National Negro Congress (U.S.)
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The National Negro Congress was established in 1936 to "secure the right of the Negro people to be free from Jim Crowism, segregation, discrimination, lynching, and mob violence" and "to promote the spirit of unity and cooperation between Negro and white people." It was conceived as a national coalition of church, labor, and civil rights organizations that would coordinate protest action in the face of deteriorating economic conditions for blacks. Executive secretaries were John P. Davis, 1935-1942, Edward Strong, 1943, and Revels Cayton, 1945-1947.
The Negro Labor Victory Committee, founded in 1942, was an organization of black and white trade union officials from the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and the Railroad Brotherhoods. It was organized to encourage black workers to fight for equality within organized labor, government, and the Armed Forces.
From the description of National Negro Congress records, 1933-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122607636
The National Negro Congress was established in 1936 to "secure the right of the Negro people to be free from Jim Crowism, segregation, discrimination, lynching, and mob violence" and "to promote the spirit of unity and cooperation between Negro and white people." It was conceived as a national coalition of church, labor, and civil rights organizations that would coordinate protest action in the face of deteriorating economic conditions for blacks. Executive secretaries were John P. Davis, 1935-1942, Edward Strong, 1943, and Revels Cayton, 1945-1947.
The Negro Labor Victory Committee, founded in 1942, was an organization of black and white trade union officials from the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and the Railroad Brotherhoods. It was organized to encourage black workers to fight for equality within organized labor, government, and the Armed Forces.
From the guide to the National Negro Congress records, 1933-1947, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)
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Subjects:
- African American labor union members
- African Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Civil rights
- Civil rights
- Labor and laboring classes
- Labor movement
- Labor unions
- Labor unions
- Labor unions
- New Deal, 1933-1939
- Race discrimination
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- United States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
