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All-American news. 1945-06, no. 2

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All-American news. 1945-06, no. 2

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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 a segment about Miss Sepia, an American cook interviewed in China about VE Day, commencement and graduation at Howard University.
Date in title and possible date of release are based on Chicago's Holy Hour on June 10th, 1945. Date taken from newspaper article.
Appearing: Archbishop Stritch, Reverend Charles Hill, Dr. Charles Drew, Mordecai Johnson, Reverend Benjamin Mays, Philip Murray, Paul Robeson.
Some footage provided by the United States Army Signal Corps.
Incomplete: opening titles lacking.
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; The New York Age, June 30, 1945, p. 6; The Daily Free Press (Carbondale, Illinois), June 11, 1945, page 1, via ProQuest Historical Newspapers, viewed July 12, 2018.

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01/01/1945
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china
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