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The Civil Rights Era
Mississippi Freedom Summer
Robert Moses, Program Director, Council of Federated Organizations to NAACP Executive Secretary Roy regarding the Mississippi Freedom Summer project, March 1, 1964. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (124.00.00-124.00.01) Courtesy of Robert Moses
[Digital ID # na0124p1, na0124p2]
Literacy Tests
Sample Application for Registration, Questionnaire and Oaths, Alabama Board of Registrars, 1964. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (124.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0124_01, na0124_01p1-na0124_01p2]
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Senator Walter Mondale to NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins acknowledging the NAACP’s appreciation of his support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, August 17, 1965. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (126.00.00) Courtesy of Walter F. Mondale
Digital ID # na0126
NAACP’s position on “Black Power”
Roy Wilkins to NAACP supporters concerning the NAACP’s position on “Black Power,” October 17, 1966. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (127.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0127]
The Civil Rights Act of 1968
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Chairman Roy Wilkins to United States Senators concerning the Civil Rights Act of 1968, January 15, 1968. Typed letter. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (128.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0128p1-na0128p2]
NAACP: Here Today, Here Tomorrow
NAACP. NAACP: Here Today, Here Tomorrow, 1969. Poster. Yanker Poster Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (116.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # yan.1a38612]
Businessman Kivie Kaplan
NAACP President Kivie Kaplan (center) with NAACP members at Abraham Lincoln’s tomb for a memorial service, Springfield, Illinois [1969]. Photograph. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (104.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0104]
The Nomination of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy to Roy Wilkins concerning the nomination of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court, October 6, 1969. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (129.00.00) Courtesy of the Kennedy Family
[Digital ID # na0129]
A Renewal of the Struggle
At the Ballot Box
NAACP. At the Ballot Box, Everybody is Equal, Register and Vote: Join the NAACP, between 1970–1979. Poster. Gary Yanker Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (130.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # ppmsca-19870
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg (1971)
Roy Wilkins to U.S. Attorney General Edward H. Levi concerning Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, December 24, 1975. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (132.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0133p1-na0133p6]
The Search for Military Justice
Nathaniel R. Jones, Julius Williams, and Melvin W. Bolden, Jr. The Search for Military Justice. New York: NAACP Special Contribution Fund, 1971. Pamphlet. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (131.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0131_01p01-na0131_01p03, na0131_01p15-na0131_01p18
The NAACP Prison Program
Leroy Mobley, Director of NAACP Prison Program. NAACP Prison Program. Pamphlet. New York: NAACP, ca. 1980. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (136.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0136p1-na0136p9]
Lawyer Margaret Bush Wilson
[Margaret Bush Wilson, Chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors, with Denton L. Watson, NAACP Director of Public Relations] ca. 1977. Photograph. NAACP Records. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (134.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0134]
Claiborne Hardware Company v. NAACP (1976)
NAACP General Counsel Nathaniel R. Jones to Roy Wilkins, Margaret Bush Wilson, and NAACP Board of Directors concerning Claiborne Hardware Company v. NAACP, August 26, 1976. Memorandum. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division (133.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0133p1, na0133p2]
NAACP Executive Director Benjamin Hooks
Benjamin Hooks, NAACP Executive Director. Photograph. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (135.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0135]
The Bakke Case
NAACP Statement on the Implications of the Bakke Decision for College /University Admissions. Pamphlet. Baltimore: NAACP, [1978]. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (140.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0140p1-na0140p7]
The 14th Annual NAACP Image Awards
NAACP Beverly Hills-Hollywood Branch. The 14th Annual NAACP Image Awards: “A Dual Society is an Unequal Society,” December 6, 1981, Hollywood Palladium. Program. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (137.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0137]
Operation Fair Share Program
Statement by NAACP Executive Director Benjamin L. Hooks upon the signing of a fair share agreement with the presidents of Edison Electric Institute and American Gas Association, October 7, 1982. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (139.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0139p1 – na0139p3
1983 National NAACP Health Fair
National NAACP Health Fair: Get Healthy in ’83 with the NAACP, 1983. Flyer. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (141.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0141
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