Word: darke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Anent the regrettable misadventure of His Excellency Mahmoud Samy Pasha, Egyptian Minister to the U. S., at the Shenandoah Blossom Festival (TIME, May 14), without wishing to enter into the grammatical status of that "dark-complected" gentleman, may I not suggest that perhaps the "stupid race-blindness" of which you speak might have been displayed not by Mrs. Reynolds but by those warm persuaders of the Pasha who failed to realize that the Negro strain is as evident when promulgated through a line of princes and pashas as when through the humblest Senegambian dragged unwillingly into slavery, and that, unfortunately...
...permitted to extend into other states." The kind of extension Mr. Howard possibly had in mind was the Democrats' shrewd move last autumn in appointing Jack Johnson, oldtime Negro pugilist, to align votes in Chicago's black belt the way Tammany has succeeded in aligning dark Harlem in New York. Mr. Howard had a program, he said. His program was to nominate for Vice President that tall 39-year-oldster Repre sentative Hamilton Fish Jr. of New York. Mr. Fish who footballed at Harvard, is not a Negro. He is the third of a series of Hamilton Fishes...
That the brilliant red blood in the arteries is exactly the same as the dark blue blood of the veins, the difference in color being due to difference in gas content. That there is no to and fro undulation, but a constant circuit of blood from the heart, through the distant parts of the body, back to the heart...
...Chicago, dark faces with wide lips and narrow eyes were in evidence. The faces belonged to African Methodist Episcopalians. For a time, these solemn people emulated their white brethren in Kansas City; with commendable dignity as well as wisdom they voted to "amalgamate" with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, but decided to refer the matter to the people of their congregations for "ratification...
This done, the dark faces began to gleam with excitement. Black Bishops Abraham Lincoln Gaines, William Tecumseh Vernon, J. Albert Johnson and William H. Heard were haled before the Conference, charged with misappropriation of funds or maladministration of the law. Then there came the matter of electing four bishops out of 100 eager candidates. Wild scenes occurred. Presiding Bishop William Sampson, making himself heard above the storm, cried that a motion to adjourn was out of order. Thinking this an unfair move in favor of a rival candidate for a bishopric the Rev. R. L. Pope of Indianapolis climbed...