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African American athletes -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Ellie Lee Weems photograph and photographic negatives collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl89-014
Overview The photographs series contains photographs taken in Jacksonville, Fla. by Ellie Lee Weems, an African American photographer, from the years 1928 through 1975 with subjects including awards and honors; business and commercial personalities and establishments; church and civic groups; entertainers and celebrities; families; funerals; graduation exercises and cap and gown cameos; landscapes; Masonic orders and related auxiliaries; performing arts; portraits of children, women, and men;...
Dates: 1925-1979

Othello "Chico" Renfroe collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl90-002
Overview The collection consists of papers of Othello "Chico" Renfroe from ca. 1938-1991. The papers include scrapbooks, photo albums, baseball game books, and audiotapes documenting the Negro baseball leagues, the integration of African Americans in the white leagues, African American athletes, and the civil rights movement, as well as Renfroe's activities as a sports broadcaster. The scrapbooks contain clippings, photographs, correspondence, programs, and baseball cards. The clippings include...
Dates: [ca. 1938-1991]

William and Mary Jackson collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl00-004
Scope and Contents note This collection comprises the personal and professional papers of William and Mary Jackson. However, William Jackson created a majority of the items in the collection. It includes biographical data, reports from affiliated organizations such as the Atlanta University School of Social Work, The Community Action Agency (CAA), Morehouse and Morris Brown College, the Social Security Administration (SAA) and council minutes from the First Congregational Church. There are correspondences,...
Dates: 1855-2000