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Title:

Delores Johnson welcomes new members to The Leaguers

Identifier:

CULR_04_0199_2252a_001.tif

Permalink:

https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d30z5b

Type:

Image

Notes:

Title and description from news release produced by the Chicago Urban League Community Education Department. Image available as negative.

Caption:

Mrs. Delores Johnson, (left), president of The Leaguers, of 9311 S. Eberhart Ave., welcomes new members to the group, an official auxiliary of the Chicago Urban League as they kick-off their 13th Annual Benefit for the agency. The group organized in January, 1955 boasts of 25 members whose main goal is raising funds to assist the League with its annual budget. New Leaguers who are working untiringly for a successful benefit from left, are Mrs. Iris Jamerson, 9704 S. Emerald Ave., and Mrs. Patricia Matthews of 5207 S. Ingleside Ave. Mrs. Johnson stated that more than 2000 friends of The Leaguers are expected to attend the beneift [sic] ball on Sunday, March 2, at 10 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Chicago Hotel.

Rights:

Copyright not evaluated

Access:

Public access

Subject--Topic:

African Americans

Subject--Name:

Chicago Urban League

Photographer:

Bell, Ted

Form:

Photographs

Collection Information

Collection:

Chicago Urban League records

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Series:

Series 4: Public Relations

Box:

199

Folder:

2252a

Repository:

University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)

Repository Collection Type:

Manuscript Collections

Repository Location:

Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements:

This project was funded through a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.