![]() ![]() ![]() His mother worked at Provident Hospital after she moved to Chicago. Leonard’s father, a World War II army veteran, was trained in auto mechanics. 1937 in Topeka, Kan.) and Stanley Gene Wash (b. The couple’s children also included Delores Wash (King) (b. Leonard Wash was born in 1940 to Perry Leon Wash and Dorothy Martha Perkins Wash, both Kansas natives. Throughout his adult life he recorded and collected the records of these activities, which comprise the Leonard Wash Papers. In 1978, he was a founding member of the annual Black Studies Conference at Olive-Harvey College. His professional career spanned four decades of teaching social studies and adult education programs at the City Colleges of Chicago. Leonard Wash (1940- ) was a student, activist and teacher, as well as lifelong participant in Chicago’s Black Arts, Black Power and Black Consciousness movements from the 1960s forward. Michael Flug, Senior Archivist, Harsh Archival Processing Project Jeanie Child, Harsh Archival Processing Project, 2012 ![]() Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, Chicago Public Library. When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Leonard Wash Papers, Vivian G. Subsequent donations were made by Leonard Wash several times each year from 2001 through 2016. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60628ĭeed of gift from Leonard Wash, May 5, 2000. Harsh Research collection of Afro-American History and Literature, 9525 S. ![]()
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