1944 Amsterdam News Piece on Black Miss Subways Finalists

 
 
 
 
 

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A 1944 New York Amsterdam News article about the selection of black organizations choosing three black Miss Subways candidates in a campaign to pressure the integration of the beauty pageant. Miss Subways chose its first black winner in 1948. Posted with permission from Amsterdam News.

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