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Segregation, the Caste System, and Civil Service

One booklet entitled, "Segregation, the Caste System, and Civil Service," dated 1914. Written by Kelly Miller.

GLC10052

A Short Negro History of Flint

One pamphlet entitled, "A Short Negro History of Flint," written by Melvin E. Banner dated 1964. Pertains to the history of Flint, Michigan and its autoindustry employees including sections divided by notable African American residents from Flint...

GLC10053

The Advocate [Vol. 29, No. 20 (April 29, 1933)]

One issue of The Advocate dated April 29, 1933. Contains articles of local news. Front page contains articles related to the Scottsboro trial.

GLC10054

What the Negro Wants and is Going to Get

One booklet entitled, "What the Negro Wants and is Going to Get," written John Haynes Holmes dated 1944.

GLC10055

Sheppard Air Force 3575th Training Squadron

One group portrait of the Sheppard Air Force 3757th Training Squadron. Consists of three images: the American Flag; a plane; and the squadron.

GLC09949.02.32

[Documents related to James E. Kelly's court martial]

Two documents related to James E. Kelly's court martial appearance. Documents that Kelly had appeared as a witness to a court martial. Kelly is referred to as "colored" in the witness letter.

GLC09965.01

[Certification of witness, James E. Kelly]

One letter dated December 5, 1874 from James S., certifying that James E. Kelly, a Black man, had been summoned for a court martial at Fort Drum, Texas, served as a witness and was not employed by the United States.

GLC09965.01.01

[Photograph of a Buffalo Soldier]

One photograph of a Buffalo soldier dated approximately 1935.

GLC09967.01

[Photograph of African-American soldiers at Fort Belvoir, Virginia during World War II]

One group photograph of a platoon of African American soldiers at the Fort Belvoir Engineer Replacement Training Center (ERTC) in Virginia dated approximately 1940-1944. Identified at the center of the photograph is Lieutenant D.N. Clain.

GLC09967.02

The Negro and the Army

One booklet entitled, "The Negro and the Army," dated 1941. Written by Eugene Varlin. Published by Pioneer Publishers for the Socialist Workers Party.

GLC09967.03

Army Services Manual: Leadership and the Negro Soldier

One booklet entitled, "Army Services Manual: Leadership and the Negro Soldier," dated October 1944.

GLC09967.04

Negro Digest [Volume X, No. 9 (July 1961)]

One issue of the Negro Digest dated July 1961. Contains articles related to desegregation, entertainment, property value related to African Americans purchasing homes, testimonial of a former Black employee of the White House, discussion of Afro...

GLC09973.01

Report of Progress (1951)

One booklet entitled, "Report of Progress," dated 1951. Printed by the New York State Commission on Discrimination. Report contains data on related to discrimination experience, complaints of discrimination, the commissions work on education, and...

GLC09973.02

The Negro Market in 1956

One booklet entitled, "The Negro Market in 1956," dated May 1, 1956. Contains five speeches delivered at the annual Marketing Clinic at Tennessee A&I University on April 5 to 6, 1956. Speeches pertain to approaches for the African American market...

GLC09973.03

Rodney King Discovered America

One button with text that reads "Rodney King Discovered America." Pin has a white background with silhouette of three figures on one figure who is on their back.

GLC09973.04

[Magazine pages highlighting history of Black people in the Midwest]

Six pages containing three articles related to Black people's history in the American Midwest. Articles are entitled, "Go West Black Man," "Shaped by a Dream" by Luther P. Jackson, and "A town called Boley." Contains images of people and archival...

GLC09968.06

Men of Color: To Arms! Now or Never... [recruitment broadside]

One broadside entitled Men of Color: To Arms! Now or Never. dated 1863. Dramatic oversize recruitment broadside appealing to free African-Americans to enlist for three years. The broadside asks "Are freemen less brave than slaves[?]" Subscribed in...

GLC10021

"Dedication Ceremonies of the Frederick Douglass Home"

One program entitled, "Dedication Ceremonies of the Frederick Douglass Home" dated February 14, 1972. Includes a dedication to Frederick Douglass's biography and work towards the anti-slavery movement. Also included is a program of the day events...

GLC09640.060.01

"Statement of Policy Regarding Negro Blood Donors"

One document issued by the American Red Cross, dated January 21, 1942. The document is entitled "Statement of Policy Regarding Negro Blood Donors." Outlines a new policy that facilities are now "prepared here-after to accept blood donations from...

GLC09745.01

The American Jewish Committee, Release Statement

One newsletter dated April 10, 1967 released by the American Jewish Committee. Related to a report on the 1966 election based on the race of the voters. Refers to the pamphlet "1966 Elections: A Political Patchwork," [see GLC09640.005]. Breaks down...

GLC09640.006

to J. Harold Ennis

One letter from Charles U. Coggin, Jr., to J. Harold Ennis, dated October 20, 1943. Coggin acknowledges the two men's opinions on the new policy to accept Black donors' blood. (see GLC09745.01 for original policy) He hopes Ennis will agree that it...

GLC09745.02

Onward

One poster entitled "Onward" by W.L. Haskell dated 1903. Features portraits of Paul Laurence Dunbar, W.E.B. Du Bois, Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, Hightower Theodore Kealing, and Wilford Horace Smith along the top. On the lower half of the poster...

GLC09736.01

Onward

One poster entitled "Onward" by W.L.Haskell dated 1903. Features portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Booker T. Washington. The poster also features images of the house where Lincoln was born, the Tuskegee institute, Frederick...

GLC09736.02

[Invitation to the inauguration of President Barack Obama]

One invitation to the inauguration of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on behalf of the Presidential Inaugural Committee, dated January 20, 2009. Document is embossed with a gold inaugural seal.

GLC09705.11

Feiffer On Civil Rights

One book entitled "Feiffer On Civil Rights" by the Jules Ralph Feiffer dated 1966. Book features a collection of political cartoons concerning Civil Rights and segregation. There is a foreword by Bayard Rustin explaining the collection of cartoons...

GLC09767.03

Minority Occupancy and Housing Values

One pamphlet dated October 14, 1957 entitled, "Minority Occupancy and Housing Values," printed by the Baltimore Urban League. Raises issues of housing in non-white neighborhoods; costs of houses rising while analyzing the change of occupancy by race...

GLC09640.012

[Minutes of Quarterly Meeting of Board of Directors, September 11, 1972]

One copy of meeting minutes of the Board of Directors for Crisis magazine dated September 11, 1972. Refers to the passing of Samuel A. Williams formerly the Secretary of Crisis Publishing Company. Mentions that Andrew D. Weinberger would fill the...

GLC09640.013

"Dedication Ceremonies of the Frederick Douglass Home"

One program entitled, "Dedication Ceremonies of the Frederick Douglass Home" dated February 14, 1972. Includes a dedication to Frederick Douglass's biography and work towards the anti-slavery movement. Also included is a program of the day events...

GLC09640.060

The Status of Racial Integration in the Armed Services

One pamphlet entitled, "The Status of Racial Integration in the Armed Services," by Clarence Mitchell dated 1954. Mitchell reflects on the work to attain integration of the armed services; includes reactions of servicemen, legislation that attempted...

GLC09640.100

NAACP: A Record of Leadership

One pamphlet entitled "NAACP: A Record of Leadership" dated February 1950. Details the NAACP's mission; lists the organization's goals towards social welfare, anti-lynching laws, voting rights, history against Jim Crow Law, combatting job...

GLC09640.127

How the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Began [Decimalized 01.-.03]

Collection of three pamphlets entitled, "How the National Assocation for the Advancement of Colored People Began," by Mary White Ovington. Details the history of the organization and list of the trustee members and officers.

GLC09640.130

How the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Began

One printing entitled, "How the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Began," written by Mary White Ovington dated 1951. Details the first months of the NAACP, recounting persons intially involved such as William English Walling...

GLC09640.130.01

How the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Began

One printing entitled, "How the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Began," written by Mary White Ovington dated 1954. Details the first months of the NAACP, recounting persons intially involved such as William English Walling...

GLC09640.130.02

How the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Began

One printing entitled, "How the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Began," written by Mary White Ovington dated 1954. Details the first months of the NAACP, recounting persons intially involved such as William English Walling...

GLC09640.130.03

"The NAACP and Organized Religion"

One pamphlet entitled, "The NAACP and Organized Religion" dated April 1958. Pertains to the involvement of religious groups working towards social justice. Details a project known as "Churches for Freedom" whereby the purpose was to mobilize and...

GLC09640.134

NAACP: An American Organization

One pamphlet entitled, "NAACP: An American Organization," dated June 1956. Text within the document refers to white supremacist groups that call NAACP a "Communist-dominated" group. Proceeds to list six main statements made against their mission as...

GLC09640.136

The Work of the Afro-American Woman

One book entitled, "The Work of Afro-American Woman" by Gertrude Bustill Mossell dated 1894. The title page lists Mossell and Mrs. N.F. Mossell. The book is a collection of eight essays and seventeen poems concerning African American women in a...

GLC09874

NAACP: 47th Annual Conference Resolutions

One pamphlet entitled,"NAACP: 47th Annual Conference Resolutions" dated June 26, 1956. Contains resolutions decided by the delegates at the 47th annual conference in San Francisco, California. Among the resolutions adopted are passive non-resistance...

GLC09640.137

M is for Mississippi and Murder

One pamphlet entitled, "M is for Mississippi and Murder," dated January 1956. Recounts headlines related to the attitudes of newspapers and white supremacists groups in Mississippi who were against integration. Also details the murder of Reverend...

GLC09640.139

The Sun [Vol. LXL, No. 265]

One edition of The Sun dated New York, May 23, 1894. Includes an article on the front page related to a lynching in Arlington, Georgia. A 14-year-old girl had been assaulted, and a Black man was accused of shooting the girl and her father. He was...

GLC09878

"The Augusta Story"

One pamphlet entitled, "The Augusta Story," dated July 1962 printed by the NAACP. Recounts the events that led to the indictment of nine black teenage boys for the first degree murder of Leslie Lee Luttes, a white boy who was driving through a black...

GLC09640.152

NAACP: its program and objectives

One pamphlet entitled, "NAACP: its program and objectives" dated approximately in 1960. Front of the flyer details the NAACP's mission for civil rights and number of members part of the organization. Back side consists of summaries of efforts led by...

GLC09640.155

The meaning of Sit-Ins [Decimalized .01-.02]

Two copies of "The meaning of the Sit-Ins" by Roy Wilkins dated September 1960. Print out of the pamphlet is a transcription of a speech Wilkins delivered on April 16, 1960 to the City Club Forum in Cleveland, Ohio.

GLC09640.158

The meaning of Sit-Ins

One pamphlet entitled, "The meaning of Sit-Ins" written by Roy Wilkins dated September 1960. Recounts the beginning of the sit-in protests staged at segregated lunch counter spaces. Wilkins traces the unfairness of unequal access to public spaces...

GLC09640.158.01

The meaning of Sit-Ins

One pamphlet entitled, "The meaning of Sit-Ins" written by Roy Wilkins dated September 1960. Recounts the beginning of the sit-in protests staged at segregated lunch counter spaces. Wilkins traces the unfairness of unequal access to public spaces...

GLC09640.158.02

[Report Recommending New Strategies to Kennedy's Civil Rights Program]

One untitled report dated August 29, 1961. Refers to the Kennedy administration which had made strides to desegregation but that still was complicit in discriminatory practices. According to the document, this report was compiled after Roy Wilkins...

GLC09640.150

"Meanwhile back at the Branch..." [Decimalized .01-.02]

Two copies of a pamphlet entitled, "Meanwhile back at the Branch" dated June 1965 printed by the NAACP. This publication was printed with the purpose of detailing the work that was being done at the offices of NAACP branches during the March from...

GLC09640.161

"Meanwhile back at the Branch..."

One pamphlet entitled, "Meanwhile back at the Branch" dated June 1965 printed by the NAACP. This publication was printed with the purpose of detailing the work that was being done at the offices of NAACP branches during the March from Selma to...

GLC09640.161.01

"Meanwhile back at the Branch..."

One pamphlet entitled, "Meanwhile back at the Branch" dated June 1965 printed by the NAACP. This publication was printed with the purpose of detailing the work that was being done at the offices of NAACP branches during the March from Selma to...

GLC09640.161.02

naacp: its story, its program and objectives [Decimalized .01-.02]

Two copies of a pamphlet entitled, "naacp: its story, its program and objectives," dated approximately 1973. Relays the organization's mission and summarizes efforts made towards civil rights. This pamphlet was meant to promote new membership...

GLC09640.170