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1943
Unknown
[Casket of LeRoi Williams]
A photograph of LeRoi Williams' casket surrounded by flowers at his funeral service. On the wall behind the casket, there is a portrait of LeRoi.
GLC09587.415
no date
Polk's Studio
[Photograph of LeRoi S. Williams]
Photograph of LeRoi S. Williams in his pilot's uniform with a helmot and goggles on. He is looking off to the left pensively. The photograph is mounted on cardboard in a cardboard frame. At the bottom of the frame is printed "Tuskegee Inst. Ala."...
GLC09587.416
1931
Stabilization Fund of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation
Depression Intensifies the Race Problem
Details racial conflict during the Great Depression. The pamphlet sites the shortage of jobs and migration as a primary aggravators of increased tension to which the Commission dedicates their legal work. The Commission solicits donations and...
GLC09589.01
5 March 1931
to Mrs. Webster Knight
The letter is soliciting a donation from Mrs. Knight of Providence, Rhode Island. The letter is meant to accompany the pamphlet on lynching, insinuating that the statistics published are shocking. The letter is typed with a letterhead of the...
GLC09589.02
23 August 1942
Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945)
to Estelle Spero
Diamond describes an episode of racial discrimination at a show sponsored by the Camel cigarette company. He informs Estelle that he has had three exams in the past week. He also relays a lecture that he has had on the clothing and equipment of an...
GLC09120.095
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