African Americans -- Civil rights.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
African American Civil Rights: History
This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.
Baldwin, John D. Human Rights and Human Races: Mr. Baldwin, of Massachusetts, in Reply to Hon. James Brooks, of New York, on the Negro Race. Washington, D.C.: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1868
Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.
Committee for the March on Montgomery
Douglass, Frederick. U.S. Grant and the Colored People. His Wise, Just, Practical, and Effective Friendship Thoroughly Vindicated by Incontestable Facts in His Record from 1862 to 1872. Washington, D.C.: Published by the Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872
Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.
March on Frankfort
On Thursday, March 5, 1964, 170 Berea students and 30 faculty and townspeople joined approximately 10,000 other demonstrators for a March on Frankfort. At the March, demonstrators listened to speeches by Frank Stanley Jr., Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson, D.E. King, and Ralph Abernathy. Speakers pleaded for the Governor Breathitt and state legislature to consider seriously the House-sponsored Public Accomodations Bill.
Research and writings on Roy Wilkins
This series contains research materials, drafts of Dr. Charles's dissertation, and articles on the life of civil rights activist Roy Wilkins. Of special note, the series includes transcriptions of Charles's interview of Wilkins and concludes with copies of an essay ("The Effects of Roy Wilkins' Childhood Environment and Education on His Ethnic Identity, Career and Pholisophy") and a short paper ("Roy Wilkins, The Man and His Philosohpy"), both written by Charles.