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• Students Interview Dr. Olivia Hooker: "What Happened to Black Wall Street?"
  Article from the Westchester County Press 23 March 2017. Vol. LXXXVIII No. 12.
• (Excerpt): Extraordinary Women of Color: Dr. Olivia J. Hooker. Interviewed by Theresa Murphy.
  Excerpt of an interview with Dr. Olivia J. Hooker by Theresa Murphy. Dr. Hooker discusses her early life in Oklahoma and the Tulsa race riots of 1921.
• May Morgan Robinson and unidentified group in front of charter bus.
  Undated black and white photo of May Morgan Robinson and unidentified individuals in front of a charter bus.
• Group photo of May Morgan Robinson with unidentified individuals
  Undated black and white group photo of May Morgan Robinson with unidentified individuals.
• Portrait of May Morgan Robinson
  Undated [Handcolored?] Black and White photograph of May Morgan Robinson
• Councilwoman Lois Bronz
  Undated photo of Greenburgh Town Councilwoman Lois Bronz. Councilwoman Bronz served for 16 years on the Town Board, from 1976 until 1993 when she was elected to the County Board of Legislators.
• Lois Bronz with husband Edgar Taplin and an unidentified couple.
  Undated photo of Lois Bronz with husband Edgar Taplin and an unidentified couple.
• Lois Bronz in an undated photo.
  Lois Bronz in an undated photo.
• Lois Bronz and her family
  Undated photo of Lois Bronz with her husband Chuck and her children Francine, Shelly and Edgar Louis Taplin Jr.
• Photo of Lois Bronz in a classroom, 1959.
  Photo of Lois Bronz in a classroom. Date on back: "8-6-59." Lois received her Bachelors from Xavier University (New Orleans< LA) and Masters in Education from Wayne State University (Detroit, MI).
• Lois Bronz in a school uniform.
  Undated photo of Lois Bronz in a school uniform.
• An interview with Lois Bronz
  An interview with Lois Bronz
• Mary Williams' graduation from Metropolitan Hospital School of Nursing, 1954.
  Mary Williams graduated from nursing school in 1954. She attended the Metropolitan [Hospital] School of Nursing that was located on Welfare Island (now named Roosevelt Island). Desc. from Richard D. Williams.
• Mary Williams in South Africa.
  Undated photo of Mary Williams taken during one of her trips to South Africa. Mary took nearly 20 trips to Africa, including 5 to South Africa, where she had to travel as an honorary white due to apartheid. "Taken in South Africa - Honored in Kenya" from back of photo.
• Mary Williams with Hilary Clinton at the Theodore D. Young Community Center.
  Photo of Mary Williams with Hillary Clinton at the Theodore D. Young Community Center in White Plains. Clinton visited the center with Congresswoman Nita Lowey sometime during President Clinton's term. - desc. from Richard D. Williams
• Mary Williams with Dr. Julius Ford at an awards ceremony.
  Undated photo of Mary Williams with Dr. Julius Ford. Back of photo: "Mary received an award for helping the youth of North Elmsford."
• Mary Williams with Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller at Massaro Park in North Elmsford, c1967-68.
  Mary Williams with Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller at Massaro Park in North Elmsford. "From either 1967 or 1968 and the donation from Rockefeller was for an above ground pool that was built at Massaro Park in North Elmsford on Payne Street. The Town of Greenburgh eventually sponsored a "Learn to Swim" program at the park for children of North Elmsford. The pool was named the "Mary R. Williams Pool." - desc from Richard D. Williams
• Mary and her husband Richard D. Williams at the Birdland Jazz Club in Harlem, 1954
  Mary and her husband Richard D. Williams at the Birdland Jazz Club in Harlem, 1954
• Mary Williams' White Plains High School yearbook photo, 1952
  Mary [Silas] Williams' High School yearbook photo. White Plains H.S. class of 1952.
• Mary R. Williams with Humanitarian Award from Westchester Community Opportunity Program
  Undated photo of Mary R. Williams receiving the Humanitarian Award from Westchester Community Opportunity Program (WestCOP)
• Mary. R. Williams with other honorees at a WestCOP fundraising gala.
  "Mary [Williams] being honored at Westchester Community Opportunity Program (WestCOP) at a fundraising gala between 2005 and 2010. The anti-poverty program, whose slogan is 'People helping People,' has been serving the community since it was formed in 1965. Mary has been associated with the program since as a Founder and still serves on the Board of Directors." - Desc. from Richard D. Williams.
• Dr. Mary Lane Cobb, Testimony before U.S. Senate Small Business Committee, Monopoly Subcommittee, Feb. 25, 1970.
  Testimony of Dr. Lane Cobb, Clinical Director of Contraception Service, Margaret Sanger Research Bureau, to the U.S. Senate Small Business Committee, Monopoly Subcommittee on the safety and effectiveness of the pill February 25, 1970.
• Mary Lane. Graduation from Indiana University, 1950.
  Mary Lane. Graduation from Indiana University, 1950. "Mary wearing a Mortarboard pin - honored by that [National College Senior Honor Society] society."
• Mary and James Cobb on their wedding day, June 21, 1959.
  Mary and James Cobb on their wedding day, June 21, 1959.
• Mary Lane. Senior year photo from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1954.
  Mary Lane. Senior year photo from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1954.