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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1929
Page
2
A speaker in Nashville urged national election bills and tied social equality to race. He claimed whites in the South are not suited for such topics, citing census increases of mulattoes while criticizing Jim Crow theater and streetcar laws. He proposed Jim Crow bedroom laws as a remedy.
In a May 1929 exchange, a nationally respected Southern physician debunks a claim that over half of Florida’s Negro men are diseased. He argues venereal disease correlates with community health and cites Hoffman on race and longevity, urging abolition of prejudice and better Negro medicine.
Reports describe mob unrest in North Platte Nebraska where a Black man killed a policeman before taking his own life amid a gasoline siege. In Princess Anne Maryland crowds clashed on a Saturday night forcing Black residents off streets after a bottle strike injured a white girl.
The speaker discusses alleged outcomes of Negro contact with whites and questions the accuracy of white medical care for Blacks. He asserts venereal disease rates reflect overall community health and intelligence, noting white communities share similar issues where Blacks face troubles.
Atlantic City notes Samuel Allen of the New York Urban League addressing Indiana Avenue Girls Vocational School graduates. He says colored girls are overcoming prejudice and entering advancing roles in education and industry, taking stenography bookkeeping and clerical posts while urging continued training and job retention. He cites Boston Urban League efforts expanding colored men into motorman and conductor roles with positive results.
In Philadelphia Director of Safety Schofield awarded Public Ledger Medals of Merit and $50 checks to Robert A. Strange patrolman in Motor Traffic Division and Thomas Brown Colored patrolman in Detective Division for exceptional acts of bravery in the line of duty.
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