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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Chicago Urban League records

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Annual Meeting, 1962
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Pictured at the Chicago Urban League Annual Meeting are, left to right: H. B. "Bob" Law, President, CUL; Kathryn Dickerson; and Benjamin Scrutchions, Superintendent of School District 169, East Chicago Heights, Illinois.
Date:
1962-11-28 00:00:00
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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.
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Chicago Urban League records

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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.
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Chicago Urban League records

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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.
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Chicago Urban League records

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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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Bill Berry with a group of students
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Bill Berry (standing at right) with a group of students.
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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.
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Chicago Urban League records

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Whitney M. Young, Jr. and another man
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Whitney Young (left) seated beside an unidentified man.
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Chicago Urban League records

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Crispus Attucks Day commemoration
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Group of people bow their heads next to a wreath placed at the base of the Victory monument at E. 35th Street and S. Martin Luther King Drive during a Crispus Attucks Day commemoration.
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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.
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Chicago Urban League records

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Three men having a discussion
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Three men in conversation.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Chicago Urban League records

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Ashbee Smith
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Ashbee Smith was the Chicago Urban League's Director of Employment.
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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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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
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Chicago Urban League records

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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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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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Fashions
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Group of fashionable women.
Date:
1953-04-01 00:00:00
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Chicago Urban League records

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Addie Wyatt
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Portrait of civil rights activist Addie L. Wyatt.
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Chicago Urban League records

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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.
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Chicago Urban League records

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Bill Berry and others
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Bill Berry (right) with two unidentified others at an event.
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Chicago Urban League records

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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.
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Chicago Urban League records

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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

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Chicago Urban League North Side office
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View of the Chicago Urban League's North Side office.
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Chicago Urban League records

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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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