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A 39-page booklet published by the City of Memphis in 1945 to highlight the facilities available to African Americans in the city and what Memphis was doing for its Black citizens. It was a companion volume to a booklet aimed at the White citizens titled "City of Memphis Civic Progress 1940-44".
Identifier
MVP 4038
Date
circa 1945
Keywords
African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis--Social conditions--20th century.
Recommended Citation
"Benefits and Opportunities for Colored Citizens of Memphis, Civic Progress 1940-1944" (2021). Shelby County, Tennessee. 32.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-pub-shelby/32
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