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Archives. 1943-1970.

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Established by the American Missionary Association at Fisk University. Staged annual Race Relations Institutes. Conducted community self studies of human relations and research on restrictive housing covenants and segregation in interstate transportation. The collection includes correspondence, reports, biographical data, field notes, research materials, publications of the department or its staff, photographs, survey forms, etc. generated in the course of the activities conducted by the department. [These activities were the annual Race Relations Institute, Self-Study surveys by communities, numerous other surveys and studies.] Names in the collection are those of directors of the department, Charles S. Johnson, Herman Hodge Long, and Clifton Herman Johnson. Other staff members were Carroll Barber, Vivian Henderson, John Hope, II, Grace Jones, Lewis Wade Jones, Margaret McCulloch, Hattie M. Perry, and others. Other names in the collection include Will W. Alexander, Horace Mann Bond, Julian Bond, Arna Bontemps, John A. Buggs, Frederick L. Brownlee, L. Maynard Catchings, Edwin R. Embree, John Hope Franklin, Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Charles H. Houston, Frayser T. Lane, Thurgood Marshall, Constance Baker Motley, Jesse C. Thomas, Charles H. Thompson, Galen R. Weaver, Robert C. Weaver, and Whitney M. Young, Jr.

88.8 linear ft. 222 Boxes; 3 OS Boxes; 1 OS item.

Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Barber, Carroll G.

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United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. Race Relations Dept (1943-1970)

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Brownlee, Frederick Leslie, 1883-1962

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Young, Whitney M. Whitney M. Young papers.

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Sociologist. Whitney Moore Young, Jr. (1921-1971) was Executive Director of the National Urban League, 1961-1971. From the description of Papers, 1960-1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122443095 ...

Henderson, Vivian Wilson, -1976

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Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950

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Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990

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Horne, Frank, 1899-1974.

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Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950

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Foundation executive and author. From the description of Edwin R. Embree collection, [undated]. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70971646 Edwin Embree was secretary (1917-1924), director of the Division of Stusies (1924-1927), and vice-president (1927) of The Rockefeller Foundation, president of the Rosenwald Fund (1927-1948), and president of the Liberian Foundation. From the description of Papers, 1925-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122628995 ...

Long, Herman H. (Herman Hodge), 1912-1976

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Catchings, L. Maynard.

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Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973

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African-American poet, critic, playwright, novelist, author of children’s books, librarian. From the guide to the Arna Bontemps Papers, 1927-1968, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Teacher in New York, N.Y., and Huntsville, Ala.; head librarian, Fisk University; professor, University of Chicago; curator of James Weldon Johnson Collection and visiting professor of English, Yale University; writer in residence, Fisk University; and author. ...

American Missionary Association

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Known chiefly for its educational work among African Americans, the American Missionary Association also worked with other ethnic groups. From the description of American Missionary Association records, 1820's-1870's (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 668992371 ...

McCulloch, Margaret C. (Margaret Callender), 1901-1996

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Jones, Grace, 1957-....

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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

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Jones, Lewis Wade, 1910-1979

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Weaver, Robert C. (Robert Clifton), 1907-1997

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Bond, Horace Julian, 1940-2015

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Weaver, Galen Roland, 1895-

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Johnson, Clifton H. (Clifton Herman), 1921-2008

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Alexander, Will Winton, 1884-1956

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Buggs, John A.

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Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009

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