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Accession Number:1995-41-16
Accession Date:
Condition:good
Location:Archives, Black History Coll., Box 1, Folder 28
Keywords:Black history, war, Springfield U.S.O., World War II, African American
Area of Origin:Springfield MO
Period:8/11/1946
Category:Documentary Artifact
Object:Print, photographic
Maker:Bruce May
Description/History:8" x 10" black and white photoprint of the closing ceremony at the U.S.O. extension Club for African-Americans on Boonville Avenue. Black Springfieldians organized their own U.S.O. since they existing U.S.O. was segregated and admitted only whites.
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