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1. Earl "Fatha" Hines, 1934 Earl "Fatha" Hines, 1934 Jazz musicians; Men; Minorities; Born in Pennsylvania, Earl "Fatha" Hines moved to Chicago in 1924. His jazz piano was quickly recognized as among the best in a city then crowded with jazz musicians. By 1928, Hines organized his own big...
2. Exhibit of WPA research materials, 1939 Exhibit of WPA research materials, 1939 Exhibitions; Ethnic groups; Minorities; Economic & social conditions; Research; Churches; Basements; Women; Men; Books; Paper; Tables; Portraits; Waitresses; Servants; Food; Silverware; Clocks & watches; An exhibit of research supervised by Horace Cayton and funded by the WPA (Works Progress Administration) was presented to the public in the basement of the Church of the Good Shepherd (5700 Prairie Avenue)...
3. Committee in charge of the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Association for the Study Committee in charge of the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1936 Committees; Ethnic groups; Minorities; History; Celebrations; Anniversaries; Meetings; Organizations; Men; Women; Librarians; Historians; Windows; Tables; The 1936 meeting of the ASNLH was the first held in Chicago since its founding in 1915. Carter G. Woodson and Vivian Harsh are seated next to each other. Woodson is seated at the front row on the far left;...
4. Charlemae Hill Rollins, 1950's Charlemae Hill Rollins, 1950's Librarians; Women; Minorities; Authors; Race discrimination; As children's librarian at the Hall branch of the Chicago Public Library from 1932 to 1963, Charlemae Hill Rollins set generations of Bronzeville youth on paths to achievement. Beginning in the 1930's,...
5. 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...
6. Richard Durham, 1948 Richard Durham, 1948 Dramatists; Authors; Journalists; Men; Typewriters; Lamps; Clocks & watches; Paper; Books; Minorities; From 1948 through 1950, Richard Durham wrote scripts for a series of Black history radio dramas called "Destination Freedom." Durham had analyzed the Black press in Chicago for the Illinois Writers Project...
7. Margaret Walker, 1942 Margaret Walker, 1942 Poets; Women; Authors; Minorities; Margaret Walker's first book of poetry, For My People, published in 1942, was the winner of the prestigious Yale University Younger Poet's Award. This publicity photograph appeared on the dust jacket of...
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