Chicago Public Library

   

 Español | Polski | 

 
Search results for When > Minorities   
Refine your search

Try advanced search

results 1-4 of 4 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next
select all : clear all : add to favorites
 Image: Title: Subject.TGM1: Description:
1. Congressman William L. Dawson campaigning, 1940's Congressman William L. Dawson campaigning, 1940's Legislators; Political campaigns; Public speaking; Flags; Minorities; By 1948, Congressman Dawson was arguably the most powerful African American in Washington. Following the upset victory of President Harry Truman over Dewey in 1948, he was named Chairman of the House Committee...
2. Richard Wright, 1940, as he completed Native Son Richard Wright, 1940, as he completed Native Son Authors; Men; Minorities; Chicago lawyer Leon Despres inscribed the back of this photograph when he sent it to Horace Cayton, co-author of Black Metropolis, in 1969. Cayton was then at work on a biography of his friend, Richard...
3. Marian Campfield at the Chicago Defender, 1948 Marian Campfield at the Chicago Defender, 1948 Newspaper editors; Journalists; Women; Automobiles; Buildings; Reporters; Minorities; City editor of the Chicago Bee in the 1930's and 1940's, Marian Campfield was directly responsible for the Bee's general reporting, and ensured a remarkable coverage of women's events. She had earlier...
4. Catalog, "Exhibition of the Art of the American Negro," 1940 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...
select all : clear all : add to favorites
results 1-4 of 4 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next