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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

James W. McPherson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 239
Scope and Contents The papers of James Wesley McPherson contain professional and personal documents highlighting McPherson's work in the area of civil rights, particulary his efforts to increase voter registration among African Americans in South Carolina. The papers encompass 0.8 linear feet and contain correspondence, photographs, sample ballots, background information on the South Carolina Voter Education Program, newspaper clippings, speeches, pamphlets, certificates, and programs, including a program on...
Dates: Created: 1917-1974; Other: Majority of material found in 1937-1964; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974

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

Ed Pincus collection

 Collection — Container: Reels 1-751
Identifier: 624
Scope and Contents The Ed Pincus collection consists of approximately 90 hours of 16mm black and white film footage used to create two civil rights era documentaries, Black Natchez and Panola. Filmmakers Ed Pincus and David Neuman shot the footage in Natchez, Mississippi, between June and September 1965. In 1967, they returned to Natchez and shot 10 additional hours of film for a planned sequel to Black Natchez,...
Dates: Created: 1965-1967; Other: Date acquired: 05/01/2002

Ed Pincus collection addendum

 Collection
Identifier: 624-1
Scope and Contents This addition to the collection of filmmaker Ed Pincus consists of correspondence, news clippings, an interview, reviews, photographs, slides, and production materials related to two civil rights era documentaries shot, directed, and produced by Pincus, Black Natchez and Panola. Filmmakers Ed Pincus and David Neuman shot footage in Natchez, Mississippi, between June and September 1965, which documented race relations in the...
Dates: Created: 1958-1976; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2004

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