- i» i n il G REAT AM ERICANS (C ontinued fro m page 2) m an right is n o t a p a rt b u t th e whole? T h at nothing is to ld w hile tn e clinging sin rem ain s half- unconfessed? T h at th e h e a lth of th e nation is perioled if one m an be oppressed? H as he learned—th e slave from th e rice sw am ps, w hose chil­ d re n w ere sold— has he W ith broken chains on his lim bs and the cry in his blood, “I am free!” H as he learned th ro u g h afflic­ tio n ’s teach in g w h a t o u r C rispus A ttu ck s knew — W hen R ight is strick en , th e w hite and black are counted as one, n o t two? F o r th is shall his vengeance change to love, and his re tri­ b u tio n burn D efending th e rg ih t, th e w eak, . and th e poor, w h en each sholl h a v e his tu rn ; F or th is shall be se t his w oeful p ast afloat on th e stre a m of n ig h t; F o r th is he forgets, as w e all fo r­ get, w hen d ark n ess tu rn s to lig h t; F o r th is he forgives, as w e all forgive, w hen w rong has tu rn e d to right. “Slave lo Banker“ Most Amazing Negro in America T oday the U nited S tates has 11 N egro banks. T en are in th e South. W here. P h ila d e lp h ia ’s fam ed South S tre e t crosses 19th is th e C itizens an d S outhern B ank an d T ru st C om pany, th e only N egro b an k in th e N orth. BECK & FAIR RECORD SHOP Latest Recordings Magazines Song Hits - Cosmetics — O pen Daily — 10:00 A. M. to 7:00 P. M. — S aturdays — 10:00 A. M. to 9:00 P. M. 6 N. E. RUSSELL It is a stan d ing m onum ent to th e genius of v enerable, still-agile, 91- year-old M ajor R ichard R obert W right. One a slave, M ajor W right (he w on th e title in th e Spanish- A m erican W ar) is th e m ost am az­ ing living A m erican w ith a black skin. B aldish, sh arp -w itted M ajor W right has accom plished m uch in his four-score and elev en years. B ut his p ro u d est achievem ent cam e at th e age of 67 w hen m ost m en a re th in k in g of calling it “q u its.” M ajor W right too called it “q u its”—he gave up th e p re si­ dency of G eorgia S tate College MARIAN ANDERSON CONCERT a fte r 38 y ears and decided th a t he w as going back to school. M ajor W rig h t w an ted to be a b an k er and knew , nothing ab o u t ban k s so he took a b anking class a t th e U n iv ersity of P ennsylvania. It w as ev id en tally a good course because th e b an k he opened w as th e only N egro in stitu tio n in th e N orth to w e a th e r th e depression a n d in S ep tem b er w ill be cele­ b ra te d it 25th y e a r in business. His advice to N egroes contem ­ p latin g business as a c a re e r is: “Go ah ead stra ig h tfo rw a rd ly as if you ex pected to b e tre a te d lik e anybody else, and you u su ­ ally w ill be. Y our a b ility and honesty a re going to do m ore to p u t you ahead th an y o u r color to hold you b ack .” The m a jo r’s experience, he says, co n trad icts th e assum ption th a t th e N egro is “th riftle ss an d u n ­ reliab le.” A sserts M ajor W right: “I have n e v er been able to see an y difference betw een w h ite and Negro. T h ere a re th rifty and -hriftless people am ong th em both." * * * R obert S engstacke A bbott- F o u n d er and P u b lish er of th e C hi­ cago D efender and A b b o tt’s M onthly, w as appointed a m em ­ b e r o f th e Race R elations Com ­ m ission in 1919 by G overnor F ra n k L ow den of Illinois. This com m ission published th e book, “The N egro in Chicago.” T rav eled extensively th ro u g h 'Europe, H aw aii and S outh A m er­ ica. v isiting B razil, U raguay, A r- HOUS ES FOR SALE $3700 Buys a Beautiful Five-Room Home Furnished a n d C leaned Throughout Basem ent a n d G a ra g e . . . Large Back Y ard — R easonable Terms — Five Room House to Sell Very Reasonable C onveryently Located . . . Sell on Terms or C ash $3000 . . . Full Price B. M. McSwain Real Estate Co. 224 N. W. 10th Avenue :: Phone SU. 5959 gentina, C hile and P eru. W rote tw o books, “My T rip A broad,” and “T rav els T hrough S outh A m erica.” • O pen Daily Except S unday's 10:00 A. M. to 9:00 P. M. BROADWAY at WILLIAMS — MURDOCK 9535 — * BOOKER T. WASHINGTON STAMP HONORING NEGROES In no y e a r since 1915 w hen The B ooker T. W ashington stam p, th e first U nited States Negro players begs."« acting as psotage stam p to honor an A m er­ “atm osphere” or “e x tra s” in the ican Negro, w ent on sale A pril 7, silent p ictu res in Hollywood, 1940, at Tuskegee In stitu te, m a rk ­ Ca£f., hom e of th e m ovie Indus­ ing th e end of a seven-year cam ­ try , has th e ir participation in p aign begun by M ajor R. R. m oving p ictu res been as signifi­ W right of Philadelphia, w ho won cant as it w as d u rn g 1942-43. A m ong th e occurrences w hich th e support of interested o rg an i­ zations and individuals. The m ay be classified u n d er the head stam p, one of th e Fam ous A m eri­ of progress d u ring th is period are can Series, is of 10-cent denom i­ are th e follow ing: S cript w riters and production n atio n and pictures the b u st of W ashington, founder of T uskegee dep artm en ts of th e m ajo r studios | w ere d irected b y th e m anagers In stitu te. B ooker T. W ashington, w hom to discontinue th e stereotyping th e stam p honored, was born a of N egro actors in m enial and « * * slave. He founded T uskegee In ­ hum iliating roles. Mrs. M ary M cLeod B ethune- stitu te in 1881, and rem ain ed the “T he N egro in W orld W ar II,” College P re sid e n t of B ethune school’s head u n til his death in a picture show ing the p a rt colored C ookm an In stitu te. Up from the 1915. Dr. F rederick D. P atterson people are playing in th e war, cotton fields M ary McLeod B eth­ heads th e school at present. w as m ade by the P aram o u n t S tu ­ une ,- m e to fo rm al recognition E m ancipation Stam p dios under the sponsorship and am ong th e fifty distinguished A nother stam p honoring the direction of th e W ar D epartm ent. A m erican w om en. She is know n colored race w as issued by the B ertha W oolford p o rtray ed the as an o rato r, ex ecu tiv e an^i e d u ­ U nited States postoffire during typical N egro m other in th e play. cator. SHE RECEIVED THE 1935 th e y e a r 1940. R eferred to as the E m ploym ent of N egro players AW ARD O F TH E SPIN GA RN E m ancipation Stam p, it w as first w as increased by th e tre n d to­ MEDAL. issued on O ctober 20, at the New w ard m orale building e n te rta in ­ m ent as a p a rt of th e w ar effort. They took p a rt in en tertain in g civilians in bond selling drives B enjam in G. B raw ley, E duca­ and o th er activities. On th e H olly­ to r-A u th o r, w as P re sid e n t of th e wood V ictory C om m ittee, for A ssociation of Colleges fo r N egro Stage, Screen and R adio w ere youth, 1918-20. H e w as ordained H attie M cDaniel, C larence Muse, to th e B ap tist M inistry by th e E thel W aters and Ben C arter B ap tist M inistry by th e M assa­ am ong th e ap proxim ately 50 ch u setts B ap tist C onvention on hig h -ran k in g m ovie stars. Ju n e 2, 1921. He w as P a sto r of H ollyw ood abandoned th e use th e M essiah B ap tist C hurch at of nicknam es about the studios B rockton, Mass., 1921-22. w hich w ere objectionable to N e­ In 1920 he w e n t to th e W est groes. F or exam ple, th e term used Coast of A frica for special study to d esignate a large black screen of social and edu ctio n al condi­ used by electricians, w as changed tions. from “nigger,” to “gobo.” . Jessie R edm on F auset-T eacher ! K ath erin e D unham w as cred­ and W rite r w as ed u cated in P h ila ­ ROLAND HAVES ited as the dance directo r for the delphia P u b lic schools; A. B. at CONCERT p ictu re “P ardon My Sarong," C ornell U n iv ersity ; stu d ied at U n iv ersity of P en n sy lv an ia; also Y ork W orld’s Fair, to com m em ­ starrin g D orothy L am our and a t S orbonne, P a ris; h e r g reatest o rate th e ratification of th e 13th produced in 1942. W illie C ovan en tered his th ird w orks w ere: “G ift of L au g h te r,” A m endm ent to the C onstitution y ear as a dancing in stru cto r at “T h ere is C onfusion,” a novel, w ith abolished slavery. p ublished by Boni & L iv errig h t, Issuance of the stam p w as cele­ the M ero-G oldw yn-M ayer S tu ­ 1924. b rated by th e N ational M em orial dios. C larence R obinson w as a to th e P rogress of the Colored dancing in stru cto r for th e a ll­ • • • Race, headed by E lder L ightfoot colored p ictu re, “Storm y W eath­ R oland H ayes-T enor, bo rn in Solom on M ichaux, at the W orld’s e r” (Fox(, sta rrin g L ena H orne in 1943. C u rry v ille, Ga., W on S pinard M e­ f«ir grounds. A ndy R azaf an d J. C. Johnson, The E m ancipation stam p is of d al in 1925. W as en th u siastically acclaim ed in ap p earan ces in L on­ tn ree-cen t denom ination and pic­ song w riters, w ere given screen don, w h ere he sang sev eral tim es tu re s T hom as B all’s E m ancipa­ credit for th e ir “H it P a ra d e of 1943” (Rep.). The song w as pub­ w ith o rchestras a t Q ueens H all, tion group in W ashington. lished by th e B roadw ay Music also sang in V ienna, B erlin and all M oving P ictures C orporation. of th e im p o rta n t m usical centers N early 200 colored custodians of Europe. at th e W arner B ro th ers’ Studios • * * w ere placed in charge of a col­ ored su p erin ten d e n t for th e first M atth ew A lex an d er H enson- tim e. E x p lo rer-A u th o r— In th e L iberty, T he N egro public displayed a a w eek ly m agazine (w hite), on w ider and w iser in terest in col­ J u ly 17, 1926, ap p eared an article ored players and the types of on Mr. H enson's activ ities a t th e i roles assigned to them , and in N orth Pole. T he au th o r of th a t openings for colored technicians article stated . “F ew People re a l­ at th e studios. ize th a t M att H enson, P e a ry ’s N e­ O utstanding A ctors gro assistan t w as actu a lly th e first Shopping Center 4 L ena H om e, w ho m ade a sen ­ m an to reach th e Pole. Henson, sational rise to fam e during 1942 th e tra ilb re a k e r d u rin g th e last Vanport City and 1943 on the stage and screen, lap of th e expedition, w as th e re w as placed u n d er a seven-year fo rty -fiv e m inutes ahead of P eary. contract by M etro-G o l d w y n - RADIO SERVICE M ayer follow ing h er role in th e TUBES OF ALL TYPES picture “P anam a H attie,” in 1942, Ja m e s W eldon Jo h n so n -E x e­ in w hich she w as featu red as a cutive S ecretary -A u th o r, Jo h n ­ C aribbean sirrger and dancer. son’s m ost im p o rtan t achieve­ (It is unu su al for a colored m ents a re “(The N egro N ational actor to be p u t u n d er co n tract H ym n) L ift E very Voice and by a producer. Most of them S ing,” “C reatio n ,” “Book of N e­ w ork free-lance, from studio to gro S p iritu als.” “C reatio n ” a N e­ studio, and picture to picture.) W e Call for & Deliver gro folk poem w as se t to m usic Miss H orne w as la te r loaned to by a w ell know composer, and Fox Studios for th e all-colored w as g iven in N ew Y ork in 1926, 4308 Cottonwood picture, “C abin In the S ky,” in a t a C h am b er C oncert in Tow n 1943. D uring 1943 she also played Apt. 1019 UN. 3420 H all w ith Serge K oussevitsky, in “R ight A bout Face,” “As T hou­ lead e r of th e B oston Sym phony sands C heer,” “B r o a d w ' v J. H EN RY NUNLEY O rchestra, as C onductor. It has R hythm ,” and “I Dood It.”