Farewell to Rams Redskin star Kenny Washington in LA
Thousands of pro football fans cheered Kenny Washington as he sang his farewell at the Rams Redskins game in Los Angeles. The scene was heart warming with a new car and television set noted. Rumor claims the Los Angeles NAACP faces charter loss due to alleged Communist infiltration and stagnant leadership, warning other branches to stay vigilant.
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Kenny Washington
Los Angeles
NAACP
Commie
Va hospital program wins praise from top Negro entertainers
Big Joe Albright cherishes the renewed interest by premier Black entertainers in Veterans Administration hospital programs. The NCNW led by Pittsburgh Council women Daisy Lampkin Toki Johnson and Ethel Ramos Harris drives officials to praise the effort and urge broader participation.
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Big Joe” Albright
NCNW
Pittsburgh Council of the Ladies
Daisy Lampkin
Toki Johnson
Ethel Ramos Harris
Albright Impresses Abbott Costello Cast in Los Angeles
Albright, guest of famed hat designer Mildred Blount, wowed the Abbott Costello crew in Los Angeles. The big fellow mingled with movie stars and colleagues, making a tremendous impression during his visit.
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Albright
L. A
Mildred Blount
Housing drive signaled by 81st Congress
The 81st Congress plans action on housing aimed at creating decent homes for low income people and ensuring fair treatment for all groups including groes, signaling new policy efforts in domestic housing.
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81St Congress
Egroes
Education and jobs push from Urban League drive 1949
The 1949 vocational opportunity campaign of the Urban League promotes integrated barber college training in Phoenix owned by Negroes and urges participation for better jobs. It signals a nationwide push with Washington inauguration travel and a commission report to the National Negro Business League.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Washington
The
Urban League
Five
Commission On Education
National Negro Business League
Inaugural Exhibition Features FAMU Bethune Games
In Tallahassee on January 4 1949 Florida A and M College meets Bethune Cookman College Quin tet in two exhibitions plus faculty and varsity showdowns. The events occur at the new college gymnasium during Governor in inauguration ceremonies drawing large Negro voter attendance.
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Talahassee
Florida A and M College
Bethune-Cookman College
Capitol City
College
BCC
Famcee
A and M
Prairie View and Wilberforce Set for Prairie View Bowl Crowd
A 15000 attendance is expected at Buffalo Stadium in Houston for the 20th Prairie View Bowl where Prairie View faces Wilberforce on New Year’s Day. Wilberforce appears favored based on past meetings, having beaten Grambling 7 to 0 while Prairie View was crushed 34 to 12 by the same opponent.
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Houston
Tex
ANP
Buffalo Stadium
Prairie View
Wilberforce
Panthers
Green Wave
Texas
Fred Long
P. V
Forceans
Grambling
Bears Draft Taliaferro in Historic NFL Pick
Chicago Bears become the first club to draft a Negro player in NFL history selecting George Taliaferro of Indiana. Owner-coach George Halas praised him as one of the greatest backs in the country and worth drafting. The Browns also drafted Gene Derricotte of Michigan in the All American Conference.
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Chicago
ANP
Chicago Bears
National Football League
George Taliaferro
Indiana
George Halas
Cleveland Browns
Gene Derricotte
Olivier to Produce Movie of Othello
Laurence Olivier says he will produce a film version of Shakespeare’s Othello despite American white reaction. He notes concerns about portrayal of Othello as a Negro and Desdemona as a blonde, adds that under the England America agreement they receive no dollars from American showings. Olivier, husband of Vivien Leigh, has produced Henry V and Hamlet.
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ANP
Laurence Olivier
Othello
Desdemona
Olivier
England
America
Vivien Leigh
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Leila Williams
Miami
Florida
E. T. Washington High School
Sunlight Beauty School
Northwest
Second Avenue
Val’s
William Pinder
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