The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-12-10
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University ...... Louis Tompkins
Wright entered Harvard Medical
School at the age OF twenty years.
BY the census OF 1851. there were
in virginia 1866 free Negroes.
The Georgia State Committee on
Race Cooperation, composed OF
white women. representing wom-
ems organizations OF that state.
said. in 1921: I'VE realize that the
race question Is one OF the causes
OF lawlessness. strife. and unrest.
Therefore. we propose 10 face II
squarely, honestly. and without
prejudice. that Righteousness and
justice may be secure or all the
people.
The beginning OF our Wednes-
day night prayer meetings-A man
uscript preserved In the library OF
the Massachusetts Historical So
ciety, Cotton Mather. in the year
OF 1893 wrote as follows: Besides
the other praying pious meetings
which ! have been continually SER
wing in our neighborhood. little
after this period company OF poor
Negroes. OF their own accord. adj
dressed me. for countenance to a
decision which they had. OF erect
ing such meeting for the welfare
OF their miserable nation, that were
servants among us.
Father Divine. whose followers
are said TO number more than ten
million. has placed the word
Peace" on more tongues than any
man In the world. General Robt. f.
Lee emancipated his servants with
eight days after the proclamation
was issued.
On page 25l. The Negro IN Our
History. by tarter G. woodson. Phi.
y. wrote: Most Negroes who sat
in Congress during the eighties and
nineties, had more formal educa-
tion than the late Warren G. Hard
ing ex-President OF the United
States.
In 1860 there were Negro men
OF voting age in New Hampshire.
149; in Vermont, 1874: in Massa-
chusetts. 2.512: and IN New York
1889 who could vote and DID.
Who was the first Christian con-
vert in Europe? (Acts XVI. 14)
What emperor banished all the
Jews from Rome? (Acts XVIII. ~
Who was the first Apostle TO raise
a dead person to life? (Acts TX,
40).
On November %. 1861. q Confed-
crate parade OF soldiers In New
Orleans. A regiment OF free Ne
gro soldiers also took part In this
same parade. The Picayune news
paper) writes OF review on Feb
ruary .. 1862: We pay deserved
compliment to the company OF free
Most OF these companies have pro-
men OF color. all dressed. we'll
drilled, and cimfortably uniformed.
ed by the administration.
Matt Henson. a Negro. a member
OF the Perry North Pole Expedition,
was the FIRST HUMAN BEING TO
STAND on THE NORTH POLE.
Maryville, South 1896
This town. which held It's charter
since reconstruction with a colored
mayor. a town council and one po-
liceman, Is no longer colored. since
the last legislature abolished its
charter because whites were NOV
ing In. During its half century as
a municipality under the control of
Negroes the jail was almost un-
used Ira NJ Roger OF vharleston
introduced the bill IN the legisla-
ture that dissolved the charter.
Entire regiments OF Negro troops,
during the Worlds War, were cited
for exceptional valor and decorated
with the Croix de Guerre-the 369th,
the 37lst and the 372nd; while
groups OF officers and men OF the
365th, 366th, 3GSth, the 37Oth and
the first battalion OF the 367 were
also decorated
At the beginning OF the nine
teenth century, one bought an aver
age slave for $500: while In 1860
the price ranged from sl.4OO to ST.
900.
From reliable sources comes the
estimate that Harlem (where most
OF the colored people live in New
York ety. has $4,000 visitors from
all parts OF the world each year.
Any information concerning this
column or the facts therein, write
In care OF this newspaper inclosing
self addressed envelope.
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comes up with "Edythe". You may
expect "Sadye" for Sadie" and
"Minnye" for Minnie" any day now.
Add the names OF Anna Gordy and
Burney Watkins to the growing
roll OF the Spectators "Dimples"
Club. Frank Sanders Is squirting
winsome Mildred Cummings about
quite frequently. $3.50.
Devoted to those tunes and sweet
singers. non-professionals. that the
J many. June Baber is known a.
round as a sweet singer OF sweet