Untold Story of Wendell Dabney A Virginia born reformer
The article profiles Wendell Phillips Dabney born Nov 4 1865 in Richmond Virginia later living in Cincinnati. It notes his rise as a distinguished Black figure, his musical talent first learned at home, his Oberlin education, and his political influence in Cincinnati. It highlights friendships with Ingersoll and John Pope and Dabney’s aim to write A Colored Man in A White World.
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Wendell Phillips Dabney
Richmond
Cincinnati
Dabney
John Dabney
Old Dominion
Wendell Dabney
Ohio
J. B. For
America
Solomon
Polonius
Edmonia Lewis
Dabneys
Wendell
Wendell Phillips
United States
Ingersoll
Richmond High School
Oberlin
Rocketts
Virginia
John Pope
American Tobacco Company
First Record Vote On Civil Rights Passes
Rep. Vito Marcantonio hails a 193 153 House vote as proof civil rights bills can pass this Congress. The House added an anti segregation and anti discrimination amendment to a Coast Guard Women's Reserve bill. He says leaders block record votes and that an iron curtain around civil rights was briefly raised.
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Vito Marcantonio
ALPNY
New York
House
Coast Guard
Rep
Marcantonio
Robinson Gets Ovation in Atlanta
Jackie Robinson, the Dodgers second baseman, drew an ovation from about 15,000 fans in Atlanta as he became the first Negro player to appear here with a white team against another white team. Initial boos gave way to cheers as he faced the Crackers.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Atlanta
Dodgers
Crackers
Robinson
Red Cross Fund campaign honors 100 percent plus local chairmen
Walter C. Beckford, general chairman, congratulates Made Good Records Chairmen for leading Cincinnati and Hamilton County drives in 1949. District S reached 118.6 percent of 1700, North Walnut Hills 111 percent of 1300, Madisonville 100.2 percent of 4300, and Lincoln Heights 105.3 percent of 300, with district and community leaders named.
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Walter C. Beckford
Red Cross Fund
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Beckford
Eugene F. Lacey
City
Wyolene Banks
North Walnut Hills
R. C. Christian
Lincoln Heights
Welter C. Beelford
Red Cross
E. Robbins Street
Covington
Riley Matthews
W. Court Street
Lin! Avenue
John Bell
YMCA
Melrose Avenue
Madisonville
F. B. Cann
Ward Avenue
Chester Road
Lockland
Joseph Harper
Prairie Avenue Woodlawn
Anne Cheek
Matthews Avenue
Mamie Silvers Leads YMCA Girls Support for Boys Building
Mrs Mamie Silvers presides over the Ladies Auxiliary at the Ninth Street YMCA. The group runs year round activities with a focus on the Boys Work program. The campaign aims to raise 500 dollars and indications suggest the goal will be exceeded. The campaign closes Friday night April 15.
Senate woefully gridlocked by filibuster over key House bills
Washington action stalls as Southern and Republican senators block appropriations and major laws. Bills urged include boosting minimum wage to forty cents, repealing Taft Hartley, restoring Wagner Act, Marshall Plan extensions, federal education aid, Social Security expansion, and other administration changes. The piece questions whether sixteen dollars weekly suffices for family support.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
House
House Education and Labor Committee
Woman Undertaker Freed From Drinking Preacher
Mrs. Cora Jamison Smith of 702 W Ninth Street obtained a divorce from Rev Robert E Smith a Chicago pastor. She testified the minister drank heavily kept accounts from her business and even faked his mother s death to justify leaving with another woman. The couple married in 1943 after her prior divorce from Henry Jamison and she regained her name Jamison.
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Jamison
Robert E. Smith
Chicago
Cora Jamison Smith
Ninth Street
Undertaker
Dennis J. Ryan
Common Pleas Court
Mr. Smith
Nashville
Wilberforce Fight Ends In Political Battle
The Wilberforce A M E College and Wilberforce State College dispute concludes after a legislative committee hearing. The clash escalated when Bishop Walker named Columbus attorney Ray Hughes as a trustee for the state side, declaring a hidden issue. The day ended amid heightened tensions and public attention.
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Wilberforce A. M. E. College College
Wilberforce State College
Charles H. Wesley
Legislative Committee
State College
Bishop Walker
Columbus
Ray Hughes
Mayor O Dwyer Backs United Negro College Fund Appeal
Mayor O Dwyer endorses the United Negro College Fund as it launches its sixth annual campaign. He cites democracy at home and the fund’s role in educating leaders, strengthening interracial understanding, and aiding thirty one private Negro colleges and universities in producing professionals across New York City. He urges widespread support for the 1949 appeal.
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New York
United Negro College Fund
Numbers Blues Breaks Numbers Bank in Detroit
Detroit readers hear Jimmy Preston’s Numbers Blues on Gotham records recounting a gambler who chose 367 over 369. The piece notes 369 repeated on seven days, paying out over $78,000 at one house, and the popular juke box hit spread quickly.
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Detroit
Mich
Atlas
Jimmy Preston
Gotham
Republicans Dixiecrats Kill Civil Rights
The piece notes a political defeat that harmed civil rights, crediting a coalition of 23 northern Republicans and 23 southern Dixiecrats as the force behind Truman’s setback. It hints at press underreporting and signals continuation on another page.
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Truman
Daily Press
Loyal deeds and lifelong gratitude spoken by Dabney
A speaker named Dabney expresses pride in never betraying a friend or failing to show gratitude for favors. He claims such loyalty will earn pardon from God for sins of omission and commission.
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Dabney
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Chicago Sunday Tribune
Roscoe Simmons
Robert G. Ingersoll
Star On
Guitar
Joe Reichler
Jackie Robinson
Mr. Beckford
Mamie Silvers
Campaign
New Boys
Mamie Silver
Ladies Auxiliary
Ing
Indi
Stephen M. Young
Wilberforce
O'Dwyer
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