| 1. |  | Catalog, "Exhibition of the Art of the American Negro," 1940 | Art exhibitions; Catalogs; Anniversaries; Liberty; Slavery; Minorities; | In 1940, to celebrate the "Diamond Jubilee," the 75th anniversary of emancipation from slavery, the American Negro Exposition was organized at the Chicago Coliseum. The executive director of the Diamond... |
| 2. |  | Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1949 | Authors; Poets; Women; Men; Books; Public libraries; Celebrations; Minorities; | Hughes and Brooks celebrated the publication of an award-winning anthology, The Poetry of the Negro, at the George Cleveland Hall branch, Chicago Public Library. This "definitive anthology," co-authored... |
