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Title
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Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
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Description
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Interior view of group gathered around Joe Sanders at the piano, location not given. Identified in Edmiston's book - Left to right, Nick Musilino, John Thiell, Harold Thiell, Orville Knapp, Pop Estep, Joe Richolson, Tom Beckham, Carleton Coon and Joe Sanders.
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Date
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1923
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Emil Chaquette Orchestra
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Description
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Portrait of the Emil Chaquette Orchestra posted in front of an elaborately decorated stage in an unidentified location.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Emil Chaquette Orchestra
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Description
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Portrait of the Emil Chaquette Orchestra posted in front of an elaborately decorated stage in an unidentified location.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Pursuit of Truth: From Kansas City's Libraries, Alvin Sykes Plotted and Unlikely Course to Civil Rights History
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Description
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Booklet published by the Kansas City Public Library summarizing the community, civil rights, and legal activism of Alvin Sykes. The text covers Sykes' early life and passion for self-education through public libraries. His involvement in the 1980 murder case of jazz musician Steve Harvey at the Liberty Memorial is highlighted. Sykes' pursuit of a federal civil rights violation case against Harvey's accused killer, Raymond Bledsoe, after he was declared not guilty by an all white jury in Jackson County court is covered. Sykes' civil rights and legal activism following Bledsoe's conviction in 1983, including his involvement with the reexamination of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, is also covered. The booklet contains an introduction by former Kansas City Public Library executive director R. Crosby Kemper III and concludes with a note from Sykes discussing his life's work.
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Date
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2014
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Object Type
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Book
