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Title
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Testimonial in K.C.K. to Honor Roy Wilkins
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Description
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Article reporting the return of Roy Wilkins to Kansas City to be honored at a church in Kansas City, Kansas. Wilkins was the executive director of the NAACP for 21 years, after working as a writer and editor for the Kansas City Call from 1923 to 1931.
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1976-04-27
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Don't Forget Local Black Achievement
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Description
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News article about local black achievement in the context of Black History Month. Several prominent African Americans are mentioned, such as Chester Franklin, Roy Wilkins (an NAACP leader), Lucile Bluford, Edward Wilson ("the city's first black fire chief"), Lee Vertis Swinton, or Lee Swinton ("Missouri's first black senator from Kansas City"), Bruce Watkins, Bernard Powell ("slain community activist"), and Alan Wheat.
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Date
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1985-02-06
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Learning the 'Rules,' Singing the Blues
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Description
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Biographical article, with photos, about prominent black poets from or influenced by Kansas City, including Roger Wilkins, Melvin Tolson, Langston Hughes, and James Weldon Johnson. Personal experiences of these writers are related in the context of social status and conditions of blacks in Kansas City, especially before widespread desegregation. How these experiences influenced their writings is also described. One example is the following: "To the young Joplin-born poet Langston Hughes, Kansas City was electric.... It was on Independence Avenue, around 1913, that Mr. Hughes first heard the blues being played...."
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Date
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1984-02-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Roy Wilkins, THE CALL and the NAACP
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Description
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Article discusses the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the Kansas City area. The NAACP's Annual National Convention was held in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1923. It was the first such convention held west of the Mississippi and attracted such luminaries as W.E.B. DuBois, James Weldon Johnson, and Roy Wilkins.
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Date
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2009-10-23
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
