Integration Can and Does Work at This Corporation
A company reveals progress by integrating Negro and white workers since 1947. Initially segregated, the firm now staffs secretaries, clerks, managers, drivers, salespeople, and foremen across departments. Company leaders Howard Kessel and Sydney Nathan praise the program, noting shared picnics, dances, and a Christmas party with both races enjoying equal status and opportunity. The piece celebrates democracy in employment through neutral, nongraphic language.
The Betrayal Negro Blood in a White World Movie
A dramatic film raises pointed questions about racial identity and passing. It asks how many Americans would be considered Negro if neighbors knew the truth and how many with Negro blood pass as white. It also probes attitudes of Negro men toward interracial marriage and related social tensions. Continuous discussion continues on page 2.
American Negro Rising Concerted Rise Across the Nation
The United Negro College Fund outlines the remarkable expansion of Black achievement since the Freedmen's Bureau era. It cites 3200 Negro doctors 1400 dentists 800 nurses 1000 lawyers 27000 college students and thousands more professionals among nearly 14 million African Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Negro College Fund
United States
Judge Delays Palisades Pool Opening Ruling
District Judge Dominick Marconi dismissed Melba Valle's civil rights suit on the eve of Palisades Pool opening after hearing the February case. Valle, a Negro, alleged she was denied admission last summer in violation of state law. The judge refused Elfenbein a copy of the 10 page decision, citing press copies given away. Elfenbein expects reversal on appeal.
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East Rutherford
N. J
WDL
Dominick Marconi
Palisades Pool
Melba Valle
Marconi
Hiram Elfenbein
Workers Defense League
Miss Valle
Elfenbein
Old-Time Heavyweight Fighters Best
Boxing trainer Ray Arcel blasts the current heavyweight crop as lazy and poorly managed in Salute Magazine. He cites fighters who prefer drink fishing and women over real fighting and urges reforms including stronger youth clubs and purging bad managers to restore sport respect.
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Ray Arcel
Salute Magazine
Arcel
John L. Sullivan
Jake Kilrain
Sullivan
Police Athletic League
New York City
Florida Cattle Baron in Ebony profile
The article notes 60-year-old Lawrence Silas as a leading Negro cattle baron with a 20000 acre Kissimmee Valley ranch in Florida. Ebony praises his mixed crew of 24 Black and white cowhands and calls him a top cattleman and trusted broker for major operators in the state.
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Chicago
United States
Cracker
Florida
Lawrence Silas
Ebony
Sandy Kissimmee
Texas
Silas
Hampton cadets receive Regular Army commissions at first ceremony
Twenty four cadets from Hampton Institute advanced ROTC were awarded Regular Army or Reserve commissions by Col Richard H Grinder during the 78th Annual Commencement in Ogden Hall. The group had been sworn in at a Special ceremony earlier that morning.
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Hampton
Hampton Institute
Army of Reserve
Richard H. Grinder
Ogden Hall
Ata
Col. Grinder
Army Department
Race No Issue Chicago Platform Plans and Ebony View
Ebony argues in July that Philadelphia party conventions will again court Black voters but offer no real gains. It says Negroes seek prosperity and will not be fooled by promises from either major party, which break faith equally with Black and white voters.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Ebony
Dewey leads GOP race as Taft closes in in week of news
New York dispatch notes Governor Dewey leading the Republican nomination race with Senator Taft second. It reports Joe Louis predicted to retain the heavyweight title with Joe Walcott runner up, and notes Wednesday June 23 as the decision night. The piece covers the Council of African Affairs dispute over Who's Who, citing Dr. Max Yergan claiming assault by three men and naming Dr. Doxey Wilkerson, Harold Cammer, and Thomas Lloyd, all jailed on bail.
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New York
Dewey
Taft
Joe Louis
Joe Walcott
Council of African Affairs
Max Yergan
Doxey Wilkerson
Council
National Committee
Communist Party
Harold Cammer
Thomas Lloyd
Yergan
Wilkerson
Paul Robeson
Judge Struble Acquits Local Magazine Dealer
Judge Stanley Struble of Common Pleas acquitted Oscar Lerner proprietor of the Bell Block News Shop at 606 Vine Street. Lerner faced charges alleging possession and sale of Sunshine and Health, claimed to violate Ohio obscene literature laws, with the judge’s lengthy opinion finding the 1943 amendment unconstitutional.
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Ohio
Stanley Struble
Common Pleas
Oscar Lerner
Bell Block
Vine Street
Lerner
Sunshine and Health
Letter from Cleveland man to Eisenhower on segregation
The author, Dabney of Cleveland, writes April 10 1948 to President Eisenhower at Columbia University. He contrasts Butler’s religiously grounded justice with Eisenhower’s views on segregation and equality, arguing against laws forcing acceptance and praising divine and constitutional equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. J. Smith
Cleveland
Eisenhower
Dabney
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
New York City
N. Y
Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial drives training center plan
Henry L. Caravati cites Virginia shrines study praising the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial in Franklin County for its early achievements. He notes strong support from industrial, educational, civic and religious leaders, led by Memorial president S. J. Phillips, as the effort to establish an Industrial Training Center for Negroes proceeds. The U S Post Office established a Booker Washington Birthplace, Virginia office, with over 100000 pieces of mail since February 12 and a postmaster and assistant postmaster in place.
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Virginia
Old Dominion
Booker T. Washington Birthplace
Henry L. Caravati
Richmond
Washington Memorial
Booker T. Washington
Franklin County
Caravati
Washington
S. J. Phillips
United States Post Office Department
Booker Washington Birthplace
Two Grand Books on Douglass and Tubman Offer
Benjamin Quarles writes a definitive Frederick Douglass biography priced at four dollars. Combined with Conrad's Harriet Tubman biography the pair cost five dollars and forty cents. Order from C. G. Woodson Associated Publishers at 1538 Ninth St. NW Washington DC.
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Frederick Douglass
Benjamin Quarles
Conrad
Harriet Tubman
C. G. Woodson
Associated Publishers, Inc
Ninth ST
N. W
Washington, D. C
Dads of Dads Banquet Honors Columbus Father
William J. Steptoe of the Columbus Urban League was honored at the Dads of Dads banquet at the Virginia Hotel. His 11 year old son Jackie Steptoe won a county contest with a prize winning letter about his father and received a bicycle.
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Columbus, O
William J. Steptoe
Columbus Urban League
Virginia Hotel
Columbus Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Steptoe
Jackie Steptoe
Jackie
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W. P. Dabney
King
Pany
Howard Kessel
Sydney Nathan
Eral
First
Bureau
Dixie
Count A. J. Gary
Nicholas Butler
Senate Armed Services Committee
Ture
Senate
B. T. Washington’s Memorial
U. S
Europe
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