Collection: Charles Mantinband papers | Amistad Research Center

Content Description

The papers of Rabbi Charles Mantinband document his life and career, particularly his involvement in civil rights. The collection includes correspondence, news clippings, articles, broadsides, sermons, pamphlets, and Mantinband's dissertation. Some of the items pertain to Emmett Till and Medgar Evers, who were both killed in Mississippi. Other items pertain to speaking engagements at historically Black colleges. Correspondents include: A.D. Beittel, P.D. East, Medgar Evers, John Howard Griffin, Ralph Bunche, Harry Golden, S. Ralph Harlow, Francis S. Harmon, Leslie P. Hill, Kivie Kaplan, Benjamin Mays, Eleanor Roosevelt, Channing S. Tobias, Walter White, and David Zeff.