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Ribbon cutting at the new Chicago Urban League headquarters
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Ribbon cutting ceremony in front of the new Chicago Urban League Headquarters at 4510 S. Michigan Avenue. This new headquarters opened in 1984.
Date:
circa 1984
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Women's Division 1953
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Group photo of the West Side Women's Division. Whitney M. Young is the man standing at the back center.
Date:
1953
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Join Your Urban League
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View inside a room with people waiting and filling out forms. A sign hanging above the entrance to the room bears the message "Join Your Urban League".
Date:
June, 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Fashions
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Group of fashionable women.
Date:
1953-04-01 00:00:00
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
School principals luncheon 1951
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School principals seated at dining tables at a luncheon.
Date:
1951
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Addie Wyatt
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Portrait of civil rights activist Addie L. Wyatt.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Bill Berry, Lindsley F. Kimball, and Whitney M. Young, Jr.
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Pictured together at an event are, left to right: unidentified man, Whitney M. Young, Jr., Lindsley F. Kimball (seated), and Bill Berry.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Shoe maker at work
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View of a man making shoes in a factory.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Bill Berry and others
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Bill Berry (right) with two unidentified others at an event.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Dizzy Gillespie with members of the Chicago Urban League Junior Volunteer Services Bureau
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Dizzy Gillespie (right) with three members of the League's Junior Volunteer Services Bureau. The volunteers are, left to right: Patricia Davis, Bessie Muldrew, and Elaine Wilson.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
H. B. Law speaks at a Board meeting, 1963
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H. B. Law (standing at right) speaks during a Board meeting held in the home of Mrs. Kathryn Dickerson. Also visible seated, left to right, are: A. W. Williams, Frank Cassell,and James Worthy.
Date:
1963-08-20 00:00:00
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Urban League North Side office
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View of the Chicago Urban League's North Side office.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. greeting people from the back of a truck, ca. 1966.
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Date:
ca. 1966
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
George Johnson, Laplois Ashford, Betsy Berry, and others
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Pictured at a dining event are, left to right: George Johnson, Laplois Ashford, Betsy Berry and two unidentified men.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Bill Berry speaks to the Jewish Labor Committee
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Bill Berry (standing, center) addresses the Jewish Labor Committee from a podium at the Sherman House Hotel.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Rally (man with sunglasses)
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View of a large crowd gathered outdoors for a rally.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Four women
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A woman holds a certificate as three others look on.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Ed McClellen with Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Jenkins
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Ed McClellen, NAACP Executive Director (center) with Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins was the Chicago Urban League's OIT Director.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Career Day at Arthur Dixon Elementary School
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Bill Berry is welcomed to Arthur Dixon Elementary School by eighth grade president Marcus Lyles, as others look on.
Date:
1969-04-15 00:00:00
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Whitney M. Young's book "To Be Equal" on a desk
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Close-up of a someone at a desk with Whitney M. Young's book "To Be Equal" sitting on it. The book was published in 1964.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Women receiving awards
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Group of unidentified women receiving award plaques at an event.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
The Reverend Calvin Morris speaking
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The Reverend Calvin Morris speaking. Morris served as Jesse Jackson's lieutenant in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)'s Operation Breadbasket.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
LeRoi Jones (Amiri Bakara) speaking
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LeRoi Jones (Amiri Bakara) speaking at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Operation Breadbasket meeting, held at the Capital Theater, 79th and Halsted Street.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Poverty speech by Marion Henley
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Marion Henley (left), director of the Community Services Dept., speaks at the 28th Biennial convention of the National Council of Jewish Women at the Park-Congress Hotel.
Date:
1969-04-23 00:00:00
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Meeting of Ways and Means Committee, Action for Survival
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Seated around meeting tables, clockwise from left, are: Dr. Raymond Lee, South East Community Organization; Marion Henley, CUL; Charles Gaines, Chatham Avalon Park Community Council; Renault Robinson, Afro-American Patrolmen's League; Laplois Ashford, CUL; Philip Smith, Voters Organized to Educate; the Reverend A. I. Dunlap, Coalition for United Community Action; Emmitt Perine (?), Youth Action; and Frank Sayne (?), Chesterfield Council.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Dr. James Buckner, Nancy Cone, and Willie Pittman receive awards
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At the award presentation at the Council of Religious Leaders annual dinner are, left to right: unidentified woman, Dr. James Buckner, Nancy Cone, Willie Pittman, and an unidentified man.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Robert T. Strube receives a Beautiful People Award
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Robert T. Strube (center) receives the Chicago Urban League's Beautiful People Award. James W. Compton is at the left. Dr. James Buckner (right) speaks at a podium.
Date:
1975
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Money Talks
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Banker Gerald Hines (left) discusses career opportunities for minorities in finance with Ollice Holden of the Chicago Urban League at an Operation Total Involvement event.
Date:
1973-05-21 00:00:00
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Three boys
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Three young boys.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Al Raby speaks at a dinner event
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Al Raby speaks at a podium at a dinner held at the Sheraton-Blackstone hotel. Pictured at the head table, left to right, are: Andrew J. Young, Warren Bacon, Martin Luther King, Jr., Bill Berry, Albert A. Raby (speaking), and the Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
James Compton and another man
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James W. Compton (left) shaking hands with an unidentified man.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Distributing Membership Campaign workers' kits to volunteers
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Chicago Urban League volunteer Glenn Harston (right) distributes membership drive kits to fellow volunteers at the First National Bank. Pictured from left are: Rev. Lucretia Smith, Third Vice President of the Council of Religious Leaders; Veronica Fickling; Willie Pittman; William O. Stewart, and Maude Tancil.
Date:
1974-04-19 00:00:00
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
The Reverend Joseph Evans
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Among other distinctions, The Reverend Joseph H. Evans served as President of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1960
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Woman with a brooch
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Portrait of a woman wearing a brooch.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Addie Wyatt, Bill Berry, James Compton, and the Reverend Kenneth B. Smith
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James W. Compton, Addie Wyatt, Edwin C. "Bill" Berry and Rev. Kenneth B. Smith, president of the Chicago Urban League, greet members of the League's Symposium Advisory Committee.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Head table guests, Chicago Urban League Annual Luncheon
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Among the head table guests at the Chicago Urban League's Annual Luncheon are, from the left: Edwin C. Berry, former League director; Robert M. Drevs, chairman, Peoples Gas Company; and H. B. Law, League Board Member.
Date:
1976-02-06 00:00:00
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson and Vernon Jarrett
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Jesse Jackson (left) seated with Vernon Jarrett (center) at a dining event. An unidentified man is at the right.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Walter Strickland points out target areas for League program
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Chicago Urban League Communications Committee volunteer members listen intently as Walter Strickland, CUL Development Department Specialist, points out target areas for League program. Members include (l. to r.): H. B. Law, chairman of CUL executive committee; CUL Board Member, Philip B. Haff, Committee chairman and manager of Chicago area public relations, Western Electric Co.; and Harold Gulley, manager for public relations at Leo Burnett Co.
Date:
1973-04-16 00:00:00
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Discussion around a table
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Group of people meeting around a table, including Marian Henley (far left) and Henry Wilson (center.)
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Community improvements (Boy Scouts)
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Group of Boy Scouts working in a yard with pitchforks, brooms, hoes and other tools.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Speaking to an audience in a church
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An audience seated in church pews listens to an unidentified speaker (left).
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Bill Berry speaking at CCCO meeting
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Bill Berry speaks from a church pulpit at the CCCO's (Coordinating Council of Community Organizations) initial meeting on direct action. The Reverend Arthur M. Brazier is seated behind him.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Al Prejean at Forestville School
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Chicago Urban League administrator Alvin J. Prejean speaks in front of a class of students and others at Forestville School. Teacher F. Ailene Marks is at the left.
Date:
1958-04-08 00:00:00
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Woman with dangling earrings
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Portrait of a woman wearing dangling earrings.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Membership Campaign Drive April, 1963
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Group of people holding donation tins for the Membership Campaign Drive.
Date:
April, 1963
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Celious Henderson and Dr. James Buckner, new Board members
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New board members as of February 1968: Dr. James Buckner (left) and Celious Henderson (right).
Date:
1968-02-01 00:00:00
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Dr. Percy Julian
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Dr. Percy Julian (right) seated with others at a dining table.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Legislation, 1956-1960 (Folder 77)
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Legislation relating to immigration and civil rights. Includes amendment bills for immigration legislation, the text of President Eisenhower's immigration speech, copies of the Congressional Record, a report and other material from the Chicago Urban League, and various statements, press releases, and correspondence. Includes pamphlet "Refugee Immigration Facts and Figures".
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
James Bevel speaking
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James Bevel speaking at a podium at the 1966 Soldier Field Rally.
Date:
1966
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Bill Berry with Kathryn Dickerson and Mrs. James Baxter
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Pictured left to right are: Mrs. James Baxter, Bill Berry, and Kathryn Dickerson.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access

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34 Berry, Edwin C., 1910-1987 26 Compton, James, 1938- 11 King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 7 Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 7 Young, Whitney M. 4 Wyatt, Addie L., 1924-2012 3 Brazier, Arthur M. 3 Jarrett, Vernon, 1921-2004 3 Veeck, Bill 2 Epps, Edgar G., 1929- 2 Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 2 International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO) 2 Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion), 1935- 2 Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975 2 Metcalfe, Ralph H. 1 AFL-CIO 1 Altgeld Gardens (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Banks, Ernie, 1931-2015 1 Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 1 Barnett, Etta Moten, 1901-2004 1 Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008 1 Black Panther Party 1 Boy Scouts of America 1 Brock, Lou, 1939- 1 Burrell, Curtis 1 Carroll, Diahann 1 Chicago Sun-Times 1 Citizens of Greater Chicago 1 Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005 1 Council for Community Services in Metropolitan Chicago 1 Daylie, Daddio 1 Despres, Leon Mathis, 1908-2009 1 Dickerson, Earl B., 1891-1986 1 Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976 1 Edgar, Jim 1 Egan, Edward M., 1932-2015 1 Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975 1 Evans, Joseph H. B. (Joseph Henry B.), 1915- 1 Forman, James, 1928-2005 1 Gordon, Robert Philip 1 Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969 1 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 1 Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.) 1 Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. 1 Kim Sisters (Musical group) 1 King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 1 Kitt, Eartha 1 LaFayette, Bernard, Jr. 1 Lane, Frayser T. (Frayser Titus), b. 1892 1 Lane, Richard, 1928- 1 Mboya, Tom 1 McCormick, Brooks, 1917-2006 1 McNair, Barbara 1 Morris, Calvin S. (Calvin Sylvester), 1941- 1 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1 National Council of Jewish Women 1 National Urban League (NUL) 1 Operation PUSH (U.S.) 1 Partee, Cecil A., 1921- 1 Payne, Freda 1 Proctor, Barbara 1 Robinson, Renault 1 Roosevelt University 1 Ross, Diana, 1944- 1 Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 1 Saunders, Warner 1 Sawyer, Eugene 1 Smith, Abby 1 Smith, Kenneth B. 1 Strayhorn, Earl 1 Supremes (Musical group) 1 Tilmon, Jim 1 Travis, Dempsey J. (Dempsey Jerome), 1920-2009 1 Vivian, C. T. 1 Washington, Harold, 1922-1987 1 Western Electric Company 1 Wick, John W., 1935- 1 Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981