African Americans -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ruth Morand Baham collection
Collection — Seventh War Loan Poster
Identifier: 530
Scope and Contents
The Ruth Morand Baham collection contains news clippings, magazine articles, ephemera, collected writings, and books related to African American history with an emphasis on New Orleans and the city's first African American mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial and the Morial family. The collection also emphasizes Marcus Christian, J.A. Rogers, Leontyne Bryant Gumbel, Martin Luther King Jr, and others. Subjects covered in the newspaper clippings include African Americans in arts and...
Dates:
Created: 1941-1998; Other: Majority of material found in 1968-1994; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/1997
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Ruth Morand Baham collection
Chicago Chapter, Friends of Amistad Research Center collection
Collection
Identifier: 084
Content Description
This collection reflects the contributions of members of the Chicago Chapter of the Friends of the Amistad Research Center documenting African American historical, political, and cultural organizations in Chicago and throughout the United States. The collection consists of collected materials including collected speeches, programs, clippings, sheet music, photographs, and other miscellaneous formats. The organization is also documented through materials from the chapter's founding in 1979....
Dates:
Other: 1893-2008
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Mabel M. Smythe collection