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[1951 Portrait of Marion Jackson Brooks]

Description: Photograph of Marion Jackson "Jack" Brooks, a Fort Worth civil rights leader. He is pictured here around the time he completed his Doctor of Medicine at the Howard University School of Medicine, circa 195. He has eyeglasses, combed hair, and a suit and neck tie.
Date: 1951~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[3rd Anniversary for Rev. C. A. Holliday]

Description: Photograph of a 3rd anniversary celebration for Reverend C. A. Holliday at the Greater St. James Baptist Church. Rev. Holliday is standing in front of a wooden pulpit along other church leaders and choir members standing in rows behind him. A thermometer measuring cash donated for the church building fund has been placed between large bouquets of flowers in front of the pulpit, and a banner for Rev. Holliday is hung along the back wall of the church.
Date: 1955
Creator: Turner, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.759453 -97.324906
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Charles W. Norris in a Barber Shop]

Description: Photograph of Charles W. Norris (left), a tailor in Fort Worth, standing in a barbershop with a tape measure around his neck and a clipboard in his left hand. At right, there are three barbers each standing behind a chair, two with customers. The chairs are placed in front of mirrors with desks and have lightbulbs hanging above. Handwritten on back: "Charles W. Norris, tailor, Fort Worth circa 1924-1925."
Date: 1924~/1925~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Check to Turner and Dingee]

Description: Personal check from the Fraternal Bank & Trust Co. of Fort Worth, made out to Turner and Dingee for $25.10 and signed by William McDonald.
Date: March 2, 1942
Creator: McDonald, WIlliam Madison
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Check to Ure Drug Store]

Description: Personal check from the Fraternal Bank & Trust Co. of Fort Worth, made out to Ure Drug Store for $4.25 and signed by William McDonald for the purchase of cigars. McDonald was a cigar aficionado.
Date: June 5, 1944
Creator: McDonald, WIlliam Madison
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Check Written to the Grand Lodge F&AM]

Description: Personal check from the Fraternal Bank & Trust Company of Fort Worth, made out to the Grand Lodge, F&AM (Free and Accepted Masons) for $850.00 and signed by William McDonald. McDonald was the Grand Lodge's Grand Secretary, and was a leader in the Black Masonic movement. His Fraternal Bank and Trust Company was located in the Grand Masonic Temple on East 9th Street.
Date: December 3, 1934
Creator: McDonald, WIlliam Madison
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

Deliverer Life Insurance Company

Description: Booklet providing information about the Deliverer Life Insurance Company, one of the first life insurance companies for Black people in Fort Worth. It includes background about the establishment of the company; a list of employees with portraits and information about affiliations and experience; and a table of insurance premiums sorted by age.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Deliverer Life Insurance Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[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

[Family Scrapbook]

Description: Scrapbook containing photographs of various trips and events, along with cards, programs, and other collected ephemera.
Date: 1937~/1941~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Passenger Car]

Description: Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held on a Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company passenger car. Several Black men are seated along the seats of the passenger car, with two rows of chairs with a center aisle and lunette windows on the car's sides. Four white men stand in the back of the car.
Date: July 1948
Creator: Smith, W. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Flyer for Bicentennial "Spiritual Awakenings" Events]

Description: Flyer promoting "Spiritual Happenings" to celebrate the American bicentennial and promote Black culture. Two events are listed: a soul music festival in the Will Rogers Auditorium, and a spiritual jubilee in the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Date: Spring 1976
Creator: Black Citizens Concerned with the Bicentennial
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
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

[Funeral Program for William Madison McDonald, July 9, 1950]

Description: Funeral program for William Madison McDonald, born June 22, 1866 and died July 5, 1950. The funeral was held on July 5, 1950 at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. S. R. Prince. Funeral arrangements were made through Polk and Bailey Funeral Home Directors and he was buried in Old Trinity Cemetery, now Oakwood Cemetery, in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: July 9, 1950
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Location: 32.750275 -97.320398
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

I. M. Terrell High School All Student Class Reunion

Description: Program for the I. M. Terrell High School All Student Class Reunion, held in the Hotel Americana in Fort Worth, Texas, from August 20 to August 22, 1982. It includes background information, a list of congratulatory letters from major politicians, an itinerary of events, a list of former students and faculty, advertisements, and photographs.
Date: August 1982
Creator: I.M. Terrell High School Reunion. Souvenir Book Committee.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[I. M. Terrell High School Usherettes]

Description: Photograph of an I. M. Terrell High School usherette group, standing together in front of the school entrance. They are organized in two rows, facing forward and smiling. The usherette group's president was Gwendolyn Sanders, its vice president Ruth Baker, its secretary Harriet Pringle, and its sponsor, Mary Louise Thornton (front row, far right).
Date: 196X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.749695 -97.314285
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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