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Atwood, Jesse Howell

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Pages of notes taken by Knox College Professor of Sociology, J. Howell Atwood from an interview with Mrs. Eva Solomon. These notes detail the history and activities of the Progressive Club, a service and social group of African American women in Galesburg, Illinois. A list of club members is given. Atwood conducted extensive research from 1930-1960 about the Galesburg African American community.

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Knox College

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Keywords

  1. African American Women
  2. African Americans
  3. Allen, Alberta
  4. Booker, Dayse
  5. Brown, Amanda Belle
  6. Brown, Margaret
  7. Brown, Martie
  8. Brown, Mary
  9. Brown, Sophronia
  10. Butler, Dorothy
  11. Campbell, Herline
  12. Carter, Emma
  13. Christberg, Mary
  14. Clubs
  15. Clubwomen
  16. Crew, Mollie
  17. Crozier, Ella May
  18. Fleming, Violet
  19. Green, Alberta
  20. Green, Bertha
  21. Huff, Annetta, Rogers, Elizabeth
  22. Lewis, Sadalia
  23. Lyons, Margaret
  24. Lyons, Mary
  25. Milburn, Hattie
  26. National Association Of Colored Women
  27. Nyphone, Helen
  28. Smith, Sylvia
  29. Societies And Clubs
  30. Solomon, Eva
  31. Williams, Katherine
  32. Women

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