West Virginia student wins prize in writing contest
Henry B. Daniel of West Virginia State College won second prize in a south wide writing contest for the best editorial on racial segregation in education. His piece titled Segregation in Education earned $25 and argued that segregation in a democracy is odious and unsafe for minority rights. First prize went to Miss Odilia Jacques of Our Lady of the Lake College for Democracy Challenges Supremacy Myth, who received $100.
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New Orleans
ANP
Henry B. Daniel
West Virginia State College
Daniel
Odilia Jacques
Our Lady of the Lake College
KKK Leader Posts Bond Over Flogging Case
Whiteville North Carolina ANP reports Thomas L. Hamilton former grand dragon and Imperial Wizard posted bond in Columbus County on charges tied to the flogging of Mrs Evergreen Flowers a Charleston colored woman and Woodrow Johnson a White automobile mechanic. He faces a June 10 preliminary hearing and possible July Superior court term.
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Whiteville
N. C
ANP
Thomas L. Hamilton
Columbus County
Recorder’s Court
Evergreen Flowers
Charleston
Woodrow Johnson
Howard U aids blind coed to graduate next month
Howard University students and faculty organized readers and support for Geneva Harrison, a 23 year old blind coed, enabling her to complete studies in psychology and plan a return to Miami to teach blind children. Her classmates and professors provided text readers and guidance, aiding her to visualize the campus and pursue a normal life.
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Washington
ANP
Howard University
Geneva Harrison
Crandall Hall
Miss Harrison
Miami
Fla
Howard
Harrison
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Ex-Slave Amelia Lowther Dies at 104 in Detroit
Funeral services were held Wednesday at Calvary Baptist church for Amelia Glitten Lowther 104 ex slave born December 11 1847 at Lawrence Hill Georgia. The Rev Jacob C. Oglesby officiated. She was an active churchwoman who was permitted to attend a White church until emancipation.
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Detroit
ANP
Calvary Baptist Church
Amelia Glitten Lowther
Harvard
Lawrence Hill
Jacob C. Oglesby
Lowther
We Charge Genocide debated in a barber shop reading
A lower 8th avenue barber shop hosted a vigorous debate on We Charge Genocide a petition to the UN by Communists alleging U S genocide against Negro Americans. Participants weighed accuracy and implications urging officials to read and guard against acts that resemble genocide.
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New York
Global
8Th Ave
United States
Russia
U. S
Asia
Africa
Latin America
America
Lydia Pinkham medicines offer relief for middle life distress
Advert says heat waves and nervous feelings in middle life women are eased by Lydia Pinkham's Compound and Tablets. Doctors tests show relief in 63 and 80 percent of cases respectively. The ad promises complete or striking relief and urges women to try based on medical evidence.
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Lydia Pinkham
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