Anonymous letter on Stowe and Mercy schools stirs racial debate
The Union responds to a letter by a Black woman defender of Stowe school and Mercy Hospital, denying attacks on individuals while defending public schools and endorsing Black institutions. It argues against Jim Crow, cites jazz history and Coleridge Taylor, and asserts no political coercion guided its writings.
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Sherrock Holmes
Stowe
Dabney
Mercy Hospital
Stowe School
Marcus Garvey
New York
Oboth
United States
City Hospital
Duglass School
Coleridge Taylor
England
Bridget Wer
Beethoven
Looking Backward Nineteen Twenty Two Community Update
In nineteen twenty two, churches prosper, pastors active in ministry, and charitable institutions fare well except Mercy Hospital, a private venture raising questions about access. Schools show no new space needs, mixed schooling continues slowly, while the colored high school lacks existence and colored students attend the University. The Pekin remains busy and the Lincoln plans a grand new Central avenue theater.
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Mercy Hospital
Sinc
Cleveland
Pekin
Lincoln
Central Avenue
Christmas Dinner at Stowe School Hosted by Mrs Daisy Merchant
Mrs Daisy Merchant hosted a Christmas dinner for about fifteen hundred Stowe School pupils in the lunch room with Principal Miss Jennie Porter and teachers assisting. A carol program by the school band preceded the meal, highlighting the school’s hospitality and examples of life set before the children.
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United States
Porter
Stowe School
Jennie
Friady
Daisy Merchant
Jennie Porter
J. Frankligy Waelker
Porver
Negro civic rights and dance amid 1920s Washington scene
The article critiques African American civic progress in 1923, noting increased lodge strength and political activity, while condemning frivolous entertainment such as dances displayed in storefronts and an undertaker's window. It argues for focus on rights, thrift, and loyalty, and criticizes sensationalism around the Garvey movement and lynching debates.
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Garvey
Africa
Republican
Women’s Federation
Washington
Dyer Bill
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