Papers of Sarah-Patton Boyle, 1949-1970.

Congress of Racial Equality

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d904dp (corporateBody)

Downtown CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), a chapter of the CORE national organization, was formed in March 1963 and remained active until the end 1966. Based on Manhattan's Lower East Side, it was one of nearly a dozen New York City local chapters organized in the early 1960s. Its founders included Rita and Michael Schwerner (the latter one of the group of three civil rights workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi in 1964), and its members included radical pacifist Igal Rodenko, anarchi...

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k17w53 (corporateBody)

Organizational History and List of Officers Organizational History 1909 Issued the “Call,” a statement calling for a conference to protest discrimination and violence against African Americans Convened the National Negro Conference on May 31 and June 1, New York, N.Y. E...

Carter, Hodding, 1907-1972

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w670810f (person)

Born in Hammond, Louisiana; graduated from Bowdoin College; married Betty Werlein in 1931; founder and editor of the Daily Courier, Hammond, Louisiana, and the Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi; won a Pulitzer Prize in 1946 for his editorials; active in civil rights. From the description of The angry scar manuscript, 1959. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 17165121 ...

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kd21ds (person)

Carl Van Vechten was an American novelist, critic, essayist, book collector, and photographer. From the description of Carl Van Vechten collection of papers, 1922-1964. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455166 From the guide to the Carl Van Vechten collection of papers, 1911-1964, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Carl van Vechten (1880-1964) was an American photographer, writer,...

Furnas, J. C. (Joseph Chamberlain), 1905-2001

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6573z83 (person)

Dabbs, James McBride, 1896-1970

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68w3pvw (person)

James McBride Dabbs (1896-1970) was a professor of English at the University of South Carolina and Coker College, Presbyterian churchman, writer, civil rights leader, Penn School Community Services trustee, Southern Regional Council president, and farmer of Mayesville, S.C. He also worked with the South Carolina Council on Human Relations, the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen, the Committee of Southern Churchmen, the Council on Church and Society, and the Delta Ministry. From the des...

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qv7ctx (corporateBody)

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is a national organization organized in chapters and affiliates that works for human rights across the world. It played a prominent role in the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s. SCLC was closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King, Jr. Origins of the SCLC can be traced back to the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 5 December 1955 after which leaders of civil rights groups met in Atlanta on 10-11 January 1957 to form ...

King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sk28kh (person)

Coretta Scott King (b. April 27, 1927, Marion, AL–d. Jan. 30, 2006, Rosarito Beach, Mexico) was the wife of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. She attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and earned a degree from the New England Conservatory of Music studying under Marie Sundelius. She met King in Boston and they were married in 1953. They had four children: Yolanda (1955), Martin III (1957), Dexter (1961), and Bernice (1963).The King family lived in Montgomery, Alabama. Mrs. ...

Hines, John Eldridge, 1910-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6772t6s (person)

East, Percy Dale

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kp957m (person)

Editor and publisher of the The Petal paper, Petal, Miss. From the description of East (P.D.) collection, ca. 1957-1971. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 45118934 ...

McClary, Jane McIlvaine

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tf0ckx (person)

American author. From the description of Maggie Royal [manuscript], ca. 1981. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816577 Virginia author. From the description of Papers, 1950-1980 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817202 ...

Pike, James A. (James Albert), 1913-1969

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tm7j7w (person)

Bishop of the Episcopal Church. From the description of Reminiscences of James Albert Pike : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158157 ...

Paton, Alan

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66d6255 (person)

American writer. From the description of Correspondence 1955. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 50097120 ...

Meredith, James Howard, 1933-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m067tb (person)

James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an American civil rights activist, writer, political adviser, and United States Air Force veteran who became, in 1962, the first African-American student admitted to the racially segregated University of Mississippi after the intervention of the federal government. In 1966, Meredith planned a solo 220-mile March Against Fear from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi. On the second day, he was shot by a white gunman and suffered numerous wound...

Boyle, Sarah-Patton, 1906-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w628236w (person)

Virginia Civil Rights activist. From the description of Papers of Sarah-Patton Boyle 1938-1988 (bulk 1944-1975). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647845821 ...

Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63n23c7 (person)

Psychologist and educator. From the description of Kenneth Bancroft Clark papers, 1897-1994 (bulk 1935-1990). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982674 Social psychologist, educator, and author. From the description of Audio materials, 1950-1975 [sound recording]. 1950-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40723090 African American psychologist and educator. From the description of Papers, 1897-1994 (bulk 1935-1990). (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Golden, Harry, 1902-1981

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63b607m (person)

Harry Golden was journalist and publisher, best known for his quotable editorials in the Carolina Israelite. Born in New York as Harry Goldhurst, he attended City College and worked as a reporter before taking a job with the Charlotte Observer. Staying in North Carolina, he founded the Carolina Israelite, writing every word of the bimonthly paper, and gaining an international readership for his views on civil rights, racism, and other topics of the day. His humorous approach to social issues won...

Campbell, William Durant, 1907-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jb3kgp (person)

Darden, Colgate W. (Colgate Whitehead), 1897-1981

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m32t5c (person)

President of the University of Virginia, 1947-1959; former Governor of Virginia; Lawyer; Farmer; Teacher; Businessman; United States House of Representatives; member of the United States Delegation to the U.N. during the Eisenhower Administration. From the description of Oral history interview of Colgate W. Darden by Ann L. S. Southwell and Michael F. Plunkett [manuscript], [1972?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920804 University of Virginia president, Gov...

Warnecke, Frederick John, 1906-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qg64p2 (person)

Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s46r5z (person)

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. ...

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qs5m3z (person)

Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia –d. April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize and in 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to M...

Virginia Council on Human Relations

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z94bvg (corporateBody)

The Virginia Council on Human Relations was a private organization formed to encourage better race relations. There were chapters in various localities and its headquarters was in Richmond. From the description of Papers, 1960-1966. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 23250141 From the guide to the Virginia Council on Human Relations Papers, 1960-1966., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...

Murray, Pauli, 1910-1985

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m804b (person)

Pauli Murray (1910-1985) was a lawyer, scholar, writer, educator, administrator, religious leader, civil rights and women's rights activist. She was a co-founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the first black woman to be ordained as an Episcopal minister. She spent much of her life in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C. From the description of Proud shoes : the story of an American family : typescript, 1956 / by Pauli Murray. (New York Public Library)....