Philadelphia Tribune - August 25, 1917
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Click on date to view post:August 1, 1940: Los Angeles Sentinelcalls for abolition of poll tax.August 2, 1958: Ghanian Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah welcomed in Harlem, reported in Norfolk Journal and Guide.August 3, 1939: Clark University octet performs at Seventh World’s Poultry Congress and Exposition in Cleveland, reported in Call and Post.August 4, 1983: Los Angeles Sentinel profile of Janice Darling, owner and fitness director of Sweat Shop in Culver City.August 5, 1939: Singer Maxine Sullivan prepares for jazz version of “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” photo in New York Amsterdam News.August 6, 1966: Advertisement for news carriers in Norfolk Journal and Guide.August 7, 1909: Tenth Cavalry returns to New York City from Philippine Islands, reported in Baltimore Afro-American.August 8, 1936: Jesse Owens dominates the 1936 Berlin Olympics, reported in Chicago Defender.August 9, 1975: Chester Commodore editorial cartoon on black unemployment featured in Pittsburgh Courier.August 10, 1946: World War II veteran Maceo Snipes killed for voting in Georgia, editorial in New York Amsterdam News.August 11, 1964: Mothers of slain civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner at funeral, reported in Philadelphia Tribune.August 12, 1972: “Page One Miss” Betty Jean Thomas in Chicago Defender.August 13, 1955: “On the Divorce Docket” column in Cleveland Call and Post.August 14, 1947: Los Angeles Sentinel welcomes Zetas, Kappas, Sigmas, Doctors, and Witnesses to city for conferences.August 15, 1966: James Brown and Muhammad Ali ride in Chicago Defender’s Bud Billiken Parade.August 16, 1975: Dawn Magazine supplement in Pittsburgh Courier and Baltimore Afro-American.August 17, 1932: Langston Hughes and two dozen African-American artists stranded in Moscow after film project is cancelled, reported in Atlanta Daily World.August 18, 1917: Great Migration in the Norfolk Journal and Guide.August 19, 1911: Lynching of Zachariah Walker in Pittsburgh Courier.August 20, 1931: Philadelphia Tribune advertisement boasting about paper’s printing technology, staff, and service to citizens of Philadelphia.August 21, 1943: East Bronx merchants screen Stormy Weather, weeks after Harlem riot, reported in New York Amsterdam News.August 22, 1950: Black troops in 24th Infantry Regiment fighting in Korean War, reported in Atlanta Daily World.August 23, 1924: Dr. Robert Russa Moton speaks in Chicago, covered in Norfolk Journal and Guide.August 24, 1939: “Dark Night” protest against discriminatory practices by Los Angeles Bureau of Power and Light, reported in Los Angeles Sentinel.August 25, 1917: National Medical Association moves annual meeting from Memphis to Philadelphia in response to lynching of Ell Persons.August 26, 1961: Fifteen-year-old Preston Cobb Jr. sentenced to death in Georgia, reported in Cleveland Call and Post.August 27, 1977: New York Amsterdam News highlights what Elvis Presley took from black musicians.August 28, 2001: Philadelphia Tribune mourns death of Aaliyah.August 29, 1953: Philadelphia Tribune announces engagement of pianist Eunice Waymon (Nina Simone).August 29, 1960: NAACP Youth Council stages “wade in” at Rainbow Beach, reported in Chicago Defender. Guest post by Nick Juravich, Ph.D. candidate in the department of History at Columbia University.August 30, 1930: Riot breaks out at National Baptist Convention, reported in Baltimore Afro-American.August 31, 1963: Philadelphia Tribune on the death of W.E.B. Dubois and a white mob harassing a black family for moving into all-white neighborhood in Folcroft, PA.