AfAm. African-Americans

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This collection consists of a self-published autobiography by Anna Gee Blackwell titled He's All I Need: My Life Story. The book not only details Ms. Blackwell's life, but also serves as a chronicle of mid-to-late 20th Century middle-class African-American experience in the Miami Valley.

Abstract The Dayton Urban League was chartered in 1947. In conjunction with a nation-wide League Network, the Dayton Urban League made an important contribution to the general welfare of the local community through its services to African-Americans in Dayton. The League attempted to improve employment opportunities, accelerate guidance programs for young people, initiate greater participation of Blacks in the activities of other welfare agencies and civic organizations, and to improve the climate of...

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Records of freed blacks from Greene, Logan, Miami, and Montgomery counties. Information usually includes name, age, birthdate, place and date of freedom, name of former owner, and a short physical description.

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Collection includes scrapbooks, correspondence and photographs of a well-known African-American civil rights activist in Dayton.

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Transcript of an autobiography by C.J. McLin, Jr. Also available in published form in the Archives and the Libraries collections.

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Original voice and piano score for song written by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

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Sheet music and RCA phonograph recording of "Who Knows".

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The collection contains seven newspaper clippings concerning the death and funeral of Paul Laurence Dunbar, as well as his mother, Matilda Dunbar. Two of these include poems written by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

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Original handwritten and typed version of a poem, "To Anna C." written by Paul Laurence Dunbar. The poem is believed to have been written between 1900 and 1906. It was written for Anna Coons who lived in Dunbar’s neighborhood.

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Booklet written by Charles M. Austin concerning the Dayton Youth Movement of the 1930s.