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Warren, Elizabeth, 1934-2021

Alternate Names

Elizabeth von Till Warren
Liz Warren

Mary Elizabeth von Till was born on April 16, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York. She is the fifth child of eight in her family. Her family moved around much of the Northeast as a child before settling back in Brooklyn at age twelve. She graduated high school in 1947 and went on to Barnard College, where she graduated in 1955. From there, Elizabeth moved on to graduate school at Northwestern University, where she met her husband, Claude Warren. The two married in December 1955.

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Newspaper clipping, NAACP Bachelor of the Year Fund Raising Affair, publication unknown, April 29, 1976

Date

1976-04-19

Description

Newspaper clipping with photograph featuring Toni Miller from Western Airlines buying an advertisement from NAACP representatives Saran Knight, Eleanor Walker and Lubertha Johnson.

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Newspaper clipping, Photograph with black community leaders, Homecoming Committee, publication and date unknown

Date

Unknown year

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Newspaper clipping of photograph with caption: Homecoming Committee -- Left to right - Sarann Knight, Rev. Willie Davis, Lubertha M. Johnson, Rev. Jesse D. Scott, and Judge Addelair D. Guy.

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Newspaper clipping, Photograph with Verlia Davis presenting oral histories, The Advertiser, February 21, 1979

Date

1979-02-21

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Newspaper clipping with photograph featuring Verlia Davis, Sarann Knight, Lubertha Johnson and Arlone Scott receiving oral histories taken in the 1970s for "The Black Experience in Southern Nevada."

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