The Week The Election Colored Vote Dawson and Howard
In the Dawson and Howard items the column questions how the election is colored by votes. The piece hints at political divides and the impact of electoral choices on local outcomes.
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11 Nov 1948
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The Union in Cincinnati, Ohio
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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1948
Page
1
Truman era politics and colored voters shape big acts
A column reflects on the 1948 election, noting Truman’s impact on civil rights, the role of Black voters in Illinois and Chicago wards, and the reactions of Dewey’s camp. It highlights figures like William L. Dawson and Perry W. Howard, and sketches party dynamics, with hints of Truman’s stand ahead of a broader party battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Dewey
Illinois
Chicago
Philadelphia
Birthday wishes from Rand Tyus to Dabney at 83
The letter from Randall L. Tyus Field Director of the United Negro College Fund in New York to editor W. P. Dabney of Cincinnati congratulates him on his 83rd birthday. It hopes for future visits to celebrate and mentions plans for events in New York or Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Negro College Fund
Largest Enrollment at Arkansas State A. M. & N. College
Pine Bluff Arkansas enrollment at Arkansas State A M and N College for fall quarter reaches 1 081 the largest in the 75 year history of the state supported institution for Negroes total enrollment over 2 000 includes seven Nigerian students under the American Council on African Education More than 90 percent are Arkansas residents with others from 12 states as far east as Massachusetts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Arkansas State A. M
N. College
C. S. Henderson
Nigeria
West Africa
American Council On African Education
Massachusetts
Bennett College Founders Day Marked by Historic Pioneers
The 75th anniversary observance at Bennett College in Greensboro NA celebrates the institution founded in 1873 as Bennett Seminary. Bishop Alexander P. Shaw notes the groundwork by Negro ministers, Wy man Bennett’s $10,000 gift, and the 1926 reorganization under President David Jones, expanding from 4 to 28 buildings and 929 graduates. Now 465 students from 27 states and 3 foreign countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
Alexander P. Shaw
Baltimore Area
The
Methodist Church
Bennett College
St. Matthews Church
Bennett Seminary
Wyman Bennett
David Jones
Harlem Vote and Political Pride In 1930s New York
New York columnist recounts reaction to a recent election, notes Truman praise and Harlem voting shifts. Mentions Congressman William L. Dawson and historic Black lawmakers. References to Oscar Daziest and Frederick Douglass, with a tease of continuation on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Truman
William L. Dawson
Oscar Daziest
Dawson
Congress
Chicago
Mitchell
Mason and Dixon Line
Oscar
White
North Carolina
Frederick Douglass
Howard Edges Hampton 6-0 in Homecoming Contest
Howard University routed Hampton 6-0 before 6,500 at Homecoming. Hampton’s passing attack sparked late but could not overcome Howard’s defense and the Pirates fell short in the Saturday game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton, Van Hampton _Institute
Pirates
Howard University
Bisons
Truman Breaks Records in New York Campaign Stop
President Truman set another record on October 29 as he visited Harlem to receive the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Brotherhood Award. The ceremony occurred in Darrence Brooks Square at 136th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, drawing his warmest reception of the New York trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Truman
Harlem
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Darrence Brooks
Ohio job demand mirrors two years prior says survey
Columbus findings show that, with few exceptions, the demand for workers by occupation remains essentially unchanged from two years ago. The Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reports an obvious trend in occupational demand across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Dabney Honored On 83rd Birthday At Crawford's
Prominent leaders gathered Nov. 4 at Crawford's Old Men's Home in North Bend Road to honor Wendell Phillips Dabney on his eighty third birthday with a surprise dinner. Dabney, longtime editor of The Union, was praised for work as journalist musician author and political leader and noted for Cincinnati's Colored Citizens and The Life of Maggie L. Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartow Wilson
Crawford
Old Men’s
North Bend Road
Wendell Phillips Dabney
The
Union
Dabney
Cincinnati
Maggie L. Walker
Trial of the 12 Apostles in Hertfordshire England
An opinion piece from Hertfordshire England criticizes American democracy and schooling while noting a theoretical fraction of the U S population that might have been influenced by communist writings. The writer cites Marx Engels Hammonds and Upton Sinclair in a broader critique of political literacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Marx and
Engels
the Hammonds
Upton Sinclair
Urban League appoints new President and executive team
Urban League President Senator Cohen accepts the presidency of the Urban League which now includes a Division of Negro Welfare. His committee features civic leaders of both races and sexes. Jos A Hall of Cleveland’s Urban League is named Executive Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen
Urban League
Negro Welfare
Jos. A. Hall
Cleveland
Our Congressmen Re elected In Landslide Returns
New York City Congressman Adam C Powell and Chicago congressman Dawson, the only two African American members in Congress, were re elected as Democrats in a decisive Democratic Senatorial landslide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, N. Y
Adam C. Powell
New York City
Dawson
Chicago
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Fisk
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Mr. Dabney
Randall L. Tyus
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Will Rogers
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Hampton
Clyde E. Sampson
Horace Sudduth
National Negro Bus
Atty
Joseph E. Bowman
Columbus, Ohio
Richmond
Oberlin College
Rudolph Wurlitzer Co
Dumas
United States
Wilber A. Page
Boyd W. Overton
Harry S. Williams, Jr
E. B. Stone
George A. Phillips
Charles N. King
Benjamin B. Evans
F. Douglass Henry
W. T. Nelson
M. L. Ziegler
John W. Huffman
Willis C. Weatherly
E. H. Oxley
William M. Springer
Earl’ Perkins
Joseph P. Smith
Owen K. Blythe
William N. Lovelace
Benjamin A. Tilford
James C. Erwin
Henry M
George Bernard Shaw
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