Plain Talk on Racketeering and Black Employment Pressure
The piece describes racketeers using race to extract cash from business owners who refuse to hire Black workers. It details a cycle of intimidation, window smashing, and misused committees backed by the Harlem Labor Union as a vehicle for coercion and payoffs, highlighting racial tension and union involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Harlem Labor Union
Frank Crosswaith
CIO
AFL
HLU
HSU
Probation officer role urged to aid reform efforts
In a August 3 1946 editorial the writer argues against racial quotas in law enforcement while urging the creation of a qualified officer from the white community to bolster probation work. The piece calls for prevention, reformation, and broader staff representation to help integrate offenders back into society.
Murder in Georgia and the rise of Southern Fascism
A regional atrocity is linked to the lynching of four Black individuals in Georgia and the rise of Jim Crow oppression. The piece claims the killings signal Ku Klux Klan triumph linked to Eugene Talmadge’s election, urging federal action and public support for anti lynching campaigns and union solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
Ku Klux Klan
South
Union
America
FBI
Monroe County
White House
Polio fears and prevention urged by health column
The article discusses infantile paralysis or polio, its summer peak, and the lack of a cure. It emphasizes calm public response, early medical advice, and preventive measures. calls for clean communities, avoidance of unsafe water and unchecked waste, and cautions against tonsil or adenoid removal during outbreak season. It notes the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis aid and provides contact details and upcoming health topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
New York
Foundation
Broadway
N. Y
Hartford Tuberculosis & Public Health Society
Wethersfield Avenue
Hartford
Connecticut
Resolution Calls Joint Action Against Lynching Across States
The document urges county and state authorities to cooperate to arrest lynching suspects and calls Congress to cut FBI funding if it fails to apprehend perpetrators. It lauds Lou Harrison for aiding victims and appeals to unions and civic groups nationwide to act against lynching, affirming liberty and equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Lou Harrison
United States
College quotas and American democracy across the war era
The Summer American Scholar essay by Dan Dodson critiques higher education’s quota system, linking postwar GI education with anti prejudice reforms. It argues traditional college heritage clashes with wartime realities and urges open doors, fair hiring, and merit based admissions despite fears of minority group advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel P. Perry, Jr
Dan W. Dodson
the American Scholar
Dodson
Ley
Ehco
Boston University summer graduation set for August 17
The summer graduation will be held Saturday August 17 at 1 15 PM in the Charles Hayden Building Auditorium. Several new students enrolled at the Symphony Conservatory of Music the New England Conservatory of Music and the Boston Conservatory of Music. Ella Belle Davis dramatic soprano recently debuted in opera in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston University
Charles Hayden
Symphony Conservatory of Music
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston Conservatory of Music
Ella Belle Davis
Mexico
War
The Living South by Harold Preece
Harold Preece analyzes Georgia politics and race, urging independent challenge to Eugene Talmadge and urging school reform to battle white supremacy. He cites county unit rules, Mankin's bid, and calls for cross-racial voting, while critiquing the Democratic party as a white man’s party and warning of Babylon’s collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
South Georgia
Atlanta
Savannah
Marietta
Ellis Arnall
Helen Douglas Mankin
Rankin
Mankin
Babylon
Old South
Texas
J. Evetts Haley
Elizabeth Dilling
Hitler
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
White Man’s Party.” and Mr. Haley
Andrew Johnson
Lincoln
Harry Truman
Andy Johnson
Nation
Capitol
Washington
Senate
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Isbor
House
Sam Rayburn
North Texas
West Point admits four Negro cadets from California
The War Department reports that four Negro cadets joined the United States Military Academy at West Point this July, bringing the total admitted since 1870 to thirty. The article notes a call to end discriminatory traditions and to offer equal opportunities for all youths to pursue education and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Washington
D. C
California
United States Military Academy
New York
War Department
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Harold Preece
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