John Mitchell Brooks collection of NAACP files, 1957-1978

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John Mitchell Brooks collection of NAACP files, 1957-1978

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The collection consists of the office files collected by Brooks during his activities as NAACP director of voter registration and education in the south. The bulk of the collection falls between 1958 and 1959. Materials in the collection include correspondence, promotional materials, handbills, photographs, newspaper clippings and other materials. Files contain information on activities in Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland and Washington, D.C. There are small files containing information from Ohio, Oklahoma, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. There is a small quantity of correspondence between Mr. Brooks and other NAACP officials including Roy Wilkins, W.C. Patton, Gloucester Current, Henry Lee Moon and Ruth Hurley. Materials related to the Richmond Crusade for Voters organization, dating primarily from the 1970s, are also included.

1.5 linear feet

Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6822258

Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Libraries

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