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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1951
Page
2
Weekly publication header reads W P Dabney owner and editor at 238 East Fourth Street Main 5168 indicating the paper's local ownership and office address.
A compact notice lists pricing for a periodical: One Year at two dollars, Six Months at one dollar, One Month at twenty five cents. The line concludes with a display of cents and totals.
Newark visitors Dr and Mrs Bythewood journeyed home after a busy stay with Mrs Leland and numerous social gatherings. Others visited Detroit Richmond and Cleveland while officers recover from injuries. Notables include Bishop Margaret Bowen and son’s wedding at Walnut Hills YMCA and Mary Beaver’s grand Spain linked ceremony.
Mr C E Sampson, a prominent insurance figure, is spending a few weeks like a king in Atlantic City's finest hotel. Mrs Minnie Glass, mother of Mrs Eugene W Jackson, moved from O'Bryanville after 35 years and was hosted by neighbor Mrs Johnnie Mae Berry. She received many gifts from friends. the Lee Chapel Church Stewardess Board also honored her with a small gathering and gifts for her new home.
Andrew Barrigan reports that Hollywood jam sessions push Local 47 and Negro Local 767 amalgamation into a single interracial Musicians Union unit inspired by Josephine Baker. New York notes NBC adopts a code of standards to present race and ethnicity with dignity, while NBC signs William Warfield for TV Recital Hall and Meredith Howard appears on Pete Kelly's Blues in an uncredited Negro role.
Grace Hale, Negro consultant for Planned Parenthood Federation, told Missouri Colored Women's Club delegates that planning family size fits a family's economic condition and that good food, clothing, and housing support health. She urged respect for individual choice in marriage and parenthood.
The Buffalo convention of the Elks of the World chooses Robert H. Johnson of Philadelphia as Grand Esteemed Leading Knight with J. Finley Wilson as Little Napoleon. Duke Hospital reports sixty six Negro practical nurses trained and employed. Also notes political obituaries and a Newark constitutional history figure, Oliver Randolph.
An excerpt recounts racial discrimination by white officials toward Black troops in Korea and at home. The all Negro 24th Regiment faced front line duty with little relief while Jim Crow policies persisted in and beyond military service. It cites Thurgood Marshall Ralph Bunche Edith Sampson and Jackie Robinson as examples of limited freedom contrasted with ongoing segregation.
A colored reader voices fierce critique of American freedoms linking racial inequality at home to U S involvement overseas. He condemns the war effort as Mister Charlie's war and argues that Negroes must have a say before more lives are sacrificed without domestic rights.
Negro Masters in Education should cast fear aside and seek a place in the educational ranks on a fully integrated basis. They should apply for more Fulbright Scholarships and for more advanced study with the International Institute of Education. Include opportunities at home and abroad to promote equality.
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