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The January 23, 1943 issue of the Boston Chronicle informs reader of racial injustices such as race based violence and provides further updates regarding military service and civilian participation in the WWII war effort. Current religious events within the greater Boston area are heavily noted throughout the issue. The issue emphasizes the importance of worker's unions and includes an open letter that encourages Black workers to join unions and advocate for workers rights. The issue also includes articles about the Black American identity, Barbados and Haiti, and the overall West Indies. This issue's headlines include: Page 1: TWO CADETS GET COMMISSIONS; Graduate From West Point Class; Dr. Jackson Sues R.R For 50,000; Navy Yard Head Praises Workers; Six Chaplains At Rush Zion Sunday; New Labor Group Plan Meeting; Union Local Signs; An Open Letter To Negro workers; Closed Shop; Bishop Allen Will Speak at New Charles St, 31st; NAACP Plans For Annual Banquet February 11; Workers Probe Jim Crow Page 2:Cambridge Page 3: New England Events ; Draft Registrants Must Carry Classification Card; Negroes Asked To Join Dimes March Page 4: To The Ladies; WE, TOO. ARE AMERICANS; Negro Teachers Play Big War Role; Food Rationing Explained; A LADY COMMENTS; Barbados Union Endorses Dortch; Roxbury Ration Board Head Talks Page 5: SOCIAL PERSONAL CLUBS; Union Local Signs; Liberty Ship Named For Carver Page 6: FORGING UNITY; NO SABOTAGE FOR US; THE PASSING OF DR. CARVER A COMPARISON Page 7: SPORTS; Local Union Signs Page 8: Young G.O.P's Endorse Dortch; Mulzac Beamed To The West Indies; Mathematics Marvel Teachers At Tuskegee; FBI FINDS NO ELEANOR CLUBS; THEATRE; Group Ten Brings Durham Girls; New Orleans Puts Urban League In Community Chest; New Labor Group Plans Meeting; Mulzac's Crew Aids Organization; Fred Silver Dies Suddenly Advertisements: CROSBY'S DRY GOODS STORE; GENEVA'S BEAUTY SALON; RUTH'S BEAUTY SALON; MODERN REST CABINS; THE GROUP TEN CLUB

Collection Number

Clark Collection of African American Literature

Publication Date

1-23-1943

Subject Heading

African Americans -- Massachusetts – Newspapers; Boston (Mass.)—Newspapers; African Americans; United States -- Massachusetts -- Suffolk -- Boston

Volume

28

Issue

4

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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Boston Chronicle January 23, 1943

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