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Alvin Brooks helps Claude "Fiddler" Williams celebrate his 92nd birthday

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Alvin Brooks, eyes closed, speaks into a microphone as he stands with his arm around the shoulder of Claude "Fiddler" Williams at Fiddler's 92nd...

Date Published
February-21-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Alvin Brooks helps Claude "Fiddler" Williams celebrate his 92nd birthday

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on the right side of the photograph beside Alvin Brooks, and laughs as Alvin speaks into a microphone on the occasion...

Date Published
February-21-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Alvin Brooks speaks to the crowd

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Alvin Brooks on the steps of City Hall speaking to the crowd demonstrating on the National Day of Mourning for the Right to Privacy; a reporter is...

Date Published
June-30-1989
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection
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  • African American men
  • Brooks, Alvin L., 1932-

Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (1)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (3)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (2)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • Group portraits (1)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (1)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • Fiddlers (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • African American civic leaders (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • City council members (1)
  • City halls (1)
  • Civil rights workers (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Demonstrations (1)
  • Gay men (1)
  • Gay rights (1)
  • Journalists (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • (-) African American men (3)

Subjects, Community

  • Allies (1)
  • Gay liberation (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (1)
  • LGBTQ+ demonstrations (1)
  • LGBTQ+ events (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • (-) Brooks, Alvin L., 1932- (3)

Date Published

  • 2000-02-21 (2)
  • 1989-06-30 (1)

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Records, catalogs, and publications from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

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