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1. 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...
2. Charlemae Hill Rollins, 1950's 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,...
3. 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...
4. Margaret Walker, 1942 Margaret Walker, 1942 Poets; Women; Authors; Minorities; Margaret Walker's first book of poetry, For My People, published in 1942, was the winner of the prestigious Yale University Younger Poet's Award. This publicity photograph appeared on the dust jacket of...
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