| Open
Forum |
August 19, 1933 |
Challenge to black citizens and business owners to support
The Reflector and other African American publications and civic
causes. |
| Love
* * * and Hisses |
August 19, 1933 |
A short, light-hearted poem about the transient quality of
youthful love. |
| Wanted
at Once!! Action |
August 19, 1933 |
A call to action demanding that the Negro citizens of Charlottesville
form a civic league immediately. The league "would do much to
inculcate unity and power at the polls and in everyday life." |
| Eight
Little Darkies???? |
August 19, 1933 |
A response to the Lafayette Theatre's use of the word "darkies"
in an advertisement. The author enumerates the African American
community's outrage and explores several different arguments
addressing the racial epiteth. |
| Alabama's
Contribution to Civilization |
August 19, 1933 |
A scathing response to the murders of Daniel Pippen and Albert Harden
by a mob of "savage farmers" who proceeded to lynch the sixteen
year olds while police looked on. |
| Weekly
Review of Current News |
August 19, 1933 |
A short listing of important world and national events
including brief commentary on the significance of each. |
| Society
Notes of Charlottesvillians |
August 19, 1933 |
Various local announcments detailing what members of
Charlottesville's black community were doing, from traveling to getting
married, or starting social organizations.
|
| Among
Our Lodestars |
August 19, 1933 |
A short biography of Mrs. Paul Lawrence Dunbar.The article includes
her upbring and education but focuses on her controbutions to the
African American community as a teacher in New York City. |
| Open
Forum |
August 26, 1933 |
A letter to the editor about the "attitude of
inferiority" that plauges African Americans and other minority
races. The author also tries to reaffirm the equality of all
peoples. |
| Around
Town |
August 26, 1933 |
Light-hearted gossip about Charlottesville's
black community. |
| Weekly
Review of Current News |
August 26, 1933 |
Update on national and international news; subjects include Adolf
Hitler, NRA codes, and Negro education. |
| This
Is Your Newspaper |
August 26, 1933 |
The editor explains his commitment to being an
"organ of expression" for Charlottesville's African American
community. |
| Scottsboro
or Charlottesville |
August 26, 1933 |
Encourages Charlottesville activist to center their attention locally
rather than focus on popular causes in neighboring cities such as
Scottsboro. |
| Making
Life Worthwhile |
August 26, 1933 |
Reiterates the imporatance of the old
saying that "The gentle touch of a friendly
hand, the light of a knowing smile, the
call of a heart that can understand, are
the things that make life worthwhile." |
| Society
Notes of Charlottesvillians |
August 26, 1933 |
Various local announcements detailing activities of
Charlottesville's black community, such as political activism, to
college graduation, and musical entertainment. |
| Society
Notes of Earlysville, Virginia |
August 26, 1933 |
Various notes and updates on the social happenings of the black
community in Earlysville, Virginia. |
| Weekly
Review of Current News |
September 02, 1933 |
A short listing of important world and national events, including
brief commentary on the significance of each; subjects include the
repeal of the 18th Amendment, the John Foster kidnapping, and a
scandal in Washington D.C. |
| Youth
(poem) |
September 02, 1933 |
A poetic tribute to both the good and bad characteristics of youth. |
| MUSINGS
. . . (poem) |
September 02, 1933 |
A bitter-sweet poem about the regret of leaving relationships
behind. |
| Editorial |
September 02, 1933 |
A call to action that challenges Charlottesville's Negro citizens to
take initiative, behave as leaders, and improve conditions in their own
communities. |
| What
Are We to Be Called? |
September 02, 1933 |
A reflective article that attempts to address the question of what
Negro peoples are to be called(i.e. Negroes, Colored, Black). The author
ends on the conclusion that such an important question "must be answered
by the self an determined by an entire life." |
| Are
You of the Nobility? |
September 02, 1933 |
Submits that nobility is not a question of birth but one of
character. |
| Tittle
Tattle |
September 02, 1933 |
A humorous series of incidents that reveal racy happenings
without revealing the names of those involved. |
| Society
Notes of Charlottesvillians |
September 02, 1933 |
Various local announcements detailing activities of
Charlottesville's black community, from recieving interesting
guests to membership in art and literary clubs,and celebrating the most
"palatable" dinner parties. |
| Negro
Criminality |
September 16, 1933 |
Assertion that the American justice system does not punish black on
black crime severely enough. |
| Tittle
Tattle |
September 16, 1933 |
A humorous series of rumors, from clandestine affairs to cheating
at cards, that detail the racy happenings in Charlottesville without revealing the names of those
involved. |
| The
Negro Problem and the Negro Press |
September 16, 1933 |
Asserts that the "one and only problem confronting the American Negro
is to find effective methods of proving to the world that he is a
different being than he was years ago," and that the Negro press has an
important role in solving it. |
| Why
(poem) |
September 16, 1933 |
A reflective poem about the difficulty of life's progressive
stages, from cradle to grave. |
| The
Result of Confidence |
September 16, 1933 |
An article about the New Deal's implications for African Americans.
The author frames his commentary with the assertion that the New Deal
has given the nation confidence and that "confidence begets unity; unity
begets strength," and these qualities ensure success. |
| Weekly
Short True Story |
September 16, 1933 |
A narrative about a Charlottesville insurance salesman's strange trip
out of town. |
| Society
Notes of Charlottesvillians |
September 16, 1933 |
Various local announcements detailing
activities of Charlottesville's black community, from
higher education to visiting out of town relatives, and
local musical events. |
| Tittle
Tattle |
October 21, 1933 |
A humorous series of incidents that
detail all "the latest laughs" without revealing
the names of those involved. |
| The
Forgotten Man |
October 21, 1933 |
Asserts that the N.R.A. is not benefiting Negro workers because it
has led to price increases as well as increased discrimination in the
labor market.
|
| Why
Be Patriotic!!! |
October 21, 1933 |
Asserts that the question "Why be patriotic," is usless because "no
other single element so surely guarantees perpetual democracy as does
patriotism." |
| The
Spirit of Typitown |
October 21, 1933 |
A comparrisson between the civic leagues of Charlottesville and
allegorical Typitown, Virginia. |
| Seebien,
My Brother |
October 21, 1933 |
A narrative of a Charlottesville boxer's dissolusionment with the sport
continued from the previous week's Reflector. |
| The
Negro and the Emergency in Education |
November 11, 1933 |
Asserts that "The Educational Emergency" is particularly appropriate
terminology for Negro schools. Unequal facilities,
poor adult education, and lack of financial support make immediate
attention essential. |
| The
Parent-Teachers League at Typitown |
November 11, 1933 |
An article that uses allegorical Typitown to propose an ideal
education system in which teachers and parents communicate in a way
that familiarizes "the parent with school activity, the teacher with
home cooperation and the child with parent-teacher understanding."
|
| Among
Our Lodestars |
November 11, 1933 |
A brief biography of Mrs. Margaret L. Terry, a distinguished teacher
at Jefferson School who devoted "fifty-five years of service to
mankind." |
| Jefferson
School Notes |
November 11, 1933 |
Current news of activities at Jefferson School, including the
names of graduating seniors, those students who made the honor role, and
updates on fundraising projects. |
| Open
Forum |
November 11, 1933 |
The editor responds to a letter that asserts that whites have a
higher standard of living than blacks by noting that "a man's standard of
living is high or low as conditions or circumstances permit them to be."
|
| Tittle
Tattle |
November 11, 1933 |
A humorous series of incidents detailing the latest gossip about the
black community in Charlottesville. |
| RACE
RELIANCE |
November 11, 1933 |
A warning that African American workers should
be wary of setting their future on a "far fetched plan to unite black
and white labor." |
| Typitown's
Role in the Moulding of Youth |
November 18, 1933 |
An article that uses allegorical Typitown to propose an ideal
environment in which youth would prosper. In this fictional town, the
"parents, teachers, and friends" of the youths have united to commission
a recreational center, where the youths can be chaperoned while they
socialize. |
| True
Democracy |
November 18, 1933 |
The ruling by Judge Spratley of the Elizabeth
City County Circuit Court that no party in a
state-conducted primary could discriminate on the basis of race, color or
previous condition of servitude "will lauded by ALL lovers of true
democracy." |
| Negro
Relief in Charlottesville |
November 18, 1933 |
An article that advocates a "Negro Relief in Charlottesville" to
parallel the one in Richmond, which was funded by the United States Public
Works Committee. |
| The
Anti-Lynching Conference at Baltimore |
December 02, 1933 |
Asserts that "the Anti-Lynching conference accomplished very little, we
fear, and it will go down in history as just another conference, its
resolutions being as significant as last year's New Year's resolutions."
|
| The
Swan Song of Hotel Tipping? |
December 02, 1933 |
An article that voices support for the N.R.A.'s move to encourage
employers in service industries such as hotels to pay a living wage
regardless of expected tips and "not place upon the public the burden of
paying workers' salaries." |
| S.
O. S. |
December 02, 1933 |
An emotional appeal to the people of Charlottesville to help those
less fortunate than themselves by getting in contact with their
Community Welfare Organization. The author closes his remarks witht he
injunction "Don't wait. Your brother is hungry." |
| The
Influence of the Community on Crime |
December 09, 1933 |
Asserts that the community influences crime in three main ways,
namely "public disapproval, the refusal of the
community to accept a 'jailbird' or offender back in its midst,the
influence of the community by
provision of recreation." |