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The Civil Rights Era
Earl Warren’s Reading Copy of the Brown Opinion
Earl Warren’s reading copy of the Brown v. Board opinion, May 17, 1954. Printed document with autograph annotations. Earl Warren Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (106.00.00)
Digital ID # na0106
Attorneys for Brown v. Board of Education
George E. C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James M. Nabrit congratulating each other on the Brown decision, May 17, 1954. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and Sun Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (107.00.00)
Digital ID # cph-3c11236
Roy Wilkins, Longest-Serving NAACP Leader
Warren K. Leffler. Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the NAACP, April 5, 1963. Photograph. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (100.01.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.01273]
The Lynching of Emmett Till
Press release concerning the lynching of Emmett Till, September 1, 1955. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (107.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0107_01, na0107_01p1]
Justice for Emmett Till Flyer
Mass Meeting Protesting Emmett Till Lynching and Trial [in Mississippi] 8:00 P.M., Friday, October 21, 1955 at Community A.M.E. Church. . . , [1955]. Flyer. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (107.02.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0107_02]
Rosa Parks’s Arrest
Mrs. Rosa Parks being fingerprinted in Montgomery, Alabama, 1956. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and Sun Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (109.00.00)
Digital ID # cph-3c09643
Rosa Parks’s Arrest Record
Rosa Parks’s arrest record, December 5, 1955. Typed document. Frank Johnson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (108.00.00, 108.00.01)
Digital ID # na0108p1, na0108p2
Efforts to Ban the NAACP
J.L. Leflore to Thurgood Marshall concerning the Alabama State Attorney General’s efforts to ban the NAACP in Alabama, June 4, 1956. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (110.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0110]
Ruby Hurley, Southeast Region Director
Ruby Hurley, Youth Secretary of NAACP, between 1943 and 1950. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (113.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # ppmsca.23840]
Civil Rights Act of 1957
U.S. Congress. Public Law 85-315, 85th Congress, H.R. 6127 (Civil Rights Act of 1957), September 9, 1957. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (111.00.00)
[Digital ID # na0111p1-na0111p4]
Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine
Daisy Bates to NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins on the treatment of the Little Rock Nine, December 17, 1957. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (112.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0112p1 – na0112p2
Ella Baker, Director of Branches
Ella Baker, between 1943 and 1946. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (114.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # cph.3c18852]
“50 Years: Freedom, Civil Rights, Progress”
The Crisis. “50 Years: Freedom, Civil Rights, Progress,” June-July 1959. New York: NAACP, 1959. General Collections, Library of Congress (115.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0115]
Beginning of the Student Sit-in Movement
The Day They Changed Their Minds. New York: NAACP, March, 1960. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (117.00.00-117.00.06) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0117p1-na00117p7]
Federal Government Protection for James Meredith
John A. Morsell, Assistant to NAACP Executive Secretary, to President John F. Kennedy requesting the assistance of the Federal government in the case of James Meredith, September 21, 1962. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (123.00.00-123.00.01) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0123p1, na0123p2]
Medgar W. Evers, Field Secretary
Medgar W. Evers, between 1950 and 1963. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (120.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # cph.3c19120]
CoChairs for the March on Washington, August 28, 1963
Roy Wilkins with a few of the ca. 250,000 participants on the Mall heading for the Lincoln Memorial in the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. (2nd row, left to right). Civil rights attorney Joseph Rauh, National Urban League Executive Director Whitney Young, Jr., NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters President and AFL-CIO Vice President A. Philip Randolph, and United Automobile Workers President Walter Reuther. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (119.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # cph.3b24324]
March on Washington, 1963
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom—Lincoln Memorial Program, August 28, 1963. Program. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (122.00.00)
[Digital ID # na0122p1-na0122p3]
A Civil Rights Act of 1964 Pamphlet
The Civil Rights Act of 1964. What’s in it: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, 1964. Pamphlet. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (125.00.00-125.00.04) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0125p1-na0125p5]
Washington Attorney J. Francis Pohlhaus
NAACP Counsel J. Francis Pohlhaus with President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964. Photograph. (125.01.00) Courtesy of Christopher J. Pohlhaus
[Digital ID # na0125_01]
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