Funeral program of Jeanne Belle Osby Goodwin

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Digital copy of a funeral program for Jeanne Belle Osby Goodwin. The funeral program consists of black ink printed on a single sheet of white paper, folded once to produce four pages. The first page, or cover, has an image of Goodwin holding a baby. Text at the top reads [In celebration of / Jeanne Belle Osby Goodwin / SUNRISE: July 6, 1903]. To the right of the image, text lists out the date, time, and location of the "celebration service." The service took place at First Baptist Church North Tulsa and was officiated by Rev. Terry L. Buxton Sr. The left-side interior page has an obituary, which details Goodwin's birth in Illinois, her family history, education, and her recollections on fleeing her home in Springfield, Illinois, during the 1908 Springfield Race Massacre. The obituary also details Goodwin's community service, work at Booker T.

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