Harry H. Pace Elected to Board of Directors of Frederick Douglas Memorial Inc.
- Title of event
- Harry H. Pace Elected to Board of Directors of Frederick Douglas Memorial Inc.
- Type of event
- Meeting
- Address of event
- Harry H. Pace Elected to Board of Directors of Frederick Douglas Memorial Inc. Happened Entirely at 210, W 125th St
- Report on event
- Harry H. Pace Elected to Board of Directors of Frederick Douglas Memorial Inc. Sole event referenced by Pace Made Director of Burial Project
- Start date / time
- July 1, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Unknown
- Description
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On Monday 1 July Harry H. Pace, president of Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company of Chicago, was elected to the Board of Directors of Frederick Douglas Memorial Inc. Others elected directors at at the meeting were Thomas H. Kirton, undertaker, and C. E. Copper of the Dillard Funeral Home. Their task will be to oversee the establishment of a new cemetery to combat the segregation and barring of black individuals being interred at cemeteries in the area. The Corporation will also oversee the construction of offices and a chapel at the new cemetery which will be located on Staten Island.