Vanguard League papers, 1941-1972 (bulk 1941-1950, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1972).

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Vanguard League papers, 1941-1972 (bulk 1941-1950, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1972).

Records of the Vanguard League, Inc., of Columbus, Ohio, an organization of African Americans dedicated to the elimination of all racial discrimination through inter-racial direct non-violent action. It merged with the Congress of Racial Equality in 1950. The records consist of correspondence, minutes, and printed material that document the League's civil rights activities in the Columbus, Ohio area.

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Congress of Racial Equality

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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...

Shearer, Frank C.

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Holly, John O.

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Wright, Richard

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Epithet: solicitor? British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x000236 Student at University of Maine. From the description of Folklore paper, 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70953611 ...

Vanguard League (Columbus, Ohio)

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Alves, Hazel

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Myrick, Isabelle Lottier.

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Barbee, William Durham.

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