| 1. |  | Horace Cayton with "Blue Boy," 1944 | Art collectors; Paintings; Guests; Art; Community centers; Women; Men; Windows; Draperies; Minorities; | Horace Cayton, the director of Parkway Community House, was an avid collector of the art of the Chicago Renaissance. In this photograph, he is showing Charles Sebree's painting, "Blue Boy," to visitors... |
| 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... |