Nannie Helen Burroughs Papers 1900-1963 (bulk 1928-1960)

Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955

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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (born Mary Jane McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council for Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and resided as president or leader for myriad African American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration'...

Moton, Robert Russa, 1867-1940

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Robert Russa Moton (born August 26, 1867, Amelia County, Virginia – died May 31, 1940, Holly Knoll, Virginia), American educator and author. He served as an administrator at Hampton Institute. In 1915 he was named principal of Tuskegee Institute, after the death of founder Booker T. Washington, a position he held for 20 years until retirement in 1935....

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972

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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was a Baptist pastor and an American politician, who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971. He was the first African-American to be elected from New York to Congress. Re-elected for nearly three decades, Powell became a powerful national politician of the Democratic Party, and served as a national spokesman on civil rights and social issues. He also urg...

De Priest, Oscar, 1871-1951

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Oscar Stanton De Priest (March 9, 1871 – May 12, 1951) was an American politician and civil rights advocate from Chicago. A member of the Illinois Republican Party, he was the first African American to be elected to Congress in the 20th century. During his three terms, he was the only African American serving in Congress. He served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois' 1st congressional district from 1929 to 1935. De Priest was also the first African-American U.S. Representative from outside t...

Williams, Lacey Kirk, 1871-1941

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Gaillard, Margery B.

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Gibbs, Henrietta M.

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Lawrence, Una Roberts, 1893-

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Writer and denominational worker for Woman's Missionary Union and the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Graduate of Central College, 1918 and the Woman's Missionary Union Training School in 1919. Home Mission Board Study Editor, 1926-1947. Young People's secretary, Woman's Missionary Union, 1920-1926. From the description of Papers, 1839-1970. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 15694698 ...

Jernagin, William Henry, 1869-

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Harrison, Earl L.

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Hert, Sallie

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Dillard, J. H. (James Hardy), 1856-1940

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Dean and professor of Latin, Tulane University; 1st president of the Jeanes fund. From the description of Papers, 1878-1939, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958853 From the description of Papers of James Hardy Dillard [manuscript], 1878-1939, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806738 ...

National Baptist Convention of the United States of America. Women's Auxiliary

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Mallory, Kathleen Moore, 1879-1954

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Cooperative Industries (Washington, D.C.)

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Bradford, J.

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Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957

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Secretary to Booker T. Washington and of Tuskegee Normal School Board of Trustees (1897-1919); special assistant, U.S. Secretary of War (1917-1919); secretary-treasurer and secretary, Howard University and its Board of Trustees (1919-1938); assistant publicity directory, Republican National Committee and advisor to the chairman of its Negro Affairs Committee (1939-1942); director, employment and personnel relations, Shipyard No. 4, Sun Shipbuilding Co. in Pennsylvania (1942-1945); secretary, Sou...

President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership 1931 Washington, D.C.

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United States government conference on housing called by President Herbert Hoover. From the description of President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership records, 1931-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867222 Historical Note. The Conference on Home Building and Home ownership was announced by President Hoover on August 30, 1930. It followed the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection as the...

Wood, Marguerite V.

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Young, Geneva R.

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Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958

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Anson Phelps Stokes was born on April 13, 1874, in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. He received degrees from Yale University (B.A., 1896) and the Episcopal Theological School (B.D., 1900). He served as Secretary of Yale University (1899-1921) and was active on several University committees and organizations. Phelps also served as Canon of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Washington, D.C. (1924-1939) and was active on a variety of educational commissions and as a trustee of the Phel...

Jackson, J. H. (Joseph Harrison), 1900-

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Yost, Ellis A., Mrs.

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Mdodana-Arbouin, Uvee R.

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Pickens, William, 1881-1954

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Author, educator. William Pickens was Dean of Morgan College in Baltimore, Md., 1918-1919; Field Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1920-1942; and employee of the United States Treasury Department, 1941-1951. From the description of William Pickens papers, 1906-1954. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122608256 From the guide to the William Pickens papers, 1906-1954, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center ...

Stewart, Sallie W. (Sallie Wyatt), 1881-

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Layten, Shirley W.

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Powell, A. Clayton (Adam Clayton), 1865-1953

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National Association of Wage Earners

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Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association

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Association dedicated to preserving the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home, Cedar Hill, Anacostia, Washington, D.C., and to disseminating knowledge of African American history. Based in Washington, D.C. From the description of Records of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, 1900-1990 (bulk 1950-1980). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84452116 ...

National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls (Washington, D.C.)

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National League of Republican Colored Women

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Adams, Charles C. (Charles Christopher), 1873-1955

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Epithet: of the University of Chicago British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x0000b5 Museum director, scientist (ecology). Director of the New York State Museum from 1926-1943. From the description of Charles C. Adams papers, 1931-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84402253 Charles C. (Charles Christoper) Adams (1873-1955) was a director of the New York State Museum who was involved in t...

Jordan, Lewis Garnett, -1939

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Wallace, Geneva

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Geneva Wallace discusses her teaching career, the schools where she was employed and the various subjects she taught. She describes how the Tennessee Valley Authority formed the Land Between the Lakes region and how it affected the lives of the people that resided there for generations. She also details the effects of relocation on her and her husband. From the description of Oral history interview with Geneva Wallace [sound recording], 1976 March 15 (Murray State University). WorldC...

Burroughs, Nannie Helen, 1879-1961

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In 1879, Nannie Helen Burroughs was born to a formerly enslaved couple living in Orange, Virginia. Her father died when she was young, and she and her mother relocated to Washington, DC. Burroughs excelled in school and graduated with honors from M Street High School (now Paul Laurence Dunbar High School). Despite her academic achievements, Burroughs was turned down for a Washington D.C. public school teaching position. Some historians speculate that the elite black community discriminated again...

Lampkin, Daisy E. (Daisy Elizabeth), 1882-1965

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Calloway, Rebekah

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National Training School for Women and Girls (Washington, D.C.)

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