Source: Rockford Register Star, Oct. 17, 2019.
Booker T. Washington center
Education, Business and Social Interests Important to First African-Americans
Eldridge H. E. Gilbert, 1967 and “Gilberts Visit Africa, Mideast” 1969
Sources: Eldridge H. E. Gilbert, Rockford Morning Star 4/20-21/1967
“Gilberts visit Africa, Mideast” Rockford Morning Star 1/11/1969
“Community Chest Organized in 1919” – 1962 article
Source: Rockford Morning Star and Rockford Register-Republic “Century Plus 10” Special Edition, March 1962
“Local Singers Seek TV Spot” – 1957
Source: Rockford Morning Star Oct. 23, 1957