Shirley Graham Leaves New York for European Research Tour
Shirley Graham, noted author, departed New York's International Airport for a European trip including research with Paris as the first stop. She plans to tour major art and literary centers, while other items note Guggenheim fellows, Afro Art bazaar events, and performances by Marian Anderson and jazz groups at Town Hall and Broadway venues.
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New York
ANP
Shirley Graham
Miss Graham
Paris
National Council of Arts, Sciences and Professions
Marian Anderson
Eli
Carnegie Hall
Bach
Beethoven
Schumann
Liszt
Twe International Singers
Clifford Kemp
Town Hall
Virgil Thompson
Norman Della Joio
Josef Alexander
Aaron Copeland
Marshall Pleads For FEPC Bill In Ohio
Thurgood Marshall NAACP special counsel testifies before an Ohio State Senate committee in Columbus urging passage of a state fair employment practice bill. He defends its constitutionality and points to New York State as precedent while opposing Don Richberg who seeks to block FEPC laws.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Senate
Thurgood Marshall
NAACP
New York State
Marshall
Donald Richberg
National Recovery
FEPC
Mississippi Veterans Hospital Hires First Negro Nurse
In Jackson Mississippi the Veterans Hospital appointed its first Black nurse to staff. Mrs Mattie Rundles currently at Baptist hospital will report May 2 to serve on the hospital team. A Hazelhurst native, she trained at Baptist hospital nurse training school and joined the staff in September 1945 after graduation.
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Jackson
Miss
ANP
Mississippi
Veteran's Hospital
Rundles
Baptist Hospital
Mattie Rundles
Hazelhurst
Baptist Hospital Nurse Training School
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Anna Wendell Bontemps
Fisk University
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Ted Ward
John Brown
Xavier and
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Norman Bell
Helen Kenyon
Dillard University
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Freedom and Fellowship
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Orin Suthern
Dilliard
Destine
Jean Leon Destine
City Center Opera
Bop City
Broadway
Ralph Watkins
Artie Shaw
Ravel
Debussey
Ella Fitzgerald
Ray Brown
Monte Kay
Bridgewater's Grocery & Market
Ieeeios
Mississippi Veterans Hospital
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H. J. Casey
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Florida Motor Lines
United States
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McQueen’s Sundries
14Th St
5Th Ave
King’s Sundries
N. W. 20Th
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Arthur King
Randolph
2Nd Ave
Esther
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Chas. Rhodriquez
Reginald Rhodriguez
Mer
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Jergen
Harriett Hubbard Ayers
Cologne
Samson Electric Iron
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