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Photo of Five African American Draftees Standing in Front of the Courthouse Steps.

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Herald and Review Library: Photo of Five Draftees; Article on back of photo; "Five selectees, Negroes, were scheduled to leave here at 7:20 a.m. today on an Illinois Terminal car to report at Peoria for examination preliminary to induction into army…

Photo of Pvt. Jack Hawkins in uniform

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Herald and Review Library: Hawkins, Pvt. Jack; Article on back of photo; "At Camp Clairborne, Pvt. Jack Hawkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hawkins, 1081 West Macon street, was home recently on a furlough from Camp Clairborne, La. He entered the service…