Nightlife in New York and Diverse Celebrities
Arkansas law graduate Spencer Andrews discusses Paul Robeson Jr and Marilyn Greenberg in New York nightlife. The piece spans race and marriage, mentions Eslanda Robeson, Louie Armstrong, Ralph Bunche, Joe Louis Barrow, Pearl Bailey, Cortez Croques, and local cultural figures in Lenox Avenue and Village scenes.
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New York
ANP
Spencer Andrews
Arkansas Law
Paul Robeson Jr
Marilyn Paula Greenberg
Ethel Sissle now housfrau to attorney Walter Gordon Jr
Ethel Sissle, divorced from bandleader Noble Sissle about two years ago, is living as the wife of attorney Walter L. Gordon Jr. She has custody of the two children from her marriage to Sissle by court order, in response to a question from L. B. Hodges of Cary, Indiana.
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Alvin
Washington, D. C
India
Robeson
Greenbery- Robeson
America
Dan Cupid
Love
Sissle Eubie Blake
Tin Pan Alley
Paula and
Paul Jr
Paul Robeson Sr
NY Daily News
Young Paul
Eslanda Robeson
Ethel Sissle
Noble Sissle
Walter L. Gordon Jr
Sissle
L. B. Hodges
Cary
Ind
Charles W. Anderson Jr. Wins Historic Kentucky Legislature Return
Charles W. Anderson Jr. becomes the first Negro member elected to Kentucky’s legislature since Reconstruction, serving six consecutive terms totaling twelve years. He also holds two terms as president of the National Negro Bar Association, shaping a career built on repeated terms and leadership.
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Charles W. Anderson Jr
Kentucky
National Negro Bar Association
Publisher defies threats to publish Divine expose
John Davis of Our World magazine announced that an upcoming August issue would carry a provocative expose on Father Divine’s movement. Despite written and verbal threats from Divine, and an intense Harlem peace mission confrontation, Davis stood by his report as journalist integrity prevailed.
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New York
Davis
Divine
Harlem
John Hunt
Father Divine
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Louie Armstrong
NW Daily News
Ralph J. Bunche
Lenox Avenue
135Th Street
Joe Louis Barrow
Sam Goldwyn
Capitol
Pearl Bailey
Billy Rose
Cortez Croques
Michael James Croques
Oakland
Calif
Gordon Croques
Cortez
Mercer Ellington
Duke
Flash Gordon
Mickey
Kro-Kay
ABC
Little Ole
New York Village
N. W
2Nd Ave
Mr. Reed
Magazine
Bilbo
Hitler
Mussolini
Victory Employment
Agency
3Rd Ave
Miami Times
Miami, Florida
McQueen’s . Sundries
14Th St
Sth Ave
Arlington Sands
Manager
M. E. Evanes
Mgr
N.W
Coleman’s
General Auto Repairing
Gulf Products Auto Accessories
3Rd Avenue
Colgate
Kodaks
Eversharp
Ronson
Harriet Hubbard Ayers
Golden Chance
Paris
Tabu
Cologne
King’s Men
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