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_2lcmd
110 2 _aNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
245 0 0 _aNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People records,
_f1842-1999
_g(bulk 1919-1991).
300 _a3,000,000
_fitems.
300 _a8,602
_fcontainers plus
_a2
_fclassified and
_a46
_foversize.
300 _a39
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a3,965
_flinear feet.
351 _aDivided into nine parts with series such as Administrative, Armed Services and Veterans Affairs, Branch (later Department), The Crisis (publication), Education, Fund-Raising, Housing, Labor, Training, General Office, Legal, Washington Bureau, and Youth. Other series include Financial, Oversize, Scrapbooks, and Miscellany.
506 1 _aRestrictions apply.
506 1 _aClassified, in part.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, itineraries, biographical material, speeches, testimony, writings, annual convention files, legal case files, testimony, legislation, publications, resolutions, policy statements, constitutions, bylaws, charters, contracts, proposals, scripts, financial records, publicity files, manuals, handbooks, songs, awards, certificates, directories, subject files, daily mail sheets, notes, lists, questionnaires, surveys, certificates, awards, flags, photographs, maps, and printed matter.
520 8 _aEach of the nine parts contains Board of Directors files, annual convention files, general office files, branch files, and legal case files. The general office files include papers of executive secretaries and directors including James Weldon Johnson from 1920 to 1931, Walter Francis White from 1931 to 1955, Roy Wilkins from 1955 to 1977, and Benjamin L. Hooks from 1977 to 1993.
520 8 _aPart I (1909-1940, bulk 1919-1939) includes material relating to the founding and organizational development of the Association (NAACP), racial discrimination and segregation, violence against African Americans, race riots, antilynching legislation, Jim Crow laws, the association's first legal cases, the Scottsboro trial, equal treatment of African Americans before the courts, voting rights, education, labor unions, African American soldiers in World War I, interracial marriages, Haiti, peonage, the film Birth of a Nation, the nomination of John Johnston Parker to the U.S. Supreme Court, William E. Borah's presidential candidacy, and the re-emergence of the Ku Klux Klan.
520 8 _aPart II (1910-1955, bulk 1940-1955) includes material on civil rights, discrimination and desegregation in the armed forces, veterans' programs, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and education including Brown v. Board of Education. Also includes material on antilynching legislation, voting rights, racial stereotyping in film, television, and radio, wartime riots, legal cases including Brown v. Board of Education, segregation during World Wars I & II, police brutality, labor unions, and labor conditions.
520 8 _aPart III (1909-1965, bulk 1956-1965) includes such topics as civil rights; desegregation of schools; equal access to employment, healthcare, housing, and transportation; voting rights; sit-ins; the fund-raising telethon entitled "Freedom Television Spectacular;" March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; Freedom Riders; the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; and the murder of Mississippi field secretary Medgar Wiley Evers in 1964. Documents relations between the NAACP and other civil rights organizations including the Congress of Racial Equality, Southern Christion Leadership Conference, and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
520 8 _aPart IV (1965-1975, bulk 1966-1973) documents the broadening of the NAACP's strategy to include the creation of community-based programs. Includes material relating to housing, labor, relief, education, voting rights, civil rights, Africa, the Black Power movement, federal and state agencies and programs, urban riots, Vietnam, the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Clement F. Haynsworth, Adam Clayton Powell's expulsion from the U.S. House of Representatives, the slaying of Martin Luther King, Jr., and relations with other civil rights organizations.
520 8 _aPart V (1842-1982, bulk 1956-1982) includes records of the NAACP's legal department relating to cases involving discrimination in housing and employment, civil rights, school desegregation, police brutality, the armed forces, voting rights, reverse discrimination, and the disparate sentencing of African Americans.
520 8 _aPart VI (1884-1992, bulk 1967-1978) includes material on the NAACP Image Awards, ghettos, riots, discrimination, housing programs, voter registration campaigns, television, the U.S. Supreme Court nominations of Clement F. Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell, and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co.
520 8 _aPart VII (1964-1995, bulk 1965-1995) consists of records generated by the Gilbert Jonas Company, a public relations firm that for thirty years contracted to raise funds for the NAACP through direct mail campaigns and other means.
520 8 _aPart VIII (1867-1999, bulk 1978-1991) documents leadership conferences including the NAACP Leadership Summit Conference, Chicago, Ill., 1978, the Black Leadership Meeting, New York, N.Y., 1980, the NAACP Emergency Summit, Washington, D.C., 1985, and the NAACP Conference on the Present Crisis, Washington, D.C., 1989. Topics include the NAACP National Conference on Energy, Washington, D.C., 1977, minority economic opportunity, affirmative action, African American relations with Jews, busing, criminal justice, Jesse Jackson's presidential candidacy, U.S. Supreme Court nominations of Robert H. Bork and Clarence Thomas, tobacco industry, urban ghettos, and relocation of NAACP headquarters to Baltimore, Md. Early material includes papers of Walter Francis White.
520 8 _aPart IX (1914-1993, bulk 1950-1991) documents the efforts of the NAACP's Washington Bureau to influence civil rights legislation and monitor enforcement of the laws by federal agencies. Includes material reflecting the directorships of Clarence M. Mitchell, 1950-1978, and Althea T. L. Simmons, 1979-1990.
530 _aMicrofilm edition of minutes, 1909-1959, available,
_dno. 13,301-4N (no. 15,661-4P).
530 _aMicrofilm edition of container G15 available,
_dno. 16,090 (1N).
530 _aMicrofilm edition of selected bulletins, 1916-1949, available,
_dno. 16,302 (1N) and no. 19,141 (1N-1P).
530 _aMicrofilm edition of containers C62-112 available,
_dno. 16,486 (33N-33P).
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1965-1985.
544 _3Audio and video recordings
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
544 _3Some maps
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Geography and Map Division.
544 _3Some photographs, broadsides, and posters
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 1 _aCivil rights organization.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet.
600 1 0 _aBorah, William Edgar,
_d1865-1940.
600 1 0 _aBork, Robert H.
600 1 0 _aBrown, Oliver,
_d1918-1961
_xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 1 0 _aCarswell, G. Harrold
_q(George Harrold),
_d1919-
600 1 0 _aEvers, Medgar Wiley,
_d1925-1963.
600 1 0 _aGriffith, D. W.
_q(David Wark),
_d1875-1948
_tBirth of a nation
_f(1915)
600 1 0 _aHaynsworth, Clement F.
_q(Clement Furman),
_d1912-1989.
600 1 0 _aHooks, Benjamin L.
_q(Benjamin Lawson),
_d1925-2010.
600 1 0 _aJackson, Jesse,
_d1941-
600 1 0 _aJohnson, James Weldon,
_d1871-1938.
600 1 0 _aKing, Martin Luther,
_cJr.,
_d1929-1968.
600 1 0 _aMitchell, Clarence M.
_q(Clarence Maurice),
_d1911-1984.
600 1 0 _aParker, John Johnston,
_d1885-1958.
600 1 0 _aPowell, Adam Clayton,
_d1908-1972.
600 1 0 _aSimmons, Althea T. L.,
_d1924-1990.
600 1 0 _aThomas, Clarence,
_d1948-
600 1 0 _aWhite, Walter Francis,
_d1893-1955.
600 1 0 _aWilkins, Roy,
_d1901-1981.
610 1 0 _aTopeka (Kan.).
_bBoard of Education
_xTrials, litigation, etc.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
_bHouse.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bSupreme Court.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bSupreme Court
_xOfficials and employees
_xSelection and appointment.
610 2 0 _aClaiborne Hardware Co.
_xTrials, litigation, etc.
610 2 0 _aCongress of Racial Equality.
610 2 0 _aKu Klux Klan (1915- )
610 2 0 _aMississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
610 2 0 _aNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People
_xAwards.
610 2 0 _aNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People
_xTrials, litigation, etc.
610 2 0 _aSouthern Christian Leadership Conference.
610 2 0 _aStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
611 2 0 _aBlack Leadership Meeting
_d(1980 :
_cNew York, N.Y.)
611 2 0 _aNAACP Conference on the Present Crisis
_d(1989 :
_cWashington, D.C.)
611 2 0 _aNAACP Emergency Summit
_d(1985 :
_cWashington, D.C.)
611 2 0 _aNAACP Leadership Summit Conference
_d(1978 :
_cChicago, Ill.)
611 2 0 _aNAACP National Conference on Energy
_d(1977 :
_cWashington, D.C.)
630 0 0 _aBirth of a nation (Motion picture)
630 0 0 _aCrisis (New York, N.Y.)
650 0 _aActions and defenses
_zMississippi.
650 0 _aAffirmative action programs
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aAfrican American veterans.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xCharities.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xCivil rights.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xCrimes against.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xEconomic conditions.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xEducation.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xEmployment.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xGovernment policy.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xHealth and hygiene.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xHousing.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xLegal status, laws, etc.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xMedical care.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_vPeriodicals.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xRelations with Jews.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xSegregation.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xSocieties, etc.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xSuffrage.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans in mass media.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans in motion pictures.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans in radio broadcasting.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans in television broadcasting.
650 0 _aAnti-racism
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aBlack power
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aBusing for school integration.
650 0 _aCivil rights
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aCivil rights demonstrations
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aCivil rights demonstrations
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aCivil rights movements
_zMaryland
_zBaltimore.
650 0 _aCivil rights movements
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aCivil rights workers
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aCommunity-based family services.
650 0 _aCriminal justice, Administration of
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aDiscrimination
_xLaw and legislation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aDiscrimination
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aDiscrimination in criminal justice administration
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aDiscrimination in education
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aDiscrimination in employment
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aDiscrimination in housing
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEquality
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEquality before the law
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aFund raising
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aIndustrial mobilization
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aInner cities
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aInterracial marriage
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aLabor
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aLabor unions
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aLynching
_xLaw and legislation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aLynching
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963.
650 0 _aMass media and race relations
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPeonage
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPolice brutality
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States
_xElection.
650 0 _aPublic housing
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPublic welfare
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aRace discrimination
_xLaw and legislation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aRace discrimination
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aRace relations.
650 0 _aRacism.
650 0 _aReverse discrimination
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aRiots
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSchool integration
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aScottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931.
650 0 _aSegregation
_xLaw and legislation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSegregation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSegregation in education
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSegregation in transportation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSentences (Criminal procedure)
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSocial service
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSuffrage
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aTobacco industry
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aVietnam War, 1961-1975.
650 0 _aVoter registration
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_xAfrican Americans.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xAfrican Americans.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_xParticipation, African American.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xParticipation, African American.
651 0 _aAfrica.
651 0 _aDetroit (Mich.)
_xHistory.
651 0 _aHaiti.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xArmed Forces
_xAfrican Americans.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y20th century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xRace relations.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial conditions
_y20th century.
651 0 _aVietnam.
710 2 _aGilbert Jonas Company.
_tGilbert Jonas Company records.
_f1964-1995.
710 2 _aNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
_bWashington Bureau.
_tNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Washington Bureau records.
_f1914-1993.
774 0 _tVisual materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records (Library of Congress)
_w(DLC) 95514327
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008007
999 _c39976
_d39976