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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

James Egert Allen papers

 Collection
Identifier: 010
Scope and Contents The James Egert Allen papers occupy 18.1 linear feet of material about Allen's life as an educator, community activist and civil rights advocate. Having been a resident of Manhattan for over a half century, much of Allen's collection reflects his educational and community involvements in New York. The collection is arranged into six groups of materials that include correspondence, greeting cards, telegrams, invitations, programs, photographs, reports, minutes, recreation and...
Dates: Created: 1917-1976; Other: Date acquired: 06/01/1974

Eugene J. Collins papers

 Collection
Identifier: 434
Scope and Contents The papers of Eugene J. Collins contain professional, as well as personal papers documenting Collins' life as a metallurgist and facilities engineer for the Ford Motor Company. The papers encompass 3.08 linear feet and contain postcards, report cards, and military records, including Collins' order of induction and his honorable discharge from the United States Army. The papers include biographical information, correspondence, employment records, programs and publications, and photographs....
Dates: Created: 1907-1990; Other: Majority of material found in 1913-1917; Other: Date acquired: 08/10/1993

Arnold de Mille papers

 Collection
Identifier: 600
Scope and Contents Photo journalist Arnold de Mille (1908-1996) spent his career capturing the African American experience for the better part of the twentieth century, as well as recording the African experience during a time of volatility and upheaval. His papers and photographs span this storied career with a significant amount of these materials dedicated to beauty culture, the Civil Rights Movement, and his work for the United Nations. Included are issues from the short-lived ...
Dates: Created: 1942-1996; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1970; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/2000

John Wesley Dobbs Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 122
Scope and Contents The papers document the personal and professional lives of the John Wesley Dobbs family of Atlanta, Georgia. The key topics are civil rights, education, integration, race relations, and African American suffrage. The main strengths are the civil rights activities of the family as well as J.W. Dobb's tenure as Grand Master of Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia. The collection encompasses 5.8 linear feet of correspondence, photographs, programs, sound recordings, speeches, and news...
Dates: Created: 1873-2001; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974

Adam Fairclough oral history collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 679
Scope and Contents The Adam Fairclough oral history collection contains three audiocassettes of interviews conducted by Dr. Adam Fairclough during his research period for his book Race & Democracy: The Civil Rights Struggle in Louisiana, 1915-1972. Included is one cassette each of interviews with William Bailey, Sr. (President of the Bogalusa NAACP, 1950-72), Harvey R.H. Britton (Field Director of the NAACP in Louisiana), and James H. Henderson (President of the New Iberia...
Dates: Created: 1987, 1992; Other: Majority of material found in 1987; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1988

Samuel Ralph Harlow papers

 Collection
Identifier: 167
Scope and Contents This collection documents the life, career, and interests of Samuel Ralph Harlow, who was a Congregational clergyman, missionary to the Near East, and professor of religion and Biblical literature at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. The collection is comprised largely of correspondence (ca. 3800 items), along with diaries, sermons, poems, prayers, manuscripts of Harlow's books, other writings, scrapbooks, and other papers that relate to Harlow's interest in the afterlife and...
Dates: Created: 1862-1970; Other: Date acquired: 10/01/1977

Benjamin Hooks papers

 Collection
Identifier: 187
Content Description The collection documents Hooks time as the first African American commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 1972 to 1978. Hooks was interested in addressing the lack of minority ownership in the television and radio industry, as well as minority employment in the broadcasting industry. He was also interested in breaking down stereotypical depictions of Blacks by the media. The bulk of the collection contains the correspondence, reports, and dockets generated during his...
Dates: Other: 1968-1987

Lillian Lyttle collection

 Collection
Identifier: 534
Content Description Lillian Lyttle was the cousin of Carmel Carrington Marr, who was married to Warren Marr II, editor of The Crisis from 1974-1980. Ms. Lyttle was the circulation manager for The Crisis for many years. Her collection represents her association with the NAACP through various collected publications and ephemera on the organization, as well as correspondence with and photographs of Roy Wilkins.Additional collected materials deal with a variety of topics from a course taught at...
Dates: Other: 1967-1984

Marr-McGee Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 246
Scope and Contents The Marr-McGee Family papers document the lives of writer, photographer, and cultural promoter Warren Marr II; his wife, attorney, community activist, and energy consultant Carmel Carrington Marr; and his sister, nurse, and race relations advocate Grace Marr Nugent. The key topics covered in this collection are the founding and administration of the Amistad Research Center; Black arts and theater; community development and relations; historically Black colleges and universities; human rights...
Dates: Created: 1915-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1961-1985; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1971

M. W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. & A. M. for the State of Louisiana records

 Collection
Identifier: 607
Scope and Contents The records of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons for the State of Louisiana are a rich source of primary documentation about the history of African American freemasonry in Louisiana and throughout the United States, the period of post-Civil War Reconstruction (1865-1877), the long civil rights movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries (1878-1954) and the modern civil rights movement (1955-1968). The...
Dates: Created: 1857-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1980; Other: Date acquired: 08/13/2008

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Civil rights workers 3
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Voter registration 3
African American educators 2
African American freemasons 2
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 20th century 2
African Americans -- Travel 2
Civil rights movements 2
Civil rights movements -- Louisiana 2
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 20th century 2
Correspondence 2
Education -- Louisiana 2
Freemasons 2
Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Georgia 2
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) 2
Natchez (Miss.) -- Race relations 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) -- History 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) -- History -- 20th century 2
News Clippings 2
Photographers 2
Photographs 2
Race discrimination 2
Race relations -- United States 2
School integration -- Louisiana 2
Segregation -- Louisiana 2
Affirmative action programs 1
Africa -- Politics and government 1
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African American actors 1
African American artists 1
African American athletes -- History -- 20th century 1
African American authors 1
African American businesspeople -- Louisiana 1
African American families 1
African American fraternal organizations 1
African American journalists 1
African American lawyers -- Louisiana -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
African American poets -- 20th century 1
African American scientists 1
African American singers -- opera 1
African American soldiers 1
African American theater -- Louisiana 1
African American universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Charlotte -- alumni and alumnae 1
African American women 1
African American--Interviews 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Louisiana -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
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Apartheid -- South Africa -- Periodicals 1
Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 1
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Civil rights workers -- Louisiana 1
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Clothing and dress 1
College integration -- Law and legislation -- Louisiana 1
Community development 1
Community theater 1
Congregational churches -- Clergy 1
Congregationalists 1
Dance 1
Desegregation 1
Education 1
Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Engineering 1
Ephemera 1
Family history 1
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