At a conference in October, 1934 in New York City, representatives of the NAACP and the American Fund for Public Service plan a coordinated legal campaign against segregation and discrimination. Charles H. Houston, Vice-Dean of the Howard University Law School, is named director of the NAACP legal campaign.

On October 4, 1934, artist Malvin Gray Johnson died. His deceptively simple paintings, with their warm colors and serene charm, had earned him a large group of admirers during the Harlem Renaissance. .