White Citizens councils
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
E. Frederic Morrow papers
Collection
Identifier: 469
Scope and Contents
The papers of E. Frederic Morrow document the administration of United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower, as it relates to business, commerce, civil rights legislation, and economic conditions for minorities in the southern United States. The collection encompasses 5.0 linear feet of correspondence, autobiographical manuscript drafts, photographs, and speeches that are mainly professional in nature related to Morrow's work as the first African American to serve as an executive assistant...
Dates:
Created: 1925-1996; Other: Majority of material found in 1954-1960; Other: Date acquired: 04/25/1995
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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E. Frederic Morrow papers
Reverse Freedom Bus Rides collection
Collection
Identifier: 646
Scope and Contents
The Reverse Freedom Bus Rides collection documents the attempt by White Citizens' Councils to win a rhetorical battle over which region of the country could best care for its African American population. The collection consists of photocopies of newspaper articles from The New York Times, The New York Herald-Tribune, New York Amsterdam News, The ...
Dates:
Created: 1962; Other: Date acquired: 04/28/2003
Kim Lacy Rogers collection
Collection — 1
Identifier: 317
Scope and Contents
This collection consists mostly of sound recordings of oral history interviews conducted by Kim Lacy Rogers with persons involved in the desegregation process in New Orleans. These include opponents and proponents of segregation. Notable interviewees include: Daniel Byrd, Albert Dent, Tom Dent, Lolis Elie, Oretha Castle Haley, Rosa Freeman Keller, Mayor Maurice "Moon" Landrieu, Rudy Lombard, Mayor Ernest N. "Dutch" Morial, John O'Neal, Revius Ortique, Jackson Ricau, Jerome Smith, and Betty...
Dates:
Created: 1959-1996; Other: Majority of material found in 1979-1988; Other: Date acquired: 10/02/1979
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Kim Lacy Rogers collection
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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United Clubs Inc. collection