African American political activists
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Louisiana Women in the Civil Rights Era public forum recordings
Collection
Identifier: 2523
Content Description
This collection consists of two DVD recordings and a program of a 2002 public forum entitled “Louisiana Women in the Civil Rights Era: From Memory to Education.” The forum included Dr. V.P. Franklin, Florence Borders, Dr. Clyde Robertson, Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Dr. Melinda Chateauvert, Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas, Dr. Beverly Mason, Dr. Leeta Allen-Haynes, Sister Kathleen Bahlinger, Pearlie Harin Elloie, Sister Anne Meridier, Dr. Barbara Guillory Thompson, Dr. Linda Bart Tucker, Tessie...
Dates:
Other: 2002
Francis J. Manno collection
Collection
Identifier: 244
Content Description
This collection contains seven letters, mostly written by Mary A.S. Bailey, a girl in her early teens during the Civil War. The letters were written from Keokuk, Iowa, to a cousin, Florence Hatch, of Perry, New York. One letter was written by J.W. Adams of Brockport to a D.S. Morgan, an American citizen who was visiting London, England. The letters discuss local events and the progress of the war.Additionally, the collection formed by historian Francis J. Manno contains mostly...
Dates:
Other: 1844-1980
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Francis J. Manno collection
Erwin A. Salk collection on Paul Robeson
Collection
Identifier: 2293
Content Description
The Erwin A. Salk collection on Paul Robeson dates from 1933 to 1976 and consists of 0.80 linear feet of material devoted to actor, singer, scholar and civil rights activist Paul Robeson. Materials include brochures, photographs and audiovisual materials. Of interest are a collection of photographs representing Robeson’s educational accomplishments as a star varsity team member on Rutgers Intercollegiate Debating Association. In addition, images feature Robeson as a star athlete...
Dates:
Other: 1933-1976
Gene L. Usdin collection
Collection — Small Collections
Identifier: SC2503
Scope and Contents
The Gene L. Usdin collection contains documents related to the debate regarding public school integration in New Orleans in 1960. It contains a 2 February 1961 letter to Usdin from U.S. District Judge J. Skelly Wright regarding a school board dinner. In it, Wright writes in part: "Unquestionably, you made a great contribution toward the eventual settlement of this very difficult problem. The dinner was the first time, to my knowledge, when the moderates in this city have spoken above a...
Dates:
Created: 1961; Other: Majority of material found in 1961; Other: Date acquired: 08/22/1998
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Gene L. Usdin collection