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Olympian Jessie Owens (083.00.00)

Olympian Jessie Owens
Jesse Owens, 1936. Photograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (083.00.00)

[Digital ID # cph.3a28453]

A Letter from Walter White to Eleanor Roosevelt (085.00.00)

A Letter from Walter White to Eleanor Roosevelt

NAACP Secretary Walter White to Eleanor Roosevelt concerning Marian Anderson’s Easter Sunday concert and Spingarn Medal, April 12, 1939. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (085.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0085

Marian Anderson at Lincoln Memorial Concert (084.00.00)

Marian Anderson at Lincoln Memorial Concert

Marian Anderson singing at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., April 9, 1939.  Gelatin silver print.  Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (084.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # ppmsca-23838

Creation of the Legal Defense and Educational Fund (087.00.00)

Creation of the Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Thurgood Marshall to Arthur B. Spingarn and Walter White concerning the founding of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, July 27, 1939. Memorandum. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (087.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP  [Digital ID # na0087p1 – na0087p2]

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