John H. Young papers, 1911-1977.

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John H. Young papers, 1911-1977.

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Incoming letters, brochures, and newsletters, most addressed to John H. Young, an African American man, born in Georgia, who relocated to northern Illinois in 1910. The collection includes a typed letter (1914) from Ida B. Wells-Barnett asking for support of the Negro Fellowship League along with letters (1919-1920s) from his mother, brother and sisters in Georgia, asking about his Chicago life and expressing desires to leave the South. The collection also includes various Baptist materials from the 1920s and 1930s and newsletters (1936-1955) from the George L. Giles Post number 87 of the American Legion. Also present are letters received by other family members, mainly his sister Annie Mae Young. Correspondences includes a letter received by Miss Young from a real estate broker, Berenice B. Proctor, praising her for her "sincere efforts to save our homes from being torn down" for public housing, because "to oust over 26,000 tenants and home owners out of this area between Michigan and Lake Park, 31st to 35th Streets will prove a serious handicap" (1948).

0.5 linear ft. (1 box)

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Young, Annie Mae.

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Young, John C. (John Carlton), 1886-1980

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Lawyer and judge, of Colorado; served as presiding judge, Military Tribunal V, Nuremberg, Germany, 1947-1948. From the description of Papers, 1947-1948. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70946951 ...

Negro Fellowship League (Chicago, Ill.)

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Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931

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Ida B. Wells (b. July 16, 1862, Holly Springs, MS - d. March 25, 1931, Chicago, IL) was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862, six months before the Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to her slave parents. Following the death of both her parents of yellow fever in 1878, Ida, at age 16, began teaching in a one-room schoolhouse in rural Mississippi. Some time between 1882 and 1883 Wells moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to teach in city schools. She was dismissed, in 1891, for h...

American Legion. George L. Giles Post No. 87, Chicago, Ill.

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