Thomas M. Jackson papers, 1903-1963.

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Thomas M. Jackson papers, 1903-1963.

This collection consists chiefly of materials reflecting Jackson's involvement in civil rights organizations, especially those fighting for racial justice. Files include correspondence, petitions, by-law amendments, minutes, financial papers, press releases, bulletins, scrapbooks, and published material. The collection also includes Jackson family papers. Include James Welson Johnson, Mary White Ovington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Harvey Johnson, George C. Perkins, J.E. Taylor, Eugene Sorral, J. Finley Wilson, James E. Kelley, William Nauns Ricks.

2 boxes, 2 cartons, 1 oversize folder, 1 v. (3.3 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7376526

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938

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James Weldon Johnson was a publisher, educator, lawyer, composer, artist, diplomat, and civil rights leader. Together with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, he wrote the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which came to be known as the "Negro National Anthem", as well as a large number of popular songs for the musical stage of the early twentieth century. Johnson also served as consul of the United States to Venezuela and Nicaragua. He wrote several books and served as editor of the New York Age. ...

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Ovington, a leader in the fight for equal rights for Afro-Americans, was a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. For further biographical information, see Notable American Women: The Modern Period (1980). From the description of Papers, 1946-1951 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007426 Ovington was one of the first white social workers in the New York African-American community around the turn of the century; s...

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Jackson, Thomas M.

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Born in Alabama; fought in the Spanish-American War; founding member, NAACP in California. Oakland Community leader and activist. From the description of Thomas M. Jackson papers, 1903-1963. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 36015081 ...

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

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