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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Winners announced for nationwide high school essay contest on the Negro press's role in 1948 elections: Clara Howard (New Orleans) wins $75 first prize, Joyce Lena Clay (New Orleans) $50 second, Bobbie Lea Hardwick (Kansas City) $25 third. Sponsored by colored newspapers for Negro Newspaper Week.
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KANSAS CITY (NNPA)-
First and second prizes in the nationwide high school essay contest, sponsored by colored newspapers in connection with the observance of Negro Newspaper Week, were awarded to two New Orleans girls, Dowdal Davis, business manager of the Kansas City Call and chairman of the contest committee, announced last Saturday.
Miss Clara Howard, 1201 Roman Street, New Orleans, a student at Booker T. Washington High School in that city won the first prize.
Second prize was awarded to Miss Joyce Lena Clay, 2634 Robert St., New Orleans, a student at Gilbert Academy in that city.
The first and second prize winners were entered in the nationwide contest by the Louisiana Weekly, published in New Orleans.
Third prize went to Bobbie Lea Hardwick, 2611 Tracy street, Kansas City, a student at Lincoln High School in that city, who was entered by the Kansas City Call.
The winners were also the winners in area contests conducted by the newspapers which entered them in the nationwide contest.
The subject of each essay was "The Significance of the Negro Press in the 1948 Elections."
Miss Howard received a prize of $75. Miss Clay, $50, and Miss Hardwick $25.
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New Orleans, Louisiana; Kansas City, Missouri
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1948
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Announcement of first, second, and third prize winners in a nationwide high school essay contest sponsored by colored newspapers for Negro Newspaper Week. Essays addressed the significance of the Negro press in the 1948 elections. Clara Howard won first prize of $75, Joyce Lena Clay second prize of $50, and Bobbie Lea Hardwick third prize of $25.