Handy blasts social equality groups over blues heritage
New York dispatch quotes W C Handy at 78 blasting NAACP and other social equality groups for promoting multilingual activism over the blues. He warns the Negro is losing heritage amid calls for social security, linking Robeson and Communists, while praising Marian Anderson and Dinah Washington.
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New York
St. Louis
United Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Mr. Handy
NAACP
Marian Anderson
Dinah Washington
Todd Duncan
Wynonie Harris
Paul Robesons
If I Could Forget the Past Poem Fragment
A poem fragment laments the hold of past memories on happiness and harmony. The speaker notes a single rose that cannot bloom again and expresses belief that no force can untie the inner knot, leaving life forever altered.
Charlotte Bass Named Progressive Party Vice Presidential Candidate
A New York Negro woman, Charlotte Bass, former California Eagle publisher, has been chosen as the Progressive Party ticket’s vice presidential candidate. Bass, longtime Republican, left the party in 1948 and is the first woman named for high national office by any party since Frederick Douglass. Paul Robeson was previously linked to the presidential bid, but Vincent Hallinan was chosen instead.
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New York
ANP
Progressive Party
U. S.A
Charlotte Bass
California Eagle
West Coast
Bass
Republican Party
Frederick Douglass
Paul Robeson
Vincent Hallinan
Cry For Freedom rally to discuss treatment of Negroes in America
In Chicago at Civic Opera House on March 22 a rally titled A Cry For Freedom will address how the treatment of Black people affects U S relations with colored nations. Principal speakers include William L Patterson and Rev Jack R McMichael. Edith Sampson was invited to participate.
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CHI
America
Chicago
ANP
Civic Opera House
William L. Patterson
Civil Rights Congress
Jack R. McMichael
Methodist Federation For Social Action
Edith Sampson
Europe
U. S. State Department
Robert M. Lovett
Virgin Island
William T. Baird
Illinois Committee For Peaceful Alternatives
U. S
James E Scott Community Association announces 1952 classes
Registration opened February 25 1952 for clothing construction upholstery and furniture refinishing and home management courses. Classes run Mondays 330 630 for clothing construction Fridays 330 630 for home problems and Tuesdays 1000 330 pm for upholstering and refinishing at Liberty Square 6244 NW 14th Ave with in person registration at 6248 NW 15th Ave 9 3 pm and 330 630 pm. Sponsored by James E Scott Community Association Adult Education Division Dade County Public School System Liberty Square Housing Project.
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James E. Scott Community Association
Liberty Square
14Th Ave
15Th Ave
Dade County Public School System
Liberty Square Housing Project
E. W. Gist
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William Henry Huff
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Carver Ranches
Lovely
CBS House
Aluminum
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Carver Ranches, Inc
5Th Street
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Miami
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