Image: Chicago Bee Monthly Front Page May 04, 1941

Description: DOROTHY MAYNOR: Brilliant soprano… ‘BACK TO AFRICA’ OFFICER IS SLAIN The Peace Movement of Ethiopia … ‘Back to Africa’ bill was again projected on the public eye—this time violently—when one of its members was slain and two others wounded in a gun battle… PORTERS WIN $500,000 IN PAY INCREASES Decision Of Major Importance… NAACP PICKET DEFENSE INDUSTRY PLANT IGNORES SOUTH SOCIAL ISSUE Civic, social welfare and religious leaders joined the jobless when a picket line was thrown around the Bauer and Black company last week in protest of discrimination in industries holding defense contracts… By ANDERSON Inferior railroad accommodations to Negroes are illegal and must stop. This significant decision was handed down Monday by the United States supreme court when it held that Rep. Arthur W. Mitchell of Chicago had been unjustly discriminated against when he was ejected from a pullman while traveling from Chicago… The decision says that Negro passengers traveling from one state to another are entitled to the same accommodations as white people receive... JUBILANT MITCHELL SAYS HES HAPPY; PREFERS TO FIGHT CASE ALONE WINNER… CONG. A. W. MITCHELL, lone Negro Democrat from Illinois who this week praised his counsel, Attorney Westbrooks, for the successful handling of his suit to end discrimination on railroads and assure equal accommodations for all, regardless of race. ATTY. R. E. WESTBROOKS Brilliantly handled the railroad case for Congressman Arthur W. Mitchell, who won a decision from the U, S. supreme court saying that Negroes should be allowed equal Pullman accommodations. Colored Hostesses To Be Stationed At Illinois Camp Lieut. … These selectees have the responsible task of learning all about how bombs and other ammunition are made. Demand Probe In Death Of Harlem Dancer NEW YORK, May 1—Because eye-witness accounts and police stories differ about the arrest and brutal beating of Grant O. Paige, Harlem dancer… INJURES SELF WHILE INTOXICATED, DIES … WOMAN KNIFED IN FUSS OVER MAN …
Title: Chicago Bee Monthly Front Page May 04, 1941
Credit: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015409/1941-05-04/ed-1/seq-1/
Author: The Chicago Bee, F. T. LANE, ALBERT ANDERSON
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