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Federal Government Protection for James Meredith (123.00.00)

Federal Government Protection for James Meredith
John A. Morsell, Assistant to NAACP Executive Secretary, to President John F. Kennedy requesting the assistance of the Federal government in the case of James Meredith, September 21, 1962. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (123.00.00-123.00.01) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0123p1, na0123p2]

Medgar W. Evers, Field Secretary (120.00.00)

Medgar W. Evers, Field Secretary

Medgar W. Evers, between 1950 and 1963. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (120.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # cph.3c19120]

CoChairs for the March on Washington, August 28, 1963 (119.00.00)

CoChairs for the March on Washington, August 28, 1963

Roy Wilkins with a few of the ca. 250,000 participants on the Mall heading for the Lincoln Memorial in the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. (2nd row, left to right). Civil rights attorney Joseph Rauh, National Urban League Executive Director Whitney Young, Jr., NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters President and AFL-CIO Vice President A. Philip Randolph, and United Automobile Workers President Walter Reuther. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (119.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # cph.3b24324]

March on Washington, 1963 (122.00.00)

March on Washington, 1963
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom—Lincoln Memorial Program, August 28, 1963. Program. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (122.00.00)

[Digital ID # na0122p1-na0122p3]

A Civil Rights Act of 1964 Pamphlet (125.00.00)

A Civil Rights Act of 1964 Pamphlet
The Civil Rights Act of 1964. What’s in it: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, 1964. Pamphlet. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (125.00.00-125.00.04) Courtesy of the NAACP

[Digital ID # na0125p1-na0125p5]

Washington Attorney J. Francis Polhaus (125.01.00)

Washington Attorney J. Francis Pohlhaus

NAACP Counsel J. Francis Pohlhaus with President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964. Photograph. (125.01.00) Courtesy of Christopher J. Pohlhaus
[Digital ID # na0125_01]

Mississippi Freedom Summer (124.00.00)

Mississippi Freedom Summer

Robert Moses, Program Director, Council of Federated Organizations to NAACP Executive Secretary Roy regarding the Mississippi Freedom Summer project, March 1, 1964. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (124.00.00-124.00.01) Courtesy of Robert Moses
[Digital ID # na0124p1, na0124p2]

Literacy Tests (124.01.00)

Literacy Tests
Sample Application for Registration, Questionnaire and Oaths, Alabama Board of Registrars, 1964. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (124.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP

[Digital ID # na0124_01, na0124_01p1-na0124_01p2]

Voting Rights Act of 1965 (126.00.00)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Senator Walter Mondale to NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins acknowledging the NAACP’s appreciation of his support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, August 17, 1965. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (126.00.00) Courtesy of Walter F. Mondale 
Digital ID # na0126

NAACP’s position on “Black Power” (127.00.00)

NAACP’s position on “Black Power”
Roy Wilkins to NAACP supporters concerning the NAACP’s position on “Black Power,” October 17, 1966. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (127.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP

[Digital ID # na0127]

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 (128.00.00)

The Civil Rights Act of 1968
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Chairman Roy Wilkins to United States Senators concerning the Civil Rights Act of 1968, January 15, 1968. Typed letter. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (128.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0128p1-na0128p2]

NAACP: Here Today, Here Tomorrow (116.00.00)

NAACP: Here Today, Here Tomorrow
NAACP. NAACP: Here Today, Here Tomorrow, 1969. Poster. Yanker Poster Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (116.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # yan.1a38612]

Businessman Kivie Kaplan (104.00.00)

Businessman Kivie Kaplan
NAACP President Kivie Kaplan (center) with NAACP members at Abraham Lincoln’s tomb for a memorial service, Springfield, Illinois [1969]. Photograph. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (104.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP

[Digital ID # na0104]

The Nomination of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. (129.00.00)

The Nomination of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy to Roy Wilkins concerning the nomination of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court, October 6, 1969. Typed letter.  NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (129.00.00) Courtesy of the Kennedy Family

[Digital ID # na0129]

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