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April 4, 1981
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Rev. Dr. Johnnie Colemon (center) standing with James Compton (right), head of the Chicago Urban League, at an awards ceremony, April 4th, 1981.
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James Compton in a Public Hearing About Employment Discrimination.
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(l-r) Vernon Jordan, Unidentified Man, Ruth Love, Mayor Jane Byrne, and James Compton.
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Compton receiving an award from the organization of 100 Black Men, where Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta, was the featured speaker.
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James Compton speaks at the 20th Anniversary of the Illinois Department of Human Rights.
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(l-r) James Compton and Joseph Cardinal Bernadin.
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February, 1998
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(l-r) Rev. Kenneth Smith, unidentified man, James Compton, Mayor Richard Daley, and Clarence Wood (February 1998).
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(l-r) Unidentified woman, James Compton and journalist Vernon Jarrett.
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November, 1998
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(l-r) Micahel Quinian, Mayor Richard Daley, James Compton, and Barbara Lumpkin (November 1998).
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1984
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(l-r) James Compton and Justice Charles Freeman (1984).
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(l-r) James Compton, Jacoby Dickens, Joe Banks, Jim Edgar, Larry Huggins, Eddie Reed, Lou Palmer and Bill Garth.
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1981
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(l-r) Vernon Jordan, Mel Hobson, James Compton and James O'Connor (1981).
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1987
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James Compton with Diahann Carroll at the 1987 Chicago Urban League Golden Fellowship Dinner.
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December 23, 1984
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(l-r) James Compton with Vice President Walter Mondale at a Candidates Forum (December 23, 1984).
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(l-r) Dawn Simmons, Natalie Cole and James Compton.
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(l-r) U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, James Compton and business executive James Lowry.
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July, 1990
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James Compton at Wrigley Field (July 1990).
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James Compton catching the first pitch at Wrigley Field at which the Chicago Urban League hosted the National Urban League conference.
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December 1991
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(l-r) Roland Burris and James Compton.
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(l-r) Francis Cardinal George and James Compton at a Christmas reception at Cardinal George's mansion.
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1988
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(l-r) John Duff, Richard M. Daley, Sis Daley, Governor Jim Edgar, Mayor Eugene Sawyer, James Compton and Sam Morrison (1988).
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(l-r) James Atwell, James Compton during his time as President of the Board of Education, Chicago Schools Superintendent Ted Kimbrough, Mayor Richard J. Daley, an unidentified man and two unidentified women.
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(l-r) Unidentified woman, Vernon Barksdale, Frank Campbell, William Doffit, James Compton and Governor James Thompson.
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(l-r) James Compton; Joseph Killman, BBF founder and Chairman of the Board; and Irv Cross.
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February, 1989
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(l-r) Sis Daley and James Compton (February, 1989).
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February 1988
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(l-r) Betsy Berry, the widow of Bill Berry; and James Compton (February 1988).
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February 1978
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James Compton receives an award (February 1978).
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(l-r) Jesse Madison, James Taylor, James Compton, John Rogers, unidentified man, and Roger Fox.
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November, 1984
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(l-r) John Rogers, James Compton, Gwendolyn LaRoche and Judge John Rogers (November 1984).
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(l-r) James Compton and Flip Wilson, the Entertainer at a Chicago Urban League Golden Fellowship Dinner.
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(l-r) Bill Berry, Chicago Urban League Executive Director, and James Compton.
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(l-r) Dorothy Tillman and James Compton.
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(l-r) Delores Cross, Dr. Rev Johnnie Coleman and James Compton.
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(l-r) James Compton and George Johnson, founder and President of Johnson Products Company.
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December, 1981
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James Compton at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Chicago Urban League (December 1981).
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(l-r) The late Mayor Harold Washington and James Compton.
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(l-r) Unidentified man, unidentified man, "Mingo," Charlie Hayes, James Wright, Addie Wyatt, unidentified man, James Compton, unidentified man, unidentified man.
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1978
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(l-r) Nipsey Russell, Charles Marshall and James Compton (1978).
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1960s
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James Compton (2nd from right) receiving an award (1960s).
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February, 1973
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(l-r, front) Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, Morehouse College President, with James Compton. Compton served as Dr. Mays's driver for three years (February, 1973).
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(l-r) James Compton, Charles Hayes and Lester McKeever.
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James Compton at the United Way Crusade of Mercy.
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1984
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(l-r) James Comptpn and Lester McKeever at the dedication ceremony of the Chicago Urban League (1984).
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James Compton
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James Compton.
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James Compton speaks.
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James Compton (2nd from left) receives an award (#1).
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James Compton receives an award (2nd half of photo) (#2).
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