Title	Kwame Nkrumah Visits the Pyramid Club
Date	1940s
Photographer	Mosley, John W.
Subject	African American artists Art Art Exhibitions Artists African Americans African American women African American men Pyramid Club (Organization: Philadelphia, Pa)
Geographic Subject	Philadelphia (Pa.)
Personal Names	Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972
Description	Photograph inside the Pyramid Club captures Club's co-founder Walter F. Jerrick, M.D. (standing far right) with Dr. J.W. Shirley (standing second right) with a group of visitors from Africa. Among the visiting African trio is Kwame Nkrumah (seated third from right) joined at the table by an unidentified woman and two unidentified men who accompanied Nkrumah on the visit. Kwame Nkrumah, a graduate of Lincoln University, was a prominent figure in Africa's anti-colonial struggle for independence. The Pan-Afican leader successfully led Ghana to independence from Britain in 1957 and served as its first prime minister and president.
Format	image/jp2
Type	Photographs
Physical Description	1 photograph: b&w; 8 x 10 in.
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Repository	Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
Repository Collection	John W. Mosley Photograph Collection
Folder	Mosley, John W.--Photographs--Artists
Digital Collection	John W. Mosley Photographs
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Kwame Nkrumah Visits the Pyramid Club

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