12024-09-17T06:01:42+00:00Paul Merchant, Jr.0158f9ffdc23fbe192fc5189110473e127e778be33701plain2024-09-17T06:01:42+00:00entext/plainPaul Merchant, Jr.0158f9ffdc23fbe192fc5189110473e127e778beStory on the return of 50 GIs to Chicago from Europe. General Mark Clark accompanies them and Mayor Kelly welcomes them. All-American names each of the black soldiers: Sergeant Chenny of Chicago, Lieutenants Jefferson and Levine, and Sergeant Love. African Americans shown in the mostly white crowd greeting the soldiers. Clark "paid a special tribute to the negro men in his command"
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12024-09-17T06:01:42+00:00Paul Merchant, Jr.0158f9ffdc23fbe192fc5189110473e127e778beClip 2. All-American news. [1945-07, no. 3].1"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 Edward Washington who raises pigeons, the 70th birthday celebration of Mary McLeod Bethune, and W.E.B. Du Bois reporting on the United Nations Conference on International Organization." LOC Entry: https://www.loc.gov/item/2018601438/plain2024-09-17T06:01:42+00:00Paul Merchant, Jr.0158f9ffdc23fbe192fc5189110473e127e778be