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      • Maria Murray Robinson
      • Honoring Liethe Hill Thompson
      • Gatherings: The History of the Emerson Street 
Branch YMCA in Evanston, Illinois
      • Remembering Delores Ann Petway Holmes (1937-2024)
      • Honoring Kathryn Ogletree
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      • Dr. Gwendoline Young Fortune
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Shorefront collects, preserves and educates the public about Black history on Chicago’s suburban North Shore.

Tina Lifford: Living the Artists’ Dream
April 11, 2013

Tina Lifford: Living the Artists’ Dream

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Charles Harrison: A Life’s Design
April 8, 2013

Charles Harrison: A Life’s Design

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CHAINSAW DUPONT: CUTTIN’ THE BLUES HIS WAY
April 4, 2013

CHAINSAW DUPONT: CUTTIN’ THE BLUES HIS WAY

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Evanston: An Early North Shore African American Community
April 1, 2013

Evanston: An Early North Shore African American Community

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Emerson Street Branch YMCA: Segregation in Evanston
March 28, 2013

Emerson Street Branch YMCA: Segregation in Evanston

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Glencoe: An Early North Shore African American Community
March 25, 2013

Glencoe: An Early North Shore African American Community

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Remembered as a Mentor: Charles R. Bouyer
March 21, 2013

Remembered as a Mentor: Charles R. Bouyer

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Lake Forest: An Early North Shore African American Community
March 18, 2013

Lake Forest: An Early North Shore African American Community

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Wilmette: An Early North Shore African American Community
March 14, 2013

Wilmette: An Early North Shore African American Community

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Dorothy Hadley: An Ethiopian Princess at the Birth of a Movement
March 10, 2013

Dorothy Hadley: An Ethiopian Princess at the Birth of a Movement

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