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Title: Chester Arthur Franklin, 1880-1955
Description: A 7 page photocopied transcript of a speech given on May 5, 1968 at the dedication of the Chester A. Franklin Elementary School.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Manuscript

Title: Roy Willkins, Famous Leader, Worked First For THE CALL
Description: Biographical article includes Roy Wilkins' experiences during the eight years that he was managing editor of THE CALL. The discrimination he experienced while living in Kansas City led him to become active in the NAACP and led to the invitation by Walter White to be his chief assistant in the New York office of the association.
Date: 2010-07-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Miss Elsie M. Mountain to Head Council
Description: File containing an article about Miss Elsie Mountain, "executive secretary of the Paseo branch Y.W.C.A." being elected "president of the Kansas City council of the National Negro congress." Other officers of the organization included Lucile Bluford, treasurer.
Date: 1939-01-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Black History Quiz
Description: Ten questions and answers on topics pertaining to Black history in Kansas City. Individuals, places, and organizations included in questions: Roy Wilkins; Negro National League (baseball); Lucile Bluford; Quindaro, Kansas; Charlie Parker; Community Committee for Social Action; John E. Perry; Sumner High School; George Dudley.
Date: 2002-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Black Vanguard Less Visible Now
Description: File containing portraits and a biographical article about the decline in leadership in the local black community with depictions and descriptions of the following former black leaders here: Chester Franklin, Leon Jordan, Daniel Holmes, Lucile Bluford, Bruce Watkins, Doretta Henderson, Girard Bryant, Reverend John Williams, Mamie Hughes, Julia Hill, and Bernard Powell.
Date: 1975-04-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Project Hi Blood: A Door-to-Door Fight against Hypertension
Description: Photos and article about "Project Hi Blood, a model out-reach program to locate and treat hypertension victims," especially poor blacks "throughout Kansas City, Mo., ghetto" and headquartered at "the new $2 million Wayne Miner Neighborhood Health Center in Kansas City." Photos and descriptions of prominent local African Americans involved such as Dr. Samuel Rodgers and Lucile Bluford.
Date: 1975-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: History of Freedom, Inc., and Its Early Leaders
Description: This Master of Arts thesis presents information on the local political organization called Freedom, Inc. as well as a biographies of two of its early leaders, Bruce Watkins and Leon Jordan. According to the author's abstract, Freedom Inc., a non-profit organization was "created to politically inform the African-American community, develop African-American candidates for political office, and mobilize the vote in Kansas City, Missouri." Included also is discussion on the civil rights struggle in Kansas City in the 1950s and 1960s as well as information on "The Kansas City Call" newspaper and Lucile Bluford. Includes an eight-page bibliography on the topic.
Date: 2006-04
Object Type: Thesis/Dissertation