| 1. |  | 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... |
| 2. |  | 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... |
