Skip to main content

African Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Marguerite Cartwright papers

 Collection
Identifier: 72
Content Description The papers of actress, journalist and educator Dr. Marguerite Cartwright chronicle her personal life, career and academic endeavors. The collection encompasses 165.59 linear feet and provides an in-depth look at African Americans and world affairs, contemporary issues facing the United States in the mid-twentieth century, the anti-colonialism movement following World War II, and the United Nations through her work as an accredited UN correspondent for the Pittsburgh Courier. She was...
Dates: 1912-1984

Million Man March collection

 Collection
Identifier: 491
Content Description

This collection documents the Million Man March, a gathering of African American men that took place in Washington, DC, on October 16, 1995. The collection contains newspaper and magazine clippings, VHS videotapes of news coverage of the event, and forty-four color photographs taken by participant Allen Square, Jr. at the event.

Dates: Other: 1995

Mabel M. Smythe collection

 Collection
Identifier: 344
Content Description

This collection includes copies of the typescript of The Black American Reference Book, edited by Mabel Smythe, with original handscript edits, annotations, and revision notes.

Dates: Other: 1976