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Black Quotidian: Everyday History in African-American Newspapers

Pittsburgh Courier - September 1, 1928

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September 1, 1928: Appeal to left-handed readers in the Pittsburgh Courier.
September 2, 1950: “They’ll Never Die” profile of Samuel A. McElwee in Norfolk Journal and Guide.
September 3, 1960: Carver Federal to open new black bank branch in Brooklyn, reported in New York Amsterdam News.
September 4, 1975: First National Conference on the Concerns of Black Women meets in Los Angeles, led by Caffie Greene. Reported in Los Angeles Sentinel.
September 5, 1987: Peter J. Ottley, president of Local 144 Union representing hotel, hospital, and nursing home workers, leads New York City Labor Day parade. Reported in New York Amsterdam News.
September 6, 1958: Cleveland Call and Post features Clara Luper who led youth sit-ins in Oklahoma City.
September 7, 1967: Banquet for Cabrini-Green Homes softball and basketball tourney winners, featured in Chicago Defender.
September 8, 1926: Savoy Ballroom in the New York Amsterdam News.
September 9, 1961: Cleveland women organize rent strike, reported in Call and Post.
September 10, 1955: Emmett Till in Chicago Defender.
September 11, 2002: 9/11 and pilot LeRoy Homer Jr. remembered in Norfolk Journal and Guide.
September 12, 1976: Actress and Singer Melba Moore joins children’s television show “Big Blue Marble,” reported in Atlanta Daily World.
September 13, 1919: Congressional debate over Jim Crow railroad cars, reported in Philadelphia Tribune.
September 14, 1989: Articles on hypertension and diabetes in Los Angeles Sentinel.
September 15, 1906: Second U.S. Occupation of Cuba begins, reported in Baltimore Afro-American.
September 16, 1963: Racists bomb 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, killing four young girls. Reported in Chicago Defender.
September 17, 1938: Soap advertisement featuring profile of Phillis Wheatley, published in Pittsburgh Courier.
September 18, 1954: “It’s Your Newspaper” advertisement in Norfolk Journal and Guide.
September 19, 1942: Kansas City Monarchs and Satchel Paige face Homestead Grays and Josh Gibson in Negro World Series, reported in Philadelphia Tribune.
September 20, 1952: Ad for Tan Magazine featuring “Army Life Changed My Husband” in Baltimore Afro-American.
September 21, 1927: “Colored Home Seekers” wanted in Merrick Gardens, Springfield, and Long Island, advertisement in New York Amsterdam News.
September 22, 1932: Beauty hint, “abdominal fat can be ironed away” in Atlanta Daily World.
September 23, 1950: Robert S. Pious editorial cartoon on employment discrimination of black veterans in Cleveland Call and Post.
September 24, 1960: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) prepares to become professional boxer, reported in Chicago Defender.
September 25, 1981: Articles in Philadelphia Tribune respond to Reagan administration budget cuts to welfare programs.
September 26, 1957: Little Rock Nine integrate Central High School, reported in Chicago Defender.
September 27, 1941: Pittsburgh Courier reports on stage adaptation of Richard Wright’s Native Son, directed by Orson Welles.
September 28, 1989: “The Lady Knows the Game” sports column by Rhonda V. Smith in Los Angeles Sentinel.
September 29, 1934: Textile workers’ strike ends, reported in Baltimore Afro-American.
September 30, 1950: Dr. Ralph Bunche is awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
September 1, 1928 On September 1, 1928, a column in the Pittsburgh Courier asked readers, “Are You Left Handed?” The column inquired, “Do your friends look upon you as being—well, just a bit ‘queer’ because you're different, even in this little respect, from the rest of humanity?” The piece assured left-handed readers that they were in “illustrious company” with pharaohs, Caesars, and Alexander the Great, as well as southpaw baseball players like Babe Ruth and 1926 World Series hero Willie Sherdel. “As a matter of fact,” the article concluded, a lot of this belief about the ‘queerness’ of left handed people is mere superstition.”