The Southern Frontier, vol. 2, no. 2
Published by Commission on Interracial Cooperation (CIC), The Southern Frontier was a monthly newsletter, first issued in January, 1940. Aiming to share the stories overlooked by traditional newspapers, the newsletter published stories of social progress, as well as stories of racial injustices faced by African Americans across the American South. <br /><br /> As described by then President of the CIC Howard W. Odum, the name <em>The Southern Frontier</em> alludes to the need for even greater pioneering and progress in the social and cultural frontiers, the American South being the most turbulent field in reference to race relations and progress at the time.<br /><br /> Vol. 2, No. 1 contains contributions by:<br /> J. W. Haywood<br /><br /> Selected articles are:<br /><br /> “The South Has a `Bottleneck’” – An article describing the South as an environment common with incidents of governmental discrimination towards black citizens, as well as acts of goodwill on the parts of individual white citizens, but that are in turn done in silence or in secrecy to avoid backlash from governing or administrating entities.<br /><br /> “Negro Soldiers Want White Commander” – An article describing a case in which a platoon of black soldiers holding resentment over being assigned a black commander. The article provides analysis of this story, one from a white southerner perspective, the other from a black southerner perspective. <br /><br />"Negroes Enter Army Aviation" discusses the formation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Airmen" target="_blank" title="Tuskegee Airmen" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tuskegee Airmen</a>. The article notes that the (Negro) National Airmen's Association opposes segregation in the military.
Commission on Interracial Cooperation
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1941 February
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Care for Her Through the YWCA: For Every Fighter a Woman Worker
World War I poster created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Treidler" target="_blank" title="Biographical information, Adolph Treidler" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adolph Treidler</a> to publicize the YWCA's participation in the United War Work Campaign, November 11 - 18, 1918.<br /><br />The United War Work Campaign was a a one-week fundraising effort during World War I. Seven voluntary organizations -- the National War Work Council of the YMCA, the War Work Council of the YWCA, the National Catholic War Council (Knights of Columbus), the Jewish Welfare Board, the War Camp Community Service, the American Library Association, and the Salvation Army sought to raise $170,500,000 in subscriptions and pledges during the week of November 11–18, 1918, to help boost American soldiers’ morale and provide them with recreational activities.<br /><br />A young woman wearing working clothes stands before a blue triangle symbolizing the YWCA. She holds an airplane in her right hand and a bomb in her left. Text reads:<br /> "Care for her through the YWCA. For every fighter a woman worker. United War Work Campaign."<br /><br />From the Brandeis University digital collection "<a href="http://bir.brandeis.edu/handle/10192/23520" target="_blank" title="War poster digital collection" rel="noreferrer noopener">World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters</a>"
Treidler, Adolph
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United States. Government Printing Office
1918
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Young Women's Christian Association button
Pinback button <br /><br />The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) first met in New York City in 1858. While based in Christianity, the YWCA was more focused on social issues, initially affordable housing for working women. It later was active in the labor union movement and supporting race relations. <br /><br />The YWCA of Richmond, the South’s oldest chapter, formed in 1887 and soon opened a boarding house. It later established a day nursery, kindergarten, gymnasium and Travelers Aid Society. <br /><br />The Phyllis Wheatley Branch of the Richmond YWCA, found in 1912, was one of the first African-American chapters in the United States. Today, the YWCA of Richmond educates about domestic and sexual violence. It operates women’s emergency shelters and a child development center.
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<a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">The Valentine</a> (Gift of the Estate of Miss Rosa B. Hexter)
1916
The Valentine
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Association Monthly, February 1918
Monthly publication of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) <br />Cover illustration by W. T. Benda (Władysław Teodor Benda).<br />Two-page photo spread, "Her New Job -- 'Is It Nothing to You?'" shows women supporting the war effort by entering the workforce. Questions accompanying each photograph deal with quality of life of women in their occupations.
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National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association of the United States of America
1918 February
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Association Monthly, January 1920
Monthly publication of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
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National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association of the United States of America
1920 January
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