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Frank S. Horne poem

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Identifier: 2520
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a single typescript copy of a poem entitled "Birth" by poet and government housing official Frank Horne. The copy includes Horne's name typed following the poem, but is not signed. "For Judy Trent October 1, 1940" precedes the poem. Trent was Horne's goddaughter and the daughter of William J. Trent Jr., who worked with Horne in the federal government during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration. The poem was written to commemorate the birth of Judy Trent...
Dates: Created: 1940; Other: Date acquired: 09/25/2017

Clifford V. Johnson papers

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Identifier: 473
Content Description Clifford V. Johnson is the former Vice President for Development at Dillard University and Director of Development at the Amistad Research Center. He has also written short stories. His papers include three letters, one card, and a poem, entitled "The Backlash Blues" sent to Johnson from Langston Hughes. Johnson developed an acquaintance with Hughes in the mid 1960s when Johnson's short story "Old Blues Singers Never Die" was published in the anthology ...
Dates: Other: 1964-1966

Elsie M. Lewis papers

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Identifier: 218
Acknowledgement This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services award MH-245560-OMS-20. Content Description The papers primarily document the career of Elsie Mae Lewis, and significantly highlight the contributions of an African American educator, consultant, scholar and writer in the United States. The collection is extremely rich on the subjects of Black history, education and the documentation of Lewis’ career, with...
Dates: Other: 1829-1979, undated

Rosanna Edwards Marshall papers

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Identifier: 433
Content Description Rosanna Edwards Marshall was an educator and author in New Orleans. Her papers include photographs of her travels and her military service in World War II, a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr., and copies of Veterans' Voices (1984-1992). Included are a photograph album documenting a trip to California (1985), correspondence (1953-1993), legal documents (1966), a program for the Thomy Lafon School (1948), newspaper articles, a flyer for her book, ...
Dates: Other: 1940-1996

Keith Weldon Medley collection

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Identifier: 504
Content Description

This collection consists of photocopies of 34 articles by author Keith Weldon Medley about New Orleans history and culture, many of which originally appeared in The New Orleans Tribune newspaper.

Dates: Other: 1985-1994

James Alfred Miller collection

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Identifier: 2039
Content Description

This collection includes research notes, collected articles and photographs, and a short script by James Alfred Miller of the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation about Siah Carter and other African Americans who staffed the USS Monitor during the Civil War.

Dates: Other: 1978-1985

Arthenia J. Bates Millican papers

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Identifier: 446
Content Description

The papers of author and Professor of English at Southern Univeristy consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs and material related to Southern Univeristy and Millican's career.

Dates: Other: 1969-1993

John O'Neal papers

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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

James Sedalia Peters II papers

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Identifier: 296
Content Description The papers of prominent psychologist James S. Peters, whose work as a research assistant during WWII helped to desegregate the US Navy, a contribution formally recognized when Peters was inducted into the first class of the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame in 2005. His papers contain correspondence, writings, reports, clippings, book reviews, speeches, vitae, manuscripts, legal papers, financial records, various collected items and collected publications and various ephemera pertaining to...
Dates: 1928-2002

Runoko Rashidi papers

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Identifier: 498
Content Description The papers of writer and lecturer Runoko Rashidi includes copies of his writings on the African presence in world civilizations, particularly in Asia. The first addition to the papers consists of correspondence, flyers, brochures, programs, Rashidi's writings, and collected writings and publications. The majority of the correspondence reflects the influence of Rashidi's writings on the individual correspondents. Of particular interest are letters from prisoners from around the United States...
Dates: 1982-1997

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Horne, Frank S. (Frank Smith), 1899-1974 3
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 3
Dent, Tom (Thomas Covington), 1932-1998 2
Free Southern Theater (1963-1978) 2
Himes, Chester B. (Chester Bomar), 1909-1984 2
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
Ward, Jerry W., Jr., Dr. (Jerry Washington) 2
Allen, James E. (James Egert) 1
Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981 1
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 1
Bontemps, Arna (Arna Wendell), 1902-1973 1
Boone, Mark Allen 1
Carman, Juanita Chenault (1923-) 1
Congress of Racial Equality 1
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.) 1
De Veaux, Alexis (Masani Alexis De Veaux), 1948- 1
Dent, Albert W., Dr. (Albert Walter), 1904-1984 1
Dent, Jessie Covington (Ernestine Jessie), 1904-2001 1
Dillard University 1
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Fisk University 1
Flint-Goodridge Hospital (New Orleans, La.) 1
Himes, Lesley (Eileen Mary Lesley Packard) 1
Horne, Lena, 1917-2010 1
Johnson C. Smith University 1
Johnson, Clifford V. 1
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
Lewis, Elsie (1912-1992) 1
Marshall, Rosanna Edwards 1
Medley, Keith Weldon 1
Miller, James Alfred 1
Millican, Arthenia J. Bates 1
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 1
National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing 1
New York (N.Y.). Commission on Intergroup Relations 1
New York (N.Y.). Housing and Redevelopment Board 1
O’Neal, John, 1940-2019 1
Peters, James S., II (James Sedalia), 1917-2008 1
Rashidi, Runoko 1
Shockley, Ann Allen, 1927- 1
Southern Black Cultural Alliance 1
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1
Southern Regional Council 1
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) 1
Students for a Democratic Society 1
Swanson, Howard, 1907-1978 1
Talladega College 1
Tougaloo College 1
United States. Housing and Home Finance Agency 1
Voorhees, Lillian Welch, Dr. , 1896-1972 1
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 1
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1
YMCA of Greater New York 1
Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York. Colored Men's Branch 1
Young, Andrew, Jr. (Andrew Jackson), 1932- 1
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