Society Twenty-five people meeting at the health department in Chapel Hill organized the Orange County unit of the American Cancer Society, electing Dr. E. G. Patterson of Chapel Hill president, Beth Forrest of Hillsboro vice president, Mrs. C. H. Pender of Cedar Grove secretary and Gilbert W. Ray treasurer. Its committee included Black members M. C. Burt, Hubert Robinson and A. L. Stanback. People: Hubert Robinson, A. L. Stanback, Gilbert W. Ray, Moses Cimuel Burt Place: Orange County health department, Chapel Hill · Also named: E. G. Patterson, Beth Forrest, Mrs. C. H. PenderSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), February 12, 1948, p. 1
8. October 4, 1948 County commissioners and school board name a citizens' committee to study capital needs Meeting jointly in the courthouse, the county commissioners and the board of education named a committee of fifteen citizens, Black and white, men and women, from all parts of the county to study county needs calling for capital outlay, as a first step toward a bond election the next year. State Senator James Webb of Hillsboro was asked to chair it and report by the December meeting. People: Collier Cobb Jr., Hubert Robinson, James S. Compton Place: Courthouse, Hillsboro · Also named: James WebbSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), October 7, 1948, p. 1
9. May 5, 1953 Hubert Robinson and Paul Wager are elected to the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen Robinson led the five candidates with 571 votes and Wager followed with 560; Kenneth Putnam took the third seat. The Weekly noted Robinson was the second Black person elected to public office in Chapel Hill, the first since Reconstruction, and it was Wager's first run for office. People: Paul W. Wager, Hubert Robinson, Edwin Sidney Lanier Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Kenneth PutnamSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 8, 1953, p. 1 (Robinson Gets Largest Vote; Other Winners: Wager, Putnam)
10. February 7, 1955 A Black delegation asks the commissioners for a gymnasium-auditorium at Lincoln High A delegation led by the Rev. Mr. Manley of Chapel Hill's First Baptist Church asked the county commissioners to make a gymnasium-auditorium at Lincoln High School, left out of the building four years earlier for cost and estimated at $100,000, the first call on capital money. They warned the school could lose its accreditation without it and also asked for water and toilets in the shop building. Alderman Hubert Robinson said the building was needed regardless of the Supreme Court's decision; the board referred them to the Board of Education. People: Hubert Robinson Place: Courthouse, Hillsborough · Also named: Manley · Also mentions: Lincoln High SchoolThe News of Orange County (Hillsborough), February 10, 1955, p. 1
11. May 7, 1957 Roland Giduz and Adelaide Walters are elected to the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen In a heavy turnout that also re-elected Mayor Oliver K. Cornwell and approved a $500,000 bond issue, voters re-elected aldermen Hubert Robinson and Paul Wager and chose two new members, Adelaide Walters and Roland Giduz. As low man among the winners, Giduz drew a two-year term. People: Roland Giduz, Paul W. Wager, Hubert Robinson, Oliver K. Cornwell, Adelaide Walters Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 10, 1957, p. 1 (Heavy Vote Approves Bond Issue and Ten Candidates for Office)
12. May–June 1957 Hubert Robinson is named Man of the Year After Robinson was re-elected alderman with the highest vote on the ticket, a group of Black citizens representing churches, fraternal organizations and civic clubs named him Man of the Year and gave a reception in his honor at the Lincoln High School gymtorium on June 11. Place: Lincoln High School, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 28, 1957, p. 5 (Hubert Robinson Honored)