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"Values in Transition Areas: Some New Concepts"

One pamphlet entitled, "Values in Transition Areas: Some New Concepts" dated March 1952 by Belden Morgan. Pertains to a study on the impact African Americans on property values. Traces study back to World War II, when minorities first started...

GLC09640.304

"The Spingarn Medal"

One program entitled, "The Spingarn Medal," dated December 8, 1956. Document is related to a ceremony hosted by the NAACP where they honored "distinguished merit and achievement among American Negroes." Includes a list of winners from 1922, 1930...

GLC09640.334

"Dispersion of Nonwhite Residence in Washington, D.C.: Some of Its Implications"

One article entitled, "Dispersion of Nonwhite Residence in Washington, D.C.: Some of Its Implications," by George B. Nesbitt dated August 1956. Item is a reprint from the journal Land Economics, Volume XXXII, Number 8, August 1956 issue. Nesbitt...

GLC09640.335

"The Negro and the Communists"

One pamphlet entitled, "The Negro and the Communists," written by Wilson Record dated approximately 1951. Pertains to the Communist Party of U.S.A. courting the involvement of African Americans. Record argues that the Communist Party is not sincerely...

GLC09640.336

"Southerners Will Like Integration" [Decimalized .01-.03]

Collection of three copies of the Saturday Evening Post dated February 19, 1955. Features article written by Sarah Patton Boyle entitled "Southerners Will Like Integration." Article written by a white woman in Charlottesville, Virginia.

GLC09640.337

"Southerners Will Like Integration"

One copy of the Saturday Evening Post dated February 19, 1955. Features article written by Sarah Patton Boyle entitled "Southerners Will Like Integration." Article written by a white woman in Charlottesville, Virginia reflecting on the beginning of...

GLC09640.337.01

"Facts About...The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"

One typewritten report entitled, "Facts About...The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" dated June 1954. Report published on behalf of the NAACP stating the organization's mission, goals, history, accomplishments shedding a...

GLC09640.338

"Southerners Will Like Integration"

One copy of the Saturday Evening Post dated February 19, 1955. Features article written by Sarah Patton Boyle entitled "Southerners Will Like Integration." Article written by a white woman in Charlottesville, Virginia reflecting on the beginning of...

GLC09640.337.02

"Southerners Will Like Integration"

One copy of the Saturday Evening Post dated February 19, 1955. Features article written by Sarah Patton Boyle entitled "Southerners Will Like Integration." Article written by a white woman in Charlottesville, Virginia reflecting on the beginning of...

GLC09640.337.03

Highlights of NAACP History 1909-1973

One pamphlet entitled, "Highlights of NAACP History 1909-1973" dated 1973. Item includes event details from 1909 to 1973 of NAACP's involvement in Supreme Court cases, establishment of publications, leaders, civil rights actions, prison reform and...

GLC09640.172

33 Years After Brown v. Board of Education

One pamphlet entitled, "33 Years After Brown v. Board of Education" printed by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Item was printed in honor of the the Annual Civil Rights Institute. Contains a message from the Director-Counsel Julius L. Chamber...

GLC09640.178

Dynamite in Dixie

One booklet entitled, "Dynamite in Dixie," written by Jim Bishop dated March1956. Item focuses on stories related to school desegregation in the Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. Provides a background on the formation of white supremacy; the process...

GLC09640.225

Just a Neighbor: A Child's Memoir of the Civil Rights Movement

One book entitled Just a Neighbor: A Child's Memoir of the Civil Rights Movement, by Valda Harris Montgomery Published in 2010. The book is signed by the author in 2019. The book contains nine chapters; Centennial Hill and Family beginnings, Richard...

GLC09895

"Sitins Staged Here: Negroes Make Three Visits to Counters"

One newspaper clipping featuring an article entitled, "Sitins Staged Here: Negroes Make Three Visits to Counters," written by Clyde Foster dated March 27, 1960. Originally printed in the Marshall News Messenger. Relates to reactions of counter sit...

GLC09640.111

[Newsclippings printed by New York Post, September 1981][Decimalized 01.-.02]

Collection of two articles printed by the New York Post dated September 1981 written by Mike Hurewitz. Related to the review process of antibiotics by the Food and Drug Administration.

GLC09640.219

"There Is No Rest For Roy Wilkins"

One newspaper article entitled, "There Is No Rest For Roy Wilkins," written by Martin Arnold dated September 28, 1969. Item is a featured profile on Roy Wilkins, executive director of the NAACP. Highlights his moderate approach towards civil rights...

GLC09640.222

Our Cities: Their Role in the National Economy

One booklet entitled, "Our Cities: Their Role in the National Economy," dated June 1937. Item is a report on the status of cities in the United States detailing problems of inequality in labor, transportation, housing, public health and crime.

GLC09640.236

The Journal of Negro Education [Volume XXII, No. 3 (Summer 1953)]

One issue of The Journal of Negro Education entitled, "The Relative Status of the Negro Population in the United States" dated Summer 1953. Articles of this issue pertain to the African American population in the United States with analysis on...

GLC09640.099

The Journal of Negro Education [Volume XXVI, No. 3 (Summer 1957)]

One issue of The Journal of Negro Education entitled, "The Negro Voter in the South" dated Summer 1957. Articles of this issue pertain to voting in the south for African Americans with a focus on disenfranchisement, the shift of the Democratic Party...

GLC09640.101

[James Meredith blocked from entering the University of Mississippi]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated September 26, 1962. Image is of James Meredith attempting to pass through Mississippi state troopers and police officers who were blocking him from entering the University of Mississippi. Wire...

GLC09824.01

[James Meredith in Registrar's Office at the University of Mississippi]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated October 1, 1962. Image is of James Meredith answering questions for journalists in the Registrar's Office. Wire transfer information states that the photograph was taken after Meredith...

GLC09824.02

[James Meredith walking on University of Mississippi campus]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated October 11, 1962. Image is of James Meredith holding a bundle of laundry. Wire transfer description mentions that there were "no known cat calls or remarks from passing students," on the day of...

GLC09824.03

[James Meredith walking on University of Mississippi campus]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated January 7, 1963. Image is of James Meredith on campus steps surrounded by white students and reporters. Wire transfer information states that Meredith said that he would not continue attending...

GLC09824.04

[Photograph of shotgun wounds on back of James Meredith's head]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated June 9, 1966. Image shows the back of James Meredith's head covered in bullet wounds. The incident occurred during a civil rights march he organized in Mississippi.

GLC09824.05

Metropolitan Segregation

One pamphlet entitled, "Metropolitan Segregation" by Morton Grodzins dated October 1957. Pertains to segregaton in major cities. Provides tables comparing white and non-white populations.

GLC09640.249