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BOX 16-22 Speeches and Writings File, 1964-2012
Handwritten, printed, and typed drafts and copies of articles, book reviews, books, editorials, and speeches with supporting material.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein alphabetically or chronologically.
BOX 16 Articles and editorials
BOX 16 By others about Wilkins
BOX 16 1965-1970
(2 folders)
BOX 17 1980-2012
(5 folders)
BOX 17 By Wilkins
BOX 17 Alphabetical file
BOX 17 "Confessions of a Blue-Chip Black," 1982
BOX 17 "Civil Rights: Pushing Them Back into Place," 1983
BOX 17 Drafts, 1977-1991, 2002-2006, undated
(3 folders)
BOX 17 "Gift of Hope," 2008-2009
BOX 17 Chronological file
BOX 17 1972-1974
(3 folders)
BOX 18 1975-2006, undated
(9 folders)
BOX 18 Books
BOX 18 Jefferson's Pillow: The Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism
BOX 18 Beacon Press, 1994-2007
BOX 18 Correspondence, 1995-2003
BOX 19 General, 1987, 1999-2002, undated
BOX 19 Reviews, 2001-2003
BOX 19 "Legacy of Segregation: Smashing through the Generations," in The Integration Debate: Competing Futures for American Cities, contributing chapter, 2008
(2 folders)
BOX 19 A Man's Life: An Autobiography
BOX 19 Correspondence, 1982-1993
(2 folders)
BOX 19 General, 1982-1983
BOX 19 Reviews, 1982-1985
BOX 19 "Unfinished Business" (unpublished), circa 1970s
BOX 19 Book reviews, 1982, 1992-1994
BOX 19 Lists, 1979, 1991
BOX 19 Possible projects, 1987, 2004, 2012, undated
BOX 19 Speeches
BOX 19 1964-1969
(2 folders)
BOX 20 1972, 1984-2004
(9 folders)
BOX 21 2005-2010, undated
(8 folders)
BOX 22-25 Miscellany, 1953-2012
Awards, correspondence, newspaper clippings, notebooks, photographs, printed matter, topical files, and transcripts.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material.
BOX 22 1965 Inaugural Committee, 1964-1968
BOX 22 Affirmative action, 1990-1995
BOX 22 African American Institute, New York, N.Y., 1993-1994
BOX 22 Awards, 1986, 2002-2011
BOX 22 Blair, Jayson, 2003
BOX 22 Board of Education of the District of Columbia, 2000-2003
BOX 22 Children's Defense Fund, 1989-1998
BOX 22 Civil rights memorandum, 1962
BOX 22 Clark, Ramsey, 2009
BOX 22 Cooke, Janet, 1981
BOX 22 Drinking, 1987
BOX 22 Evers-Williams, Myrlie, 1995
BOX 22 Family and Child Services of Washington, D.C., 1964-1967
BOX 23 Free South Africa Movement, 1984-1992
BOX 23 General, 1972-1981, 1988-2008, undated
(3 folders)
BOX 23 General correspondence, 2009-2012, undated
BOX 23 Guinier, Lani, 1984
BOX 23 Isaiah T. Montgomery Studies Project, Charlottesville, Va. 2005
BOX 23 Jackson, Jesse, 1983-1984, 1990-1992, 1999
BOX 23 Kerner report updated, 1988-1993
BOX 24 Mandela, Nelson, 1990 visit to the United States, 1990-1992
BOX 24 Notebooks and notes, 1995-2008, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 24 Oral history interviews
BOX 24 John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Mass., 2002-2006
BOX 24 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Tex., 1969, 1999, 2007
BOX 24 Photographs, 1953, 1965-1968, 1981-2010
(2 folders)
BOX 25 (3 folders)
BOX 25 Poverty, 1985
BOX 25 Pulitzer Prize Board, 1987-1989, 2003-2004
BOX 25 Thomas, Clarence, 1991
BOX 25 Throwaway People, 1990-1991
(2 folders)
BOX 25 Washington Drama Society, circa 1967
DF Digital Files, 2005-2007
Audio and text files relating to two of Wilkins's television appearances. The series comprises sixty-nine files and 4.5 GB of data. The files were originally received on two DVDs, and each media was assigned a unique digital ID number. Request files using the digital ID number.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
CBS Sunday Morning, "Out of the Ashes," originally aired Feb. 28, 1993, 2007
Digital ID: Mss85777_137_01
School Talk, "Brown v. Board of Education Today," George Mason University Television, 2005
Digital ID: Mss85777_137_02
BOX CL Classified, 1963-1968
Agendas, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, transcript, and other papers.
Arranged according to the series, container, and folder from which the items were removed.
BOX CL 1 Professional File
BOX CL 1 Community Relations Service, Justice Department
BOX CL 1 Civil rights, 1968 (Container 4)
BOX CL 1 Interagency Youth Committee, 1964-1966 (Container 7)
BOX CL 1 Summer review, 1968 (Container 8)
BOX CL 1 United States Agency for International Development
BOX CL 1 Correspondence and memoranda
BOX CL 1 1963 (Container 15)
BOX CL 1 1964 (Container 15)

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