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Photograph File-Black ArchivesEntry/Object ID
9999.BHF.318Scope and Content
Photograph File-Black Archives
St. Joseph News-Press March 28, 1993, has a page on St. Joseph's black history.
Home for aged and dependent former slaves.
At the top of the page is the brick house located at 24th and Mitchell Avenue. It was operated as a home for aged and dependent former slaves.
Black City Directory: St. Joseph's directory. St. Joseph's blacks had their own directory, 1937.
Integrating Movie Theaters\Richard Robinson, one of eight black youths who tried to integrate the Missouri Theater in 1960. He is pictured with his parents, Jewel and Geraldine Robinson.
Bartlett High School 1921 yearbook.
Members of the junior class.
Lloyd Warner Lynching.
At the bottom of the newspaper is a picture the crowd that witnessed the lynching of 19-year-old accused rapist Lloyd Warner on November 28, 1933. There is also the story of the lynching.
Kukulkan
On page 2 E there is a picture of Ku Klux Klan conference in 1923 at the old City Auditorium, local KKK membership was about 3,500.
Kelsey Beshears.
A picture of former local NAACP Kelsey Beshears appears. She describes herself as an activist, but not a cursing one. Under the picture of Hamilton Henderson, a Central High School teacher. He regrets that African American practices are being forgotten. The last picture on that page is a picture of a group of ladies from the social clubs formed by St. Joseph blacks in the 1940s.
There is a picture of an unknown person taken by the Miller Photographer located at 813 Francis, St. Joseph, MO. There are two other photos in this folder. The people are not identified. They were taken August 17, 1924, and June 17, 1926.
There is a photocopy picture of the Samaritan Army Picnic Given to Mothers & Children.
This folder also has a photocopy picture of the Samaritan Army Tent located at 710 S. 8 St., St. Joseph, MO. This was a Revival Meeting sponsored by the Full Gospel Mission at 519 S. Sixth Street, St. Joseph, MO.
In an 8 x 10 envelope are pictures of the Tes Trams Club, Men's social club, campers from the Colored YMCA which was located at 17th and Messanie St., a gathering at the Tes Trams Club 1958-60. Pictured are Lela Davis, Elfred Davis, Mable Brown, and John
Brown. The Ebenezer A.M.E. Church at 3rd and Antonie is pictured. They are all Photocopies.Collection
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Black History, Home for Aged & Dependent Ex-Slaves, Ku Klux Klan, Black City Director, Beshears, Kelsey, Integration in St. Joseph, Bartlett High School, Warner, Lloyd, Samaritan Army, Tes Trams Social Club, Black YMCA, Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Black Social ClubsRelationships
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Richard RobinsonPerson or Organization
Jewel RobinsonPerson or Organization
Geraldine RobinsonPerson or Organization
Warner, LloydPerson or Organization
Kelsey BeshearsPerson or Organization
Hamilton HendersonPerson or Organization
Lela DavisPerson or Organization
Elfred DavisPerson or Organization
Mable BrownPerson or Organization
John Brown
