Congress of Racial Equality
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Nils R. Douglas papers
Collection
Identifier: 128
Scope and Contents
The Nils R. Douglas papers consist primarily of items collected or generated by attorney Nils R. Douglas, concerning Louis Andre Martinet and the legal society that bears his name, in addition to those concerning the case of Plessy v. Ferguson and the life of Homer A. Plessy. In addition, the bound personal manuscripts of Nils Douglas reflect his years as a prominent civil rights attorney, representing activists from the Congress of Racial Equality along with his law partners Robert F....
Dates:
Created: 1893-1967; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1979
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Nils R. Douglas papers
Spiver Gordon oral history interview
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2119
Scope and Contents
This small collection is made up of a single audiocassette of a January 1984 interview with Spiver Gordon, a field secretary for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) who served in Plaquemine, Baton Rouge, and Monroe, Louisiana. The interviewer is unidentified. 45 minute recording, side 1 only.
Dates:
Created: 1984; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/2011
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall papers
Collection
Identifier: 163
Scope and Contents
The papers of historian Gwendolyn Midlo Hall are comprised of correspondence; professional working papers, including applications, reports, resumes, and grants; professional writings, including book and chapter drafts, essays, and lectures; and research materials including articles, news clippings, interviews, notes, vital records, and publications in English, French and Spanish. The collection includes reproductions of research materials and research notes dating from 1705-1820 and...
Dates:
Created: 1943-2001; Other: Majority of material found in 1970s-2001; Other: Date acquired: 06/01/1972
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Gwendolyn Midlo Hall papers
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall papers addenda
Collection — Container: 1 Box
Identifier: 163-1
Scope and Contents
This addition consists of research materials and notes in the form of negative and positive photocopies of articles, hand script and typescript notes and copies of original correspondence. Topics covered in the files regarding civil rights activities in Jonesboro and Bogalusa, Louisiana, the Deacons for Defense and Justice, the Congress of Racial Equality, and the Ku Klux Klan.
Dates:
Created: 1964-1966; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2004
Connie Harse papers
Collection
Identifier: 573
Scope and Contents
The Connie Harse papers include materials gathered or produced by Harse related to her years in New Orleans, and specifically her membership in the Congress of Racial Equality. Materials include photographs of CORE demonstrations against lunch counter segregation in New Orleans and an issue of the CORE-lator with an article on the demonstrations, photographs of St. Charles Avenue, Charles DeGaulle's visit to New Orleans, an anti-nuclear demonstration at...
Dates:
Created: 1959-1965; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1999
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Connie Harse papers
Ronnie Moore papers
Collection
Identifier: 531
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection consists of photographs (1964-1972) from Moore's involvement with different civil rights activities including the 1965 Voter Registration Drives in Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina; Economic Development Commission Projects in Mississippi, Maryland and Washington D.C.; conferences; elections; and demonstrations in Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Carolina; and other activities in the South, Connecticut, Indiana, New Hampshire, and Virginia. Photographs...
Dates:
Created: 1959-2004; Other: Majority of material found in 1964-1972; Other: Date acquired: 04/16/1997
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Ronnie Moore papers
John O'Neal papers
Collection
Identifier: 279
Scope and Contents
The papers highlight the personal and professional life of John M. O'Neal, Jr. The John O'Neal papers consist of 25.94 linear feet and document O'Neal's artistic style and vision as an African American actor, director, playwright, and community and civil rights activist. The papers are of interest for studying the southern Black Arts Movement and more specifically the Black Theater Movement; the Free Southern Theater; the Civil Rights Movement; voter rights registration; race relations;...
Dates:
Created: 1927-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1989; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1983
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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John O'Neal papers
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- Slavery -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 2
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- African American actors 1
- African American lawyers 1
- African American poets -- 20th century 1
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- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History 1
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- Black theater -- United States 1
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- Freedom Rides, 1961 1
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