Community development
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
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
Crescent City Chapter of Links records
Collection
Identifier: 107
Content Description
The records of the Crescent City Chapter of the Links, Inc. consists of correspondence, photograph albums, and scrapbooks, which document the organization's activities in New Orleans.Additional materials include, biographies on the organization's "Unsung Heroes," miscellaneous publications and photographs, articles, and correspondence, as well as a videotape of a presentation by Dr. John Q. Adams, Delgado College administrator, and a newsletter published at the Straight Business...
Dates:
Other: 1973-2018
Gentilly Ecumenical Alliance collection
Collection
Identifier: 676
Content Description
The Gentilly Ecumenical Alliance in New Orleans, LA was established in 1970 to provide community programs and communication among Christians regardless of affiliation. The collection consists of minutes of meetings of the St. Raphael Parish Ecumenical Committee, scrapbooks with orders of services, programs and flyers of activities, a publication from the National Office for Black Catholics and a book, Sister Thea Bowman, Shooting Star: Selected Writings and Speeches edited by Celstine...
Dates:
Other: 1970-1999
James H. Hargett papers
Collection
Identifier: 490
Scope and Contents
The papers of Reverend Dr. James Hester Hargett document his civil rights and social action driven ministries in Hawaii, California, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York. The key topics covered in this collection are civil rights, community advocacy, social justice, missionary travels, multi-ethnic churches and transitional communities, race relations, and the recruitment of African American men and women into Christian service. The main strengths are Hargett's commitment towards diversifying...
Dates:
Created: 1955-2007; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1995
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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James H. Hargett papers
Nicholas Hood II papers
Collection
Identifier: 186
Content Description
The papers of Nicholas Hood II document his work as a civil rights activists, minister, and city councilman. The collection consists of correspondence, programs, news clippings, sermons, and records generated as a city official and politician. The collection is a rich resource for the study of contemporary urban developments and chonicle the urban renewal activities of the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Detroit, Michigan. Hood was a minister at Plymouth Congregational...
Dates:
Other: 1941-1990
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Nicholas Hood II papers
Robert Elijah Jones papers
Collection
Identifier: 205
Scope and Contents
The Robert Elijah Jones papers document the career of Jones, an African American Methodist Episcopal clergyman, who committed his life to religion, racial equality, education, and community development through his work as the editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate, a general superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the South, and the founder of Gulfside Assembly in Waveland, Mississippi. The papers encompass 4.05 linear feet of...
Dates:
Created: 1872-1965; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1976
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Robert Elijah Jones papers
Land of Opportunity Film collection
Collection
Identifier: 779
Content Description
Land of Opportunity (2010) is a film, funded by the Ford Foundation and the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, that chronicles the reconstruction of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina and the flooding which followed. The Land of Opportunity collection is made up of approximately 1500 hours of film footage on Mini DV and hard drives. The collection includes the completed documentary, outtake footage, and related production material for the project.
The footage represents a diversity of...
Dates:
Other: 2006-2013
M. W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. & A. M. for the State of Louisiana records
Collection
Identifier: 607
Scope and Contents
The records of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons for the State of Louisiana are a rich source of primary documentation about the history of African American freemasonry in Louisiana and throughout the United States, the period of post-Civil War Reconstruction (1865-1877), the long civil rights movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries (1878-1954) and the modern civil rights movement (1955-1968). The...
Dates:
Created: 1857-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1980; Other: Date acquired: 08/13/2008
Marc H. Morial papers
Collection
Identifier: 553
Scope and Contents
The Marc H. Morial Papers span two mayoral terms from 1994 to 2002, and include his tenure as President of the United States Conference of Mayors and materials from his work as a Louisiana State Senator. The main bulk of the collection reflects and documents Mayor Morial's transition period from 1993 and his involvement in the United States Conference of Mayors from 1994 to 2002. The collection is comprised of correspondence, City of New Orleans transition reports and files, which contain...
Dates:
Created: 1977-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1994-2002; Other: Date acquired: 06/10/2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Marc H. Morial papers
Marc H. Morial papers addenda
Collection
Identifier: 553-1
Scope and Contents
The additions to Mr. Morial's papers consist of professional correspondence from the period following his mayoral tenure as the Mayor of New Orleans (1994-2002), when he joined the law firm Adams & Reese, LLP as part of their governmental relations business team. Correspondence for the year 2002 within the files labeled "Reading File," overlaps with his work as the President of the United States Conference of Mayors. The correspondence is professional in nature, but with personal...
Dates:
Created: 1976-2018; Other: Majority of material found in 2002-2003; Other: Date acquired: 09/15/2003
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Marc H. Morial papers addenda