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9 April 1968
Associated Press
At the Gravesite
One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 9, 1968. Depicts mourners gathered at the South View Cemetery for the burial service of Dr. King.
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United Press International
[Robert Kennedy arrives at funeral for Dr. King]
One telephoto published by United Press International dated April 9, 1968. Depicts the crowd surging in the street as Senator Robert Kennedy emerges from his car outside of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Where Dr. King Was Assassinated
One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 9, 1968. Depicts Charles Q. Stevens, the man who rented a room neighboring Dr. King's assassin. He looks through the window from which the sniper took aim at Dr. King.
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Trying to See
One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 9, 1968. Depicts a young boy attempting to witness Dr. King's casket as it processes to Morehouse College.
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10 April 1968
[Newsman visiting grave of Dr. King]
One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 10, 1968. Depicts a newsman visiting the grave of Dr. King a day after the burial at South View Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Guards King's Grave
One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 10, 1968. Depicts a guard sitting in his car at the gravesite of Dr. King at the South View Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia.
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12 April 1968
Witness
One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 12, 1968. Depicts Charles Q. Stevens, a resident of the rooming house where the assassin of Dr. King rented a room, standing outside of the bathroom from which the fatal shot was taken.
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2 May 1968
Dedicate Plaque at Assassination Site
One telephoto taken by United Press International dated May 2, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. They are present for a dedication ceremony for a plaque marking the spot where Dr...
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9 June 1968
[James Earl Ray]
One telephoto published by United Press International dated June 9, 1968. The item is the photo issued by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police of James Earl Ray, accused of murdering Dr. King. This photo is the one Ray used for his Canadian passport...
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1973
National Urban League
The Unfinished Second Reconstruction, 63rd National Urban League
One pamphlet entitled, "The Unfinished Second Reconstruction, 63rd National Urban League," dated 1973. Item is a conference program that lists related sessions on health, housing, youth activism, and education.
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[James Earl Ray passport and FBI photos]
One telephoto published by United Press International dated June 9, 1968. A composite of two photos of James Earl Ray side by side. On the left is a photo released by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police originally taken by Arcade Photo Studio in...
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25 October 1974
Leaving Handcuffed
One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated October 125, 1974. Depicts a handcuffed James Earl Ray leaving the federal court building in Memphis, Tennessee. He is clutching a manila envelope. He was present at the court to testify against his...
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O'Neal, Thomas R., fl. 1973
Assessment of adequacy of drug abuse programs
One pamphlet entitled, "Assessment of adequacy of drug abuse programs," dated 1973. Reviews drug abuse problems, income levels, drug prevention programs, therapy, treatment programs also contains tables of data of populations in Baltimore, Pittsburgh...
GLC09640.198
The Power of the Ballot, A Handbook for Black Political Participation
One pamphlet entitled, "The Power of the Ballot, A Handbook for Black Political Participation," dated 1973. Item was published for the purpose of promoting strategies to increase black voter registration. Gives statistics, planning timetables for...
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1974
Hill, Robert B., 1938
Inflation and the Black Consumer
One pamphlet entitled, "Inflation and the Black Consumer," dated 1974. Summarizes differences between black and white consumers during the 1973-1975 recession. Discusses the historical aspects of inflation, provides index on cost of living and...
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1976
Toward a New Bill of Rights
One pamphlet entitled, "Toward a New Bill of Rights," dated 1976. Item is a summary of the 66th National Urban League Conference that lists sessions related to health, family life, government representation, voting, and concerns on policy.
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1978
Anderson, Bernard E., fl. 1978
The State of Black America 1978
One pamphlet entitled, "The State of Black America 1978," dated 1978. Item is a report on the economic status of black families, education, housing, welfare, politics, as well as appendices of data collected on racial discrimination.
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1979
Mobilizing for the Challenges of the 80s
One pamphlet entitled, "Mobilizing for the Challenges of the 80s," dated 1979. Item is a summary of the sessions that took place at the 69th annual National Urban League Conference: quality of life, black-owned businesses, education, work, housing...
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1987
State of Black America
One pamphlet entitled "State of Black America," dated 1987. Studies and essays related to the state of black families in the United States during the 1980s. Topics cover taxes, education, government, AIDS, and social welfare.
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November 1940
Negro Digest [November 1940]
One issue of Negro Digest dated November 1940. Contains writings by African American authors relaying the African American experience through travel and history essays.
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July 1943
Negro Digest [July 1943]
One issue of Negro Digest dated July 1943. African American authors illustrate the African American experience through travel and history essays. This issue includes writings about Abraham Lincoln, Fiji, Harlem, segregation in Baltimore, a roundtable...
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December 1943
Negro Digest [December 1943]
One issue of Negro Digest dated December 1943. Contains writings by African American authors illustrating the African American experience through travel and history essays. This issue includes a roundtable discussion on social equality, African...
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July 1944
Negro Digest [July 1944]
One issue of Negro Digest dated July 1944. Contains writings by African American authors illustrating the African American experience through travel and history essays. This issue includes a roundtable discussion on social equality, Jim Crow laws...
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October 1944
Negro Digest [October 1944]
One issue of Negro Digest dated October 1944. Contains writings by African American authors illustrating the African American experience through travel and history essays. This issue includes a roundtable discussion topics: Jim Crow laws affecting...
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February 1945
Negro Digest [February 1945]
One issue of Negro Digest dated February 1945. Contains writings by African American authors illustrating the African American experience through travel and history essays. This issue includes a roundtable discussion regarding equality in government...
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July 1948
Negro Digest [July 1948]
One issue of Negro Digest dated July 1948. Contains writing by African American authors illustrating the African American experience through travel and history essays. This issue includes an essay by Gregory Peck pertaining to prejudice, Southern...
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1984
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987
South Africa: Is Peaceful Change Possible?
One pamphlet entitled, "South Africa: Is Peaceful Change Possible?" written by Bayard Rustin, Charles Bloomstein, Walter Naegle dated 1984. The report delves into apartheid in South Africa, the constitutional referendum, recommendation for nonviolent...
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One pamphlet entitled, "South Africa: Is Peaceful Change Possible?" written by Bayard Rustin, Charles Bloomstein, Walter Naegle dated 1984. The report delves into apartheid in South Africa: the constitutional referendum, and recommendations for...
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Brown, Roscoe C. Jr., 1922-2016
Black Culture Quiz
One pamphlet entitled, "Black Culture Quiz" printed by New York University dated 1973. Prepared by professors at New York University's Institute of Afro-American Affairs. Categories are split by four components pertaining to African American History...
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July 1970
NIP
NIP - Black Progress Edition
One issue of NIP printed as the "Special Black Progress Edition," dated July 1970. Front cover is a portrait of Roy Wilkins, executive director of NAACP. This special issue highlights the progress of African American across different industries as...
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1942
Phylon, fl. 1942-1943
Phylon [First Quarter, 1942]
One issue of Phylon dated 1942. Consists of a collection of essays, poetry, and reviews related to race, politics, and history. Features a report on employment trends in the military, and an essay by W.E.B. Du Bois entitlted, "A Chronicle of Race...
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1943
Phylon [Third Quarter,1943]
One issue of Phylon dated 1943. Consists of a collection of essays, poetry, and reviews related to race, politics, and history. Features essays on Afro-Uruguayans, Reconstruction and a dedication to Gustavo E. Urrutia, a Afro-Cuban journalist.
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June 1954
Graham, Frank P., 1886-1972
Segregation and the Schools
One pamphlet entitled, "Segregation and the Schools," dated June 1954. Consists of writings on school integration following the Supreme Court decision, "Brown v. Board of Education." Gives initial instances of school integration in the United States...
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1958
Rogers, Joel Augustus, 1880-1966
Five Negro Presidents
One pamphlet entitled, "Five Negro Presidents," dated 1958 written by J.A. Rogers. Details the history of race and interracial relations during the 18th to 19th century as well as the practice of racial whitening. Argues that a handful of high...
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25 March 1984
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Jean Blackwell Hutson: An Appreciation
One pamphlet entitled, "Jean Blackwell Hutson: An Appreciation," dated March 25, 1984. Item details the history of Jean Blackwell Huston, and her work as Curator at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Includes the program for a day...
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1927
Mearns, Hughes, 1875-1965
The Pamphlet Poets
One pamphlet entitled, "The Pamphlet Poets," dated 1927. Contains poems by Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, and Jean Toomer. Includes an introduction by Alain Locke.
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April 1944
Social Science Institute at Fisk University
Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations [April 1944]
One pamphlet entitled, "Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations, April 1944" printed by the Social Science Institute. Reports on the Chicago Conference of Race Relations; employment, civil rights, health, housing, military, and...
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June 1944
Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations [Vol. 1, No. 10, June 1944]
One pamphlet entitled, "Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations, June 1944" printed by the Social Science Institute. Reports on employment, civil rights, health, housing, military, and educational racial inequalities; highlights...
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December 1944
Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations [Vol.2, No. 5, December 1944]
One pamphlet entitled, "Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations, December 1944" printed by the Social Science Institute. Reports on employment, civil rights, health, housing, military, and educational racial inequalities; highlights...
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January 1945
Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations [Vol. 2, No. 6, January 1945]
One pamphlet entitled, " Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations, January 1945" printed by the Social Science Institute. Reports on employment, Japanese-Americans release from internment camps, Jewish Americans, civil rights, health...
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Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations [Vol. 2, No. 7, February 1945]
One pamphlet entitled, "Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations, February 1945" printed by the Social Science Institute. Reports on employment, Japanese-Americans release from internment camps, Jewish Americans, civil rights, health...
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March 1945
Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations [Volume 2, Number 7, March 1945]
One pamphlet entitled, "Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations, March 1945" printed by the Social Science Institute. Reports on employment, racism in Great Britain, civil rights, health, housing, military, and educational racial...
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June 1945
Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations [Volume 2, Number 11, June 1945]
One pamphlet entitled, "Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations, June 1945" printed by the Social Science Institute. Reports on employment, civil rights, health, housing, military, and educational racial inequalities; highlights...
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July 1945
Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations [Volume 2, Number 12, July 1945]
One pamphlet entitled, "Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations, July 1945" printed by the Social Science Institute. Reports on employment, civil rights, health, housing, military, and educational racial inequalities; highlights...
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circa 1865
Engraving of Frances Wright
One engraving of Frances Wright dated circa 1865. Half seated portrait of Wright.
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August 1931
New Masses, 1926-1948
Chicago Demonstrations
One page clipping from an issue of the New Masses. Contains an article entitled, "Chicago Demonstration" by George Robbins. Highlights the events of the housing protests on the South Side of Chicago that took place on August 1931. Above the title are...
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1931
New Masses
One fragmented copy of New Masses dated 1931. Contains articles and illustrations related to the Scottsboro boys trial, worker's rights, the death of 42 construction workers building the Empire State Building, lynching, treatment of Asian working...
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1935
Commission on Interracial Cooperation
The Mob Still Rides: A Review of the Lynching Record (1931-1935)
One copy of a book entitled, "The Mob Still Rides: A Review of the Lynching Record (1931-1935)" printed by Commission on Interracial Cooperation dated 1935. Provides data of 84 lynchings that had taken place in 5 years. Analysis contains data on...
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1947
Wallace, James, fl. 1947
Segregation on Common Carriers
One booklet entitled, "Segregation On Common Carriers," written by James Wallace dated 1947. Contains illustrations by Walter Reed. Narrative text on legislative background behind the segregation of public transportation.
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