Walter White Urges Federal Action Over Zoot Suit Riots
Walter White of the NAACP condemns California Attorney General Kenney and urges President Roosevelt and key officials to remedy the evils behind the zoot suit attacks. He calls for broad corrective action against rioters in uniforms and civilians, warning against permissive conduct by armed services members.
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Walter White
U. S
New York
N. Y
Robert Kenney
California
Sec
NAACP
Roosevelt
War Stimson
Navy
Knox
Biddle
Armed Services
United States Army
Coast Guard
Marines
Sovern Liensel
Abolish Poll Tax Call Drives Political Action
A 1943 letter from George H. Bender chairman urging abolition of the poll tax to secure voting rights for Black citizens. He highlights House passage on May 25 and warns of a Senate filibuster led by Senator Bilbo. He calls for mobilizing Negro communities and appoints the National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax to supply materials.
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Eirentire
House of Representatives
National Committee
George H. Bender
Richmond Banjo and Guitar Club of 1890s Richmond
The Richmond Banjo and Guitar Club formed in Richmond Virginia in 1890 with Prof W P Dabney as director. Guests from Europe attended, the house was lavish with silk walls, and John Pope supported the band amid a challenging social climate. The piece notes the group’s fame, racial prejudice faced, and later memory of Dabney and associates.
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Richmond
Photo Mide
W. P. Dabbey
J. M. Dabney
Chris” Jackson
Sidney Mayo
Tom” Miles
Grandison Mayo
Thad” Mayo
Robert F. Dabney
Peyton. Davis
Wm Smith
Major Ginter
American Tobacco
Jouppi
Caas
Europe
Ills House
Weiri
Pope
Bamd
Dabney
Yale
Iis Memors
Alt
Mr. Pope
CAEN
HEME
John Pope
Richmond Banjo and Guitar Club
Virginia
South
Read Your Bible and Drink Living Waters of Christ
Lucius Harper of Chicago asserts the truth of God in a humble spirit. He claims writers cannot refute divine doctrine and urges readers to seek the Christ’s living waters. Continued on Page 3.
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God
Christ
Lucius Harper
Chicago
FDR Asked to Receive NAACP Statement to Nation
Washington telegram from Walter White requests a committee be received to present the Statement to the Nation adopted by the Emergency Conference on the Status of the Negro in the War for Freedom. The document urges the president to end discrimination in the armed forces and warns that democracy remains a fiction while racial exploitation continues.
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Washington, D. C
Franklin D Roosevelt
Walter White
NAACP
Association
Detroit
Akron youth reform call targets delinquency wave
Recreational Director urges a broad social and civic shift to curb youth delinquency in Akron. He blames parents for lack of discipline and worries about escalating property damage and threats to store managers leading to potential racial trouble and loss of lives.
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Akron
Eva D Bowles Dies After Brief Illness in Richmond
After a brief illness during a visit from New York to relatives in Richmond Virginia Miss Eva D Bowles died Monday morning folding her tent and silently stole away Her long public work with Y W G A civic and philanthropic causes was noted Her sister Mrs Winn travelled from Florida to Columbus Ohio for interment Thursday in Richmond she had remained mentally sharp while aiding soldiers sailors and citizens in hospital care
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New York
Richmond
Eva D. Bowles
Y. W.G.A
Winn
Florida
Colthbus
Ohio
Bowles
A. C. Davis
Nice
Union University
NAACP Urges Senators to Support Anti Poll Tax Cloture
The NAACP called on voters nationwide to flood the Senate with letters telegrams and petitions demanding cloture commitments on the anti poll tax bill now in committee. The appeal singled out Senators from states with a sizable Negro vote for pressure.
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Washington, D. C
NAACP
Senate
Child Center Opens Saturday at Stowe School
The Stowe Elementary Center, serving working mothers and their school age children, will open this Saturday, June 19, at Stowe School with Kathleen Cannady as head leader. Supported by the Lanham Grant Act, the program aims to provide care from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., with hours adjustable to local needs.
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Stowe Elementary Center
Stowe School
Kathleen Cannady
Board of Education
Little Billie Smith Richmond Artist of Wind Instruments
Richmond va musician known as Little Billie is praised for wind instrument skill and singing. He played clarinet flute and piccolo since youth with a boys quartet, bowing only to Willie Hickman. He performs publicly, values Dabney prayer songs, and is married with a son and barber business.
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Richmond
Clu
W. P
J. M. Dabney
Grandison Mayo
Little Billy” Smith
Billie
Oberlin honors graduate Jewel C Stradford earns BA degree
Jewel C Stradford, 20, daughter of C Francis Stradford of Chicago, graduated with honors from Oberlin College on June 1. An Englewood high school and Chicagoan, she earned election to the National Honor Society, joined the Oberlin Debating Team, leads the Liberal Society, serves Cosmopolitan Club secretary, and captains her class volleyball team. She won $50 in an oratorical contest and will enter the University of Chicago Law School in September.
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Jewel C. Stradford
Oberlin
Miss Stradford
Atty
C. Francis Stradford
Washington Park Court
Chicago
Engle Wood
National Slonor Society
Liberal Society
Cosmopolitan Club
University of Chicago Law School
Chicago Bee
Senator Chandler and Major Elliott Call for End to War
The passage notes Senator Chandler and Major Elliott advocating a "great offensive" aimed at destroying Japan to force Germany’s surrender and end World War II. They argue this would spare Europe further damage and reduce domestic political friction in the United States, which they describe as a melting pot of diverse descendants.
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Chandler
Major Elliott
Japan
Germany
Europe
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Los Angeles
Bate Vieblius
Congress of the United States
House of Renesentatives
Washington, DE. C
Miter Dabney
Union
Checanuti, O
Dans
Charman
Bilbo
Iamlies
Jim ‘Crowed
Gamewell Valentine
John
FDR
Wm. Bb. Smith
Willie
Hickman
Alphone J. Pennartz
Russia
India
Africa
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