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MS134-0012 Tampa: Tar and Terror, 1936?

 Book — Box: 1, Book: 12
Collection number: MS/134-012
Scope and Contents

Relates the story of the November 30, 1935 kidnapping, torture and murder of Joseph Shoemaker, and kidnapping and torture of other members of the Modern Democrats political organization, who were assisting cigar factory workers in Tampa, Fla. Mr. Shoemaker died 9 days later in a Tampa hospital. The police and others involved in the kidnappings were reported to be members of the Ku Klux Klan.

Dates: 1936?

MS134-0013 Negro Liberation, 1938

 Book — Box: 1, Book: 13
Collection number: MS/134-013
Preface The present pamphlet is based upon an earlier brochure under the same title first published in 1932. Since then, important changes in the United States and in the world situation have rendered sections of the old pamphlet inadequate or out of date. In addition, the movement of the Negro people towards unity in the fight for equal rights and the new progressive movement in the country have advanced considerably since 1932. These developments have brought to the fore a number of...
Dates: 1938

MS134-0014 Brown, Hallie Q. Tales My Father Told Me, 1925

 Book — Box: 1, Book: 14
Collection number: MS/134-014
Scope and Contents

Tales My Father Told By Hallie Q. Brown. This appears to be a first edition of Brown's memoir of her father who told many stories of escaping slaves. 2022-03-16 Cannot locate physical copy

Dates: 1925

MS134-0015 A souvenir program in memory of Dr. William E. Burghardt DuBois, 1868-1963, 1963

 Book — Box: 1, Book: 15
Collection number: MS/134-015
Scope and Contents Journal offered to those attending the Memorial to Dr. W.E. Burghardt DuBois at Carnegie Hall, February 23, 1964.DuBois Memorial Committee. Souvenir Program in Memory of Dr. William E. Burphardt DuBois, 1868-1963. New York: Priv. Publish, February 23, 1964. Civil Rights Papers (MS/134-033). Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, Valdosta State University. This is a special souvenir program for a memorial service held for Du Bois at Carnegie Hall...
Dates: 1963

MS134-0016 Defense Training and Jobs for Negroes: Our War-Time Responsibility and Opportunity, February 7, 1942

 Book — Box: 1, Book: 16
Collection number: MS/134-016
Scope and Contents

National Negro Congress. Defense training and jobs for Negroes: Our Wartime Responsibility and Opportunity. Washington DC: Washington Council, 1942. http://hdl.handle.net/10428/2990. URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10428/2990

Dates: February 7, 1942

MS134-0017 Behind the Lynching of Emmet Louis Till, 1955

 Book — Box: 1, Book: 17
Collection number: MS/134-017
Scope and Contents

This is a fiery pamphlet regarding human rights abuses against African-Americans in the South. The pamphlet is not just about Emmet Till, whose murder helped galvanize the Civil Rights movement, but about violence against blacks throughout the South. The Auhtor was a civil rights activist who was the editor of Freedom, the newspaper founded by Paul Robeson. Compelling pamphlet from the early days of the Civil Rights Movement. - description by seller Author: Louis E. Burnham

Dates: 1955

MS134-0018 Southerner and Schools

 Book — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Collection number: MS/134-018
Scope and Contents I - The Defiant Ones in Virginia II - The "New Negroes" in Alabama III - The Segregationists Go North IV - Atlanta is Different V - New Orleans Knows Better VI - Nashville-First Steps Firmly Taken VII - Deliberate, Yes-Speed, No By Helen Fuller...
Dates: 1893 - 1962

MS134-030 Famous African-Americans

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Collection number: MS/134-030
Scope and Contents Post cards with photographic reproductions of famous African Americans from the 20th century. Includes: Marian Anderson Josephine Baker Harry Belafonte Maery Mcleod Bethune George Washington Carver Dorothy Jean Dandridge Frederick Douglass William Edward Burghardt Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington Marcus Garvey Althea Gibson Dick Gregory Lorraine Hansberry Matthew Alexander Henson Billie Holiday Lena Horne Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Mahalia Jackson Jack...
Dates: 1893 - 1962

Southern Patriot - Volume 24, Number 8, September 1966

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Collection number: Folder 10
Scope and Contents Headlines: "Baker Movement Thrives," by Joy Fenston; "Jury System Revamped: Albany Ruling Upset"; "Election in West Tennessee Returns Nine Negro Magistrates"; "CR Victory Supplies Precedent: Peace Movement Battles HUAC"; "Appeals Court Reverses Poret, Labat Convictions"; "Hurry Sundown: Reissued in Paperback"; "Theater of the Ghetto," by Robert Analavage; "SCLC Replies to NVDA...
Dates: Created: September 1966

Southern Patriot - Volume 24, Number 8, September 1966

 Digital Work
Collection number: southern-patriot_v24n8_196609

Southern Patriot - Volume 26, Number 4, April 1968

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Collection number: Folder 24
Scope and Contents

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—This city, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated on April 4, has been living a lie—as all U.S. cities are living a lie. Memphis bills itself as “the City of Good Abode.” It crows about its integrated public accommodations and constantly reminds visitors that these were achieved without the necessity or “bother” of marches and demonstrations

Dates: Created: April 1968

Southern Patriot - Volume 28, Number 7, September 1970

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 42
Collection number: Folder 42
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Southern Patriot was a progressive southern newspaper that ran from 1942-1976? out of South Carolina. The newspaper supported and advocated desegregation before and after the Civil Rights Movement. It covered groups like the militant-leaning Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in a favorable light. It covered the youth movements, sit-ins, and acts of civil disobedience surrounding the Civil Rights Movement and inspired activists in their endeavors.The Southern...
Dates: September 1970

The Southern Patriot, Vol.23, No.09, November 1965.

 Digital Record
Collection number: 60C5B94A-0283-AE89-47BB-88ABF9D73084

The Southern Patriot, Vol.31, No.06, June 1973.

 Digital Work
Collection number: 65046DC7-0C3A-19B6-474F-C4EBF4D7E300

Video 6: AAS 2001 Lecture Series # 1: The Albany Freedom Singers. 2001/02/01.

 Video Cassette — Box: 5, video_cassette: 6
Collection number: 6
Scope and Contents

Performance by the Albany Freedom Singers. Songs sung during and about the Civil rights movement in Albany, Ga. People featured on the video: Hardin, Shirley; Bailey, Hugh; Corbitt, Mary Kay; Milbrandt, Lanny; Sommers, Laurie; The Freedom Singers.

Dates: 1995 - 2005

Video 8: AAS 2001 Lecture Series # 3: The Georgia Flag: Is It an Issue?. 2001/02/15.

 Video Cassette — Box: 5, video_cassette: 8
Collection number: 8
Scope and Contents

Guest lecturer Tim Livingston discusses issues surrounding changing the Georgia flag. People: Hardin, Shirley; Williams, David; Saeger, Richard, Bell, Ashley - student body president.

Dates: 1995 - 2005

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