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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.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Bayard Rustin
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Portrait of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
Collection:
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.
Collection:
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.
Collection:
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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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.
Collection:
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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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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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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The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson
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The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson speaking at a microphone.
Collection:
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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Addie Wyatt
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Portrait of civil rights activist Addie L. Wyatt.
Collection:
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.
Collection:
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.
Collection:
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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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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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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Bill Berry with Hattie Mack
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Bill Berry embraces Hattie Mack. At time of the photo, Mack was the only active charter member of the Women's Division.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Bill Berry and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Bill Berry (left) seated next to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bernard LaFayette at street rally
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Crowd gathered on a street to hear speakers: Martin Luther King, Jr. is on the platform, second from the left; Bernard LaFayette is on King's left.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Listening to a panel speaker
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Seated at the table are Phil Howser (left), the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson (second from the left), and Whitney M. Young Jr. (far right).
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Addie Wyatt, Bill Berry, Doris Zollar, and James O'Connor
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Pictured standing near a podium are, left to right: Doris M. Zollar, Bill Berry, Addie Wyatt, and James O'Connor.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Dorothy McConner, Dr. James Buckner, and James Compton
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Seated around a conference table are, left to right: Dr. James Buckner, unidentified man, Dorothy McConner, and James W. Compton.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Arnita Boswell and others
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Activist and educator Arnita Y. Boswell (second from right) with a group of women.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Bill Berry receives a plaque from the Chicago Urban League
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Bill Berry (second from right) receives a plaque from the Chicago Urban League at a testimonial dinner. Pictured left to right are: Ed Holmgren, Kathryn Dickerson, Berry, and Carey B. Preston.
Date:
1970-06-22 00:00:00
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Bill Berry before an audience
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Bill Berry (standing center, facing the camera) addresses a group of people.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Bill Berry and Bill Veeck with others
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Bill Berry (left) and Bill Veeck (second from left) with an unidentified couple.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Bill Berry and Whitney M. Young, Jr.
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Bill Berry (right) speaks with Whitney M. Young, Jr.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Bill Berry at Crispus Attucks Day commemoration
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Bill Berry (right) with others at a Crispus Attucks Day commemoration. The Victory Monument is visible behind him.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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People kneeling at Martin Luther King, Jr.'s grave
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Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson with Connie Seals
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Jesse Jackson (center) with Costello O. "Connie" Seals (left) and an unidentified man (right).
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking
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Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking outside at a podium.
Date:
ca. 1966
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Bill Berry speaking
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Bill Berry speaking at a microphone.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Thelma Hill
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Thelma Hill (center) clasps hands with two unidentified men. A poster on the wall behind her reads "Support Your Urban League - 1971 Membership Campaign".
Date:
1971
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Model of an educational park
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Bill Berry (right) listens as an unidentified man describes an educational park with primary, middle and high school facilities.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., James Compton, and others
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Pictured left to right are: George E. Johnson, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Mrs. Clarence Woods, Clarence Woods, and James Compton.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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