Matt N. and Evelyn Graves Crawford papers, [ca. 1932-1967].

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Matt N. and Evelyn Graves Crawford papers, [ca. 1932-1967].

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The Matt N. and Evelyn Graves Crawford papers include organization files, writings, collected printed materials, subject files, personal papers and Langston Hughes materials. The largest part of the collection includes materials relating to organizations in which Matt Crawford took an active role, primarily during the 1940s and 1950s, including the National Negro Congress (ca, 1946-1947); the Congress for Industrial Organizations (1943-1947); the Communist Party (1940-1956); The Civil Rights Congress (1946-1950); and the Council for Civic Unity (1943-1947). There are also files relating to organizations in which there was a relationship to Crawford's work and in which he had an interest. The writings primarily include Matt Crawford's holograph notes relating to Negro History and to a variety of subjects affecting the Negro in the 1940s. They also include three notebooks of notes written during his trip to the Soviet Union in 1932. In addition, the writings include a small group of speeches, articles and miscellaneous writings by other people. The Langston Hughes materials include fifty-six items of correspondence to both Matt and Evelyn Crawford (1932-1967) and writings, including typescripts of Hughes's works of poetry, prose, drama and music. Many of the items are signed; some include dedication notes. There is also a small collection of printed materials relating to Hughes as well as one publicity photograph (1932).

10 linear feet (20 boxes)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)

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The Committee for Industrial Organization was formed by the presidents of eight international unions in 1935. The presidents of these unions were dissatisfied with the American Federation of Labor's unwillingness to commit itself to a program of organizing industrial unions. In 1936, the A.F. of L. suspended the ten unions which proceeded to organize an independent federation, the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The CIO subsequently became the A.F. of L.'s chief rival for the leadership of...

Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980

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Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)

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Crawford, Matt N.

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Matt Nathaniel Crawford, Jr., born in Anniston Alabama (May 18, 1903), was fourth of five children of Matt N. and Emma Goodgame Crawford. He spent his formative years in Oakland, California, where his family moved in 1911, becoming active participants in the life of the small African American community in the San Francisco Bay area. Throughout the 1920s Matt Crawford was active in the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and in two social and civic organizations: The ...

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