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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Leonard Bernstein, '39, director of the H.S.U. production "The Cradle Will Rock," has again created an original score which will be sung by a picked chorus from the Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society. The ancient Greek comedy which tickled the ribs of toga-clad Athenians centuries ago, has been rewritten by Nichols, Abrahams, and Bernstein...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H.S.U. GIVE "PEACE" BY ARISTOPHANES | 5/20/1941 | See Source »

Free. In Little Rock, a cop brought in a vagrant. "Who are you?" asked the desk sergeant. "I am a Free Frenchman," said the man. "You were a free Frenchman," corrected the sergeant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 19, 1941 | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

...deserved. But there was a lot more, such as a mammy and four unclassifiable Civil War characters, billed as "The Defeated" and wheeled in on a float. Composer Britten's tunes ranged in inspiration from U.S. and British balladry to Social Satirist Marc Blitzstein (The Cradle Will Rock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Paul Bunyan | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

Once back in Chicago, however, Congressman Mitchell wheeled around and turned around, jumped Jim Crow with a vengeance. The Illinois Central, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, and the Pullman Co. found themselves on the receiving end of a $50,000 suit. Further, he filed a complaint with ICC. Last week, four years and seven days after his ejection from the Pullman, the complaint was upheld by a unanimous decision of the Supreme Court, which made it plain that the railroads would have to provide equal accommodations for blacks and whites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUPREME COURT: No More Jim Crow? | 5/12/1941 | See Source »

Elizabeth O'Connor, Ann Magnotto, and Billie Young, cafe waitresses, went wading in Washington's Rock Creek Park. They spied Lord Halifax strolling by with a friend, hopped out of the water, raced barefoot up to the British Ambassador and got his autograph on a popcorn box. "You've heard of Ramsay MacDonald," smiled Lord Halifax. "Well, this is his son Malcolm." He indicated the youthful British High Commissioner to Canada, in Washington for a short visit. "Hi, Male," said Elizabeth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 12, 1941 | 5/12/1941 | See Source »

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