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John Lee Tilley papers

 Collection
Identifier: 364
Scope and Contents The collection contains 93 items of correspondence, primarily incoming, and handwritten sermons, speeches, and notes, in addition to diaries, notebooks, minutes, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, collected items, and memorabilia. The letters reflect family ties, civic, and educational pursuits, and community involvement. Of particular interest in this group of items are letters concerning the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's (SCLC) unsuccessful suit to desegregate airport...
Dates: Created: 1927-1971; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1973

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

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

United Clubs Inc. collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC2001
Scope and Contents

The collection includes five audio reel sound recordings that contain subject matter about poverty in New Orleans, the reaction of United Clubs to the White Citizens' Councils, and the NAACP. Also present is an October 1961 letter from Burns as director of United Clubs to "officers and members" regarding the 1960 "blackout" of Mardi Gras and an upcoming voter registration drive.

Dates: Created: 1961-1964; Other: Majority of material found in 1961-1964; Other: Date acquired: 10/16/1998

University of Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern Culture Civil Rights Movement and the Law oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2246
Content Description

Sound recordings of the proceedings of a civil rights conference held in 1989 by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture entitled The Civil Rights Movement and the Law. Recordings include panel discussions with panelists Jack Greenberg, Constance Baker Motley, Charles Clark, Jean Fairfax, Frank R. Parker, and others. Also included is a paper copy of remarks by Constance Baker Motley.

Dates: 1989

Urban League of Greater New Orleans records

 Collection
Identifier: 370
Content Description

The records of the Urban League of Greater New Orleans include correspondence, minutes, reports, studies and financial records of the Urban League's general fund and special projects, including the Street Academy Program, Adolescent Pregnancy Program, Data Processing Center, Deliquency Preservation Progam, and Parent Child Center programs. Also included are collected items and writings.

Dates: Other: 1978-1988

We'll Never Turn Back collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 383
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, publications, ephemera, publicity, and other materials related to the We’ll Never Turn Back exhibition sponsored by the Amistad Research Center in 1980. Items of note include an exhibition catalog containing profiles of the photographers whose work was featured in the exhibition as well as ten reproductions of their photographs. Photographers include Tamio Wakayama, Maria Varela, Elaine Tomlin, Charles Moore, Danny Lyon, Julius Lester, Matt Herron,...
Dates: Created: 1960-1987; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1987

Williams et al. v New Orleans Steamship Association records

 Collection
Identifier: 393
Content Description

The Williams et al. v New Orleans Steamship Association records collection consists of correspondence and legal documents of an equal employment opportunity case brought by George James Williams and others against the New Orleans Steamship Association.

Dates: Other: 1968-1985

Ernest J. Wright collection

 Collection
Identifier: 772
Content Description This collection pertaining to New Orleans activist Ernest J. Wright documents his work in the area of labor unionism and civil rights issues, particularly voter registration during the 1930s through the 1970s. Materials include correspondence, publications and printed ephemera, news clippings and photocopies of photographs. The correspondence is small, numbering only four letters from 1955 to 1973. The earliest letter is an inivitation to John G. Lewis to speak at a Peoples Defense League...
Dates: Other: 1933-1979

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