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The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson and Sid Ordower
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Jesse Jackson (center) shakes hands with Sid Ordower (left). An unidentified man is at the right.
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Chicago Urban League records
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Bayard Rustin
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Portrait of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
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Chicago Urban League records
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Three people conversing at an event
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Two unidentified men and an unidentified woman conversing at an event.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Man on sidewalk near Army and Lou's Restaurant
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An unidentified man stands on the sidewalk on E. 75th Street near Army and Lou's Restaurant. The restaurant closed in 2011.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Two men discussing
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Two men looking at a book and discussing.
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Chicago Urban League records
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Chicago Urban League Women's Division Meeting
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Meeting of the Women's Division of the Chicago Urban League.
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Chicago Urban League records
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Dr. James Buckner
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Dr. James Buckner speaking at a microphone.
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Chicago Urban League records
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Dorothy McConner
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Portrait of Dorothy Lee Hamilton McConner.
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Chicago Urban League records
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Chicago Urban League headquarters, old and new
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View showing the old headquarters of the Chicago Urban League at 4500 S. Michigan (greystone at right), and the League's new headquarters at 4510 S. Michigan Avenue. The new headquarters opened in 1984.
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Chicago Urban League records
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Cheerleaders outside the Young Parents Center
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Group of cheerleaders posing outside the Chicago Urban League Young Parents Center.
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Chicago Urban League records
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Woman speaking
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A partially obscured sign in the background reads "The Southside Infant Health Network".
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Chicago Urban League records
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Woman with hand chimes
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Portrait of a woman holding hand chimes.
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Chicago Urban League records
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Woman with pearl choker
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Portrait of a woman wearing a pearl choker.
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Chicago Urban League records
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Chicago Urban League Annual Meeting, 1948
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Bill Veeck speaks at a podium during the Chicago Urban League's Annual meeting, held at the Sherman Hotel. 350 people were present at the event. A banner behind the head table reads: "American Teamwork Works! - Chicago Urban League".
Date:
1948
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Office workers
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Group of unidentified women around a desk in an office.
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Chicago Urban League records
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Unidentified man
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From Southside Conservation Association, 1954 documents
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Chicago Urban League records
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Audience
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Members of the audience include Connie Seals, Earl Dickerson, Reverend Eans (?), Austin (?), Kenneth Wilson, H. B. Law, Frank Cassell, Harold W. Witternborn (?), Bill Berry, and Kenneth Anglemire.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Warren Bacon and Martin Luther King, Jr. at dinner event
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Warren Bacon (left) and Martin Luther King, Jr. (second from left) listen to a speaker during a dinner event held at the Sheraton-Blackstone hotel.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Chicago Urban League headquarters (corner view)
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View of the Chicago Urban League headquarters at 4500 S. Michigan Avenue (at Grand Boulevard).
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Chicago Urban League records
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Al Raby, Bill Berry, and Mel Hosch
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Seated around a table with a reel-to-reel tape recorder, are, left to right: Al Raby, Mel Hosch, and Bill Berry.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Dr. James Buckner and Al Prejean
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Pictured holding large envelopes are Dr. James Buckner (left), Alvin J. Prejean (center), and an unidentified woman.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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William Daley with a group of women at a "We Care" event
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William Daley with a group of African American women at a "We Care" campaign event.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Group of African Americans with Daley "We Care" support kites
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A group of African American people posing outside with two "We Care …So Does Mayor Daley" supporter kites.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Richard J. Daley with group of African Americans at a "We Care" event
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Mayor Richard J. Daley standing in the center of a group of people, mostly African American, at a "We Care" campaign event.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Richard J. Daley in front of a "We Care" campaign office
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Mayor Richard J. Daley standing amongst a group of people, mostly African American, in front of a "We Care" campaign office.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Richard J. Daley with Police Superintendent O.W. Wilson and others
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An unidentified man shakes hands with Superintendent of Police O. W. Wilson (second from left). Mayor Richard J. Daley (center) and others look on.
Date:
circa 1963
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Richard J. Daley, City Treasurer Bertrand and Michael Bilandic
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Mayor Richard J. Daley (center) standing behind a bank of microphones with City Treasurer Joseph Bertrand (left) and Michael Bilandic (right).
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Richard J. Daley with a member of the Sanitary District, a city council member, and others
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Richard J. Daley with a member of the Sanitary District, a city council member and others at a political event.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Award presented to Mattie Smith Colin at a "We Care" campaign event
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William (Bill) Daley presents a Certificate of Appreciation to Mattie Smith Colin for her dedication to the "We Care" campaign, as a group standing behind them look on.
Date:
1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
William Daley shaking hands with a man at a "We Care" event
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William Daley shaking hands with an African American man, observed by several others at a "We Care" campaign event.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Eleanor Daley on a stage with others at a "We Care" event
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Eleanor "Sis" Daley standing on a stage by a podium with a group of others at a "We Care" campaign event.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Richard J. and Eleanor Daley with Roland Burris
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Mayor Richard J. Daley and Eleanor "Sis" Daley with Roland Burris.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Mayor Daley's Physical Fitness Award event, Richard J. Daley and awardee Mamie Rallins
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Mayor Richard J. Daley with awardee Mamie Rallins on the podium at a Mayor Richard J. Daley's Youth Foundation Physical Fitness Award event.
Date:
1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Richard J. Daley meeting a group of African American people
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Mayor Richard J. Daley meeting a group of African American people.
Date:
circa 1963
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Rally (man on stairs)
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View of a large crowd gathered outdoors for a rally. A raised platform is partially visible at the left.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Martin Luther King, Jr. at Chicago Freedom Movement Rally, Soldier Field (Freedom Sunday)
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Martin Luther King, Jr. waves to a large crowd from an open car at the Chicago Freedom Movement Rally at Soldier Field. Bill Berry is seated on his left.
Date:
1966-07-10 00:00:00
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Bill Berry with a group of students
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Bill Berry (standing at right) with a group of students.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Alice Treaga and Al Raby
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Alice Treaga speaks at a podium at the Raby Dinner, held in the Palmer House Hotel. Treaga was a Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO) volunteer. Al Raby is at the left.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Whitney M. Young, Jr. and another man
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Whitney Young (left) seated beside an unidentified man.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Harry H. C. Gibson, Kathryn Dickerson, Louis Alexander, Mrs. Louis Alexander, and Mrs. Robert Taylor
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Group of people at an event. Pictured left to right are: Mr. Louis Alexander, Kathryn Dickerson, Harry H. C. Gibson, Mrs. Louis Alexander, and Mrs. Robert Taylor.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Three men having a discussion
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Three men in conversation.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Group of women
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Chicago Urban League records
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James Compton
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James W. Compton speaking.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Police arrest a man
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Three police officers handcuff a young African American man.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Bill Berry, Connie Seals, George E. Johnson, and Harold Baron
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Seated at a dining event are, left to right: Bill Berry, Executive Director, Chicago Urban League; George E. Johnson, President, Johnson Products Co.; Connie Seals, Specialist, Com. Ed. Department, Chicago Urban League; and Harold Baron, Director of Research, Chicago Urban League. H. B. Law is in the background at the right.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Harold Meidell and Theodore Jones
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Harold Meidell (left) and Theodore Jones (right) at a dining event.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Women with foodstuffs
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A group of three unidentified women in an office. The woman at the left is packing canned and packaged goods into large cardboard boxes. Three boxes containing turkeys are sitting on a chair in the foreground.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Freda Payne and James Compton with a group of women
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Posing on a staircase in evening dress are, left to right: unidentified, Mary McDowell, Delores Truss, Grace Allen, unidentified, Rose Johnson, Cheribelle Byrd, Barbara Bacon, James W. Compton, Freda Payne, Elsie Briggs, Jo Dunbar, Kathryn Aiken, Ida Cross, Alice Sirus (?), Betty Bussell, Mary Thomas, and Gladys Davis.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Ashbee Smith
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Ashbee Smith was the Chicago Urban League's Director of Employment.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson
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The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson speaking at a microphone.
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Chicago Urban League records
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207 Chicago Urban League 38 Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 31 Berry, Edwin C., 1910-1987 25 Compton, James, 1938- 8 Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1899-1990 7 Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 7 King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 6 Daley, William M., 1948- 6 Young, Whitney M. 5 Daley, Eleanor, 1907-2003 4 Wyatt, Addie L., 1924-2012 3 Brazier, Arthur M. 3 Jarrett, Vernon, 1921-2004 3 Veeck, Bill 2 Bilandic, Michael A. (Michael Anthony), 1923-2002 2 Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 2 Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion), 1935- 2 Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975 2 Kelly, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1876-1950 2 Metcalfe, Ralph H. 1 AFL-CIO 1 Arvey, Jacob M. (Jacob Meyer), 1895-1977 1 Barnett, Etta Moten, 1901-2004 1 Barrett, Edward J., 1900-1977 1 Bertrand, Joseph 1 Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008 1 Black Panther Party 1 Boy Scouts of America 1 Burris, Roland W. 1 Carroll, Diahann 1 Chicago Sun-Times 1 Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005 1 Cobbs, Clarence H. 1 Daylie, Daddio 1 Dickerson, Earl B., 1891-1986 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 Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969 1 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 1 International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO) 1 Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972 1 Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.) 1 Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1 Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. 1 Kennelly, Martin H., 1887-1961 1 Kerner, Otto, 1908-1976 1 King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 1 Kitt, Eartha 1 Lane, Richard, 1928- 1 Marcin, John C. 1 Mboya, Tom 1 McCormick, Brooks, 1917-2006 1 McNair, Barbara 1 Mitchell, Arthur Wergs, 1883-1968 1 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1 National Council of Jewish Women 1 Operation PUSH (U.S.) 1 Payne, Freda 1 Proctor, Barbara 1 Robinson, Renault 1 Roosevelt University 1 Ross, Diana, 1944- 1 Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 1 Sampson, Edith S. (Edith Spurlock), 1901?-1979 1 Saunders, Warner 1 Sawyer, Eugene 1 Simon, Paul, 1928-2003 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 Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 1 Vivian, C. T. 1 Washington, Harold, 1922-1987 1 Western Electric Company 1 Wick, John W., 1935- 1 Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981