Robert W. and Helen S. Saunders papers, 1950-2001.

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Robert W. and Helen S. Saunders papers, 1950-2001.

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Photographs, correspondence, personal and work-related materials; materials on NAACP activities in the nation, Florida, and Tampa, civil rights, affirmative action, voter registration, school desegregation, fair housing, and equal access for the disenfranchised. Also includes material on Harry T. Moore, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other leaders of the NAACP and the civil rights movement in the 20th century.

45 linear feet (77 boxes)

University of South Florida, USF Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7631097

University of South Florida, USF Library

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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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...

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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Moore, Harry T., 1905-1951

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