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B2021.006.05
Judge Larry Card and his secretary, Kathy Hamerick
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Kathy Hamerick
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.004.Box6.Page8b
"'Olympics of mind' Saturday" [Afro-American Cultural Technological Scientific Olympics, ACT-SO, NAACP]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Afro-American Cultural Technological Scientific Olympics, ACT-SO, NAACP, Black is Brilliant, Anchorage
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.006.19.front
Invitation to Judge Larry Card’s installation to the Superior Court of Alaska
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Invitation, Installation, Superior Court, State of Alaska
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.24
Virginia Card Smith [Card's sister] at evening reception for Judge Larry Card at Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska, 1993 October 1
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Reception, Virginia Card Smith, Sister, Family, Captain Cook Hotel, Hotel
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.01
Judge Larry and Mrs. Minnie Card [at post-installation reception, Alaska Superior Court, 1993 October 1. Judge Card was the first Black person to be installed in the Alaska Superior Court.]
Keywords: Judge Larry Card, Minnie Card, The HistoryMakers, HistoryMakers, Alaska State Supreme Court, BIPOC, Judge, Black judges in Alaska, Black people in Alaska, Larry Card, Family, Reception
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.10
Left to Right: Judge Larry Card’s Aunt Luretha Reid and brother-in-law, Joe Myers with his grandson
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Luretha Reid, Joe Myers, Grandson, Child, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.23
Left to right: M. Ashley Dickerson, John Gibbons and Sylvia Gibbons
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, M. Ashley Dickerson, John Gibbons, Sylvia Gibbons
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.004.Box6.Page9
.261 [Photographs from May 1981 Visit to Anchorage NAACP members by Virna Canson, national representative of NAACP]; "Wesley Elected"
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage, NAACP, President, Virna Canson
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.006.07
Barbara Taylor and son, and Virginia Card Smith
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Barbara Taylor, Virginia Card Smith, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.28
Judge Larry Card’s neighbors, Tom and Elayne Lawson, with Judge Larry Card and Larry II, son
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Tom Lawson, Elayne Lawson, Larry Card II
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.13
Attorney Charles Coe and John Gibbons, M. Ashley Dickerson’s partner
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Charles Coe, Attorney, John Gibbons, M. Ashley Dickerson
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.20
Program from reception for Judge Larry Card’s installation to the Superior Court of Alaska, 1993 October 1
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Program, Reception, Installation, Superior Court, State of Alaska, James Wanamaker
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.25
Aunt Janie Hayes and her grandson and Aunt Luretha Reid
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Janie Hayes, Luretha Reid, Grandson, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.27
Michael Spaan [former US Attorney] and Judge Larry Card
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Michael Spaan, U.S. Attorney, US Attorney
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.42a
“Card gets Superior Court seat” by Sheila Toomey, Anchorage Daily News, Fran Durner, photographer [Photograph of Judge Card holding child, Jamaica Renner. Handwritten note added: God-granddaughter]
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Law, Court, Superior Court, Jamaica Renner, Granddaughter, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.004.Box6.Page7
"Mayor declares Sunday NAACP day" 5/14/1981; "Ham it up for your mother" 5/8/1981; "NAACP will celebrate" 5/8/1981, "The Anchorage N.A.A.C.P. Presents Spring Festival May 15, 1981"
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, NAACP, NAACP Day, Anchorage
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.Box6.Page8a
"NAACP representative suggests Alaskans look for local benefits" 5/15/1981
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage, Virna Canson, NAACP
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.006.30
M. Ashley Dickerson and Mrs. Sylvia Gibbons
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, M. Ashley Dickerson, Sylvia Gibbons
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.03
Kenneth Card, Larry Card II, Minnie Card, Judge Larry Card, Krista Card [Card family at post-installation reception]
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Kenneth Card, Larry Card II, Minnie Card, Krista Card, Family, Reception
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.40b
“Governor gets no new choices to fill out court” by Sheila Toomey, Anchorage Daily News (publication date cut off clipping)
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Law, Court, Governor Hickel, Superior Court
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.18
Virginia Card Smith [Judge Larry Card’s sister, a nurse who became lawyer]
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Virginia Card Smith, Sister, Family, Nurse, Lawyer
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.08
Left to right: Al Jenkins, Mayfield Evans and Willie Mae Evans, and Gloria Johnson, former head of Highland Mountain Correctional Center
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Al Jenkins, Mayfield Evans, Willie Mae Evans, Gloria Johnson, Family, Highland Mountain Correctional Center
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.11
Judge Larry Card’s sister, Marilyn Evans, with Charles Card
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Marilyn Evans, Charles Card, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.39
“Picking judges” July 26, 1993
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Law, Court, Governor, Governor Hickel
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B2021.006.40a
“Governor gets no new choices to fill out court” by Sheila Toomey, Anchorage Daily News (publication date cut off clipping)
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Law, Court, Governor Hickel, Superior Court
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection