Scope and Contents Four black and white photographs of Black Panther Party members as they react to court verdicts, along with information about their cases. In three of the photographs, the people pictured were acquitted of their charges, while the fourth resulted in a prison sentence and a fine.The first photograph, from May 22, 1968, shows H. Rap Brown holding his wife Lynn Doswell's hand after receiving a verdict of a five-year sentence, which he would serve at Attica, and a $2000 fine for a...

Scope and Contents A flyer titled "Free Political Prisoner Marshall 'Eddie' Conway," which was created by Partnership for Social Justice. The flyer calls for a new trial for Black Panther Party member Eddie Conway and a full and open investigation of COINTELPRO, an FBI operation that targeted political activists in the 1960s. Conway was convicted in 1971 for the murder of a police officer; Conway maintained his innocence and claimed to be a political prisoner.The front of the flyer contains...

Scope and Contents Poster created by "Les Amis du SNCC" promoting a discussion held at Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, France on April 29, 1968 between Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) members H. Rap Brown (Jamil Al-Amin) and Bobby Seale and the following panelists: James Forman, Ted Joans, Aimé Césaire, Jean-Paul Sartre, Daniel Guérin, and Vercors. The advertised discussion topics include the 1965 film Now directed by Santiago Álvarez, and the work...

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Leaflet titled "Defend the Ghetto Uprisings" published by the Independent Socialist Club in Berkeley, California in 1967. The leaflet features an essay which describes how white liberalism fails to challenge dominant American institutions which discriminate against Black people, how the militant Black Power movement is in need of organized leadership, and calls on allies to publicly defend the Black Power movement.

Scope and Contents Flier published in 1970 by Students for a Democratic Society which announces a demonstration at the Oakland Courthouse and a rally in Sproul Plaza in Berkeley, California. The text states (in part): "Black people face the scariest conditions in their day-to-day lives. Living conditions in ghettos are very harsh--rents and food prices are higher than in other places, for inferior products. A disproportionate number of Blacks are forced to fight in Vietnam. Black people don't passively accept...

Scope and Contents This file contains newsletters, pamphlets, and correspondence primarily created by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from 1943 to 1967. Newsletters: CORE-LATOR, No. 78, Fall - 1959. CORE-LATOR, No. 80, Special Issue - March 1960. This issue is devoted to sit-ins.Sit-Down Newsletter, Number 9, August 22, 1960. Per the title, this newsletter published to cover CORE’s sit-in campaigns.CORE Newsletter, July 1967. Published by the Rhode Island...

Scope and Contents Created by the Revolutionary Youth Movement, "a city-wide anti-imperialist youth group" in Baltimore, the first flier is titled, "Hands off the Panthers!" in all capital letters. It advertises a demonstration to support the Panthers at Fallsway and Fayette on Saturday, December 20 at 3:30pm. Organized by the Revolutionary Youth Movement, the protest is a response to the murders of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark by Chicago police on December 4 and to the arrests of Black Panthers in Los Angeles,...

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This program from the Young Republicans' Rally, held by the Colored Republican Voters' League of Maryland on the evening of October 2, 1936 at Fifth Regiment Armory, includes a schedule of events with many different speakers, including Black American Olympic track and field medalist Jesse Owens, Maryland Governor Harry W. Nice, and civil rights leader Raymond Pace Alexander.

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One of twelve Christmas cards designed by Black Panther Party Minister of Information Emory Douglas, and printed by the Party ca. 1969-70. The cover features Douglas' illustration of a pig in a torn uniform with head, arm, and foot wrapped in bandages and leaning on a crutch, with the caption "Battle Fatigue," alongside an Eldridge Cleaver quote on “What Is a Pig?”

Scope and Contents Conference program for the conference "The Deep South: Ways and Means to Integration" which was held at St. Paul Methodist Church in Birmingham, AL and hosted by the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. The conference was also sponsored by the Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Conference Educational Fund. The theme of the conference was "Religion and the struggle for civil rights and civil liberties." Notable participants include: Ella Baker, Ruby...

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Five consecutive issues of the Civil Rights Congress’ bi-weekly newsletter updating supporters on CRC campaigns and instructing chapters on actions they should take. These issues are particularly focused on the trial of Black Communist lawyer William L. Patterson, a leader in the CRC, who contributes an article to one of the issues: “The Time Is Now: The Present Moment Demands a Thorough Understanding of Our Historic Tasks.”

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Pamphlets produced by the NAACP providing information and statements on notable NAACP supporters, a statement by lawyers on segregationist attacks on the Supreme Court following Brown v. Board of Education, the history of the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, federal aid to schools, and an attempt by Mississippi White Citizens Councils to stoke anti-miscegenation hatred using a falsified speech from a fictitious NAACP member.

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A report produced by the NAACP detailing its activities and the status of the civil rights movement at the end of 1960. Topics include student sit-in demonstrations, voting rights, employment opportunities, housing discrimination, and public opinion on civil rights.

Scope and Contents A pamphlet produced by the NAACP describing the goals of their Fight for Freedom Campaign, with a target date of 1963 to reach these goals. Goals include expanding job opportunities for Black workers, expanding voter registration and abolishing the poll tax, abolishing the filibuster as a method of preventing civil rights legislation, and ending segregation in housing, schools, transportation, public accommodations (e.g., hotels, restaurants, entertainment businesses, parks), hospitals and...

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This booklet contains a study on employment discrimination in skilled trades, the exclusion of Black workers from major vocational and technical training programs, and the slow progress toward equality in skilled trades. It concludes with the argument that steps must be taken by labor unions, employers, and the governmental units invovled in apprenticeship training programs to correct this discrimination against Black workers.

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Three "Dear Friend" letters from the NAACP to supporters, soliciting financial donations to support their activities. These letters supported fundraising campaigns for the 1961 Holiday Seal campaign, the Special Contribution Fund, and the Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

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A conference program from the NAACP's 1959 State Conference of the Indiana Branches, Youth Councils and College Chapters, held in Gary, IN. The schedule of events includes various workshops on leadership training and planning youth programs, as well as social events.

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A memo from George Sellers, coordinator of the direct action committee of the NAACP, to the organization's officers, executive board members, direct action committee members, and freedom supporters of the NAACP. Sellers makes a "freedom sacrifice appeal" for participation in a demonstration on May 15, 1963 planned by the Philadelphia Branch of the NAACP, which was protesting over racial discrimination against Black workers by labor unions engaged in the construction of Reyburn Plaza.

Scope and Contents Religious press mentions of the NAACP; one is volume XXXVI, no. 8 of a newsletter titled "Information Service," published by the Bureau of Research and Survey, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, which gives an overview of the NAACP, its goals, and its history. The other item is an article from The Michigan Catholic, titled "NAACP 'In Calm Deliberation,'" which favorably discusses the NAACP's convention in...

Scope and Contents An event program for the NAACP's Fiftieth Anniversary Founders' Observance celebration. It was held at the Community Church of New York on the afternoon of February 12, 1959. Speakers included NAACP founders W. E. B. DuBois and John Haynes Holmes. Other speakers included Roy Wilkins, Robert C. Weaver, Lloyd K. Garrison, and Arthur B. Spingarn. The program also describes the founding of the NAACP, beginning with the Springfield race riot of 1908 and a list of the 53 signers of a call for...

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Four NAACP buttons from 1948, 1952, 1958, and 1965 indicating membership in the civil rights organization.

Scope and Contents Two items, a button and a pamphlet, produced by the Coalition for a Black Count, which campaigned to get Black residents counted in the 1970 US Census. Both items are emblazoned with the slogan "Make Black Count. Get in the '70 Census." The campaign sought accurate Census figures on Black people to ensure better political representation and government apportionment of funding and services for Black communities. The pamphlet tells the reader that if they aren't counted in the Census, it will...

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A button pin made by an unknown creator with purple ribbon attached, memorializing the death of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The pin shows a picture of King's face with the words "We Mourn Our Loss," his name, and the years of his birth and death. The ribbon reads, "I have a dream."

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A flyer produced by the Black Panther Party featuring art by Douglas Emory, titled "It's All the Same." The image features three identical pigs in uniform carrying assault rifles, napalm, mace, and gas. The pigs are labeled local police, National Guard, and Marines.

Scope and Contents A pamphlet describing the violence, fabricated police charges, and legal injustices the Black residents of Monroe, NC experienced between 1961 and 1962, beginning with the police brutality at the Monroe Non-Violent Action Committee's August 17, 1961 picketing of the Monroe Courthouse. At the time of publication, those arrested on these fabricated charges had ongoing cases and the Committee to Aid the Monroe Defendants was raising money for their defense. Much of the pamphlet focuses on the...