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WWII NEW ORLEANS BLACK AMERICAN MAGAZINE

A rare and original New Orleans magazine for and by the Black American community. “ The Negro South “ for February 1946, Volume 4.  A great source of information with great articles, photograph and advertisement of the time.

Covering Music, sports , politics and socials of New Orleans during WWII.  With advertising for iconic Nola joints like the DEW DROP INN ,  Elbert Ellis HORSE SHOW BAR , HAYES CHICKEN SHACK and more.

For baseball fans a fantastic article on Johnny Wright , the New Orleans legend who broke Baseball’s color line along Jackie Robinson . A former Negro league pitcher who was signed by the Dodgers and was far more than merely Jackie Robinson’s roommate..

For the boxing fans an article on Heavyweight Champion and Black American hero Joe Louis, more a gossip article about his relationship with Marva, his first wife. 

A political article about Black American artists of the time  and their compromise with their community,  Should Artists Become Race Leaders ?? featuring Lena Horne and others.

All in all a fantastic magazine, a slice of the Black American life in a time and place.

Item No. E4982

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RIP Tom T. Hall (1936-2021) The Song of the Day is: Tom T. Hall – “I Like Beer” From the album I Wrote a Song About It (1975) In some of my songs I have casually mentionedThe fact that I like to drink beerThis little song is more to the pointRoll out the barrel and lend me your earsI like beer, it makes me a jolly good fellowI like beer, it helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel…