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#1: Composite image of early photo of Janis Kearney and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: Ethel Virginia Curry, mother of Janis Kearney, in her early twenties
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#3: John L. Kearney, first lawyer in Kearney family
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#4: Luther and Emma Curry at Magnolia homestead, ca. mid-1960s
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#5: Varner Road, near Gould, Arkansas
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#6: Kearney siblings: Jo Ann, Jerome, Janis, and Jeff, 1967
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#7: Janis Kearney and Jo Ann Lyons, 1972
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#8: Janis Kearney poses for University of Arkansas Razorback beauty photo, 1973
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#9: Janis Kearney and D. K. in Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1973
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#10: Janis Kearney in costume for a play at the University of Arkansas, 1973
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#11: Janis Kearney, with her sister, Jo Ann, a nephew and sister-in law; Fayetteville, Arkansas
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#12: Sketch of Janis Kearney drawn by Jim Borden, 1979
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#13: Janis Kearney, 1975
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#14: Janis Kearney in costume for a play at the University of Arkansas, 1976
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#15: Ethel and James Kearney, parents of Janis Kearney, ca. 1975
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#16: James and Ethel Kearney, parents of Janis Kearney
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#17: Kearney family during Reunion Sunday
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#18: James Kearney, superintendent of Rankin Chapel Sunday School
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#19: James Kearney, father of Janis Kearney
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#20: Janis Kearney with her mentor, Daisy Bates
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#21: Janis Kearney interviewing Governor Bill Clinton
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#22: Kearney brothers with patriarch, James Kearney
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#23: Kearney Reunion in Pine Bluff Park, Arkansas, ca. 1999
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#24: Janis Kearney with Bob Nash on an African safari
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#25: Janis Kearney
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#26: Silas Hunt Legacy Award portrait of Janis Kearney, 2006
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#27: Varner Road, near Gould, Arkansas
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#28: Varner Road, near Gould, Arkansas
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#29: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Janis Kearney; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2006
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