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A New Birth of Freedom, Report for 1964

One pamphlet entitled, "A New Birth of Freedom, Report for 1964," dated 1965. Report topics include: legislation passed in Congress; NAACP departmental actions; membership; legal cases of the year; desegregation in schools; labor department; voter...

GLC09640.159

NAACP Annual Report for 1965

One pamphlet entitled "NAACP Annual Report for 1965." Report covers the enactment of the Civil Right Act of 1964; Los Angeles riots; police brutality; YMCA segregation; highlights victims of racial violence; protests; NAACP departmental actions...

GLC09640.162

57th Annual Convention Resolutions

One pamphlet entitled, "57th Annual Convention Resolutions," dated 1966. Resolutions concerned with civil rights, economic advancement, education, housing, legislation, health, labor, religion, foreign affairs, apartheid, discrimination in unions...

GLC09640.163

Your Future Rests ... In Your Hands

One comic book entitled, "Your Future Rests...In Your Hands," by Larry Lieber dated 1964. Illustrates characters discussing racial inequality in housing and education in African American communities; Steve Baxter of NAACP Voter Registration Committee...

GLC09640.160

to Robert D. Moran

A typed letter from Senator John F. Kennedy to Robert D. Moran dated May 14, 1957. Kennedy is writing to Moran in response to a letter concerning the minimum voting age. Kennedy believes that the matter of voting age should continue to be determined...

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Housing: the Continuing Problem.

One pamphlet entitled, "Housing: the Contuining Problem," dated June 1940. Printed by the National Resources Planning Board. Item reports demand for affordable housing, estimates labor costs, foreclosure laws among other details.

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"Racial Policy in Public Housing"

One pamphlet entitled, "Racial Policy in Public Housing," written by Robert C. Weaver dated 1940. Describes how African-Americans have been neglected by the federal government and the lack of a "racial policy" in America related to public housing.

GLC09640.231

What the Housing Act Can do for Your City

One pamphlet entitled, "What the Housing Act Can do for Your City," dated 1938. Item concerns of the details of the United States Housing Act: created by Congress to address poor living conditions and unemployment; a plan to assist local public...

GLC09640.318

Introduction to Housing Facts and Principles.

One item entitled, "Introduction to Housing Facts and Principles," by Edith Elmer Wood dated December 1939. Item relays various aspects of the housing situation in the lates 1930s: living conditions of Americans, health rates affected by poor housing...

GLC09640.319

"The Housing of Negro Families in Greater New York"

One pamphlet entitled, "The Housing of Negro Families in Greater New York" dated January 15, 1940 written by Warren M. Banner. Pertains to a report on the population of African Americans living in New York City and evidence of low quality housing...

GLC09640.320

[Coretta Scott King Reads Prepared Statement at Ebenezer Baptist Church]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 6, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King at a press conference at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta two days after Dr. King's assassination. In the background is Dr. King's pulpit with the...

GLC09739.014

Demonstration in Harlem.

One pamphlet entitled, "Demonstration in Harlem," published by Urban Housing Management Association dated June 1945. Item pertains to housing built for African Americans in Harlem, NY; the construction, how to make it economically solvent for local...

GLC09640.324

[Coretta Scott King leaves press conference]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 6, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King leaving a press conference where she reads a prepared statement urging Dr. Martin Luther King's followers to remain true to the tenets of nonviolence...

GLC09739.015

Floral Tribute to Dr. King

One Associated Press wirephoto dated April 7, 1968. Depicts the floral wreaths which hang on the balcony rail outside of Dr. Martin Luther King's room at the Lorraine Motel. According to the text on the wirephoto, Dr. King was leaning on the rail...

GLC09739.016

[Casket of Dr. Martin Luther King placed into Hearse]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 6, 1968. Depicts men carrying Dr. Martin Luther King's casket into a hearse from the funeral home in Atlanta for transport to Spellman College where his body will lie in state. Information...

GLC09739.017

Wait to View King

One Associated Press wirephoto dated April 5, 1968. Depicts crowds gathered outside of an Atlanta funeral home waiting to view the body of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pictured in the crowd is Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, identified in the accompanying...

GLC09739.018

[Martin Luther King Sr. carried away from son's funeral bier]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 7, 1968. Depicts Martin Luther King Sr. being led away from his son's funeral bier after collapsing while viewing the body. Assisting King Sr. is Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, a top aide of...

GLC09739.019

[Martin Luther King Sr. Weeps at son's viewing]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 7, 1968. Depicts Martin Luther King Sr. crying at the viewing of his son's body as it lay in state in Atlanta, Georgia.

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[Coretta Scott King gazes at her husband's body as it lies in state]

One United Press International telephoto dated April 7, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King pausing to look upon the body of her husband.

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[A.D. King, brother of Martin Luther King Jr, delivers sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church]

One United Press International telephoto dated April 7, 1968. Depicts A.D. King, younger brother of Martin Luther King Jr., delivering a sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.

GLC09739.022

Tears for Dr. King

One Associated Press wirephoto dated April 7, 1968. Depicts two mourners weeping at a memorial service for Martin Luther King Jr. at Crump stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The mourner on the right is identified as Walter Bradin, 66, of Memphis...

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NAACP Annual Report for 1967

One pamphlet entitled, "NAACP Annual Report for 1967." Item contains summary of organization's efforts towards civil rights: listing accomplishments of different state chapters, voter registration and political action, annual convention, finances...

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NAACP Annual Report for 1968.

One pamphlet entitled "NAACP Annual Report for 1968." Item contains summary of organization's efforts which include legislation, public school desegregation, housing agencies, pupil incentive program, finances, and the annual convention.

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NAACP Annual Report for 1968

One pamphlet entitled, "NAACP Annual Report for 1968." Item contains summary of organization's efforts which include legislation, public school desegregation, housing agencies, pupil incentive program, finances, and the annual convention.

GLC09640.165.02

NAACP Annual Report for 1969

One pamphlet entitled, "NAACP Annual Report for 1969," dated 1970. Item contains summary of organization's efforts: legislation, public school desegregation, housing agencies, rezoning based on a racial bias, finances, and the annual convention.

GLC09640.166.01