Old Peoria Was ‘Right’ for Sheltons…

Date: 4/16/1957

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"Old Peoria Was 'Right' for Sheltons Until Death Closed the Books," Peoria Journal Star, Apr. 17, 1956, p. B1.

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Old Peoria Was ‘Right’ for Sheltons…

Date: 4/16/1957

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1. The Pryors and Peoria — Between Two Worlds

An Exceptional Spectacle –c. 1946–

Gertrude Pryor v. LeRoy Pryor –1/1946–

Famous Door Exterior –c. 1947–

The Cities of America: Peoria –2/12/1949–

Richard’s School Record –1945-1955–

Ann Pryor and Friend –1950s–

Ann and Buck Drinking With Friends –1950s–

Ann Stepping Out On the Town –1950s–

Deal With Teacher Gave Pryor First Audience –12/26/82–

2. The Battle for City Hall

State Names 2 to War on Crime, Vice –9/13/1948–

Bomb Blasts Peoria Home of Prosecutor –12/16/49–

Ad Club Joins Fight on ‘Red Lights’ –6/5/1951–

Which Side Are You On? –1951-1952–

The Town That Reformed –10/1/1955–

Old Peoria Was ‘Right’ for Sheltons… –4/16/1957–

3. Vice in the Era of Reform

Aiken Alley in the Early 1950s –4/3/1951–

Collins Gets Year, Day On Money Count –7/2/1954–

Bris Collins Surrenders to Serve Term –9/11/1954–

Survey Shows Prostitution On Rise –05/07/1959–

‘The Good Old Woodruff Days’ –6/26/76–

“Retired Peoria Madam: ‘I look back and wonder how I did it all'” –10/3/98–

4. A More Lonely Crusade: Paul Robeson, Blackballed

Peoria Bans Robeson; He Vows to Sing –04/18/1947–

Edward Robb Ellis Interview with Paul Robeson –04/19/1947–

Paul Robeson Defies Peoria Ban –04/26/1947–

Story Behind the Barring of Robeson –05/03/1947–

From Fred Douglass to Robeson, Peoria Hasn’t Improved –05/03/1947–

Peoria Legion Post Charter Revoked –08/14/1947–

5. The Black Community's Parallel March

Pursuit of Freedom –11/1949–

Unveil Mural At Carver Center Today –11/13/1949–

Mural At Carver Center Unveiled Sunday –11/14/1949–

Blues in Cuba –04/27/1950–

John Clark Discovers Negroes Now Talking –10/11/1952–

Red Feather Agency Builds Useful Life –10/15/1952–

An Exceptional Spectacle
–c. 1946–

Gertrude Pryor v. LeRoy Pryor
–1/1946–

Famous Door Exterior
–c. 1947–

The Cities of America: Peoria
–2/12/1949–

Richard’s School Record
–1945-1955–

Ann Pryor and Friend
–1950s–

Ann and Buck Drinking With Friends
–1950s–

Ann Stepping Out On the Town
–1950s–

Deal With Teacher Gave Pryor First Audience
–12/26/82–

State Names 2 to War on Crime, Vice
–9/13/1948–

Bomb Blasts Peoria Home of Prosecutor
–12/16/49–

Ad Club Joins Fight on ‘Red Lights’
–6/5/1951–

Which Side Are You On?
–1951-1952–

The Town That Reformed
–10/1/1955–

Old Peoria Was ‘Right’ for Sheltons…
–4/16/1957–

Aiken Alley in the Early 1950s
–4/3/1951–

Collins Gets Year, Day On Money Count
–7/2/1954–

Bris Collins Surrenders to Serve Term
–9/11/1954–

Survey Shows Prostitution On Rise
–05/07/1959–

‘The Good Old Woodruff Days’
–6/26/76–

“Retired Peoria Madam: ‘I look back and wonder how I did it all'”
–10/3/98–

Peoria Bans Robeson; He Vows to Sing
–04/18/1947–

Edward Robb Ellis Interview with Paul Robeson
–04/19/1947–

Paul Robeson Defies Peoria Ban
–04/26/1947–

Story Behind the Barring of Robeson
–05/03/1947–

From Fred Douglass to Robeson, Peoria Hasn’t Improved
–05/03/1947–

Peoria Legion Post Charter Revoked
–08/14/1947–

Pursuit of Freedom
–11/1949–

Unveil Mural At Carver Center Today
–11/13/1949–

Mural At Carver Center Unveiled Sunday
–11/14/1949–

Blues in Cuba
–04/27/1950–

John Clark Discovers Negroes Now Talking
–10/11/1952–

Red Feather Agency Builds Useful Life
–10/15/1952–