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Vanessa Murphree oral history collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2507
Scope and Contents This small oral history collection contains interviews done by Vanessa D. Murphree in 2001 and 2002 with members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Interviews focus on SNCC's use of public relations and communications for the promotion of civil rights. To this end, Murphree interviews members of SNCC's Communications Department, Research Department, and Executive Committee to discuss specific tools and strategies used in their messaging and direct actions. The...
Dates: Created: 2001-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 2001; Other: Date acquired: 05/25/2005

NAACP, Memphis Branch records

 Collection
Identifier: 260
Scope and Contents The records of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Memphis Branch were generated during the tenure of Maxine A. Smith as Executive Secretary and document the branch's efforts to secure equal employment, equal housing opportunities, protect the civil rights of Black citizens, and improve the overall quality of life for African Americans in Memphis. The largest portion of the records consists of reports, including Executive Secretary reports and annual...
Dates: Created: 1969-1995; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984

NAACP, Office of Field Director of Louisiana records

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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

John P. Nelson papers

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Identifier: 269
Scope and Contents The papers document Nelson's active participation in the civil rights movement, school integration in New Orleans, and his work as an Assistant District Attorney for Orleans Parish. The papers of John P. Nelson, Jr. measure approximately 7.2 linear feet. There are 1,227 pieces of correspondence dated between 1957 and 1977. The papers also include magazine articles, speeches, a proposal, collected materials, notes, memoranda, agendas, reports, minutes, job descriptions, applications, resumes,...
Dates: Created: 1957-1977; Other: Date acquired: 06/06/1973

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

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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

Pontchartrain Park Pioneers Oral History collection

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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

Erwin A. Salk collection on Paul Robeson

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Identifier: 2293
Content Description The Erwin A. Salk collection on Paul Robeson dates from 1933 to 1976 and consists of 0.80 linear feet of material devoted to actor, singer, scholar and civil rights activist Paul Robeson. Materials include brochures, photographs and audiovisual materials. Of interest are a collection of photographs representing Robeson’s educational accomplishments as a star varsity team member on Rutgers Intercollegiate Debating Association. In addition, images feature Robeson as a star athlete...
Dates: Other: 1933-1976

Robert G. Sherer collection

 Collection
Identifier: 735
Scope and Contents The Robert G. Sherer collection consists of 26 black and white photographs taken by Sherer during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, as well as a booklet, texts of speeches, biographical sketches of individuals participating in the march, lists of sponsors, a program schedule, a map, and press releases. Texts of speeches include those delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; John Lewis, Chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; Whitney M. Young Jr.,...
Dates: Created: 1899-1982; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2002

John Lee Tilley papers addendum

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Identifier: 364-1
Scope and Contents The addition consists of correspondence, clippings, church bulletins, financial records, instructional materials, invitations, maps, minutes, notes, photographs, programs, reports, rosters, schoolwork, writings, collected items, and memorabilia. The heaviest period of concentration of the materials falls within the 1950's; the beginning and ending dates are represented in fewer materials. The correspondence is predominately incoming and expands information about non-pulpit activities of...
Dates: Created: 1927-1973; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1958; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1974

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