https://losscaptureproject.cargo.site 2020-10-17T23:12:22+00:00 always 0.5 https://losscaptureproject.cargo.site/Loss-Capture-Playlists 2020-11-03T16:44:33+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/abbd161294ee6012cf50d4612332f5552d9726f43730354900f256a114b126f9/HouseMusicArchive_HoneyPotPerformance.JPG Image: A collection of ephemeral materials from Chicago House music events over the years, as collected and catalogued by The Blackivists archivist collective as part of the Chicago Black Social Culture Map: Early Chicago House Edition event in spring and summer 2019. The top flyer says "BEDROCKS" 2125 W. Roscoe, Ladies Free Thursday Nights, Thursday, April 17th. Photo courtesy of Stacie Williams. https://losscaptureproject.cargo.site/Loss-Capture-In-Conversation-Chicago-s-Music-Legacies-with-Ireashia-M 2020-11-18T14:27:46+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e207a822c03078dda35b47337f58d412dc5a2fd88d3304cf771954910d3200ea/Union-Park_0210_choir-1.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo of a Union Park Music Appreciation performance, June 21, 1940. Photo shows nine young people standing on chairs, five turned to the left, four to the right, all singing from sheet music. Chicago Public Library. Special Collections & Preservation Division. Photographer: Unknown. https://losscaptureproject.cargo.site/Loss-Capture-In-Conversation-Vivian-G-Harsh-s-Life-and-Legacy-with-Dr 2020-11-03T16:37:53+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b8a122b5db74cad568baf03b7e3c0652b134afdaa6f2d44ecc4cb9d0e46409e4/3_VivianHarsh_CharlemaeRollins_AtHallBranch_ChicagoPublicLibrary.jpg Image: Women's reading group at Hall Branch, 1940. In this photograph, Vivian Harsh, the first African American branch head of the Chicago Public Library, is at the back on the left, children's literature writer, librarian, and advocate, Charlemae Hill Rollins, is at the back on the right They are standing behind a table where 26 other people are sitting, books and papers in front of them, most looking at the camera. Hall Branch Archives. Photographer: Unknown. https://losscaptureproject.cargo.site/Ebony-Memories 2020-11-01T20:10:55+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39ce6a5088130ff6c40089738fdc0aa314395530a3c9dc5fad07412e83bf500a/Douglass--Neal.-Man-reading-Ebony-Magazine--photograph--June-6--1950--https___texashistory.unt.edu_ark__67531_metapth74438_m1_1__-accessed-October-10--2020--University-of-North-Texas-Libraries--The-Portal-to-Texas-History--https___texashi.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo of a person sitting outdoors, under a tree and sitting on a bench in front of a wood picket fence reading Ebony Magazine, June 6, 1950. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, Austin History Center, Austin Public Library. Photographer: Neal Douglass. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13f2a79a3d60bdd648f2d967ee026fcfef762ee404c4aa168706a390b2aad1ef/An_Afternoon_with_Lerone_Bennett_Jr.jpg Image: An orange flyer with black text for An Afternoon with Lerone Bennett, Jr. event with the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation, Inc, February, 20, 1983. There’s a profile photo portrait of Bennett with the words “Senior Editor, EBONY Magazine, Historian, and a list of books he’s authored. Indianapolis Public Library African American History Committee, Indianapolis Marion County Public Library. Designer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/650e59560953b19f85e2af6e548dc61764cae3af15c147a5e932f93d13c5b89f/Bradley_2285_medium.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo of an Ebony Fashion Fair model posing on a runway in a flowing and flared out light-colored cape and skirt, with a button up blouse and hat, wearing leather boots, c. 1974. African American Photographs Collection, Tom and Ethel Bradley Center, California State University Northridge. Photographer: Guy Crowder. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d09be92568c86808b905f6678816830280ee8f575a15ffd1bdbf6e529f43940/Bradley_2302_medium.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo of an Ebony Fashion Fair model posing on a runway in a long dress and jacket, pulling it open, c. 1974. She’s looking off to the right, wearing a head wrap and earrings. African American Photographs Collection, Tom and Ethel Bradley Center, California State University Northridge. Photographer: Guy Crowder. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f84148ca7c17730530d6bef72f5e04ab9c59a9d106b18bb5b52dd07a10f0cfc/nypl-digitalcollections-8bb13aa0-813c-0135-85b3-69e77fc1d0f0-001-v.jpg Image: A cover of Ebony Magazine featuring a potential Brandford Model, February 1949. The Ebony logo is white text on a red box against a blue background. The model in the image is wearing a red sweater, gloves, and a beige scarf. The words “In this issue: How I was cheated out of $500,000 by Beau Jack,” “Skiing: New Favorite as Negro Winter Sport,” and “30 cents.” Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a2728c2d3e695ed41dace117612cc5dbfb565fce83bb53a868e0bf55f6dab94/nypl-digitalcollections-d3a0fac0-81dc-0135-cde1-5dceb882b926-001-v.jpg Image: The June 18, 1953 cover of Jet Magazine featuring Sarah Lou Harris. The cover is green with white text and a black-and-white portrait of Harris, who is wearing a light top and looking directly into the camera. The cover has the following words: “Jet: The Weekly Negro News Maga…,” “A Johnson Publication, 15 cents,” “The truth about shotgun marriages,” and in black text, “Glamour queen of disc jockeys.” Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/580e31cd57853c2c267a960d237556ee0423674116804272af7150a6114f7e25/Virginia-Slims-in-Ebony-Magazine.jpg Image: An advertisement for Virginia Slims in Ebony Magazine, May 1975. The image shows a person with a pink-lavender dress and a headscarf, hands raised and resting on their head, holding a cigarette with the words “You’ve come a long way, baby.” at the top in white letters. Richard W. Pollay Cigarette Ads Collection, UCSF Library. Designer: Philip Morris. https://losscaptureproject.cargo.site/A-Timeline-of-Loss-and-Capture-for-Chicago-s-Black-Collections-and 2020-10-26T15:41:15+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4175fcdcd3d797b6a1ab51609c93ca42ecfe9383ecfc1d60475bc135e92e9bb/Lead-Image-A-Timeline-of-Loss-and-Capture-for-Chicagos-Black-Collections-and-Artworks_resized.jpg A photo of a couple dozen framed historic portraits hanging salon-style on a wall behind a display case of materials at the Bronzeville Visitor Information Center at 411 E 35th Street. Photo courtesy of Tempestt Hazel, 2011. https://losscaptureproject.cargo.site/Don-t-It-Always-Seem-to-Go-On-the-Loss-and-Capture-of-Black-re 2020-10-19T15:33:11+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c78bff5ac3f09497e35a6069b003e166beed8f6e01655c1aadaafa98371074cb/1-TH-Pass-2.jpg Illustration by Kiki Lechuga-Dupont. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe4f9368c0361f2d0500e0343cf903d5a140aabfdf8d8054e3e763405d3b2fee/2_DPW_HowardU_resized.jpg Image: Photograph of Dorothy Porter Wesley instructing Howard University manuscript staff: Thomas Battle, Evelyn Brooks-Barnett and Denise Glelin, July 1974. Beinecke Library, Box 101, Folder: 1974 D.P. M. F. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3266272a3a19cbe5c76f70c47bba9a93be730baa5c848bb2b69582da486559c7/3_VivianHarsh_CharlemaeRollins_AtHallBranch_ChicagoPublicLibrary.jpg Image: Women's reading group at Hall Branch, 1940. In this photograph, Vivian Harsh, the first African American branch head of the Chicago Public Library, is at the back on the left, children's literature writer, librarian, and advocate, Charlemae Hill Rollins, is at the back on the right They are standing behind a table where 26 other people are sitting, books and papers in front of them, most looking at the camera. Hall Branch Archives. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b85d8afa45d779ba189352f3aab9c3479e3894a6cdea99d2949b6f3213234b23/4_DuSableMuseum_OnMichiganAvenue_BlackCultureDirectory1969.jpg Image: A crowd of people walking up the stairs and into the front door of the Michigan Avenue location of the DuSable Museum of African American History, circa 1969. Black Chicago Directory, 1969. Carol Adams Collection. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4084b531796b85137c3dcc5f63d6491f56d88b843cd2e49e0a9c60c3b1663f61/4_PatricMcCoy_Left_InHisHome_BronzevilleChicago_resized.jpg Image: Patric McCoy (left) standing with a friend in his home on the South Side of Chicago, 2019. Behind him and the other person in the photo, there is art on the walls from floor to ceiling. Photographer: Tempestt Hazel. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad2c9e69cd49779476e7a22d9c5793ac0c2f0bfb0379952678730486e0dbc251/5_PatricMcCoyHome_BronzevilleChicago.jpg Image: A room in Patric McCoy’s home on the South Side of Chicago, 2019. It is a corner view of the room and there is art of various sizes on the walls from floor to ceiling. Photographer: Tempestt Hazel. https://losscaptureproject.cargo.site/Back-Down-Memory-Lane-Reflections-with-Arlene-Turner-Crawford 2020-10-20T23:44:22+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4d74237b369fe4bbe499b2afd59dd6ea73616abc89a89d6e3e4592005ba7b59/4-ATC-Pass-2.jpg Illustration by Kiki Lechuga-Dupont. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c61e284fbc2a9401903683c1c1be64ead1aade1cec161cdf0a12fb8efbb8ec8/AAA-AAA_donajeff_62723.jpg Image: A black-and-white Postcard [front] for AFRICOBRA: the First Twenty Years at Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, 1990. Image shows ten AFRICOBRA members sit in an art studio or gallery. Standing left to right: Adger W. Cowans, Michael D. Harris, Jeff Donaldson, Murray DePillars, and James Phillips. Seated left to right: Napoleon Jones Henderson, Wadsworth Jarrell, Akili Ron Anderson, Frank Smith, and Nelson Stevens. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/618ddb4ddec521bd91ea689596de9eac600ddd6ffe6b474f701be5a3b14d806e/AAA-AAA_donajeff_62724.jpg Image: Postcard [back] for AFRICOBRA: the First Twenty Years at Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. Postcard shows printed details of the exhibition, including gallery address, opening reception, curator’s talk, special lectures, and the words “National Black Arts Festival, 1990.” Written by hand is the address of James Phillips ℅ Jeff Donaldson and the note, “Jeff--Please pass this on to Mr. Phillips. Isn’t he at Howard? [signature illegible]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/719873a520556080fba7e35e11b93b88747f8b30b87d1812388520ada2708621/15-0659a.gif Image: A color photograph of a deteriorated wall mural adjacent to a vacant lot on 35th Street on the South Side of Chicago, 1973. The image shows a lot of flowers in front of a colorful mural, a person walking by at the left of the frame. National Archives and Records Administration. Photographer: John H. White. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a895f1104a327ab335339479f0446566f99481f661ec2e1559e72710527b21a8/AAA-AAA_cahiholg_62572.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo of the opening event of the South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC), Chicago, Illinois, 1940. A crowd of people stand at the entrance of SSCAC, with a young girl standing closest to the photographer, looking forward. Holger Cahill papers, 1910 - 1993. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99657a00cbba758e1e305d670a0e9a79d3af4c7320e03869d9b36bcc3ec691e3/AAA-AAA_donajeff_62439.jpg Image: A black-and-white portrait of Jeff Donaldson, c. 1970. Donaldson stands close to the camera, looking directly into the lens, wearing large-lens glasses and a light collared shirt. Jeff Donaldson papers, 1918-2005, bulk 1960s-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33cd0fd6c73e2ef330f5459e4d5438b4c1563698881cea2808a310499495de35/AAA-AAA_donajeff_62705.jpg Image: An index card with handwritten text listing contributors to the Wall of Respect, June 28, 1967. Card reads: OBAC Visual Art Workshop, June 28, 1967. Wall of Respect Artists. Painters: Sylvia Abernathy, Jeff Donaldson, Elliot Hunter, Wadsworth Jarrell, Barbara Jones, Carolyn Lawrence, Norman Parrish, William Walker, Myrna Weaver; Photographers: Billy Abernathy, Edward Christmas, Darrell Cowherd, Roy Lewis, Robert Sengstacke, Oniqua Bill Wallace; Kathryne Akin, Lenore Franklin, Clarence Jacobs. Wall painted 8/11/67 - 8/28/67. 43rd & S. Langley, Chicago. Jeff Donaldson papers, 1918-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b30a73389ca621e004e6dc452d7726974fcfb73ee608a11e10d51f3b8f21b7d3/Elizabeth_Catlett_portrait.jpg Image: A close-up black-and-white portrait of artist Elizabeth Catlett, c. 1980-1990. Catlett sits, leaning towards the camera, looking directly in the camera. She has dark hair, is wearing thick framed glasses and a light colored collared shirt. Elizabeth Catlett Collection. Permanent Art Collection, Miami-Dade Public Library System. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7ee264d7ea63d8a6d59afae3d973401c9be390044bdc302d5942ed5a2b9ab1b/Gwendolyn_Brooks_and_five_others.jpg Image: A black-and-white photograph of Darlene Roy, Eugene Redmond, Gwendolyn Brooks, Haki Madhubuti, Shirley LeFlore, and Sherman Fowler standing in front of a table, posing and smiling for the photographer. Gwendolyn Brooks holds a bouquet of flowers, date unknown. Eugene B. Redmond Collection of African American Cultural Life, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9db28f6ff740cf82aa25d73e2d4ca7b2ea222e2c5e87cd161179727c6810eca/Margaret_Taylor-Burroughs.jpg Image: A color portrait of Dr. Margaret T. Burroughs who is looking directly into the camera while wearing a colorful, patterned top, rose copper earrings, and a black beret, date unknown. Wikimedia. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a5017ee405cf1d875aff373770b499a08d93b0238c4d410fa04451cac269eea/Sapphire-and-Crystals-in-black-and-white-group-photo_Joyce-Owens-curator_Ferguson-Gallery-at-Concordia-College-e1545140082767.jpg Image: A group photo of Sapphire & Crystals members from the exhibition Sapphire & Crystals in Black and White, a show curated by Joyce Owens Anderson at the Ferguson Gallery at Concordia College, 2004. A group of 10 members stand, with two kneeling, posing for the camera, with a sculpture on the wall behind them. Photo courtesy of Joyce Owens Anderson. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db77edf0b1567762bf285ddf16ffddea49ea1c31e66478e8ae90f9c748b51d66/st10003432_0029_resized.jpg Image: A meeting at the Afro-Arts Theater, 1968. The theater was founded by Kelan Philip Cohran in 1967 and was located at East 39th Street and South Drexel Boulevard, Chicago, IL. In the photo, a person sits close to the photographer, profile view, looking at others in the meeting, some who can be seen seated in front of a wall of portraits and a sign reading “Affro-Arts Theater.” Chicago Sun-Times Collection, Chicago History Museum. Photographer: Unknown. https://losscaptureproject.cargo.site/The-Lens-of-John-H-White-A-View-of-Black-Life-in-Chicago-1973 2020-11-03T16:24:19+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ead5621acf86ba11845a1ceb0da77e3dccaf31ef7af5b7501c4810ff42d852a5/Booth_PhotoEssay_001a.jpg South Side Black workers passing the time playing checkers on East 35th Street before going to work in Chicago. The city census figures show a significant gap in economic security between Blacks and whites. Median Black income between 1960 and 1970 increased from $4,700 to $7,883 but the dollar gap between the two races widened. Blacks were receiving [an] average of $3,603 less than the median white family, May 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0ff85db8b69856e642823beb94cae9452a49fcc3b31c7d08e9c5c1edae4befb/Booth_PhotoEssay_001b.jpg Black children play outside the Ida B. Wells Homes, one of Chicago’s oldest housing projects. There are 1,652 apartments housing 5,920 persons in 124 buildings on the South Side. Many buildings in this part of the city have been systematically vacated for various reasons. Even though many are salvageable, they are razed and replaced with high rent highrises, which have little or no appeal to the area’s previous residents, May 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a75e7399656053a4585a785626221af9f83ed30e66dbc4f9cbebfe83e5bcd95/Booth_PhotoEssay_001c.jpg Summer fun means cooling off with water from a fire hydrant at Woodlawn community, a low income high-rise apartment complex on Chicago’s South Side. These children don’t go to the city beaches. Cooling off with open fire hydrants is a community tradition. The area has high crime and fire records. From 1960 to 1970 the percentage of Chicago Blacks with an income of $7,000 or more jumped from 26 to 56 percent, but still fell behind the gain made by whites, June 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52e288433390edd3185e991a96e5b782e0afddc53feda0fbba7aa518aa75ca9b/Booth_PhotoEssay_001d.jpg Black couple and their dog in their apartment in South Side Chicago. From 1960 to 1970 the percentage of Chicago Blacks with an income of $7,000 or more jumped from 26 to 58 percent. Median Black income during the period increased from $4,000 to $7,883. But the difference between their median income and that of whites increased from $3,251 to $3,603 during the 10 years, June 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0973ae76574f4a4b53b2a6669283f585745b23ad2d9c5635b8daf07d76751c8/Booth_PhotoEssay_001e.jpg Black woman sits on a porch swing on Chicago’s West Side and surveys her rose garden. She is one of nearly 1.2 million of her race who make up more than one third of Chicago’s population. She lives in an area which was hard hit by riots and fires during the mid and late 1960s. The 1970 census noted that 22 to 29 percent of the area’s residents lived below the official poverty level, June 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f8247ccbe39f47b54dcf57032e03200524542f42166bec69ab15d8f940c029c/Booth_PhotoEssay_001f.jpg Black balloon salesman on South Side Chicago’s 47th Street. Many of the city’s Black business owners started with small operations such as this and grew by working hard. Today, Chicago is believed to be the Black business capital of the United States. But Black have a harder time staying in business than their white counterparts. Statistics note that 80 percent of Black businesses do not survive two years. Racial prejudice, lack of capital and expertise are party responsible, June 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb39e007f96dc2f57559fa1b4fc359efaedfc14955d8ca888ea804072e58f99b/Booth_PhotoEssay_001h.jpg Black sidewalk salesmen arranging their fresh fruits and vegetables on Chicago's South Side. Today, Chicago is believed to be the Black business capital of the United States. But Blacks have a harder time staying in business than their white counterparts. Statistics note that 80 percent of Black businesses do not survive two years. Racial prejudice, lack of capital and expertise are partly responsible, June 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/945b41dabd0db9a19beeccac7b9a2b21526afa9d2572c723682c445460fb371c/Booth_PhotoEssay_RTH.jpg Robert Taylor Homes, a low income highrise apartment complex inhabited by Blacks on Chicago’s South Side. There are 28 buildings with 4,312 apartment housing 25,220 persons. A goal of many residents is to find a job that pays enough for them to reach middle class status and move. From 1960 to 1970 the percentage of Chicago Blacks with an income of $7,000 or more jumped from 26 to 58 percent. In 1970 Blacks had a median income of $7,883, but it was $3,603 less than that for whites, June 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d0de3c7d93084a66023f016f7fbb22e9e3047b70384117af4528e8c1dc7d664/Booth_PhotoEssay_001g.jpg Black women on one of the balconies of the Robert Taylor Homes, low income highrise apartments in Chicago. It is a complex of 28 buildings located between the 3900 and 5400 blocks on State Street with 4,312 apartments housing 25,220 persons. Median Black income from 1960 to 1970 increased from $4,700 to $7,883 but was $3,603 below median white income. Chicago Blacks with an income of more than $7,000 during the period jumped from 26 to 58 percent, June 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21c611093bafe4b65afca9f8c4a9a50970a320cd25172a31057b371ab4b4e7b7/Booth_PhotoEssay_CTA.jpg Once one of Chicago’s busy thoroughfares, 63rd Street has changed with the character of the city. Many fires have resulted [in] driving out more businesses which either follow the flight of other stores to more prosperous areas or cease to exist. The “El” (elevated train) tracks are seen in the upper portion of the picture. During 1973 the Chicago Transit Authority reported 95,160,535 passengers used the facilities, July 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72280bf63a5dab1e6f8fe54006a4274491d5bc742b62eb15e56e201c37868b6a/Booth_PhotoEssay_001i.jpg Black residents of Chicago's West Side check out a motorcycle. The city's West Side did not quickly recover from the riots and fires of the mid to late 1960s. According to the 1970 Census, some 22 to 29 percent of the area’s residents were below the official poverty line. A Black businessman’s group, with federal help, had signed agreements with several nationwide franchises that pumped $20 million in jobs into the community, June 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef513819472180b300664d1fe43b0bcef417e0167751569403c793eec3d4491a/Booth_PhotoEssay_WestSide.jpg Black community older housing on Chicago’s West Side. This area in 1973 had not quite recovered from the riots and fires during the mid and late 1960s. According to the 1970 census, 22 to 29 percent of the residents were below the poverty level. Black West Side businessman formed an organization, funded by the federal government, which resulted in agreements with major national franchises and resulted in some $20 million in jobs for area citizens by 1974, June 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1710c9202b08d097aa1d7d2276517287ff41aaf1dd9ca1da835148ea4ab59d7/Booth_PhotoEssay_001j.jpg Black youngsters performing on an empty lot at 5400 South Princeton Avenue on Chicago’s South Side at a small community program called “An Open Air Fashion and Talent Show” presented by “The New Between the Tracks Council,” a community block group. It is one of many block clubs and community groups organized to help youngsters “do their thing” during special weekend programs in empty lots in the Black communities, August 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/120401d9bf402a55fbc5a9c508d2ea345df463128827ed6d4364689b9d1a1fe8/Booth_PhotoEssay_001k.jpg Black man enjoying a nap on a chaise lounge on Chicagoo’s South Side. From 1960 to 1970 the percentage of Chicago Blacks with an income of $7,000 or more jumped from 26 to 58 percent. Median Black income during the period increased from $4,700 to $7,883, but the dollar gap between their group and that of whites actually widened, August 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4cb8d50eb0594c239d2992ed6b938e48eb84b7eb18557262525b7fef157d931/Booth_PhotoEssay_001l.jpg Black beauties with colorful hair grace a float during the annual Bud Billiken Day Parade along Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive on Chicago’s South Side. Up to half a million people view one of the largest events of the year, held for Blacks of all ages and economic status. The parade also includes Black politicians, Black businesses displaying their products, and Black bands, August 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4195e33409a37d259accec1d8ed1a20e2c810a77a6b0ffe8c19ae0a1d9f6dac5/Booth_PhotoEssay_001m.jpg Washington Park on Chicago's South Side where many Black families enjoy picnicking during the summer. From 1960 to 1970 the percentage of Chicago Blacks with an income of $7,000 or more jumped from 26 to 58 percent. Median Black income during the period increased from $4,700 to $7,883, but the dollar gap between their group and that of whites actually widened, August 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9aeed9558e66772d3099fea177213528dcee6e363c129ace7ce5a29cd8fc8b5/Booth_PhotoEssay_001n.jpg Chicago families enjoying the summer weather at the 12th Street Beach on Lake Michigan. From 1960 to 1970 the percentage of Chicago Blacks with an income of $7,000 or more jumped from 26 to 58 percent. Median Black income during the period increased from $4,700 to $7,883, but the dollar gap between their group and that of whites actually widened, August 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/262dca5fc52f9f8e24a6c39eda044689ac99471e0587ac25f5933b66d4f1eec4/Booth_PhotoEssay_001o.jpg The Kadats of America, Chicago's most loved young Black drill team shown performing on a Sunday afternoon at a community talent show on the South Side. [The] leader of the group is Major General Acklin who works with the youngsters to give them a positive outlook on life. The group has won many marching and drill awards, and has performed in many area parades, August 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed17de313a595b8394d8608e27124420403ee52be2341d448fc697cf653a46de/Booth_PhotoEssay_Seniors.jpg A senior citizens’ march to protest inflation, unemployment and high taxes stopped along Lake Shore Drive in Chicago to hear speeches from various officials. The rally was headed by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Operation Push, October 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/beffe0f75d681f9d771d4579b152c2718c84711d111903de1ed62f3be45b32ca/Booth_PhotoEssay_001p.jpg Black soul singer Isaac Hayes performs at the International Amphitheater in Chicago as part of the annual [Operation] Push “Black Expo” in the fall of 1973. The annual event showcases Black talent, educational opportunities, stars, art, and products to provide Blacks with an awareness of their heritage and capabilities, and help them towards a better life, October 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9a938caa3aa6db1714be3a082c3f419ad67dcf0cdfd93c0cabf357b5ccd1bbf/Booth_PhotoEssay_001q.jpg Black student in a Black studies class in a West Side Chicago classroom reading a book about “Great Rulers in Africa’s Past.” Recent years have seen a resurgence by various minorities of their histories. Pride in their heritage has led to continuing traditions and aspects of their culture, which are unique in American tradition, October 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d03dd1b39df4667eef10dc099bf1fa0e5c688f25ac927870092d690ee2d5d2d9/Booth_PhotoEssay_001r.jpg South Side group of Black children in Chicago at a playground at 40th and Drexel Boulevard. Part of nearly 1.2 million people of their race who make up over one third of the city’s population. They comprise several of many faces in this project that portray pride, love, beauty, hope, struggle, joy, hate, frustration, discontent, worship, and faith. In short, portraits of people who feel they are individuals and are proud of their heritage, October 1973. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/958c896a906b3db521f48ab67ce0aa9c912f19ee24c0c3b722d72c3bbd0dc039/6-The-Lens-of-John-H-White.jpg Illustration by Kiki Lechuga-Dupont. https://losscaptureproject.cargo.site/More-than-a-Melody-Reimagining-the-Sounds-of-Blackness 2020-10-14T01:36:44+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a04133729f24d9c25c7d50d449559d98e3312fb75f0d654c65b5819250edf1d/2-IB-Pass-1.jpg Illustration by Kiki Lechuga-Dupont. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/188681c8de1727c24b4043bf2535ba1e148006281d95a4d274be97bdccd2b6c1/NMAAHC-2008_7_13_001.jpg Image: A broadside of the grand opening of House of Blues Chicago, 1996. The broadside is blue, yellow and pink with black text. Black musical clefs and stars are on both sides of the broadside. James Brown and His Orchestra are featured as headlining act to perform at the opening. The location and telephone number for the restaurant are listed at the bottom of the broadside. At the bottom of the broadside written in black text is “In Blues We Trust.” Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Designer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7cc15d49b74588e4e71c5facb1c49f9c9adb1d060ef25eeaa3acf07e89c4c858/TaylorPark_-0271-.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo from the Taylor Park Open House on Grand Boulevard in Chicago, IL on April 1, 1962. The photo shows a packed gymnasium of people surrounding musicians and a band. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/966b46abd6b841e9fdfe11ea263a2ca2f85fae0f2f15409a639399dc0944f967/Union-Park_0210_choir.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo of a Union Park Music Appreciation performance, June 21, 1940. Photo shows nine young people standing on chairs, five turned to the left, four to the right, all singing from sheet music. Chicago Public Library. Special Collections & Preservation Division. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f99889eb3dae022dc522bc3b5fa0ba08a92aa4a35b00060cbc19c67f1c3fe82/Union-Park_0210_boygroup.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo of a Union Park Performance, undated. The photo shows four people and a guitar player to the left of them, in the middle of a choreographed move. Chicago Public Library, Special Collections & Preservation Division. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d6d0138ce37bbc59b7db7812f818ea0433e8ae43e6875000321bbfce1b56a65d/UnionPark_0210.jpg Image: Union Park Performance, April 19, 1935. A black-and-white photo shows the mass meeting of the officials and orchestra of Union Park with the presidents of West Side Women’s Clubs, at Union Park fieldhouse in Chicago. The photo shows a large group of musicians holding their instruments, some seated facing one another and others standing behind them against the backdrop of a United States flag. Chicago Public Library. Special Collections & Preservation Division. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91e790f1b96aab06f3c04bbafb60816fb2302834fb19de2be85edbc21d803b8d/WashingtonPark_0021.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo of a performance in the Washington Park neighborhood, 5531 S Martin Luther King Dr, August 1, 1980. A saxophonist, bassist, and pianist sit at the edge of an open garage, playing to an audience. You can see listeners in the background along with cars parked along the street. Chicago Public Library, Special Collections & Preservation Division. Photographer: Unknown. https://losscaptureproject.cargo.site/Love-Through-Loss-Activists-Remember-Each-Life-Taken-in-Violence 2020-10-27T23:25:05+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7102549c07b7b7f840ba6e0042184d5125c42a897d816ef1bca6de7141010f6a/6-NT-AE-Pass-1.jpg Illustration by Kiki Lechuga-Dupont. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07aa7bba802e03c6226778fa62fdf2a7dfd1b9324fcd66b81ceeb4ac7aed6367/MarchforFreedom.jpg Image: A white/yellowed card with blue text that calls for students to March for Freedom, c. 1961-1969. The card says “HYDE PARK - KENWOOD - WOODLAWN; MARCH FOR FREEDOM; FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 11 A.M.; MEET AT YOUR SCHOOL.” Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, Chicago Public Library. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41b6e56657dae85a10f66cab6df8176c104ec4b54673f2f1aee20929a38a561d/theojays_pressphoto.jpg Image: A Publicity flyer of The O'Jays, performers of the 1972 hit single "Love Train," written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, date unknown. The flyer shows three portraits of each singer, performing on stage. Under the photos is an O’Jays logo, as well as logos for BK Management, Regency Artists LTD, Rogers & Cowan Inc., Epic Records, and Philadelphia International Records. Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography collection, Oklahoma Historical Society. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75dc06bf0d00779c67ed77510bb253e132bd31c8d50955ec09354d80a421c084/i036903_pm.jpg Image: A color photograph with a view of people marching in the Cicero March, a civil rights demonstration protesting racist housing policies, in Cicero, Illinois, 1966. The group is walking in a line, between weeds, grass, and flowers. Declan Haun collection of visual materials, Chicago History Museum. Photographer: Haun, Declan. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bdf70bb3a62ec6ec4b50ea21cb32d426a7f66d79ddd9717f1198ea6a22b0f8d/i040026_pm.jpg Image: A color photo with views of businesses during the West Side riots after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Chicago, IL, April 1968. Photographed in the vicinity of Marillac House, a community center at 2822 West Jackson Boulevard. West Side Riots Chicago Photograph Collection [ICHi-040026], Chicago History Museum. Photographer: Sister Julia of Marillac House. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26f8d2019a74dd52fa111889eeebdbc5a6352e1fdf91f75920bdace1a5fba1a5/st10104151_0001.jpg Image: Alberta Sunders and Hattie Williams speaking and playing guitar in front of a crowd at a memorial service in a field near South Langley Avenue, Chicago, IL, September 22, 1963. Saunders and Williams are standing to the left of the image, and people are leaning against cars, standing on the sidewalk, and standing at the edge of the field listening to the performance. Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd6b69ee61b9b39e017f7896819fd496f9bc46d770570eb31add1ace726bfd06/st13003473_0005.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo of students from Westinghouse Area Vocational High School occupying the Board of Education offices at 228 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois, May 23, 1973. A large group of people sit on the ground, all facing a staircase where several officers stand, under a sign that reads “Board of Education, City of Chicago.” Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum. Photographers: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2c7f89ec07c2ee44d0601a3bb2d570ac90d6704ec087bd1ecf506f86a0e9938/st16002896_0007.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo shows thousands of Black high school students stage walkout and march on South Martin Luther King Drive to gather at Oakland Square Theater at 3947 South Drexel Boulevard, Chicago, IL, October 14, 1968. Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74f345cced3b034a2699e3dd33caca3e8b1f183823984dcb8073773f7aba32c9/st16002900_0013.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo of Black students staging a mock funeral for the Board of Education during high school boycott at the Civic Center Plaza, 50 West Washington Street, Chicago, IL, October 28, 1968. The image shows a group of people walking along the sidewalk, with the four people in the lead carrying a casket, with three police officers walking next to them. Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum. Photographer: Unknown. https://losscaptureproject.cargo.site/Ancestor-and-Descendant-A-Conversation-with-Steven-G-Fullwood 2020-10-16T05:21:13+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/774fa5358e67e5e9f9c6e004cb9e4dc9f14a5287b147b7c8d411b9fa82c5cc54/Douglas_Schomburg.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo of artist Aaron Douglas (left) and Arthur A. Schomburg standing in front of Douglas's painting "Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers," as Douglas points to a painted image of a silhouetted person holding a saxophone, 1934. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88d831c84df5e194f17d38a4aeb99dcf724f75a928d0a598b687773821bedd6e/NMAAHC-2018_103_2_001.jpg Image: A black-and-white advertisement signed by Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones for their poetry and music collaboration titled "Earth Life" at the d.c. space music venue in downtown Washington, DC, 1985. Advertisement is dominated by a portrait of Hemphill and Jones standing in front of a brick wall. Hemphill, left, smokes a cigarette. At right, Jones stands in a light button-down shirt. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ron Simmons. Photographer: Daniel Cima. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/402a6aeee6314c2d750539775c954734acd350dc109239f55cec02c4ca5f73b1/Hansberry_Simone_Schomburg.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo of Lorraine Hansberry and Nina Simone singing in a small group of people all holding hands and singing along, 1963. Music Division, Box 50, Folder 20, The New York Public Library. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1bb48cfe464498b27a8312dda05bd6f8bcb1bd76f61a9ad1822560cd1087f3d/Childress_Schomburg.jpg Image: A black-and-white photo portrait of novelist, playwright, and actress Alice Childress sitting with her arms crossed and one hand cradling her face. She wears a dark outfit with light colored beaded necklace, no date. Alice Childress portrait collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. Photographer: Unknown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7162eecf0ff430f18d439c46b2b4d9e3ad05e3c5347bfbb1f43072c523b9dc0c/City_of_Toledo-_Ohio_aerial_map-_1870.jpg Image: A brown and blue postcard of the City of Toledo, Ohio, that includes an aerial map and a logo for the city, c. 1870. Local History and Genealogy, Toledo Lucas County Public Library. Artist: Albert Ruger. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5309476c822b5ab98e891b42a0d86ea7865853a2024f29de2e35b1d9aeafc93d/LReddick_Schomburg.jpg Image: Dr. Lawrence Dunbar Reddick, second curator of the the Schomburg Collection of Negro History and Literature from 1939 to 1948, sits with a colleague at a desk in an office, looking over papers and surrounded by books, bookshelves, and cabinets, date unknown. New York Public Library Archives, The New York Public Library. 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