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GENERAL PROGRAMS AND RELATED SUBJECTS,
1916-1966
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Voting Registration Activities and Voter Rights
Infringement Cases, 1944-1962.
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Call No.: LOT 13098 (F) |
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Voter registration activities and campaigns in Atlanta, Ga.; Birmingham,
Ala.; Tampa, Fla.; and other unidentified locations. Includes children
participating in registration activities; photos of "Tent City" in
Fayette County, Tenn., a camp for African Americans driven from their
homes for registering to vote in 1960; several photos of witnesses for
voting rights infringement cases; photos related to the Gus Courts and
George Lee voting restrictions case of 1955 show Courts in the hospital
suffering from gunshot wounds he received for registering to vote and
photos taken at the funeral of George Lee, who was murdered for his
voter registration activities. NAACP staff depicted include William
Borders, Gus Courts, Clarence Mitchell, and Austin T. Walden. 38
photographic prints; 1 print. Organized into four subject categories:
General voter registration activities; Voter registration campaigns,
Tampa, Fla.; Court cases and congressional hearings; Gus Courts and
George Lee case, 1955. |
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General, 1944-1962 |
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Call No.: LOT 13098, nos. 1-13 (F) |
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Campaigns, Tampa, Fla., 1960 (?) |
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Call No.: LOT 13098, nos. 14-23 (F) |
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Court cases and congressional hearings, 1946-1957 |
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Call No.: LOT 13098, nos. 24-30 (F) |
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Gus Courts and George Lee case, 1955 |
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Call No.: LOT 13098, nos. 31-38 (F) |
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Civil Rights Marches, Demonstrations, and Lobbying
Activities to Promote Civil Rights Legislation at National and Local
Levels, 1917-1966, bulk 1950-1963.
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Call No.: LOT 13099 (F) |
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Primarily marches, demonstrations, and meetings on civil rights issues.
Includes images of the Silent Protest parade of 1917 (New York, N.Y.)
and the Prayer Pilgrimage of 1957. Also includes color snapshots of the
Selma, Ala., march of 1965. Miscellaneous subjects include a photo of
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., speaking at a labor rally in New York, N.Y.;
Korean War veterans picketing in front of the Robert E. Lee Hotel;
branch members in Detroit, Mich., marching in a parade to protest
segregation; several photos of Roy Wilkins celebrating his birthday at
the 5th Statewide Fair Practices & Civil Rights Conference of 1966;
NAACP executives Clarence Mitchell, Channing Tobias, Walter White, and
Roy Wilkins, meeting with Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy
about civil rights legislation. Includes snapshots documenting a Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and Congress of Racial Equality
(CORE) sponsored memorial walk for slain civil rights activist William
Moore, showing young civil rights activists walking and resting along
the march route. Other civil rights leaders depicted include Martin
Luther King, Jr., and A. Philip Randolph. 98 photographic prints.
Organized into three subject categories: Civil rights conferences;
Legislation and political action; Marches and rallies. Arranged
chronologically within each category. |
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Civil rights conferences, 1951-1966 |
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Call No.: LOT 13099, nos. 1-7 (F) |
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Legislation and political action |
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Call No.: LOT 13099, nos. 8-15 (F) |
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Marches and rallies |
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General, 1944-1960 |
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Call No.: LOT 13099, nos. 16-27 (F) |
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Silent Protest parade, 1917 |
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Call No.: LOT 13099, no. 28 (F) |
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National Emergency Civil Rights Mobilization Conference,
1950 |
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Call No.: LOT 13099, nos. 29-39 (F) |
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Civil rights assembly, Washington, D.C., 1956 |
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Call No.: LOT 13099, nos. 40-64 (F) |
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Prayer Pilgrimage, Washington, D.C., 1957 |
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Call No.: LOT 13099, nos. 65-73 (F) |
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NAACP civil rights rally, Oakland, Calif.,
1960 |
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Call No.: LOT 13099, nos. 74-76 (F) |
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William Moore Memorial, Freedom Walk, 1963 |
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Call No.: LOT 13099, nos. 77-95 (F) |
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Selma, Ala., march, 1965 |
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Call No.: LOT 13099, nos. 96-106 (F) |
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Freedom Fund Drive, Membership Campaign, and NAACP
Rally in Harlem, (New York, N.Y.), during the summer of
1961.
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Call No.: LOT 13100 (F) |
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Includes NAACP staff and volunteers soliciting memberships at NAACP
donation tables set up in the street; people posting membership signs at
area beauty salons and barber shops; workers at NAACP offices answering
phones; a parade and NAACP-sponsored rally in front of the Hotel
Theresa. Some photos taken at the rally show a Black Muslim
counterdemonstration with some people carrying signs depicting Patrice
Lumumba and others with signs marked "Integration, no, separation yes."
Two images from this group depict Malcolm X talking with NAACP youth
secretary Herbert Wright. Includes several photos of a celebrity,
possibly Dinah Washington, talking with people at a NAACP membership
table on the street, a few photos of A. Philip Randolph and Roy Wilkins
at the rally. 15 contact sheets (363 images); 27 photographic prints.
Organized into two categories: Contact sheets; Enlargements. |
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Contact sheets |
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Call No.: LOT 13100, nos. 1-15 (F) |
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Enlargements |
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Call No.: LOT 13100, nos. 16-42 (F) |
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INTERNATIONAL EVENTS AND VIEWS, ca. 1933-1960
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International activities, people, and places of interest to the NAACP. |
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Delegates and Activities at International
Congresses, 1944-1960.
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Call No.: LOT 13101 (F) |
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Includes photos of the Conference Africaine Française in
Brazzaville, some of which depict Charles DeGaulle and Governor-General
Félix Eboué of French equatorial Africa; trade union leaders
at meetings; West Indies National Council Vice President Richard Moore
speaking at a meeting in San Francisco, Calif., on independence for the
Caribbean and India; one photo shows Ralph Bunche at a United Nations
meeting on Israeli-Jordan relations. 27 photographic prints. Organized
chronologically. |
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1944 |
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Conference Africaine Française, Brazzaville,
Congo |
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Call No.: LOT 13101, nos. 1-15 (F) |
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1945 |
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World Trade Union Congress, London, England,
Feb. |
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Call No.: LOT 13101, no. 16 (F) |
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World Youth Conference, London, England, Nov. |
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Call No.: LOT 13101, nos. 17-18 (F) |
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Free India Meeting |
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Call No.: LOT 13101, nos. 19-20 (F) |
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1948 |
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Mount Holyoke College, Institute on the U.N. |
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Call No.: LOT 13101, no. 21 (F) |
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1949 |
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Unite d Nations Israeli-Jordan meeting |
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Call No.: LOT 13101, no. 22 (F) |
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1954 |
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Second Triennial Conference of the World Assembly of
Youth, Singapore, Malaya, 15-24 Aug. |
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Call No.: LOT 13101, nos. 230-24 (F) |
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Undated |
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Se minar on Tropical Africa, Hampton Institute, Hampton,
Va. |
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Call No.: LOT 13101, nos. 25-28 (F) |
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Views, Daily Activities, and People from Various
Countries in Africa, South America, and the West Indies, ca. 1933-1953,
bulk 1943-1950.
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Call No.: LOT 13102 (F) (H) |
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Emphasis is on the countries of Ecuador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Liberia, and
Nigeria. Subjects include: destruction and rebuilding after the Ecuador
earthquake of 1949; Ethiopian priests at the Vatican; Ethiopian soldiers
of the Italian army; views of Liberian President Edwin Barclay at
official gatherings, and a few of U.S. ambassador to Liberia Edward
Dudley; Haitian cultural and educational buildings; street scenes in
Port-au-Prince; portraits of Haitian President Elie Lescot alone, and
with his family at the Palace; portraits of other Haitian government and
military officials; Walter White with U.S. military and Haitian
government officials, possibly at ceremonies associated with the Haitian
bicentennial of 1950. Photos of Nigeria include postcard views of the
"capping" ceremony for Prince Falolu in Lagos and some city views of
Ibadan; American soldiers watching Nigerian villagers dry cocoa beans
and being greeted by villagers while touring a village marketplace. One
photo of Roy Wilkins with Somali Youth League members. Also includes
portraits of several African tribal chiefs; laborers in various
countries, and general activities of village and city life. 154
photographic prints; 1 print (poster). Organized into four geographic
categories: Africa (arranged alphabetically by country); South America
(arranged alphabetically by country); West Indies (arranged
alphabetically by country); Unidentified. |
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Africa |
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Dji bouti |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 1-8 (F) |
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Ethiopia |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 9-13 (F) |
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Ethiopians at the Vatican |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 14-22 (F) |
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Ghana |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, no. 23 (F) |
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Kenya |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, no. 24 (F) |
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Liberia |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 25-38 (F) |
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Liberia, U.S. Ambassador to |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, no. 39 (H) |
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Nigeria |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 40-58 (F) |
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Somalia |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 59-61 (F) |
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Uganda |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 62-69 (F) |
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Zaire |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 70-71 (F) |
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Miscellaneous, 1943-1951 |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 72-80 (F) |
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South America |
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Colombia |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, no. 81 (F) |
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Ecuador |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 82-93 (F) |
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Ecuador--United Nations poster "Relief to
Ecuador" |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, no. 94 (H) |
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West Indies |
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Curaçao |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 95-98 (F) |
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Haiti |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 99-128 (F) |
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Haiti Bicentennial, 1950 |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 129-140 (F) |
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Jamaica |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 141-142 (F) |
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Martinique |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 143-145 (F) |
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Virgin Islands (nos. 146-148 are in color) |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 146-148 (F) |
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Miscellaneous |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, no. 149 (F) |
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Unidentified |
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Call No.: LOT 13102, nos. 150-151 (F) |
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MILITARY SERVICES, 1914-1955
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Photographs related to the NAACP's efforts to integrate the armed forces.
African American contributions, both male and female, to the various
branches of the armed services. The bulk documents World War II period. |
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African American Women in the Military Services,
during World War II, 1943-1951, bulk 1943-1945.
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Call No.: LOT 13103 (F) |
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