Inside the Vault: "Meanwhile Back at the Branch..."
by Gilder Lehrman Staff
On November 3, 2022, our curators were joined by Barbara Harris Combs of Kennesaw State University. Professor Combs discussed the NAACP pamphlet Meanwhile Back at the Branch... and the many ways in which civil rights activists worked to advance equality in the 1960s.
Click here to download the slides from the presentation.
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- 3:41–5:28: Today’s Document
- 5:29–14:42: NAACP
- 14:43–26:28: Public Accommodations
- 26:29–34:31: Jimmie Lee Jackson
- 34:32–44:01: Deficit Framing Model
- 44:02–50:37: The Birth of a Nation
- 50:38–54:47: Law Enforcement and Police Brutality
- 54:48–1:00:30: Conclusion and Takeaways
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- Essay: “Civil Rights Leadership and the 1964 Civil Rights Act” by Clarence Taylor (Baruch College), History Now 41 (Winter 2015)
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