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Lancaster Productions International press release for Byard Lancaster This press release invites the public to gather in support of and celebrate the birthday of Mrs. Mattie Humphrey, also known as “Sister Majida,” at Morgan’s Jazz Club located at 17 East Price Street in Germantown, Philadelphia. -
Joseph E. Hill School war bond certificate Certificate of Joseph E. Hill School buying U.S. war bonds through a systemic purchase plan. -
Citation. Thanks and Appreciation to Christine Howell This citation from the Legal Defense and Educational Fund sends “thanks and appreciation” to Christine Howell for her involvement with The Links, Incorporated USA. -
The Links, Incorporated. Eastern Area Conference, April 11-12, 1969. Theme: The Beauty of Blackness-- Channeling Black Hope. The Links, Incorporated—a national volunteer service organization of professional Black women founded by two Black Philadelphians, Sarah S. Scott and Margaret R. Hawkins in 1946. The Central New Jersey Chapter of The Links, Incorporated was organized in May 1949 in Princeton, NJ, but incorporated in New Brunswick, NJ in 1951(Chapter History 2024). By 1969, The Links had become a prominent and prestigious African American women’s organizations in the United States, known for combining community service, cultural programming, and social networking among accomplished Black women leaders. -
Philadelphia Police Department Certificate of Appreciation presented to Jaci Adams This recognition was posthumously awarded to Jaci Adams for her service on the LGBT Police Liaison Committee of which Adams was the longest serving member. Jaci (pronounced "Jackie") Adams was born in 1957/1958 in Beckley, West Virginia. She died on February 16, 2014. Adams was a transgender woman active in LGBT and AIDS programs. Diagnosed with AIDS in 1983, Adams worked to promote AIDS testing and treatment, and worked to help people harmed by discrimination, homelessness, incarceration, poverty, prostitution, and drug addictions. Adams obituary in the Philadelphia Daily News on February 17, 2014 stated the following: "...Jaci was able to shed light into the darkness that often shrouds the frequently misunderstood and abused dwellers of the LGBT world."