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Title:

Career Day at Arthur Dixon Elementary School

Date of Original:

1969-04-15 00:00:00

Identifier:

CULR_04_0202_2277_001.tif

Permalink:

https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3v83f

Type:

Image

Notes:

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

Caption:

It was "Career Day" for eighth graders at the Arthur Dixon Elementary School, 8306 S. St. Lawrence Avenue recently with Edwin C. Berry, third from Right, Executive Director of The Chicago Urban League delivering the keynote speech. Welcoming Berry to the program is Marcus Lyles, eighth grade president. Others from left to right are Nina Greene of 8118 Eberhart Avenue, secretary; Mrs. Virginia Powe, eighth grade teacher; Charles E. Keenan, principal; Berry, Kenneth Taylor of 535 East 86th Street, vice president and Robin Miller, program chairman. "A new world is opening up for the Black child who applies himself in school," Berry told the students. He further noted that "Black adults are committed to help make your future dreams a reality."

Rights:

Copyright not evaluated

Access:

Public access

Subject--Topic

African Americans--Education

Civil rights workers

Subject--Name

Berry, Edwin C., 1910-1987

Chicago Urban League

Form:

Photographs

Collection Information

Collection:

Chicago Urban League records

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Series:

Series 4: Public Relations

Box:

202

Folder:

2277

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.