Fifth Annual Negro Newspaper Week: 1946
On February 24, 1946, WCCO observed the Fifth Annual Negro Newspaper Week with a special CBS program, featuring:
- Helen Hayes, narrator
- Josh White singing “The House I Live In”
- Lionel Hampton and His Famous Orchestra
- Carlton Moss Dramatization with an all-star cast
- Dr. Charles Drew of Howard University
- Carol Brice, the brilliant young Negro contralto
- The Ink Spots
- A special message from the War Department and the President of the United States