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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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Rally (large crowd)
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Aerial view of a large crowd at a rally. Some of the signs held up by participants read "Race Discrimination is Unchristian" and "Catholics for Equal Education".
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Chicago Urban League records

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Chicago Freedom Movement Rally, Soldier Field (Freedom Sunday)
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View of crowds in the stands at the Chicago Freedom Movement Rally (Freedom Sunday) at Soldier Field.
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1966-07-10 00:00:00
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Chicago Urban League records

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Lillie Crouther and Shirley Johnson operating office equipment
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Lillie Crouther and Shirley Johnson work with office equipment at Johnson Publishing Co.
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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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Education Park Plan
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The Reverend Curtis Burrell (left) of the Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization (KOCO), with architect and planner Robert Gordon (right), KOCO consultant. A city model is in the foreground.
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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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Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks from a car
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Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks from a car to a crowd assembled along a neighborhood street.
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Chicago Urban League records

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Employment Rally (man with cigarette)
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A crowd of people march along a sidewalk holding signs calling for jobs and equal rights.
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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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Quality Education - Fact or Fiction?
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Mrs. James O'Hern (third from right) with others including Franklin McCallie (far left), Dr. Edgar Epps (third from the left) and William Farrow (far right). The group was gathered for a panel discussion on education issues.
Date:
1974
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Chicago Urban League records

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Principals discuss community problems
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Group posing at a dinner table. A sign displayed on the table reads "Urban League Presents Executives Council".
Date:
1955-01-08 00:00:00
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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".
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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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Chicago Freedom Movement Rally, Soldier Field (CCCO sign)
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View of the crowd in the stands at the Chicago Freedom Movement Rally (Freedom Sunday) at Soldier Field. A CCCO (Coordinating Council of Community Organizations) sign is on the stage at the right.
Date:
1966-07-10 00:00:00
Collection:

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
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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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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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Public Housing
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Young man looking out an open window of an apartment building. The head of a boy is just visible at the lower right.
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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
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Chicago Urban League records

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254 Chicago Urban League 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 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 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