Dorsey PTA Leader Demands Decent School For Brown Children
Beatrice Robinson, president of Dorsey High PTA, spoke to the Dade County School board urging better school facilities for 1,000 pupils with only four toilets. She recalled lending $100 to the district when it was broke and asked White officials to provide decency and support, noting the community seeks help in building decent homes and schools for their children.
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Beatrice Robinson
Dorsey High School
PTA
Dade County School Board
Moving Of Children Into Unused White School Looked On With Disfavor
In New Orleans and Orleans Parish, over crowded colored schools forced Negro students into former white school buildings. The Sixth Ward Civic and Improvement Association warned a court fight to block the conversions, signaling organized opposition to desegregation moves by the school board.
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New Orleans
Orleans’ Parish
Sixth Ward
Beating The Gun By ALVIN MOSES
Alvin Moses assesses Negro players in 1949 baseball pay dynamics. He argues Satchel Paige should command a top payday despite salary norms and notes Robinson, Doby, Campanella, and others as benchmark stars. Critiques Branch Rickey and owners for rostering biases and calls for spring camp tryouts for Frank Austin and Bill Cash.
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Leroy
Satchel) Page
Robinson
Doby
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn
Branch Rickey
Rickey
Lily White
Paige
Campanella
Newscombe
Bankhead
Jim Crow
Abe Lincoln
Frank Austin
Bill Cash
Casey Stengel
Beauticians and Barbers to worship at Bethel AME Church
Beauticians Unit 7 and Barbers Local Union members will gather at Bethel AME Church on Sunday at 11 a.m. for a joint worship service. The event brings together two local trade groups for a faith observance.
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Beauticians Unit 7
Barbers Local Union
Bethel Ame Church
National Records Urges End to Race Label for Music
A B Green president of National Records calls on the recording industry to drop the term race in describing music by Negro artists. He argues for including all music under the popular category, noting artists like The Ravens and Billy Eckstine on his label and stressing democracy in cultural development.
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New York
ANP
A. B. Green
National Records
Green
Mr. Green
the Ravens
Billy Eckstine
North Carolina NAACP Drops Plan To March On Raleigh
The North Carolina State Conference of NAACP branches vetoed a proposed March on Raleigh to seek civil rights legislation. Instead the board planned a meeting with Governor Kerr Scott to discuss issues facing Black residents. The movement claimed over 25,000 registered voters.
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North Carolina
NAACP
Charlotte
N. C
ANP
North Caroina
Alexander
Raleigh
Kerr Scott
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Madison Square Garden
Horace Stonehams
Egbert G. Barree
Topping-Webb- Weiss NY Yankees
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B. Garage Henry 36Th St
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National Records Co
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