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A Letter to President Woodrow Wilson
A Letter to President Woodrow Wilson on Federal Race Discrimination, August 15, 1913. Printed document, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (036.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0036p1, na0036p2]
The Birth of a Nation Poster
“D.W. Griffith’s Immortal Masterpiece ‘The Birth of a Nation’ First Time in Sound!” December 1936. Poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (038.00.00)
[Digital ID # cph.3g02427]
Protest of Birth of a Nation Film
Lillian Wald to May Childs Nerney concerning the protest of D.W. Griffith’s film “Birth of a Nation,” March 24, 1915. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (037.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0037]
NAACP Victory in Guinn v. United States
Board minutes concerning Guinn v. United States, June 3, 1913. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (035.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0035
A Possible Name Change for NAACP
NAACP Secretary Royal Nash to Directors and Branch Officers about changing the name of the NAACP, February 1, 1916. Memorandum. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (038.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0038_01]
The Amenia Conference Pamphlet
W.E.B. Du Bois. The Amenia Conference: An Historical Negro Gathering. The Troutbeck Press, 1925. Pamphlet. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (040.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0040p1-na0040p10]
The Amenia Conference, 1916
The Amenia Conference, 1916. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (039.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # cph.3a50780]
Buchanan v. Warley
In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1916 [no. 231], Charles H. Buchanan v. William Warley. Pamphlet. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (041.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0041p1 – na0041p3
The Silent Protest of 1917
Silent protest parade in New York City against the East St. Louis riots, 1917. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (042.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # cph-3a34294
John R. Shillady
John R. Shillady, between 1910 and 1920. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (028.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # ppmsca.23831]
1919 Pan-African Congress
W.E. B. Du Bois to NAACP Board of Directors concerning the 1919 Pan-African Congress and a book on the black soldier in World War I, December 24, 1918. Memorandum. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (043.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0043p1-na0043p4]
W. E. B. Du Bois’s 1919 Trip to France
NAACP Board of Director Minutes concerning W.E.B. Du Bois’s trip to France, February 10, 1919. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (043.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0043_01, na0043_01p1]
Report on Lynching in the United States
Thirty Years of Lynching in the United States, 1889–1918. New York: NAACP, April 1919. NAACP Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (045.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0045p1 – na0045p4
The “Red Summer”
Statement of James E. Scott concerning his assault by rioters in Washington, D.C. July 19, 1919. Typed document. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (044.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0044]
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