Papers, 1936-1948.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1936-1948.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70941414

Personal and family papers, correspondence, writings, case files, correspondence and press releases from the national headquarters and District of Columbia Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and clippings, relating chiefly to Ransom's legal career and his involvement in civil rights cases concerning such issues as discrimination in teachers' salaries, public transportation, jury exclusion, and race riots.

6 linear ft.

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8046843

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Howard University. School of Law

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ps8p1q (corporateBody)

Howard University School of Law started as Howard University Law Department on January 6, 1869 under the leadership of Professor John Mercer Langston. In 1870, Langston was appointed dean. The department opened with six students, and increased to twenty-two by the close of the session on June 30, 1869. Initially, two years were required for the LL.B. degree. Ten of the two year students graduated on February 3, 1871 - eight of whom were admitted to practice in the District of Columbia on the ...

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...

Committee for Racial Democracy in the Nation's Capital

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp9v02 (corporateBody)

Ransom, Leon A. (Leon Andrew), 1898-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kw6491 (person)

African American lawyer, educator, and faculty member of the Howard University School of Law; d. 1954. Gift of Mary Ransom Hunter, 1988. From the description of Papers, 1936-1948. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941414 Leon Ransom (1900-1954), lawyer and educator, argued numerous cases, both in private practice and as a member of the N.A.A.C.P.'s legal staff. In 1931, after practicing law in Columbus, Ohio for ...