DuBois to Speak at St Andrew's In Brotherhood Event
Obituary remembers Jas A. Allen, a famed detective linked to the Deer Creek and Bucktown gangs. Allen helped clean up a vice district, rose to the detective force, and earned broad respect in law enforcement circles. His widow and son mourn his passing as memories endure.
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Jas A. Allen
Jas. A. Allen
Deer Creek
Bucktown
West
Allen
General Grant
Richmond
Jim” Allen
City Hall
James
Maran wins Goncourt with Batouala amid Africa exile
Rene Maran, the Negro writer, wins the Edmond de Goncourt prize for Batouala while he toils in isolation near Lake Chad. His novel portrays a jungle chief’s love, tribal vice, and harsh critique of colonial rule. He rails against whites, portrays brutality, greed, and a society built on oppression.
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Paris
Edmond de Goncourt
Rene Maran
Batouala
Maran
Fort Archambault
Community Mourns Death Of Thomas Triplett
God called him and the community laments the loss of Thomas Triplett a native and long time leader in public service education postal work and fraternal Masonry He served as a trustee and president at the Orphan Asylum for decades and left behind a widow and many daughters as friends mourn his passing.
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Thos, Triplett
Bourne
Post Office
Odd Fellows
Orphan Asylum
Maran's Volume Sparks Debate Over Race Comments
Maran writes a volume titled A Black Looks on the Whites. His countrymen, though proud, condemn the work Batouala, arguing it could shape unfavorable American opinion of colored people. Paris circles watch for its impact on U.S. views.
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Maran
Batouala
Diagne
Paris
Debs Meets Inmate Sam Moore On Last Day
In Atlanta a notable moment of Eugene V Debs nearing release included a kiss for Sam Moore, a Black inmate serving a life term for murder who had been considered incorrigible until Debs inspired him. Debs’s last day prompted the warden to ask if he had any final questions.
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Maran
Atlanta
Eugene V Debs
Sam Moore
Debs
Dyche
Foote Sends Subscription and Moral Courage Message
Reverend Jas P Foote Bt John Tabernacle expresses support for The Union with a one year subscription payment and wishes for a clear vision and moral courage to warn the people of imminent dangers. The excerpt notes a jail scene where cries are heard and a man asks to see Sam Moore amid a heedless crowd.
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W. P. Dabney
Union
Sam Moore
Debs and Sam Moore Share Farewell Embrace
Debs enters the corridor and embraces Sam Moore as tears flow. Debs vows to fight for one more chance for Sam Moore, urging moral courage to reduce race prejudice and foster ideal Americanism.
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Debs
Moore
Sam
Sam Moore
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Eighth and
Mound Streets
the Brotherhood
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Bissiui
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Thos
Lincoln Theatre
OF First Run Pictures
WM. Fox
Aleps
Will Cameron
R. H. Davis
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Everywoman
Tim Hattie V. Ferger
Mary W. Baxter
Treas
Helen C. Walker
Willa Harrison
Margaret Davis Bowen
Thelma Moorman
Osia Matihee Kbreta Walker
Rebecca Holiday
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