{"value"=>"<p>This series is mostly biographical and autobiographical material, with some education, employment and revenue files for the late 1950s and early 1960s. Included are transcriptions of biographical narratives by Wilcox, and Wilcox associates Hannah Brockington and Jitu Weusi, toward a Wilcox biography to be written by William Foster, Jr. Also included are Youngstown, Ohio and New York City memorabilia, and a 1986 tribute, \"Ode to a Harlem Lover.\" Wilcox, who spent the greater part of his life correcting common perceptions about the black community and black people in general, assiduously told his own story in countless biographical sketches, narratives and personal updates, filed in box 1. But the Wilcox story is limited to his public life. There are only glimpses of his private life, family, health, military service, finances, and his 1974 life-altering automobile accident. On the other hand, detailed employment, speaking engagement and consultation files available for the 1963 to 1966 period, are those of a challenging but popular advocate and speaker on social work theory and the plight of the urban poor. An Education subseries looks back at \"old happy days\" at the Rayen High School in his native Youngstown, where he played basketball and was on the honor roll; at his enrollment at the New York School of Social Work (1955-1958); and at some of his research and course work for a doctorate degree in urban education at Columbia University's Teachers College in 1965- 1966.</p>"}