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1. Hugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe papers, circa 1895-1997

   38,900 items. 112 containers plus 4 oversize and 2 classified. 45.5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Diplomats, educators, and scholars. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, photographs, reports, writings, subject files, and other papers relating to the Smythes' ambassadorships to Cameroon, Malta, and Syria and their work on African and African American issues with a variety of organizations and educational institutions.

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2. 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.

3. William L. Taylor papers, 1971-1996

   4,000 items. 13 containers. 5.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Civil rights lawyer and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, writings, printed matter, and other material related primarily to civil rights legislation and the nominations of Robert H. Bork and Clarence Thomas to the United States Supreme Court.

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4. Center for National Policy Review records, 1959-1986

   50,300 items. 172 containers plus 1 oversize. 68.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Public interest organization concerned with enforcement of and compliance with federal civil rights laws; created in 1970 by civil rights attorney William L. Taylor and affiliated with Columbus School of Law, Catholic University, Washington, D.C., until 1985. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, notes, reports, legal case files, printed material, and other papers relating to the work of the center and its director, William L. Taylor, in the surveillance of federal agencies for compliance with federal laws against discrimination, review of federal legislation and agency regulations, participation in lawsuits challenging infringements of civil rights, and dissemination of information to the public regarding the status of laws and government actions affecting equal rights of minorities and the poor.

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5. Harold C. Fleming papers, 1950-1993

   31,500 items. 90 containers. 36 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Civil rights leader and executive with the Potomac Institute, Washington, D.C. Correspondence, memoranda, annual reports, subject files, proposals, background material, news releases, drafts and published pamphlets and booklets, biographical material, and other papers pertaining to Fleming's work as executive vice president and president of the Potomac Institute, an organization dedicated to eliminating racial discrimination and expanding African-American civil rights.

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6. John Payton papers, 1913-2012

   5,000 items. 35 containers plus 1 oversize. 14 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Civil rights attorney and president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Speeches, legal material, documents from the 1994 election in South Africa, correspondence, biographical material, writings, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Payton’s career beginning in 1992.

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7. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund records, 1915-1968

   80,000 items. 264 containers plus 55 restricted plus 12 oversize. 132 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Records documenting the NAACP's legal program through the mid-1960s and its coordinated attack on legal segregation and racial discrimination waged in state, federal and supreme courts. Includes administrative records, conference agenda, reports, committee files, correspondence and memoranda, notes, printed material, and legal case files.

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8. Arthur B. Spingarn papers, 1850-1968

   35,000 items. 66 containers plus 2 oversize. 30 linear feet. 58 microfilm reels . -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Civil rights leader and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, wills and estate files, reports, briefs, hearing and trial transcripts, and other papers relating chiefly to Spingarn's service with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as vice president, chairman of the legal committee, and president (1911-1965).