J. R. Casimir papers, 1919-1981.

Bruce, John Edward

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"Born a slave in Piscataway, Maryland, John Edward Bruce (1856-1924) went on to write for, edit, or found an astonishing number of periodicals ... After winning freedom with his mother in 1860, Bruce received sporadic schooling in Connecticut and Washington, D.C., including several months at Howard University. In 1879 he founded his first paper, the Argus. The coming years would see him found four other papers, edit two more papers and two magazines, and write as a correspondent for over twenty ...

Briggs, Cyril V. (Cyril Valentine), 1888-1966

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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

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Poet, author, playwright, songwriter. From the guide to the Langston Hughes collection, [microform], 1926-1967, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) From the description of Langston Hughes collection, 1926-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652168 Langson Hughes: African-American poet and writer, author of Weary Blue (1926), The Big Sea (1940), and other works. ...

Dominica Taxpayers Reform Association.

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Hayford, J. E. Casely (Joseph Ephraim Casely), 1866-1930

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The lawyer and politician Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford (1866-1930) was a member of the Legislative Council of the Gold Coast from 1916 and was prominent in maintaining pressure for self-government, through the National Congress of British West Africa. Publications include: Gold Coast Native Institutions: with thoughts upon a healthy imperial policy for the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1903); Ethiopia Unbound: studies in race emancipation (1911); Gold Coast Land Tenure and the Forest Bill: a review o...

Gray, Victor L

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Pankhurst, E. Sylvia (Estelle Sylvia), 1882-1960

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Epithet: political activist, author, and artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0003c7 British suffragist, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst. From the description of The Home front Manuscript, 1932. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006778 Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst, suffragette and leading international socialist, was at the forefront of the social struggles at the beginning...

Universal negro improvement association

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International black fraternal and philanthropic organization founded in 1914 by Marcus Garvey. Originally designed to promote Pan-Africanism, it later developed into a radical political organization which advocated the repatriation of blacks to Africa. From the description of Records 1921-1986. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17975241 The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA) was founded in Jamaica on August 1, 1914...

Black Star Line, Inc.

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Garvey, Amy Jacques

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Marcus Garvey's private secretary and later second wife; b. Amy Jacquest, 1895; d. 1973. From the description of Amy Garvey memorial collection on Marcus Garvey, 1776-1971. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70971649 ...

Inter-Colonial Steamship and Trading Company of New York.

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Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940

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Oxley, Thomas L. G.

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Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981

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Civil rights leader and journalist; d. 1981. From the description of Papers, 1915-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31605113 Roy Wilkins was born in St. Louis, Missouri, grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota. Wilkins edited the KANSAS CITY CALL, a Black newspaper, from 1923 to 1931. Wilkins became Assistant Secretary of the NAACP in 1931 and became Executive Secretary in 1955. Under his leadership the NAACP grew to 350,000 members. ...

Casimir, J. R. Ralph

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Poet; editor; founding member and secretary of the Roseau, Dominica Division of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA); organizer of the Dominica Taxpayers Reform Association. Casimir was born in St. Joseph, Dominica, West Indies on September 26, 1898. He taught school for several years before resigning to pursue other interests. In 1919 he helped found a Division of the UNIA in Roseau and travelled throughout the island to organize other branches; he served ...

Work, Monroe Nathan

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Bayen, Malaku E.

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International first vice president, Ethiopian World Federation. From the description of Malaku E. Bayen letter fragment, 1940, to Mrs. Gillett-Gatty. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866958 ...

African Blood Brotherhood

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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

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W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Educated at Fisk University, he did graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate. Du Bois became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Due to his contributions in the African-American community he was seen as a member of a Black elite that supported some aspects ...