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1975

Haven Memorial United Methodist Church

Printed document

Title: Sixty-Second Anniversary Church Booklet of Haven Memorial United Methodist Church.

One insert included with a booklet marking the 62nd anniversary of Haven Memorial United Methodist Church in Alexander City, Alabama. Features a highlight on Bro. W. M. Townsend, a layman and class leader of the congregation. Includes his history with the church as well as quotes from other church members regarding his work and reputaiton as a good Christian.

GLC09641.09

1975

NAACP

Pamphlet

Title: Who Will Lead the NAACP?

One pamphlet entitled, "Who Will Lead the NAACP?" dated 1975. Includes a statement by Nathaniel S. Colley Sr., a candidate for Chairman of the National Board of Directors of the NAACP. Essays within the publication pertain to housing, black nationalism, a legal case in California ending school desegregation, and advocating for Colley's qualifications for the position of Chairman.

GLC09640.180

February 1975

NAACP

Pamphlet

Title: Highlights of NAACP History – 1909-1974.

One pamphlet entitled, "Highlights of NAACP History – 1909-1974," dated February 1975. Item outlines summaries of NAACP's history against race discrimination. Includes pertinent legal cases, Supreme Court rulings, organization highlights, and a photo essay.

GLC09640.173.01

February 1975

NAACP

Pamphlet

Title: Highlights of NAACP History – 1909-1974.

One pamphlet entitled, "Highlights of NAACP History – 1909-1974," dated February 1975. Item outlines summaries of NAACP's history against race discrimination. Includes pertinent legal cases, Supreme Court rulings, organization highlights, and a photo essay.

GLC09640.173.02

1976

NAACP

Pamphlet

Title: The Little Black Book of 1976

One pamphlet entitled, "The Little Black Book of 1976," dated 1976. Articles highlight the history of the National Urban League, historical landmarks, monthly calendars related to activists and historical figures in African American history, achievements in journalism, medicine, publishing and other fields.

GLC09640.175

1976

NAACP

Pamphlet

Title: NAACP Soul of 1976, 67th Annual Convention & Commerce & Industry Show – June 28-July 2, 1976.

One pamphlet entitled, " NAACP Soul of 1976, 67th Annual Convention & Commerce & Industry Show – June 28-July 2, 1976," dated 1976. Outlines the day's events and sessions at the 67th NAACP annual convention including youth workshops, exhibition lists, and prayer services.

GLC09640.176

13 June 1967

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [Cartoon of Thurgood Marshall]

One telephoto of a newspaper cartoon depicting Thurgood Marshall receiving his Supreme Court robe. The cartoon shows a tailor giving Thurgood Marshall his robe, on which is written the words, "First Negro on the Supreme Court." A caption about the cartoon reads, "Should be a good fit...it took us 177 years to make." A press caption along the side of the photograph reads, "WASHINGTON: Basset cartoon for 6/14. UPI TELEPHOTO."

GLC09741.02

13 September 1976

NAACP

Pamphlet

Title: Reclaiming a Heritage; the NAACP and Africa: An Historical Profile, NAACP Task Force on Africa

One study entitled, "Reclaiming a Heritage; the NAACP and Africa: An Historical Profile, NAACP Task Force on Africa," completed by the NAACP dated 1976. Includes a list of the names of the task force, summary of five Pan-African congresses, supplemental resource of articles by W.E.B. Du Bois from The Crisis.

GLC09640.142

June 1978

NAACP

Pamphlet

Title: Annual Report of 1978

One pamphlet entitled, "Annual Report of 1978," dated June 1978. Posts organization highlights: notices of employment and retirement, affirmative action, school desegregation, the ACT-SO program, annual convention, television codes, and finances.

GLC09640.177

6 May 1987

Rogers, Joel Augustus (1880-1966)

Pamphlet

Title: "Remarks of Thurgood Marshall at the Annual Seminar of the San Fracisco Patent and Trademark Law Association in Maui, Hawaii"

One typewritten document entitled, "Remarks of Thurgood Marshall at the Annual Seminar of the San Fracisco Patent and Trademark Law Association in Maui, Hawaii" dated May 6, 1987. Details that the Constitution was not written with enslaved people in mind, goes into the language of the document which omits the words "slave," "slavery," and "free Persons." Asks that the centennial in Philadelphia that year be not only celebrative but also considerate of the limited freedoms in the history of African Americans.

GLC09640.247

20 May 1987

NAACP

Pamphlet

Title: 33 Years After Brown v. Board of Education

One pamphlet entitled, "33 Years After Brown v. Board of Education" printed by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Item was printed in honor of the the Annual Civil Rights Institute. Contains a message from the Director-Counsel Julius L. Chamber, acknowledgments of sponsors, luncheon program, panel discussion schedules and an article reflecting on Thurgood Marshall's legal career and his critcism of the Constitution.

GLC09640.178

June 1987

Isaacs, Harold R. (1910-1986)

Pamphlet

Title: "The City Sun" [Volume 4, No. 23 (June 10-16, 1987)]

One issue of The City Sun dated June 1987. Item is a photo copy of an article entitled, "Love for Sale," which criticizes the NAACP, United Negro College Fund, the Urban League as disenfranchised leaders for the African American community.

GLC09640.290

9 July 1989

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Document

Title: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference Observes the 25th Anniversary of the Signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

One program dated July 9, 1989, marking the 25th Anniversary of the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, includes a historical sketch of the signing, a religious service schedule, and scanned images of protests.

GLC09641.23

13 December 1989

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Pamphlet

Title: SCLS, Hope

One pamphlet printed in 1989 related to the 12th Annual Alabama Southern Christian Leadership Conference which took place in Birmingham, Alabama. Document contains conference details such as speakers, conference schedule, messages from politicians regarding Civil Rights, photographs of demonstrations, and messages from community members.

GLC09641.24

1995

Morgan, Monica (fl. 1995)

Photograph

Title: [Portrait of Rosa Parks]

One black and white portrait of Rosa Parks dated 1995.

GLC09778.01

4 April 1998

Thomas, Azim M.

Photograph

Title: [Martin Luther King Memorial March]

"I am somebody." Image from Martin Luther King Memorial March, April 4, 1998, showing children carrying placards paraphrasing those carried by Memphis Sanitation Workers on the day King was assassinated.

GLC08359

2 August 1943

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: [Associated Press Photograph of Two Men Arrested After New York Race Riot]

Photograph from Associated Press showing New York police leading two African American men to the police station. One of them men is injured. Caption explains that the men were captured by police after a night of street fights between the police and African Americans, in which three people died, eight were shot, and "scores were injured". On the back of the photograph is the clipping from when the photograph was used in a newspaper article, stamped with the date August 8, 1943 (though the picture was originally dated as August 2, 1943.).

GLC0733.01

4 April 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of Civil Rights Protest at World Fair Grounds]

One photograph by United Press International dated April 4, 1964. Features a civil rights demonstrator lying down in the road outside the Flushing Meadow World's Fairgrounds. There is multiple policemen nearby and trucks have been stopped in the road. The caption explains that police soon removed the protestor; 28 people were arrested including the leader of the school boycott movement, Rev. Milton A. Galamison.

GLC09733.06

July 1948

National Urban League

Pamphlet

Title: Negro Digest - July 1948

One issue of Negro Digest dated July 1948. Contains writing predominately by African American authors providing representation of the African American experience through essays about historical references and travelling abroad. This issue includes an essay by Gregory Peck pertaining to prejudice, Southern segregation, military training, history of oldest interracial community.

GLC09640.212

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The Crisis

Pamphlet

Title: The Crisis

One pamphlet printed by The Crisis asking for new subscriptions to the magazine. Includes demographics of their exisiting readership, policies on reprints, notable contributors and reviews by other writers, civil rights leaders and politicians.

GLC09640.291

Morgan, Monica (fl. 1995)

Photograph

Title: [Portrait of Rosa Parks]

One undated photograph of Rosa Parks at a microphone.

GLC09778.02

Morgan, Monica (fl. 1995)

Photograph

Title: [Portrait of Rosa Parks]

One undated candid photograph of Rosa Parks with carnation brooch pinned to her blouse.

GLC09778.03

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