| 1. |  | 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... |
| 2. |  | Women's reading group at Hall Branch, 1940 | Women; Minorities; Ethnic groups; Librarians; Libraries; Reading rooms; Reading; Books; Tables; Bookstacks; Book clubs; Bookcases; | Begun by Charlemae Hill Rollins as a "reading guidance clinic" for parents, the group evolved into a reader's circle at Hall branch. In this photograph, Vivian Harsh, the first African American branch... |
