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Creative Center Workshop Group Portrait

Date: 03 30 1973
Description: Group portrait at the Mary Church Terrell Creative Center, which was founded in 1963 by Bernice Lindsay (second from left). The Creative Center was located...
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Vel Phillips in a Group

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Description: Vel Phillips in a group. The man and woman in the foreground are shaking hands. The men are wearing suits and the women are wearing dresses. Several have n...
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Vel Phillips with Group at Table

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Description: Vel Phillips sits at a table with a group of African American men and women. The table is covered with handbags, eyeglasses, and beverages. Several more pe...
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Vel Phillips and Two Men

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Description: Vel Phillips chats with two men. She is wearing a dress, sweater and scarf and is holding papers and roses in one arm. The men are wearing plaid suits and ...
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Vel Phillips in a Group Portrait

Date: 07 1980
Description: Vel Phillips in a large group portrait of mostly women. The women are wearing dresses and coats and have name tags on their lapels. A building with large g...
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Vel Phillips with Patrick Lucey and Unidentified Woman

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Description: Vel Phillips posing outdoors on a sidewalk with Patrick Lucey and a woman on the right. A group of people stand behind them. Vel is wearing a yellow top ov...
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Vel Phillips and Patrick Lucey

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Description: Vel Phillips posing outdoors with a man wearing a suit. Vel is wearing a yellow top over a long, striped skirt with a vegetable design. Behind them is a dr...
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Vel Phillips with Man and Two Children

Date: 06 1972
Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a brown and blue patterned dress, is standing on the right holding a bouquet of flowers. A unidentified man is standing on the left, ...
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Vel Phillips with People and Watermelons

Date: 06 1972
Description: Vel Phillips, standing on right, is in a brown and blue patterned buba (a Yoruba blouse) and holding a bouquet of flowers. Next to her (second from right) ...
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Vel Phillips with Uniformed Man

Date: 11 1962
Description: Vel Phillips (second to left) is standing and wearing a dress with a flower brooch. Next to her is Captain Al Roper in military uniform. Two unidentified w...
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President Jimmy Carter on Stage

Date: 10 06 1980
Description: View from audience of President Jimmy Carter standing at a podium. Vel Phillips stands on the left. On the right is a man standing and applauding.
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Vel Phillips and President Jimmy Carter Embracing

Date: 10 06 1980
Description: View from audience of Vel Phillips embracing President Jimmy Carter on a stage near a podium. A presidential flag is on the right of the stage.
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President Carter Speaking on Stage

Date: 10 06 1980
Description: View from audience of President Jimmy Carter speaking at a podium. On the left Vel Phillips sits near an American Flag. A banner above reads: "Pres. Jimmy ...
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President Jimmy Carter Speaking in Classroom

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Description: Former President Jimmy Carter addressing a crowd of people in a classroom. Vel Phillips is on the far left standing next to the President. A group of peopl...
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Vel Phillips and President Jimmy Carter in Classroom

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Description: Rear view of President Jimmy Carter and Vel Phillips standing in a classroom talking with a group of people. There is a map on the left and a chalkboard in...
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Vel Phillips and Keynote Speakers

Date: 03 12 1980
Description: The Minority Engineering Students Luncheon Keynote Speakers. From the left are: Al Hampton, Vel Phillips, Fred Johnson, W.R. Marshall, Ninenee Coleman, UW ...
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Vel Phillips and Woman at Copenhagen

Date: 07 1980
Description: Vel Phillips wearing a light brown outfit and necklace. She is sitting next to another woman with brown hair. They are sitting in a waiting room with other...
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Vel Phillips in Colorful Dress

Date: 07 1980
Description: Vel Phillips sitting and wearing a multicolored dress. She is in a room with a woman standing on the right, and a man and woman sitting on the left.
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Vel Phillips and W. Dale Phillips

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Description: Vel Phillips and her husband W. Dale Phillips sitting on a green and white tree-patterned couch. Dale is wearing a blue shirt and eyeglasses. Vel is wearin...
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Vel Phillips and Four People

Date: 10 1998
Description: Group portrait, from left: Curtis Harris, Jeannetta Robinson, Donald Sykes, Vel Phillips, and Rose Lue-Hing. Vel Phillips is wearing a red suit coat.

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