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Greta de Jong collection
Collection
Identifier: 585
Content Description
Collection consists solely of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file reports on various organizations and incidents in specific geographic areas: Louisiana Farmers Union, Communist Party of Louisiana, Southern Gentlemen, Deacons for Defense and Justice, Iberville Parish school desegregation, Citizens Council of Louisiana, Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Louisiana, St. Helena Parish school desegregation, and of African Americans who were beaten while registering to vote in...
Dates:
Other: 1941-1970
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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