| 1. |  | 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... |
| 2. |  | "The People's Forum: Black Metropolis-- A Challenge to Chicago", 1946 | Forums (Discussion & debate); Minorities; Debates; Ethnic groups; Economic & social conditions; | After the 1945 publication of Horace Cayton and St. Clair Drake's sociological classic, Black Metropolis, Parkway Community House launched a series of public forums to discuss issues raised in the book... |
