Burnham, Louis E.

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Louis Everett Burnham (1915-1960), African American journalist and activist. Burnham was a member of the Southern Negro Youth Congress and served as editor of Freedom, a newspaper founded in 1951 by Burnham and Paul Robeson, and the National Guardian.

From the description of Louis E. Burnham collection, 1941-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 701242808

Louis E. Burnham was the Editor of "Freedom," the newpaper Paul Robeson founded, Associate Editor of the "National Guardian" in the 1950's and a well known lecturer on African-American affairs.

Born in 1915 and educated in Harlem, New York, Burnham attended City College of the City University of New York. As a college student, he became interested in the Civil Rights Movement and joined the American Student Movement and the Young Communist League. He later travelled around the country and organized the first chapters of the American Student Union on black college campuses and was the Youth Secretary of the National Negro Congress. He served as Executive Secretary of the Southern Negro Youth Congress and was editor of its newspaper and its right to vote campaigns. Burnham also helped organize the sharecroppers movement and was active in many campaigns to end segregation in the south. Burnham died in 1960.

From the description of Louis E. Burnham newspaper collection, 1950-1960. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122534513

Louis E. Burnham was the Editor of "Freedom," the newpaper Paul Robeson founded, Associate Editor of the "National Guardian" in the 1950's and a well known lecturer on African-American affairs.

Born in 1915 and educated in Harlem, New York, Burnham attended City College of the City University of New York. As a college student, he became interested in the Civil Rights Movement and joined the American Student Movement and the Young Communist League. He later travelled around the country and organized the first chapters of the American Student Union on black college campuses and was the Youth Secretary of the National Negro Congress. He served as Executive Secretary of the Southern Negro Youth Congress and was editor of its newspaper and its right to vote campaigns. Burnham also helped organize the sharecroppers movement and was active in many campaigns to end segregation in the south. Burnham died in 1960.

From the guide to the Louis E. Burnham newspaper collection, 1950-1960, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)

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referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Guide to the James E. Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson Photographs Collection, 1910-1995 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965. Lorraine Hansberry papers, 1947-1988. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Lorraine Hansberry papers, 1947-1988 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
referencedIn Humboldt, Charles, 1910-1964. Charles Humboldt papers, 1935-1963 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Welles mss., 1930-1950, (Bulk 1936-1947) Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Marshall, George, 1904-2000. George Marshall papers, 1933-1955. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Charles Humboldt papers, 1935-1963 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Guide to the James E. Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson Papers, 1917-2018 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Papers of Shirley Graham Du Bois, 1865-1998 (inclusive), 1905-1975 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Louis E. Burnham newspaper collection, 1950-1960 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
creatorOf Burnham, Louis E. Louis E. Burnham collection, 1941-1960. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Guide to the James E. Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson Papers, 1917-2018 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Burnham, Louis E. Louis E. Burnham newspaper collection, 1950-1960. New York Public Library System, NYPL
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associatedWith Communist Party of the United States of America. corporateBody
associatedWith Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965. person
associatedWith Humboldt, Charles, 1910-1964. person
associatedWith Jackson, Esther Cooper person
associatedWith Jackson, James E., 1914-2007. person
associatedWith Johnson, James Morris. person
associatedWith Marshall, George, 1904-2000. person
associatedWith National Negro Labor Council (U.S.) corporateBody
correspondedWith SHIRLEY GRAHAM DU BOIS, 1896-1977 person
associatedWith Southern Negro Youth Congress. corporateBody
associatedWith Upholsterers' International Union of North America. corporateBody
associatedWith Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 person
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New York (State)--New York
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African American labor leaders
African American newspaper editors
African American newspapers
African American newspapers
African Americans
Civil rights
Labor unions
Race relations
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Active 1933

Active 1955

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