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Award being given

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Two African American soldiers shake hands at a table as one hands the other a trophy. The soldier handing the trophy over has a shoulder patch from the 5th Army - A5 patch. Several bottles of soft...

Date Published
1955-12

Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

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A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums as he wears sunglasses. In front of Bill and to...

Date Published
1951
1960

Bob, Leata, and LaRue go for a stroll

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Bob, Leata and LaRue walking arm-in-arm along an outdoor wooded trail. Bob is taking a drink. All three have hats with wide brims.

Date Published
1951
1960

Business skills students

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An African American male instructor leans against a wall on the right back as he speaks with African American co-ed business skills students crowded into a small office doing various clerical duties...

Date Published
1957
1959

Classroom setting at Western Seminary

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An African American male instructor wearing a three-piece suit, stands in the center back teaching clerical skills to a class of African American co-ed students in a classroom at the Western Baptist...

Date Published
1949
1951

Co-ed group by the porch of Western Seminary

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Four rows of an African American co-ed group of the Literary Society just in front of the porch of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The first row crouches...

Date Published
1941
1959

Cool Cat

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Staff Sergeant Harry L. Smith, from his right side, smiles as he stands on the street and looks over his right shoulder at the photographer. Handwritten above and below the photograph on the backing,...

Date Published
1951
1960

Couple looking at each other in the eyes

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An African American male soldier, wearing dress uniform with his hat in his left hand, stands and looks into the eyes of a African American woman in a white evening gown and white gloves that extend...

Date Published
1951
1960

Guitarist and bassist performing in Chicago

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An unidentified African American man holding a tenor guitar while wearing mix-matched clothing and a derby hat stands to the right and gives a questioning look to an unidentified African American...

Date Published
1958
1959

Keenheel

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An African American soldier kneels on one knee in front of a building, possibly the barracks, posing for a photo. Handwritten on the front, "To a Buddy -- Keenheel--".

Date Published
1951
1960

Literary Society of Western Seminary

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A group photograph of the African American co-ed Literary Society standing in rows on the steps at Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The African American instructor...

Date Published
1949
1951

Man looks to the ceiling as he plays the piano

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An unidentified African American man wearing a suit turns to his right and looks up to the ceiling as he sits at the piano and plays with his left hand. A cowbell lays on top of the piano. The piano...

Date Published
1951
1960

Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band

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Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band at an unidentified venue in Kansas City. Farthest to the left Bunnie "Bumps" Love smiles to her right at the photographer as she sits with her hands on...

Date Published
1951
1960

Sawing a stump

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An unidentified African American man and a boy stand on either side of a stump lying on its side, holding it steady. Another unidentified African American man pushes one side of a two-man crosscut saw...

Date Published
1957-01

Soldier sitting in a jeep

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An African American soldier sits behind the wheel of a military Jeep in front of the barracks.

Date Published
1951
1960

Staff Sergeant Crawford Johnson

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Shirtless Staff Sergeant Crawford Johnson sitting on the grill of a car in New Orleans as three unidentified African American soldiers behind him wipe down the car. The barracks are on the left side...

Date Published
1951
1960

Three men socialize

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Three unidentified African American men, arms around each other's shoulders smile and yell. The two on the right wear patterned shirts while the one on the left wears a knit, button-up shirt. Below...

Date Published
1951
1960