African American news reels c.Nov 1944 | black students, women, war effort

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 an interracial Youth Conference of Chicago high school students focused on reducing juvenile delinquency, the 38th Christmas Seal campaign of the National Tuberculosis Institute, the return of political cartoonist, Oliver Harrington from the front, and the retirement of postal executive, Alexander King on October 31, 1944.

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