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@ Temple University

Mosley, John W

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Photograph from an Armstrong Association membership meeting featuring Thatcher Longstreth and Lester Granger. The Armstrong Association was founded in 1907 by John Thompson Emlen, a Germantown Quaker, and Alex Manly a journalist for Wilmington's Daily Record and member of the Afro-American Newspaper Council. Named after General Samuel T. Armstrong, founder of Hampton Institute, the Armstrong Association was the precursor to what became the Urban League in 1955.

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Temple University

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PA Digital

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Civic Groups
  3. Civil Rights

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