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1. 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...
2. 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;...
3. 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)...
4. John H. Sengstacke, 1940's John H. Sengstacke, 1940's Presidents; Newspapers; Organizations; Men; Business people; Minorities; Sengstacke served as President of the Chicago Defender until his death in 1997. In 1940, Sengstacke was the driving force behind the founding of the Negro Newspaper Publishers Association, known today...
5. Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1949 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...
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