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BOX X:1552-1618 Part X: Public Relations Department, 1934-2013
The Public Relations Department series spans 1934 to 2013, though it primarily documents the work of several department directors during the 1980s, namely Denton Watson, Felicia Kessel, and James D. Williams. The department oversaw all NAACP publicity, including the development of press releases, the crafting of speeches and media apperances for the executive director, and monitoring the media coverage of the organization and issues affecting African Americans. Material regarding drafts of speeches and media statements for Benjamin L. Hooks can be found in this series, with more material located in the Part X: Administrative File.
Material types include memoranda, press releases, newsletters, news clippings, and printed matter. Television advertisements are in digital format.
Arranged alphabetically by subject, name of person, or type of material, and thereunder chronologically. The file structure of the digital content maintained as received.
BOX X:1552 Adams, Sandra, 1986-1988
BOX X:1552 Affirmative action, 1985-1986
(2 folders)
BOX X:1552 Africa, 1977, 1985-1987
BOX X:1552 Afro-Academic Cultural Technological Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO), 1979-1989
BOX X:1553 Afro-Academic Cultural Technological Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO), 1979-1989
(3 folders)
BOX X:1553 Afro American Summit, 1989
BOX X:1553 Annual convention
BOX X:1553 1985-1987
(4 folders)
BOX X:1554 1987-1988
(7 folders)
BOX X:1555 1988-1992
(5 folders)
BOX X:1555 Anti-defamation League, 1985-1986
BOX X:1555 Articles by staff, 1983-1985, 1991
(2 folders)
BOX X:1556 Articles by staff, 1983-1985, 1991
(2 folders)
BOX X:1556 Awareness Day, 1985-1986
BOX X:1556 Beeper restriction bill, 1988-1989
BOX X:1556 Black Business Opportunity, 1985
BOX X:1556 Black Dollar Days, 1985-1986
BOX X:1556 Black Family Summit, 1981-1984
(2 folders)
BOX X:1557 Black Family Summit, 1981-1984
BOX X:1557 Black journalists reception, 1986-1987
BOX X:1557 Board of Directors meeting, 1985-1988 See also Container X:1568, Little Rock Nine
(6 folders)
BOX X:1558 Bork, Robert H., 1987
BOX X:1558 Branch Department, 1981-1995
(4 folders)
BOX X:1558 Brochures Task Force, 1996-1997
BOX X:1558 Budget, 1983-1987
BOX X:1558 Building Fund, 1986
BOX X:1558 Chronological file
BOX X:1558 1975-1976
BOX X:1559 1977-1985
(7 folders)
BOX X:1560 1985-1991
(9 folders)
BOX X:1561 Civil Rights Act of 1990; Civil Rights Act of 1991, 1990-1993
(2 folders)
BOX X:1561 Civil rights leaders meeting, 1988
BOX X:1570 Claiborne Hardware Co. v. NAACP, victory celebration, 1982 See Container X:1570, NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co., victory celebration
BOX X:1561 College campus racism report, 1988
BOX X:1561 Community relations program, 1986
BOX X:1561 Confederate flag, 1988
BOX X:1561 Conference on the Present Crisis, 1989
(2 folders)
BOX X:1561 Conference on the Urban Crisis, 1980
BOX X:1562 Contacts, 1967, 1987-1988
BOX X:1562 Corporate campaign, 1985
BOX X:1562 Daily News Digest, 1962
BOX X:1562 Department fact sheets and information, 1965, 1980-1987, 1997, 2002-2003
BOX X:1562 Department of Justice demonstration, 1985
BOX X:1562 Diamond Jubilee (75th anniversary) celebration, 1983-1984
BOX X:1562 Dorothy Parker Memorial Garden dedication, 1988
(2 folders)
BOX X:1563 Dorothy Parker Memorial Garden dedication, 1988
(4 folders)
BOX X:1563 Drug abuse, 1986
BOX X:1563 Economic development, 1981-1982
BOX X:1563 Election, 1988-1989
BOX X:1563 Emergency Civil Rights Summit, 1985
BOX X:1563 Emergency strategy meeting, 1980
BOX X:1564 Emergency strategy meeting, 1980
BOX X:1564 An Evening with Bobby Short, 1986
BOX X:1564 Evers, Charles, 1969
BOX X:1564 Fair housing, 1986
BOX X:1564 Food Lion, Inc. boycott, 1983-1984
(2 folders)
BOX X:1564 Franchise seminar and trade fair, 1987
BOX X:1564 Freedom Tag Day, 1981
(2 folders
BOX X:1564 Gallup Communications Credibility Index, 1988
BOX X:1565 "Gay and lesbian civil rights issue," 1993
BOX X:1565 Geter, Lenell, 1983-1987
BOX X:1565 Gilbert Jonas Co., 1984-1985
BOX X:1565 Haitian refugees, 1981-1983
BOX X:1565 Hall, Arsenio, 1989
BOX X:1565 Hands Across America, 1986
(2 folders)
BOX X:1565 Headquarters dedication, 1985-1986
(3 folders)
BOX X:1566 Henry Lee Moon Library dedication, 1988
BOX X:1566 Hooks, Benjamin L.
BOX X:1566 1983-1988
(6 folders)
BOX X:1567 1989-1990
BOX X:1567 In Focus, 1986-1988
(2 folders)
BOX X:1567 Jewish Museum, New York, N.Y., 1992
(2 folders)
BOX X:1567 Kessel, Felicia, 1986-1991, 2001
BOX X:1567 Kivie Kaplan Conference, 1985
BOX X:1567 Labor Department, 1981-1985
BOX X:1568 Labor Department, 1981-1985
BOX X:1568 Legal Department, 1985-1986
BOX X:1568 Life Membership Division, 1985-1986
BOX X:1568 Little Rock Nine, 1987-1988 See also Container X:1557, Board of Directors meeting
(2 folders)
BOX X:1568 Manuals and proposal, 1982-1983, 1994
BOX X:1568 March on Jackson, Miss., in response to Ayers v. Fordice, 1993-1994
(2 folders)
BOX X:1569 March on Jackson, Miss., in response to Ayers v. Fordice, 1993-1994
BOX X:1569 Media coverage, 1983-1984
(4 folders)
BOX X:1569 Membership campaign, 1949, 1967-1968, 1971, 1984
BOX X:1569 Military affairs, 1987-1988
BOX X:1569 Miscellany, 1964, 1967-1968, 1973, 1981-1983, 1992, 1994
BOX X:1570 Mississippi crisis, 1968-1969
BOX X:1570 Moon, Henry Lee, 1948, 1954-1970, 1985
BOX X:1570 NAACP art exhibition, 1982-1983
BOX X:1561 NAACP Conference on the Present Crisis, Washington, D.C., 1989 See Container X:1561, Conference on the Present Crisis
BOX X:1570 NAACP information booklets, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1992
BOX X:1570 NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 1982-1985
BOX X:1614 NAACP Silent March of 1989: “No Retreat on Civil Rights,” 1989 See Container X:1614, Silent March on Washington
BOX X:1570 NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. victory celebration, 1982
(2 folders)
BOX X:1570 Nakasone, Yasuhiro, 1986
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