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1. 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...
2. Richard Durham, 1948 Richard Durham, 1948 Dramatists; Authors; Journalists; Men; Typewriters; Lamps; Clocks & watches; Paper; Books; Minorities; From 1948 through 1950, Richard Durham wrote scripts for a series of Black history radio dramas called "Destination Freedom." Durham had analyzed the Black press in Chicago for the Illinois Writers Project...
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. Horace Cayton in this office at Parkway Community House, 1941 Horace Cayton in this office at Parkway Community House, 1941 Offices; Community centers; Men; Desks; Books; Paper; Windows; Baskets; Minorities; Hired in 1939 as director of Good Shepherd Community Center, Cayton supervised its move to new quarters at 5120 S. Parkway (now King Drive), and suggested that the name of the institution be changed to...
5. Women's reading group at Hall Branch, 1940 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...
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