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    • Media
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    • Finding Aids
    • Voice
    • Digital Exhibits
      • 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
      • Honoring Schonella Stewart and Schenita Stewart
      • Dr. Gwendoline Young Fortune
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Elizabeth Cox
May 5, 2020

Elizabeth Cox

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Nathan Branch: Early Evanston Settler
June 9, 2016

Nathan Branch: Early Evanston Settler

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North of Chicago:  Video Presentation
August 30, 2014

North of Chicago: Video Presentation

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James S. Burton: Following the Trail of Tears
May 22, 2013

James S. Burton: Following the Trail of Tears

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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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December 10, 2012

Richard Day, Early Entrepreneur

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