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The January 2, 1943 edition of the Boston Chronicle discusses international, national, and local news from an African American perceptive.
This edition of the Chronicle details devolvement's in World War WII through describing the experiences of servicemen and progressions in the war effort. The Chronicle also describes racial discrimination and persecution such as lynching's African Americans face in the southern states. The newspaper reports on local news through highlighting notable figures to the Black community in the greater Boston area.
This issue's headlines included:
Page 1: Mulzac [Black commander of SS Booker T.] end First Voyage; New York Honors Captain of Booker T. ; Gen. Eisenhower Praises Negro Troops in Africa; MOBS MURDER FIVE IN 1942; Mrs. Jennie Moten Dies in Virginia; Dr. Singleton Lectures At Boston University; Tuskegee Spends $207,000 On Infantile Paralysis, Southern Railway Sued for Race Bias; Fire Causes Big Farmyard Loss; Roxbury Ration Board Gives Information; Sailors, Marines Riot in Vallejo; Books Needed At Camp Edwards; Bust Presented To Colonel's Wife; Steele Stresses Winning Ideas War; Southerners Ask Fair Dealing For Negroes; Both Sides R[] In Sedition Cases
Page 2: Services Going To Church in Boston[n]; FROM A CHAPLAIN'S POINT OF VIEW; CAMBRIDGE; VISTORY BONDS RALLY BEGUN
Page 3: The Year Review; THE WAR; DOMESTIC; DEATHS; DIASTERS
Page 4: To The Ladies; Household; New Home for Women Workers; A Lady Comments; NYA TRAINING MORE GIRLS; Mildred Davenport Is First Looie; Mass. State Union
Page 5: SOCIAL PERSONALS
Advertisements: People's Market; Shoe Manufacturers' Outlet; FASHION FOR MILADY
Collection Number
Clark Collection of African American Literature
Publication Date
1-2-1943
Subject Heading
African Americans -- Massachusetts – Newspapers; Boston (Mass.)—Newspapers; African Americans; United States -- Massachusetts -- Suffolk -- Boston
Volume
28
Issue
1
Publisher
Square Deal-Boston Chronicle Publishing Co.
Keywords
African American Studies, Politics and Social Change, Race and Ethnicity, United States History
City
Boston
Disciplines
African American Studies
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Recommended Citation
The Boston Chronicle, "Boston Chronicle January 2,1943" (1943). The Boston Chronicle Newspaper. 2.
https://dc.suffolk.edu/bos-chron/2
Comments
~SS. Booker T. is the first major ocean vessel named after a Black African American
~ Camp Edwards is Inservice club and library for "colored soldiers"
~ Sedition Cases Article discusses Ethiopian Pacific movement and briefly discuss Ethiopian involvement in WW II
~ To the ladies editor is Eleanor Trent Wallace & Associate Director is Alvera Hazzared