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Daniel Ellis Byrd papers
Collection
Identifier: 068
Scope and Contents
The papers of attorney and civil rights activist Daniel Ellis Byrd include correspondence, reports, speeches, biographical data, minutes, financial records, resolutions, agendas, lists, and collected items. Many of the documents chronicle Daniel Byrd's involvement in activities related to his employment as an NAACP field secretary for forty years and as assistant director of the Department of Teacher Information and Security of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Subjects treated in...
Dates:
Created: 1940-1984; Other: Majority of material found in 1947-1977; Other: Date acquired: 11/01/1977
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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
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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
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Amistad Research Center
NAACP, Office of Field Director of Louisiana records
Collection
Identifier: 261
Scope and Contents
The records of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) Louisiana State Field Office consist of 21 linear feet of documents. The largest portion of the collection is comprised of correspondence; the remainder of the collection consists of reports, press releases, minutes, newsletters, complaints, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The correspondence in the collection is arranged chronologically and consists primarily of letters written to and by the NAACP...
Dates:
Created: 1964-1976; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1977
Found in:
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Pontchartrain Park Pioneers Oral History collection
Collection
Identifier: 834
Content Description
The Pontchartrain Park Pioneers Oral History Collection encompasses ten digital mp4 video interviews with original residents of the safe haven all-black suburb, Pontchartrain Park in New Orleans, formed during the era of Jim Crow and racial segregation. The second oldest black suburb, built between 1955 and 1961, Pontchartrain Park was envisioned and developed by and for middle and upper-class African Americans who were denied the opportunity of homeownership in historic and new suburban...
Dates:
2019
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
A.P. Tureaud papers addendum
Collection
Identifier: 367-1
Scope and Contents
The addition to the A.P. Tureaud papers contains records of civil rights cases, correspondence, collected material, and records related to the Knights of Peter Claver, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and other organizations. The correspondence files contain letters from Daniel Byrd, O.C.W. Taylor, Mordecai W. Johnson, and Jim Moreau. The correspondence files pertaining to Daniel Byrd concern voter registration problems in Jackson Parish. Present is a letter...
Dates:
Created: 1868-1997; Other: Majority of material found in 1964-1970; Other: Date acquired: 09/02/1981
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A.P. Tureaud papers
Collection — Container: Microfilm
Identifier: 367
Scope and Contents
The papers of Alexander Pierre Tureaud occupy 31 linear feet of shelf space. Among the largest groups of papers are records of civil rights cases, correspondence, and non-financial reports. Among the records of civil rights cases are those concerning school desegregation, teacher salary equalization, transportation, and public accommodations. There are also records of cases concerning colleges and trade schools. Lastly, are records of the State of Louisiana v. National Association for the...
Dates:
Created: 1798-1977; Other: Majority of material found in 1926-1972; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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