Shelby J. Davidson papers, 1893-1918.

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Shelby J. Davidson papers, 1893-1918.

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Includes sketches, patent references, and other material relating to Davidson's inventions; together with correspondence, biographical sketch, obituaries, material relating to Davidson's law career and organizational affiliations (including the NAACP), memorabilia, prints, and photographs. Other corporate entities represented include the Bethel Literary and Historical Association of Washington, D.C., and Howard University.

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Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

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SNAC Resource ID: 8111713

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

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Howard University

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Howard University is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. Tracing its history to 1867, from its outset Howard has been nonsectarian and open to people of all sexes and races. The institution was named for General Oliver Otis Howard, a Civil War hero who was both the founder of the university and, at the time, commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau. The U.S. Congress chartered Howard on March 2, 1867 and much of its early funding came from endow...

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...

Davidson, Shelby J. (Shelby Jeames), 1868-

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African American lawyer and inventor, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Shelby J. Davidson papers, 1893-1918. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 740086025 1868 Born to Shelby J. and Amelia Scott Davidson in Lexington, Kentucky, May 10. 1893 Received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University. Began a clerk...

Bethel Literary and Historical Association of Washington, D.C.

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