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The New Negro Movement
Interference with the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Marcus Garvey to James Weldon Johnson concerning the NAACP’s alleged interference with the Universal Negro Improvement Association, January 21, 1922. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (055.00.00) Courtesy of Dr. Juilus W. Garvey
[Digital ID # na0055]
The Arkansas Cases
The Arkansas Cases. New York: NAACP, July 1922. Pamphlet. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (51.02.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0051_02, na0051_02p1-na0051_02p6]
The Crisis Magazine
The Crisis, April 1923. New York: NAACP, 1923. General Collections, Library of Congress (052.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0052p1-na0052p2]
Writer Jessie Fauset
Jessie Redmon Fauset, n.d. Photograph. Harmon Foundation Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (065.00.00)
[Digital ID # na0065]
Investigation of a Lynching
Walter White’s field notes and report concerning the lynching of Sammie Smith in Nashville, Tennessee, [1924]. Typescript and autograph manuscript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (053.00.00–53.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0053p1 – na0053p10, na0053_01p5
NAACP Defends Soldiers of the 24th Infantry
Walter Burkett, 24th Infantry, to NAACP Assistant Secretary Walter White thanking the NAACP for defending soldiers of the 24th Infantry, February 8, 1924. Autograph letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (057.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0057]
Fire in the Flint
Walter White to Jacob Billikop, Director of the Federation of Jewish Charities, concerning his novel Fire in the Flint, September 26, 1924. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (053.02.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0053_02, na0053_02p1]
Langston Hughes Requests NAACP Assistance
Langston Hughes to Walter White, October 29, 1925. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (062.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0062
The Ossian Sweet Case
Walter White to James Weldon Johnson concerning the Ossian Sweet case, November 13, 1925. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (063.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0063]
Criteria for Negro Art
W. E. B. Du Bois. “Criteria for Negro Art.” The Crisis, October 1926. New York: NAACP, 1926. Article. General Collections, Library of Congress (52.02.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0052_01p1-na0052_04p4]
God’s Trombones
James Weldon Johnson. God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse. Illustrated by Aaron Douglass. New York: Viking Press 1927. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (064.00.00)
[Digital ID # na0064p4]
Louis Tompkins Wright
Louis Tompkins Wright, between 1934 and 1950. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (051.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # cph.3c10596]
NAACP Officials Celebrating Twentieth Anniversary
NAACP officials at the Twentieth Annual Session of the NAACP in Cleveland, Ohio, June 26, 1929. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (066.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # ppmsca-05523
The Great Depression
The Rejection of Judge John Parker
Telegram from NAACP Acting Secretary Walter White to U.S. Vice President Charles Curtis concerning the confirmation of Judge John Parker, May 7, 1930. Carbon copy of typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (067.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0067p1-na0067p2]
NAACP Plan to Challenge Underfunding of Black Schools
Nathan R. Margold. Preliminary Report to the Joint Committee Supervising the Expenditure of the 1930 Appropriation by the American Fund for Public Service [1931]. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (070.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0070p1 – na0070p8
The Scottsboro Case
Dr. P. A. Stephens to Walter White concerning the Scottsboro Case, April 2, 1931. Autograph letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (071.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0071]
Youth Leader Juanita Jackson
Miss Juanita Jackson visiting the Scottsboro Boys, January 1937. Halftone photomechanical print. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (072.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # cph.3c16731]
Nixon v. Condon
Fred C. Knollenberg to NAACP Secretary Walter White concerning Nixon v. Condon, October 20, 1932. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (073.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0073p1 - na0073p2
Mistreatment of Black Workers
George S. Schuyler to NAACP Secretary Walter White concerning the Mississippi River Flood Control Project investigation, December 23 [1932]. Autograph note cards and typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (074.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0074p1 – na0074p7]
Letter from NAACP Assistant Secretary Roy Wilkins to NAACP Secretary Walter White concerning the Mississippi River Flood Control Project, January 5, 1933. Typescript Manuscript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (075.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0075p1 – na0075p3]
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