| 1. |  | 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. |  | 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,... |
