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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
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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