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All-American news. [1945-04, no. 2]

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 Harriet Wright chosen by soldiers to receive a set of silver, the important work…

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