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NEGRO ACHIEVEMENT DAY AT FAIR The state fair of Texas holds its annual Negro Achievement day...with one of the highlights...a baby doll parade. The kids are competing for prizes. The Negro Achievement day is sponsored jointly by the fair and the Dallas negro chamber of commeroe...and has grown to be the largest gathering of negroes in the southwest. This 3tear...the crowd is reported above last year's 183 thousand. HOPALONG CASSIDAY
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from all fields....with the payoff on imagination as well as quality of costume. LONG OF FOOTBALL PLAYER And...gridiron greats inspire the entrants. LONG OF GROUP OF ENTRANTS Finally...the Judges choose the winners....the China doll first, the bride and groom second, and Uncle Sam third. Sandra Louise Sanders of Dallas is the China doll; Gloria Vercher and Johnny Walker of Dallas, the bride and groom..Uncle Sam is Idel Bosun of Dallas.
Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Negro Achievement Day at the State Fair of Texas.
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