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President Harry Truman Views New Roosevelt Plaque

December 15, 2022

Presented by Dannie Gore, Sr. President Truman (left), after viewing a bronze plaque of Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Recorder of Deeds building in Washington, D.C. September 24, 1945, meets the sculptor, Selma Burke (second from right). At right is Marshall Shepard, Recorder of Deeds for the Washington District.

Award-winning Philanthropist Channing H. Tobias Broke Barriers at YMCA

November 23, 2022

Channing H. Tobias, an award-winning philanthropist, served as senior secretary of the YMCA’s Colored Work Department from 1924 to 1946. He was a delegate and a speaker at the 1926 World Conference in Finland and traveled to YMCAs throughout the world during his career. After leaving the YMCA in 1946, he became the firs director […]

Dick Gregory Dollar 1968 Presidential Election

October 1, 2022

Presented by Dannie Gore, Sr. Dick Gregory’s dollar was a political item produced by him during his campaign for President, as a write in candidate in the 1968 Presidential Election. Most of these bills were quickly seized by the Federal Government. A large contributing factor to the seizure came from the bills resembling authentic U.S. […]