Timuel Black papers, 1956-1973 (bulk 1964-1972).

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Timuel Black papers, 1956-1973 (bulk 1964-1972).

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Reports, brochures, convention packets, newspaper clippings, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, pamphlets, publications, course materials, and other papers of Timuel D. Black, Jr., a Chicago educator, civil and labor rights activist, and oral historian. Materials largely pertain to the civil rights movement in education. Also present are materials by or about the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, the Negro American Labor Council, the National Association of Afro-American Educators, and the riots after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in April 1968.

1 oversize folder.

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