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First All-African American Parade

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Representative Negroes of St. Louis and Mayor Becker were guests of Col. Thomas J. J. Christian, commanding officer of Jefferson Barracks, yesterday at the first all-Negro parade and review ever held at the historic army post. Before the parade Col. Christian and his staff conducted the visitors on a tour of inspection where basic training is being given several thousand Negro soldiers by the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command. In the reviewing stand were (from the left) T.D. McNeal, field representative of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car PortersMrs. Leona Evans, head of the Garfield District Provident AssociationRev. Russell S. BrownMayor BeckerGeorge D. Brantley (in back), principal of Sumner High SchoolCol. ChristianElmer Mosee, vice commander of Missouri American LegionJames E. Cook, Y.M.C.A.D. V. Essex of the Urban League and Arnold Walker of the Urban League.
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