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4 ae Histrey Week

RICHMOND, Va~(S N S)~The,_ appearance of the Negro in
ary affairs of ~this country
in the Virginia militia, of ~1652.

jin thé ~French~ and~ Indian
i
i = g~ served ~prominently in every
~war waged by the American people.
A iisemplotis din the. defense.of the
4 Jnited:States shave been~

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to the present coriflict he

us.

en called. tan: deus of Fete)
ages, a native of Massachusetts
~ ~rearly~ buried in ~poptailar~ hissory. The samevis:true of the feats
Salem ~Poore~ and _ Austin._Dabpy, two-of the 4,000 Negro soldiers,
Ho served in the Continental Army
uring: the American Revolution.

jqurony, ~DISCLOSED:....
P bivoation 0 ~6t ~A Brief ~Conistd
Pu
eS by the ine Work Froleets revs Ade:

mitiistration~ peas
Traneiiegeret

names in: i mia history, Other de
Written ~ by.~ Samuel As: ~aeaden.
ARPA ~Supervisor -of ~Negro. Adult
onagage i sr ip Virginia, -the bulletin

the Battle of New Orleans, The
ve protlamation issued ~by Geniiéral:.Andrew.. Jackson to "honor the

colored men-at-arms under his

command is quoted in part.

2~ Piirning to the participation of
rs Negro in the Civil War, _ the

+ mag sa ~By an estimate of
War _Depariment, 187,017 -Ne
s served in in the
fit ink? armed forces.

in the rein at department. At
tie end of the war, there ~were: in

the | served to some extent in

rouge
tinguish:

~~Hducation and

| Oonfererate ~steamship

and others

dition.to sg ae
battles in. wh Negroes dis
pranw~s ET SLACK WAIR COLO Ata

oe et reek. mane see mae ewe?

it? i. ~AT ~]

iichibuiteias

teday, bat for all~ tints ~ come, that we should perpetuaté for our ~ ~children~s children ~tht great and

SARS

~rightfor~ result.~

ig Fapity t the means, -'Névér
just. God, in. His own | ~good time, will give us the

be-quite

ee

~_

~Planter,~
who- ~took advantage 6f the -tempo
rary: shore leave of the chief-..offipncsd eapreat the. boat to the Union

lines and present it to the Federal

Government.
| FOUR. REGIMENTS IN 1888.

~When.-the Spanish-Américan: War

broke out in 1898, the bulletin recalls, there were.four regiments of
Negro regulars, the 24th and 25th
Infantry, and the 9th and 10th
Calvary. Colored-troops likewise en-,
listed from: many.of the States.
Outstanding among the Negro officers ~were Major Charlies BH. Young
and.J. R. Marshall. ~The, bulletin
tells.of the arrival of the 10th
Cavalry at the Battle of San Juan
Hill, whith ~has ~been credited with
saving the troops commanded by
Colonel Theodore, Roosevelt. Negro troops also took an important

~part in ~the Battle of Santiago.

Nearly:400,000 Negroes served in
the Army during ~the First ~World
War, half of them reaching France.
the WPA bulletin points out. They
every
branch: ~ixifantry, cavalry, artillery,
signal corps, aviation, hospital:and
medical corps, as well as in ammpnition trains, stevedore -regiments,
labor battalions, depot ~ bridages,

engineers, surveyors, etc.

One hundred and ninety-four.of:
fleers and men _ received various
decorations, including the Congressjonal Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross; the Croix. de
Guerre and the Legion of Honor.
Twelve hundred Negro officers -received commissions during the war

High tributes which ~General ~John |

J. Pershing and former~ Secretary
of War: Newton D.,,Baker. paid to:
the Negro. soldiers in.-World ~War
I are quoted. a

HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS

Helpful -suggestions ~for. teachers
of history and some current periodical references on the Negro are set
forth as conclusions to ~this publication: The foreword ~to ~A ~Briel
Consideration of. the ~American Negro soldier~. was: written~ by James B
Patton, Jr.,; State Supervisor, ~Public Activities Program of ~the Vir
-ginia Work Projects -Administra
tion.

Eight. outstanding -kooks which
would he useful.in:a-more detailed
study of the -American Negro -soldier are listed: in. ia bibliography.
These hooks are

Wilson, Black ~Phalanx; A History
of the Negro Soldiers in the United
States, 1775-2812,: 1961-1865,: - The
American Publishing Company.
Hartford, Connecticut,:1807. -

Scott, Emmett J., The American '

Negro in the World -War,.Underwood: and en tecat New. ane:

1919. -. Brimmer

on ~Negro Soldiers;.B.:
Company, Boston, ibaa Ps
Hunton, Addie W., and. Johnson,
Kathryn M., Two.Colored. Womén
with the American ~Expeditionary
Forces,. ~Brooklyn agile ~Press,
Brooklyn, New ~York.
Miller, ~Kelly, Kelly ~Miller~s History of the World War for ~Human

Rights, 1919.
~Eppse,~ Merl R., The~ ~Negro, too in

American History, National Bducational Publishing Company, Chica
20; 1938.
PR a on, Carter G., The Negro in
istory, Associated ~Pablishets,
Weabiringtoks D. C.,: 1922.
~Cromwell, ~The Negro in Ameriean History, the American Negro
Academy, Washington, D. C.; 1914.

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COUGHING

After Colds or Fla

Makes a Weakened System Mother

ing cough is too dangerous for the
system weakened by ss. It-prebones the victim from recovering
_ ~Sherlepts anny. eney's
the cough due to Colin

loosens
soothes the Cross, reduces
tion, restores comfort. base
the:~OCheney form

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of ula is h.
peerage hegeceny lp ae mits aes
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w wetore tha. co h furtives angie the
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For FEP Unit
WASHINGTON, D. C.~(SNS)
~Mark F. ~thridge;.chairman of
the ~Président~s ~Committee on
F air ~Employment ~Practice,
Wednesday announced / the apointment
irmingham,; ase field. representative of the committee. |

A former ~editorial ortibaie; end
government ~ worker,

groés-and ~whites in the South He
will ~work~-with ~the committee in

government because of their race,
creed,. edlor or hationa]: origin, in
keeping ~with national. ~policy expressed in an executive. eras: of
last Fane.

colored ' woman, ~was found: ~at 659
morning. Bt, N. Ww, early Sunday

was found under- a
ebris.

pes ~Bonds

WASHINGTON~(ANP)~ Information.was received from Dean
William ~Pickens, ~defense treasury
= pete) assistant, ~that Daniel

cently pure ed $8,000 worth of
defénse bonds~ in the name of his
two SOS,

The prisoner- was qpoted: @8 \Saying ~As a Negro, I am glad ~to rally
to the cause Of freedom by ~ contributing of-my means. ~I:have
purchased:inthe name-of my two
sons *iefense bonds ~in the ~sum of
$3,000. ~Phis ~reptésehts~*my ~1941
income from..sales of; my writings
and protits: go @ publishing concern I an interest in. ~Though
temporarily~ ~restraitied* of~ ry" Iiberty, I am glad I am an American.

3 eble to do my share. An American

convict is'-mruch preferréd to nee
an Axis citizen.~ ~ se

NOW ITs ~BG" BEHIND
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NEW ~YORK ~(TYP-qandard
bearer of Joe Glaser, who recently:turned over all-of -the -hookings
for his ofay bands to Music.Cor-\
poration: of America,- now looms as
Lionel Hampton's Orchestra.

HOTEL MACK ~
~Sas Bedtord. FL, ae

~Atlanta, pinche

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HAVE |

MEN LOVE WOMEN ~ wit BEAUTIFUL.

Dull, Gray or Faded Hair

est Senge?

Is a woman's iguiead it despair SE

rr

For hair: loveliness a and ~allare
en Haire Coloring is a cure

Keep your ~hair. ~attractive. By.using Posner's Hale: ~Cotoalag
your. hair~ will ~have~ a ~sleek, youthful appearance. ~Corling,'
Maresting. or. Straightening. will ~mot rub. the colerigg off.

_ ~SHADES: JET BLACK, BLACK AND DARK BROWN a.
~SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. OR MONEY REFUNDED:
3: BIS

MORB for: 2ESS:Money.
axs Rete <r) ~,

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of John ~Beecher,~

~Beecher
knows the problems of hoth 'Ne
correcting. the. grievances of min-.
ority group workers ~discriminated.
against in defense industries ~and:

HOUBHOR-~By Jolin: H.. Thompson for ANP)~Danny. Alexgpder of

their ie yg landing.
hts to ~be published, ~while

his dance act, gained the idea that
this Negro ~ d'be of inestimable
value ~in ~training his charges ~in
landing from parachutes. Going

eld: ~te wetigirty ee) -consid~ |

they ~hold ~a 20 ~week

hack stage at ~Abe meth Pappy's Nite,
club, viens Danny~ pnd Edith. are
urrently pempleved.:'

ghse

ed. by white: -
to be the biggest - attraction aeiiog to~
show at this. popusar. nite oe for |
ofays. Internationally kno
their fast, flashy

Abe -and ~Pappy which
four.weeks to. run. Commenting
one of the papers one of the local
columnists:said that Danny and
Edith were -the -most -

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team ever to play Houston, called

The Globe Trotter F

ONE. OF ~THE most disheartening
things that is developing in World
War Il. and.for which there was a
precedent in World War I, is the
apparently adamant determination
of America~s white press to conceal the exploits of black.men serving.their country both at home and
on 1 SOR, battlefields...~

brought

f after the last war,
- lend strong-suspi-: sion to the belief
~ this ds the

the

that 175,000 are to be added- this
year bringing the total well above
the 300,000 mark.

~FAIL TO MENTION NEGROES
Yet,-if the white-newspapers, para. -these -in the South, the
hite -magazines and the newsreels,

sion that.not.a ingle black man

E

if

press,

Whether or not,

~Black Heroes Unsung! a

only black man who shed. his b

for this nation~s liberty back

those trying days of the Am

Revolution.

CONTINENTALS IGNORED
Authors of American history

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see nothing concerning the
of Lemuel Hayes, a black man of

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~Salem, Massachusétts, who as one

of the famed Minute Men, single
handed held a bridg~ against -onrushing red-coated British soldiers,
until help arrived,

greatest triumph, one. out ef every
six men enlisted was black..So-mag-:

nificent. was their. valor. under. fire, a

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