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NAACP Leader Oswald Garrison Villard
Oswald Garrison Villard, between 1910 and 1920. NAACP Collection, Prints
Photographs Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00)
Digital ID # ppmsca-23828
NAACP Founder Charles Edward Russell
Charles E. Russell, between 1920 and 1936. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (019.00.00)
Digital ID # ppmsca-23825
NAACP leader Bishop Alexander Walters
Bishop Alexander Walters, between 1930 and 1960. Print engraving. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (023.00.00)
Digital ID # ppmsca-23829
Social Worker Florence Kelley
Florence Kelley. Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1925. Photograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (23.01.00)
[Digital ID # cph.3b20591]
Pioneer Nurse Lillian Wald
Photograph of Lillian Wald. Harris & Ewing, between 1905 and 1945. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (023.00.00)
[Digital ID # hec.19537]
Moorfield Storey
Moorfield Storey, between 1909 and 1929. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (027.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # ppmsca.23830]
First Issue of The Crisis
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races, November 1910. New York: NAACP, 1910. Journal. General Collections, Library of Congress (026.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0026]
The Pink Franklin Case
Pink Franklin to NAACP Secretary Frances Blascoer concerning his defense, December 5, 1910. Autograph letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (031.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0031p1 – na0031p2
Frances Blascoer’s Strategy for Franklin’s Appeal
NAACP Secretary Frances Blascoer to Pink Franklin concerning the appeal of his case, December 24, 1910. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (032.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0032
NAACP Leader Joel Spingarn
Joel E. Spingarn. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (030.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # ppmsca-05524
Constitution and By-Laws of the NAACP
Constitution and By-Laws of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1911. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (025.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0025.01p1
NAACP Leader Arthur Spingarn
Arthur Spingarn. Gelatin silver print. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # ppmsca-23832
Jane Addams’ Appeal
Jane Addams. Has the Emancipation Act Been Nullified by National Indifference, NAACP, 1913. Pamphlet. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (033.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0033p1, na0033p2]
The Spingarn Medal
The Spingarn Medal, February 25, 1913. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (034.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0034p1, na0034p2]
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]
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