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| Title | Era Bell Thompson in class, Driscoll, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1917 |
| Description | Era Bell Thompson sits in the middle of a classroom in Driscoll, N.D. A girl behind her holds a speller. The teacher stands at the back of the room. A portrait of George Washington hangs on the wall. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Education
People
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Schools
Classrooms
Desks
Students
School children
Boys
Girls
Teachers
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| Personal Name | Thompson, Era Bell
Washington, George, 1732-1799
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| Location | Driscoll (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1910-1919
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| Item Number | 00032-BL-39-09 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Era Bell Thompson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, but raised in Driscoll, N.D. The family later moved to Bismarck, and she graduated from Bismarck High School in 1924. She attended the University of North Dakota for two years, and graduated from Morningside College in Iowa after studying journalism. She moved to Chicago in 1933. She wrote several books, American Daughter; Africa, Land of my Father; and White on Black. She became the editor of Negro Digest in 1947, and joined Ebony magazine in 1949, where she served as co-editor and international editor. She was awarded the Theodore Roosevelt Roughrider Award in 1976. Era Bell Thompson died in Chicago in 1986. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Oral History Project Photograph Collection 00032
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (00032-BL-39-09) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | sh00032BL3909 |
