The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, Va) Addison Youth Is State Jaycee Contest Winner

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GLC09587.271-View header record
Type
Newspapers
Date
1946
Author/Creator
The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, Va)
Title
Addison Youth Is State Jaycee Contest Winner
Place Written
Roanoke, Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 19 cm, Width: 10.2 cm
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II

A story discussing 17-year-old Kenneth Whitlock, from Lucy Addison High School, winning the Junior Chamber of Commerce regional oratorical contest. He is the first African-American to do so. The article also notes he was the president of the state NAACP Youth council and received a national award for the NAACP on the same day as his contest win.

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