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African American Leadership Project collection
Collection
Identifier: SC2500
Content Description
The African American Leadership Project (AALP) is a nonpartisan network of community activists, religious and business leaders, academics, and concerned citizens that focus on dialogue and agenda building, policy advocacy, community planning, and neighborhood development. It was founded in New Orleans, Louisiana, around 2002.
This collection documents the AALP's community activism following Hurricane Katrina. It includes programs, news releases, and flyers for various commemorative events...
Dates:
Other: 2006
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
African American Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: SC2525
Content Description
This collection contains 26 photographs and clippings from newspapers and other publications. of African American men, women, and children, most likely from New Orleans, Louisiana. The majority of the individuals are unidentified, but those identified include: Albert Cambre Sr. and Albert Cambre Jr., Dr. F.C. Butler, Mrs. Theodore R. Albert (nee Carrie E. Gayler), J.C. Calvin, T.R. Wallace, W.G. Alston, J.W.E. Bowen, Rev. G.W. Carter, Rev. E.J. Wise, Rev. W.C. Haywood, Rev. L.A. Francis,...
Dates:
Other: circa 1918-1951
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
African American Summit '89 collection
Collection
Identifier: SC2482
Content Description
The collection consists of nine audiocassette recordings of speeches and addresses of keynote and guest speakers at the Conference, and Conference program, agenda, and promotional literature. Speakers include the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Angela Davis, Hon. Maxine Waters, Hon. Marion Barry, and Minister Louis Farakan.
Dates:
Other: 1989
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Afro-American Studies and Research Program at the University of Illinois records
Collection
Identifier: 6
Content Description
The records consist of publications of the department, grant applications, resumes, course outlines, program activities, and proceedings of the National Council for Black Studies as well as a bound program for the 6th annual National Conference. Serial publications include Afro Scholar Newsletter and Afro Notes. Leaflets and broadsides are also included. Some items are announcements for the Illinois Council for Black Studies. Noted individuals in the collection include photographer Roy Lewis...
Dates:
Other: 1980-1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Air Afrique collection
Collection
Identifier: 653
Content Description
Air Afrique was a Pan-African airline for Francophone West and Central Africa, and conducted Black History Tours of those areas. The video collection consists of 5 VHS tapes, travel guides for the countries of Benin, Senegal, Ghana, Mali, and includes a brief historic overview and description of peoples, economics and cultures. They contain many images of the slave-coast in Ghana.
Dates:
Other: 1991
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
John Akamare oral history interview
Item
Identifier: 2455
Content Description
Oral history interview conducted by Brenda Square with John Akamare, the first African native to serve on the crew of the Freedom Schooner Amistad.
Dates:
Other: 2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Raymond Pace Alexander papers
Collection
Identifier: 007
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of photocopies of correspondence, briefs, speeches, and photographs relating to Judge Alexander's work with the Common Court of Pleas, Philadelphia, PA. The bulk of the articles by Judge Alexander in the collection date from the late 1960s.
Dates:
Created: 1953-1972; Other: Majority of material found in 1966-1969; Other: Date acquired: 12/13/1974
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Harold Egbert Allan papers
Collection
Identifier: 008
Scope and Contents
The papers of the noted Jamaican political leader, businessperson, and teacher Sir Harold Egbert Allan are comprised of items that document his political career and the family business, the Capitol Theatre. They include correspondence (letters, cards, and telegrams), biographical data and obituaries, speeches, clippings, photographs, programs, and scrapbooks. Letters, speeches and clippings related to Lady Edris Allan are also present.Correspondence is arranged chronologically...
Dates:
Created: 1923-1974; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1975
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Carol Allen papers
Collection
Identifier: 805
Content Description
The Carol Allen papers include correspondence, research materials, photographs, and ephemera related to Allen’s biography on Leah Chase entitled Leah Chase: Listen, I Say Like This (2002) and events honoring Leah Chase. Items of note include a Dookie Chase souvenir book and several other pieces of ephemera autographed by Mrs. Chase.
Dates:
1996-2016
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
James Egert Allen papers
Collection
Identifier: 010
Scope and Contents
The James Egert Allen papers occupy 18.1 linear feet of material about Allen's life as an educator, community activist and civil rights advocate. Having been a resident of Manhattan for over a half century, much of Allen's collection reflects his educational and community involvements in New York. The collection is arranged into six groups of materials that include correspondence, greeting cards, telegrams, invitations, programs, photographs, reports, minutes, recreation and...
Dates:
Created: 1917-1976; Other: Date acquired: 06/01/1974
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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