St. Joseph Black History News Feature, St. Joseph NewsPress, c. 1993

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

St. Joseph Black History Part 1

Name/Title

St. Joseph Black History News Feature, St. Joseph NewsPress, c. 1993

Entry/Object ID

P9999.BHF.717

Description

St. Joseph Black History News Feature, St. Joseph Newspress, c. 1993. Digital images (5) of news feature profiling segregation in St. Joseph during its history. Among the facts related were: Joseph Robidoux's slaves Home for Aged and Dependent Slaves, Mitchell Avenue Black Church history including St. Francis Baptist Temple Ku Klux Klan conference in St. Joseph, 1923 (photo) Lynching of Lloyd Warner, 1933 (photo of Harold Slater, witness) Black City Directory, 1937 listing black citizens, businesses, and other busineses that accomodated blacks Aunt Jemima as portrayed by Anges McGaughey Bartlett High School Douglas Elementary School Lincoln Elementary School Integration of Schools after 1954 Horace Mann Elementary School Hotel Robidoux refusal to accomodate Rochester, Jack Benny's sidekick, 1945 Boxer Joe Louis accomodation in railroad sleeping car Black burials in St. Joseph Kelsey Beshears Courthouse Cafe Lunch counter protest, 1956 with photo City Wading Pool access by blacks Fair Accomodation City Code, 1960 Black Activitism Movie Theater Integration Protest, 1960 with photo Black Social Clubs Smart Set & Tes Trams with photo Black History Class at Central High School taught by Hamilton Henderson with photo Knea-Von Black Archives St.Joseph'sBlackHistory.jpg St.Joseph'sBlackHistory 2.jpg St.Joseph'sBlackHistory 3.jpg St.Joseph'sBlackHistory 4.jpg St.Joseph'sBlackHistory 5.jpg

Collection

Black Archives

Made/Created

Date made

1993

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Cemeteries

Search Terms

Black History, Segregation in St. Joseph, Integration in St. Joseph, Black Activism in St. Joseph, Horace Mann School, Douglas Elementary School, Lincoln Elementary School, Bartlett High School, Humboldt Elementary School, Aunt Jemima, Ku Klux Klan in St. Joseph, Black Social Clubs, Smart Set Social Club, Tes Trams Social Club, Sunbridge Cemetery, Ashland Cemetery, Mt. Mora Cemetery

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Digital Image

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Digital Image Only

Condition

Overall Condition

Not Rated

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jun 22, 2013

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Kelsy Beshears

Person or Organization

Slater, Harold

Person or Organization

Hamilton Henderson

Person or Organization

Warner, Lloyd

Person or Organization

Geraldine Robinson

Person or Organization

Richard Robinson

Person or Organization

Jewell Robinson

Person or Organization

Robidoux, Joseph

Person or Organization

Hypolite

Person or Organization

Francis Jeffrey Doraway

Person or Organization

Albert Shanin

Person or Organization

Agnes McGaughy

Person or Organization

Arthur McGaughy

Person or Organization

Jack Benny

Person or Organization

Rochester

Person or Organization

Joe Louis

Person or Organization

Aunt Jemima

Person or Organization

Wilkerson, Mary

Provenance

Notes

Digital Images from photos loaned from members of Black Archives for scanning only