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DescriptionPhotograph of a group at a formal event. Photo taken by J. Chaw, who had a studio in San Nicolas, Havana.
DescriptionPhotograph of a couple at a formal event. Photo Was taken by J. Chaw studio in Havana, Cuba.
Created1950-10-15
Description
The back reads: "A beautiful aspect of this window is one of many commercial establishments of Havana that display and sell Chinese porcelain. From the little symbolic figure to the complicated and expensive piece of furniture with the fine piece of sculpture, here is presently a large display of the industry of Chinese porcelain."
Created1941
DescriptionThe back reads: "To Mercedes and Lanuliu of Jorge and Bebo Cheong, Havana"
Created1864-03-08
Description
This is a ship manifest detailing the 290 Chinese colonists expected to arrive in Cuba aboard the Portuguese ship "Gica." The ship arrived in the port of Havana on March 8, 1864, with 281 of the colonists listed in the ship manifest; seven died during the journey and two remained in Macao.
ContributorsColeman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013 (Host) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1963 (year uncertain)
Description
This Sunday morning broadcast, hosted by Austin Coleman, features a commemoration of the Emancipation Proclamation. Coleman also reads a letter from Rev. and Mrs. Leonard Johnson of Coolidge, Arizona discussing citizenship and freedom; reports on a NAACP meeting covering the absence of “negro” employees in Arizona state government positions, discrimination in public accommodations, and calls for a march on the Arizona capitol if the accommodations bill is not passed; and introduces and comments on a clip of Martin Luther King's "Three Words" (All, Here, Now).
ContributorsColeman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013 (Host) / Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995 (Speaker) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1964-03-22
DescriptionAustin Coleman hosts this Easter season program. It features an Easter message from Lincoln Ragsdale, commentary by Ragsdale regarding discrimination, and an announcement of a demonstration to be held at the Capitol "Monday at noon."
ContributorsColeman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013 (Host) / Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995 (Speaker) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1964-03-01
Description
This program, dedicated to Mr. Milton Thomas Ellis, features Lincoln Ragsdale discussing an event in Coolidge, Arizona in which two Blacks entered a restaurant to ask for food “that they might go outside and eat” and were arrested and fined $1,500. Ragsdale also calls for increased NAACP membership and reflects on a march in Pinal County in the previous year. The program also includes announcements of upcoming events and opportunities for "young negro women" to work with the "new IBM machines and new telephone switchboards" being installed at the Valley Life Insurance Company.
ContributorsColeman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013 (Host) / Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995 (Speaker) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1964-01-12
Description
This broadcast features Lincoln Ragsdale reflecting on the Black community's progress during 1963, including marches and attacks on himself and his family, and a “Special program by Dr. Martin Luther King" composed of excerpts from King speeches arranged in news program format. Also included are tributes to community members, including Ms. Lillian Brown (a member of the Wesley Methodist Church and an employee of the Valley Life Insurance Company), Pastor Rollins Winslow and members of the of the WMC, Miss Maybelline Walker (a member of the Pentecostal Church and a Valley Life and Casualty employee), Mrs. Flora Mae Smith (a member of the Union Baptist Church and mother of eight young children), and Mrs. Freddie Mae Reagan (a member of the Pentecostal Church and the the newest member of the Valley Life and Casualty staff).
ContributorsDickey, Bill (William Dan), 1928-2012 (Host) / Middleton, James Peter, 1928-1988 (Speaker) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1964-01-12
Description
This recording includes a presentation by James P. Middleton, Pastor of the Beacon Light Seventh Day Adventist Church; a call to attend a rally sponsored by the NAACP scheduled for the afternoon and intended to raise money for Medgar Evers' widow; and a presentation on George Washington Carver by Mrs. Emma Scott.