503

1987. In an oral history interview, William L. ("Little Willie") Adams, then a rising
businessman and tavern keeper, claimed that he raised money "to pay people who
walked the streets up and down Pennsylvania Avenue" during the boycott; no
supporting evidence to this surprising claim, however, has come to light; Oral
History interview, William L. Adams, MS. no. OH 8210, page 4, McKeldin-Jackson
Oral History Collection, Maryland Historical Society.

(32) Afro-American, December 16, 1933, May 5, 1934; Hunter, "Don't Buy," 118.
5/5/34. Tommy Tucker's loss of business due to the boycott was probably greater
than 60% because, with Christmas approaching, receipts normally would have been
higher than the previous week.

(33) Afro-American, December 30,1933; McGuinn, The Courts," 263; Hunter,
"Don't Buy," 119.

(34) Interview with Evelyn Burrell, October 4,1987.

(35) Afro-American, December 16, 1933.

(36) Afro-American, November 18, 25, 1933.

(37) Afro-American, November 25, 1933.

(38) Afro-American, December 16,1933.

(39) Afro-American, December 16,1933; Oral History interview, Clarence Mitchell,
MS. no. 8154, page 24, McKeldin-Jackson Oral History collection, Maryland
Historical Society.

(40) On the protest traditions of the Baltimore Black freedom movement, see
chapter 3 above; on the Euel Lee case, see chapter 5 above.

(41) Afro-American, December 30,1933; Hunter, "Don't Buy," 119; McGuinn, The
Courts," 260.

(42) Hunter, "Don't Buy," 119.

(43) Afro-American, March 17, 1934.

(44) Afro-American, May 26,1934; McGuinn, The Courts," 260,264n; Hunter,
"Don't Buy," 120.

(45) City-Wide Young People's Forum, The Fourth Annual Inter Collegiate
Oratorical, Vocal, and Instrumental Contest," 1935, [hereafter, CWYPF, "Contest"
(1935)], 12, in the Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum.

(46) Afro-American, July 4,1934; partially quoted in Farrar, "Afro," 285.