National Negro Congress records, 1933-1947.
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Strong, Edward B.
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Soldier, served with Company C, 52nd Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War. From the description of Edward B. Strong military papers, ca. 1860-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71057116 ...
Collins, Charles, apprentice
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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...
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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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. ...
Negro Industrial League.
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Negro Labor Victory Committee.
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Joint Committee on National Recovery.
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