Civil rights
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85026371
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
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changes in the United States and in the world situation have rendered sections of the old pamphlet inadequate or out of date.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
Sibley Report
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-168
Scope and Contents
In 1960 the Georgia Assembly set up a committee on schools, ordered it to hold hearings throughout Georgia and find out how people felt about the future of their schools. The main topic was how Georgia should handle court ordered integration. The commission heard 1800 people (1600 whites and 200 Negroes[sic])and issued two separate reports. While both reports agreed that education was better served by separation of the races, there were different ways to react to forced integration. This...
Dates:
1960
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 Black Panther Newspaper
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-163
Scope and Contents
Includes issues from 1969-1972. It does not include every issue printed during the time.Harmful Content Policy:
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the past. We recognize that users may encounter some items within these collections that contain offensive language, viewpoints, imagery or other forms of objectionable content. Such materials document the past and should be viewed within the context of...
Dates:
1969-1972
The Southern Patriot
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-124
Scope and Contents
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:
1965 - 1976