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NAACP’s 1940 Fundraising Festivities
Louise E. Jefferson. NAACP Birthday Ball at the Golden Gate Ballroom with Count Basie and his Orchestra, February 26, 1940. Poster. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (092.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24947]
The Idea for a 1941 Mass Protest
A. Philip Randolph to NAACP Secretary Walter White, March 18, 1941. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (088.00.00) Courtesy of the A Philip Randolph Institute
Digital ID # na0088
The Negro in National Defense
Louise Jefferson. The Negro in National Defense—NAACP Conference, Houston, Texas, June 24–29 [1941]—Fight Now for Action. Poster. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (088.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # ppmsca-24949]
African American Soldiers during World War II
[African American soldiers on patrol near bombed buildings, somewhere in Europe]/ U.S. Army Signal Corps, 1944. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (091.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # cph.3c33628]
NAACP Washington Bureau
Purpose of the NAACP Washington Bureau, [1942]. Memorandum. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (090.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0090
Defending Voting Rights in Texas
“Saving the Race,” Thurgood Marshall to the NAACP legal staff concerning voting rights cases in Texas, in Smith v. Allwright, November 17, 1941. Memorandum. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (089.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0089p1 – na0089p2
NAACP’s 1944 Wartime Poster
Elton Fax. “Come, let us take counsel together!” Attend NAACP Wartime Conference for Total Peace,” Chicago, July 12–16 [1944]. Poster. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (91.02.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24948]
A Rising Wind, 1945
Walter White. Draft pages from A Rising Wind, 1945. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (091.00.00-091.00.01) Reprinted by permission of Jane White Viazzi
[Digital ID # na0091p1, na0091p2]
Morgan v. Virginia, 1946
NAACP Secretary Walter White soliciting funds to support the litigation of Morgan v. Virginia, May 20, 1946. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (093.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0093]
NAACP Youth Conference
Elton Fax. NAACP 8th Annual Youth Conference in New Orleans, November 21–24, 1946. Poster. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (093.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24950]
President Truman’s Speech to the 38th Annual NAACP Convention
President Harry Truman to Walter White concerning the speech he delivered at the 38th Annual NAACP Convention, July 9, 1947. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (095.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0095_01]
Autographed copy of the speech President Harry Truman delivered at the 38th Annual NAACP Convention, June 29, 1947. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (095.02.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0095_02p1-na0095_02p11
An Appeal to the World
W. E. B. Du Bois et al. Appeal to the World: A Statement on the Denial of Human Rights to Minorities in the Case of Citizens of the United States of America and an Appeal to the United Nations for Redress, 1947. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (095.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0095p1-na0095p4]
Shelley v. Kraemer, 1948
George L. Vaughn to Thurgood Marshall concerning Shelley v. Kraemer, January 13, 1947. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (094.00.00-094.00.01) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0094p1, na0094p2]
Truman Executive Orders Barring Discrimination
Executive Order 9980, July 26, 1948. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (096.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0096
Executive Order 9981, July 26, 1948. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (097.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0097
A National Civil Rights Campaign
NAACP Acting Secretary Roy Wilkins to Officers of Branches, State Conferences, Youth Councils, and College Chapters, regarding National Civil Rights Campaign, October 21, 1949. Memorandum. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (098.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0098p1-na0098p3]
Supreme Court Decisions against Segregation
Complete Text of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: The Henderson Case, The McLaurin Case, The Sweatt Case. Pamphlet. Pittsburgh: The Pittsburgh Courier, 1950. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (099.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0099p1 – na0099p5
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