All-American news. 1945-01, no. 2

All-American news were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, and to reflect an African-American perspective on world and national events. Highlights of this issue include segments about Horace Cayton's book, Black Metropolis, the Junior Police and Citizens Corps boys club in Washington D.C., Dr. T.K. Lawless, dermatologist at Provident Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, Union worker, Maida Springer's trip to Great Britain, and the 81st West Africa Division fighting in Burma.
Date in title and possible date of release are based on the date that Maida Springer traveled to Great Britain; date (January 15, 1945) taken from the Report on the 26th Convention of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Appearing: Horace Cayton, T.K. Lawless, Maida Springer.
Some footage provided by the United States Army Signal Corps.
Cannot confirm that newsreel stories are in the same order, or on the same reel as when originally released.
Sources used: Moon, S., Reel Black talk, p. 3-6; Sampson, H., Blacks in black and white, p. 437-440; Wheeler, R. "News for all Americans" in American visions, Feb.-Mar. 1993, p. 40, viewed online, June 22, 2018 via Academic OneFile; Report of the General Executive Board on the 26th Convention of the ILGWU (Report and Proceedings, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, 1947), p. 4 viewed online via Google books, August 3, 2018; Kentake Page WWW site, Theodore K. Lawless page viewed August 6, 2018.