National Negro Congress records 1933-1947

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National Negro Congress records 1933-1947

http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20648

Files of John P. Davis, Edward Strong, and Revels Cayton, as well as financial records. Included with the National Negro Congress records are Davis' files from the Negro Industrial League, 1933, of which he had been executive secretary; Davis' files from the Joint Committee on National Recovery, 1933-1935, an ad-hoc lobby to protect black interests in the federal government; and his subject/reference files on different aspects of the "Negro question." Also, records of the Negro Labor Victory Committee, 1942-1945, including files of Charles A. Collins, executive secretary, and M. Moran Weston, field secretary, consisting of correspondence, subject/organization files, and printed matter.

44.5 lin. ft.; 94 microfilm reels

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section

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SNAC Resource ID: 6316939

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Negro Labor Victory Committee.

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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. ...

Strong, Edward

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Collins, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1944-

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Joint Committee on National Recovery.

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Weston, M. Moran, 1910-2002

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Episcopal clergyman and social activist, Columbia University A.B., 1930; Ph.D, 1954. He was born in North Carolina, the son and grandson of Episcopal ministers, and he studied under his mother, Catherine Perry Weston, at St. Luke's Parochial School in Tarboro NC, which had been founded by his maternal grandfather, the Rev. John W. Perry, in 1882. Following in the footsteps of his mother and his father, the Rev. Milton Moran Weston, he attended St. Augustine's Junior Coll...

Negro Industrial League.

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Davis, John P. (John Preston), 1905-1973

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John Preston Davis was a journalist, author, and civil rights advocate. From the description of John Preston Davis papers, 1845-1972, 1891-1972 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122597567 Writer and publisher; b. 1905, d. 1973; played major roles in a number of organizations that sought to better opportunities for African Americans; served as executive secretary of the Joint Committee on National Recovery, helped found the National Negro Congress (NNC), and edited the f...

Cayton, Revels

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