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Henry Lee Moon was public relations director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at
its New York headquarters (1948-1960). Mollie Lewis Moon, his wife, was a social worker, public relations executive, founder
and chairman of the National Urban League Guild (1942-1962), and trustee and secretary of the National Urban League (1955-1962).
Roddy K. Moon was an organizer of the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of the NAACP. The collection consists of individual and group
portraits of Henry Lee Moon, his wife Mollie Lewis Moon, other Moon family members, friends, and associates. Views of the
Urban League Guild Beaux Arts Ball, including photographs of Henry Lee and Mollie Moon with Josephine Baker, and of the 40th
anniversary celebration of Mollie and Henry Lee Moon, are contained in this collection. Vacation photographs of the Moon family
are also included.
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