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1. Civil Rights History Project collection, 2010-2016

   1,202 items. 1,024 video files (HD, Apple ProRes 4:2:2 HQ) : color, sound. 15 videocassettes (DVCam) : color, sound ; 1/4 in.. 147 transcripts : digital, pdf. 16 photographs : color, digital, jpg. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collection of 145 filmed oral history interviews of 175 participants in the United States civil rights movement and their family members.

2. National Visionary Leadership Project interviews and conference collection, 1997-2009

   33 boxes. transcripts: 15 v. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.. 288 transcripts, unbound. manuscripts, 4 folders. 1026 videocassettes (Betacam, DVCAM, Mini-DV) : sound, color, various sizes. 7 videocassettes (VHS) : sound, color.. 12 video discs (CD-ROM) : sound, color.. artifact : 1 medal. 868 photographs prints : color ; 4 x 6.. 3351 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The National Visionary Leadership Project Interviews and Conference Collection consists primarily of master recordings of interviews by the National Visionary Leadership Project with significant figures in 20th century African American history. In addition, the collection includes transcripts (both printed and electronic) of a portion of the interviews, edited versions of the interviews and print and digital photographs.

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3. Henry William Parsons papers, 1871-1986

   195 items. 3 containers. 0.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   English Congregational minister and temperance advocate. Diaries and correspondence documenting his temperance work for the International Order of Good Templars with African Americans in North Carolina, his ministerial work in England and the United States, and his travels with the Fisk Jubilee Singers during their 1878 European tour. Includes family correspondence with annotated transcriptions and genealogical material.

4. People for the American Way and People for the American Way Foundation records, 1980-2009

   105,000 items. 359 containers plus 1 oversize. 143.4 linear feet. 107 digital files (273 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Progressive advocacy organization. Founded in 1981 by Norman Lear, Barbara Jordan, Theodore M. Hesburgh, and Andrew Heiskell as Citizens for Constitutional Concerns, Inc. Renamed People for the American Way in 1985 and People for the American Way Foundation in 1998. The records include administrative files, reports, correspondence, meeting materials, photographs, publications, press files, financial documents, and legal files documenting public policy initiatives, field projects, and litigation actions.

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