Papers. 1955-1976 and n.d.

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Papers. 1955-1976 and n.d.

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Philanthropist, manufacturer of patent leather, president of NAACP, vice-president of Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Items include correspondence, reports, news releases, agenda, minutes, honors and awards, collected items, hate letters and literature, photographs, and selected family items. An example of the latter is a program for the Brit Milah (Circumcision and naming ceremony) of Joshua Adam Narva, great grandson of Kivie Kaplan. In general, the collection pertains to race relations and reflects the religious, cultural, and philanthropic activities of the man who has been described as a "bridge between Blacks and Jews" by Albert Vorspan. Many of the items pertain to the NAACP which he served as national president from 1966 until his death; others pertain to black colleges and higher education. Names in the collection include, in addition to that of his wife, Emily, those of Gloster B. Current, W. Averill Harriman, Lillie May Jackson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Clarence Mitchell, Stephen G. Spottswood, and Roy Wilkins.

2.4 linear ft. 6 Boxes.

Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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