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Ben Burns Papers

Finding Aid: Ben Burns Papers
Repository: Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature


Note: Ben Burns Collection 133, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
Ben Burns and John Johnson outside Julius Rosenwald's home, 1940s. Burns was the executive editor of Ebony, the flagship of Johnson Publishing, from 1945-1954.
Note: Ben Burns Collection 124, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
Burns met John Johnson while both were working on Earl Dickerson's campaign when he ran for Congress against William Dawson in 1942.
Note: Ben Burns Collection 22-5, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
Ben Burns and John Johnson in Rome, 1950.
Note: Ben Burns Collection 051, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
John Johnson poses in Rome, 1950.
Maker: Ben Burns
Owner: Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
Note: Ben Burns Collection 050, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature

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