College of Charleston Vertical File on "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People," 1970s and 1980s.

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College of Charleston Vertical File on "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People," 1970s and 1980s.

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The collection consists of materials gathered by the staff of the Robert Scott Small Library at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. It includes 6 pamphlets covering NAACP membership, organizational information, and current programs in various regions of the United States. The file also includes 2 reports. One report covers the 62nd Annual Convention and Resolutions of the NAACP from July 4-July 9, 1971 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (7 pages). The second report is the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Annual Report for 1977/78 (20 pages). The remaining three items are various histories of the NAACP including How the NAACP Began by Mary White Ovington (reprint, 6 pages); Highlights of NAACP History, 1909-1979 printed by the NAACP in September 1979 (68 pages); and NAACP History in Wisconsin compiled by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (2 pages).

11 items ([119] leaves) ; 15-28 cm.

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7711331

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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