Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-01-14
second divorce from Joe Louis.
March

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Joe Louis announces retirement
as Worlds Heavyweight Cham
pion after successfully defending
the boxing title % times. . Louis
r. Lautier, White House Core
spondent for the Atlanta Daily
World, wins a Wendell L. Willkie
award for Negro journalism "for
distinguished coverage of signifi-
cant events. The award was made
by the Neiman Foundation of Har-
ward University. =. Mrs. Julie
Hubert, 58-year-old Philadelphia
housewife identifies jackpot tune
on "Stop the Music" radio show
and wins $32,25O in cash and
prizes. Secretary of Labor Tobin
urges law against job and wage
discrimination Negroes reg
istered in Fulton County ruled
eligible to vote in city primary.
National Negro Newspaper
Week observed with nationwide
broadcasts. Ralph Bunche
awarded 34th Spingarn Medal by
NAACP "for priceless contribu-
ton to the settlement of armed
conflict in the Middle East. Mrs.
Bethune paid tribute by NBC doe
umentary program, This Is Your
Life" ;. The Atlanta Daily World
adds to the press and photo serv-
ices the vast network of Interna-
tional News Service (INS).
Joseph 7. Brooks, Atlanta school
teacher and veteran Navy Boats
wain's Mate, becomes first Negro
commissioned officer in the south
ern area with the rank of Ensign.
=. U. S. Supreme Court upholds
ruling which outlaws Alabama's
Boswell Amendment. . DR.. Frank
Graham, former president of Uni
versity of North Carolina, takes
oath as U. S. Senator.
April
Georgia Teachers and Education
Association calls on state officials
to equalize educational opportuni-
ties and pay. Court rules Uni
versity of Kentucky must admit.
Negro students &. Alcorn prexy
resigns. James Hinton, South
Carolina NAACP head, is kid
mapped by band of white hood
lums. Record breaking crowd
sees Jackie, Campanella and New
combe play with Dodgers against
Crackers. Leaders repudiate
Robeson's stand on war with Rus
STA Navy commissions Negro
DR.. Alonzo G.. Moron named
first Negro president of Hamp
ton Seven Negroes flogged
near Trenton, Ga. Gov. Alfred
Driscoll signs New Jersey Civil
Rights bill Georgia voters
turn down expanded state SER
vices Armed services told to
cease DISCRIMINATION.
May
The Board of Trustees at Hamp-
ton Institute unanimously elected
DR.. Alonzo G.. Moron President. :.
The Senate defeated by vote of
65-16 an amendment to bar racial
and religious segregation in public
elementary and secondary schools
receiving Federal aid =. U. N.
admits Israel as 59th member :.
National Negro Insurance Week
observed. !. DR.. w. E. B. Dubois,
noted historian and vice president
of Council on African Affairs, at
tends World Peace Congress held
in Paris, France. University OF
Kentucky announced policy to
grant use of facilities by Ne
groes in engineering, law, phar-
macy and history. Ralph Bunche
turns down post of Assistant Sec
rotary for Near Eastern and At
rican offered by President Tru-
man Georgia leads nation in
first lynching in 1949 when Caleb
Hill was dragged from jail cell
by two white men who lynched
him. Bunche named father of
the year.
June
Wesley A. Brown, U. S. Navy
Ensign, became first Negro to
graduate from u. S. Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis, Md. Moss
! H. Hendrix, originator of Ma
tional Negro Newspaper Week,
celebrated initiated a series OF
Washington, D. G. radio broad