Box 4

Scope and Contents note Contains several newspaper articles written by Damon Ireland Thomas for the Chicago Defender (1920, 1923-1924) from the Proquest Historical Newspaper database; correspondence from the City of Charleston regarding the donation of land at 162 Coming St. for an African American fire house; and titles to real estate for various properties owned by D.I. Thomas. There are photographs of the fire house and the plaque noting the contribution of Thomas. In...