Information: The first column shows data points from Robinson, Sugar Ray, 1920-1989 in red. The third column shows data points from Robinson, Ray, Jr. in blue. Any data they share in common is displayed as purple boxes in the middle "Shared" column.
Sugar Ray Robinson (b. Walker Smith Jr., May 3, 1921, Ailey, GA–d April 12, 1989, Los Angeles, CA) was a professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. He moved from Georgia to Harlem, NYC at 12 and made his professional boxing debut in 1940. In 1943, Robinson was inducted into the United States Army, where he served with Joe Louis and the pair went on tours where they performed exhibition bouts in front of US troops.
From 1943 to 1951 Robinson went on a 91 fight unbeaten streak. He held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and won the world middleweight title in 1951 and again in 1955. Robinson was the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. On November 11, 1965, Robinson announced his retirement from boxing.
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Sugar Ray Robinson born Walker Smith Jr.; May 3, 1921, Ailey, Georgia – April 12, 1989, Los Angeles, CA; professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965; moved with his mother to the New York City neighborhood of Harlem at the age of twelve; Robinson made his professional debut on October 4, 1940, winning via second-round stoppage over Joe Echevarria; On February 27, 1943, Robinson was inducted into the United States Army, where he was again referred to as Walker Smith; Robinson served with Joe Louis, and the pair went on tours where they performed exhibition bouts in front of US troops; From 1943 to 1951 Robinson went on a 91 fight unbeaten streak, the third longest in professional boxing history; Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and won the world middleweight title in the latter year. He retired in 1952, only to come back two and a half years later and regain the middleweight title in 1955. He then became the first boxer in history to win a divisional world championship five times; On November 11, 1965, Robinson announced his retirement from boxing; Robinson married Marjorie Joseph in 1938; the marriage was annulled the same year. Their son, Ronnie Smith, was born in 1939. Robinson met his second wife Edna Mae Holly, a noted dancer who performed at the Cotton Club They had one son, Ray Robinson Jr. (born 1949) and divorced in 1960; In 1965, Robinson married Millie Wiggins Bruce and the couple settled in Los Angeles
Wikipedia article, Sugar Ray Robinson (accessed April 19, 2019)
Sugar Ray Robinson born Walker Smith Jr.; May 3, 1921, Ailey, Georgia – April 12, 1989, Los Angeles, CA; professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965; moved with his mother to the New York City neighborhood of Harlem at the age of twelve; Robinson made his professional debut on October 4, 1940, winning via second-round stoppage over Joe Echevarria; On February 27, 1943, Robinson was inducted into the United States Army, where he was again referred to as Walker Smith; Robinson served with Joe Louis, and the pair went on tours where they performed exhibition bouts in front of US troops; From 1943 to 1951 Robinson went on a 91 fight unbeaten streak, the third longest in professional boxing history; Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and won the world middleweight title in the latter year. He retired in 1952, only to come back two and a half years later and regain the middleweight title in 1955. He then became the first boxer in history to win a divisional world championship five times; On November 11, 1965, Robinson announced his retirement from boxing; Robinson married Marjorie Joseph in 1938; the marriage was annulled the same year. Their son, Ronnie Smith, was born in 1939. Robinson met his second wife Edna Mae Holly, a noted dancer who performed at the Cotton Club They had one son, Ray Robinson Jr. (born 1949) and divorced in 1960; In 1965, Robinson married Millie Wiggins Bruce and the couple settled in Los Angeles
Dorothy Kilgallen papers and scrapbooks, 1936-1965
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Dorothy Kilgallen papers and scrapbooks 1936-1965
The Dorothy Kilgallen Papers and Scrapbooks consists of personal papers, photographs, and clippings documenting her versatile career as newswoman, actress, TV personality, radio hostess, wife and mother from 1930 to her death in 1965. The collection is a wealth of photographs and clippings, but has virtually no correspondence. Photographs include such notables as: Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Joe DiMaggio and Rex Harrison, among others. The materials reveal Ms. Kilgallen as a celebrity; even personal family photographs have the flavor of posed publicity settings. The collection gives no glimpse of Dorothy Kilgallen's private life.
Dorothy Kilgallen papers and scrapbooks, 1936-1965
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Richard Durham radio scripts, 1948-1950.
Durham, Richard. Richard Durham radio scripts, 1948-1950.
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Richard Durham radio scripts, 1948-1950.
Photocopies of scripts by Richard Durham for 95 radio programs featuring biographies of outstanding African Americans that were broadcast on WMAQ Radio station (NBC, Chicago) in the series called Destination Freedom. Individuals discussed include Crispus Attucks, Jessie Owens, Langston Huges, Nat King Cole, Ida B. Wells, Sugar Ray Robinson, Lonnie Johnson, and many others. Box 4 contains a history and analysis of the Destination Freedom program series written by Durham.
1, rioters battle troops in Caracas. Venezuela, break into the security police building, and free political prisoners. Close-ups of the dead and injured are shown. A junta, headed by Admiral Larrazabal, meets at Miraflores and pledges free elections. Part 2 a snow train, led by Brit. explorer Sir Edmund Hillary, reaches the South Pole. Part 3 swim suit styles are modeled at Miami Beach. Part 4, natives race their outrigger canoes off New Guinea. Part 5, boxers Basilio and Robinson sign for a bout in Chicago as Joe Louis looks on. Part 6, police dogs perform in Sydney. Australia.
Part 1, shows a U S.-Japanese swimming meet in Tokyo. Part 2, the Korean War: a brigade of U.S. Marines disembarks in Pusan, Korea. Tanks, motorized infantry, and artillery advance. Gen. Walker confers with officers at the front. North Korean prisoners are marched to the rear. Gen. MacArthur deplanes in Taipeh, Formosa, and is greeted by Gen. and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek. In the UN Security Council, U.S. delegate Austin accuses Russia of responsibility for the Korean War. Part 3, boxing: "Sugar" Ray Robinson vs. Charlie Fusari at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, N.J.
Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984. Papers: Series IV-V, 1940-1984 (inclusive).
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Papers: Series IV-V, 1940-1984 (inclusive).
Series IV, Writings, contains notes, drafts, correspondence, and printed pieces that provide an overview of Deming's early writings and a complete view of her writing and attempts to publish after the late 1960s. The book-length works covered include Wash Us and Comb Us: Stories by Barbara Deming (1972), We Cannot Live Withour Our Lives (1974), Remembering Who We Are: Barbara Deming in Dialogue with Gwenda Blair, et al. (1981, We Are All Part of One Another: A Barbara Deming Reader, edited by Jane Meyerding (1984), and A Humming Under My Feet: A Book of Travail (1985). Deming published articles in such literary journals as Chimera and The Hudson Review, and such political periodicals as The Nation, WIN, and Sinister Wisdom. The journals document Deming's trips to Greece, Italy, Mexico, Cuba, India, Vietnam, and elsewhere. Series V, Writings by others, contains manuscripts of poems, plays, stories, essays, and books by BD's friends and acquaintances. Every series in this collection (particularly Series II) includes similar material, but BD kept this set separate.
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