Jews

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...

Scope and Contents The Kivie Kaplan papers document the civic, philanthropic, and civil rights activities of Kivie Kaplan. The collection highlights the contentious relationship nationally between African Americans and Jews in the 1970s, the Civil Rights Movement post-1968, and American anti-Semitism. The collection encompasses 2.9 linear feet of correspondence ephemera, minutes, invitations, photographs, reports, newspaper clippings, press releases, collected writings and publications. The...