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1. Rosa Parks papers, 1866-2006

   9,700 items. 52 containers plus 21 oversize and 1 artifact container. 25.4 linear feet. 7 digital files (1.10 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Civil rights activist. Correspondence, family papers, writings, notes, statements, programs, medals, resolutions, and other honors, financial, employment, health, and estate records, drawings, photographs, address books, appointment calendars, memorabilia, magazine and newspaper clippings, books, and other printed matter documenting her personal life and civil rights activism.

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2. Hugo LaFayette Black papers, 1883-1976

   130,000 items. 513 containers plus 19 oversize. 216 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, United States senator from Alabama, and lawyer. Family and general correspondence, memoranda, reports, notebooks, research materials, case files, legal and subject files, speeches and writings, printed and near-print materials, clippings, scrapbooks, and miscellany relating primarily to Black's service in the Senate (1927-1937) and on the Supreme Court (1937-1971).

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3. A. Philip Randolph papers, 1909-1979

   13,000 items. 56 containers plus 4 oversize. 23.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Labor union official and civil rights leader. Correspondence, documents relating to presidential executive orders, memoranda, notes, printed matter, reports, scrapbooks, speeches, and other material reflecting Randolph's role in the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the Fair Employment Practices Committee, marches on Washington for employment and equal rights for African Americans, and the civil rights movement.

4. Irving Brant papers, 1910-1977

   37,000 items. 64 containers plus 1 oversize. 24 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author, historian, and newspaper editor. Correspondence, memoranda, writings and speeches, research notes, and other papers reflecting Brant's career with various newspapers, in the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a playwright, and his interest in James Madison.