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Title
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Ada & Chester Franklin
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Description
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File containing photos and a biographical articles about Ada Crogman Franklin, or Ada Franklin (ca. 1886-1983) and her husband Chester Arthur Franklin, or Chester Franklin (1880-1955), founding owners and publishers of "'The Call, the weekly African-American newspaper published in Kansas City for 81 years." Description of their operation of the influential African American newspaper founded in 1918 at 1715 East 18th Street and their journalism careers involved with fighting racism, with residences on the 2400 block of Montgall Avenue in the 1920s and later above the Call offices.
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Date
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2000-05-21
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Description
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Photo and bio of Ada Crogman Franklin, or Ada Franklin (~1886-1983), publisher and writer for the Kansas City Call newspaper for the local African American community, and the wife of the paper's founder, Chester Franklin. Description of her life and career, born in Atlanta and becoming a writer, moving to Kansas City in 1925, and "devot[ing] considerable time to community projects" as a director or supporter of the Niles Home for Children, the Wheatley-Provident Hospital Women's Auxiliary, and the Urban League, etc.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
