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[Discussing the Voter, Urban League]

Description: Photograph of three individuals discussing voting education in Fort Worth, Texas. At left is Herman M. Sweatt, director of the southern regional office of the Urban League, who hands a "Planning Effective Non-Partisan Voter Education Campaigns" pamphlet to Marion J. Brooks (center), doctor and local civil rights leader, and an unidentified woman (right) looking onward.
Date: 1963
Creator: Turner, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

Fort Worth Association of Women's Clubs Fiftieth Anniversary Observance

Description: Program for the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Fort Worth Association of Women's Clubs including a short history of the club, formed for regional African American women's clubs, and a short itinerary of events held for the celebration. Also featured are photographs of local clubs alongside felicitations and local advertisements.
Date: 1967
Creator: Fort Worth Association of Women's Clubs
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Marie and Marion Brooks with Don Yarborough]

Description: Photograph of Don Yarborough, Texan Democrat gubernatorial candidate, in the Brooks' house in Fort Worth. At left is Marie Norris Brooks, who pours Yarborough (right) a drink from an ornate pot wguke Dr. Marion "Jack" Brooks (center) looks on and smiles. Along the foreground is a table with dessert foods, and in the background, past the archway, is a low table with teacups and other party guests.
Date: 1962~/1964~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Marion Brooks with Friends at a Club]

Description: Photograph of Marion "Jack" Brooks and Reby Cary in a group of friends, seated together in a table in an Texan nightclub (possibly Fort Worth?). Cary sits fourth from left; Brooks sits third from right. The group is seated at a table with drinks, water pitchers, ashtrays, drink cups, and purses, all smiling and looking forward.
Date: 1960~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society
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