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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• African American Oral History Collection (University of Louisville University Archives and Records Center)
  • Oral history interview with Robert Key (Sound recordings)
• Anne Braden Oral History Project (Kentucky Virtual Library)
  • Interview with Anne Braden, November 10, 1994 (oral histories (literary works))
• Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library. (Digital Library of Georgia)
  • --Can't tell how long it is, Pop! They say it's been goin' on more 'n a hundred years!-- / Baldy, [1968 May 10]. (Editorial cartoons)
  • Remember me, I usually work with Geo. Wallace? / Baldy, [1965 Aug. 15]. (Editorial cartoons)
  • --You call that a decent fit? / Baldy, 1968. (Editorial cartoons)
• Barbara C. Jordan Archives (Portal to Texas History)
  • [Barbara C. Jordan Keynote Address for Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group Council on Foundations] (Speeches (documents))
  • [Income Maintenance Commission Documents] (Lists (document genres))
  • [Keynote Address Given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group Council on Foundations] (Speeches (documents))
  • [Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Barbara C. Jordan, February 13, 1968] (Letters)
  • [Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Members of the Commission on Income Maintenance Programs, February 13, 1968] (Letters)
  • [Letter from Ben W. Heineman to Richard M. Nixon, December 6, 1968] (Letters (correspondence))
  • [Remarks of Barbara Jordan at Kappa Delta Pi Biennial Convocation, April 15, 1978] (Speeches (documents))
  • [Remarks of Barbara Jordan at Kappa Delta Pi Biennial Convocation, April 15, 1978] (Speeches (documents))
  • [Remarks of Barbara Jordan at Kappa Delta Pi Biennial Convocation, April 15, 1978] (Speeches (documents))
  • [Telegram from Ben W. Heineman to Barbara C. Jordan, February 21, 1968] (Telegrams)
  • Will We Vote (Speeches (documents))
• Black Oral History Collection (Washington State University's Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections)
  • Reverend and Mrs. Sam Coleman, December 8, 1972 (Sound)
• Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Oral History Collections (Butler Center for Arkansas Studies)
  • Howard Woods interview audio clip 02 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Howard Woods interview audio clip 04 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Howard Woods interview audio clip 05 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Howard Woods interview audio clip 09 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Janet Cobb interview audio clip 05 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Janet Cobb interview audio clip 06 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Kathryn Fitzhugh interview audio clip 21 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Kathryn Fitzhugh interview audio clip 22 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Olly Neal interview audio clip 05 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Olly Neal interview audio clip 10 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Ralph Armstrong, Jr. interview audio clip 05 (Oral histories (document genres))
• Charles N. Hunter papers, 1850s-1932 and undated (Duke University Libraries)
  • Box 2, Folder 1: Correspondence, 1910-1914 (Text)
  • Box 5, Folder 42: Twentieth Annual Convention, Brotherhood of St. Andrew brochure, 1905 September 20-24 (Text)
  • Box 9, Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1886-1921 (Text)
• Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection (University of Southern California Libraries)
  • Charlotta Bass and other members of the Progressive Party dine at Barney's Market Club, Sept. 6 1952, Chicago (Photographs)
• Citizens' Council Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • "Conspiracy in Dixie" (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Mississippi's Freest Man (Broadsides (notices))
• Civil Rights History Project (Library of Congress)
  • Simeon Wright oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Chicago, Illinois, 2011-05-23 (Oral histories (literary works))
• Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981 (Duke University Libraries)
  • Box 1, Folder 11: ASALH (Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History) Convention 1976, Paul Robeson Film Schedule, 1976-1977 (Text)
• FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
  • Elijah Muhammad (Federal government records)
  • Fred Hampton (Federal government records)
  • Nation of Islam (Federal government records)
• Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001 (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Oral history interview with Carol Ruth Silver, 2001 (oral histories (literary works))
  • Oral history interview with James Forman, 2001 (oral histories (literary works))
• Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (Thurgood Marshall Law Library (University of Maryland School of Law))
  • Civil rights issues facing Asian Americans in metropolitan Chicago (Reports)
  • Desegregating Cabrini-Green (Reports)
  • Industrial revenue bonds : equal opportunity in Chicago's IRB program? (Reports)
  • Police protection of the African American community in Chicago (Reports)
  • Police protection of the African American community in Chicago (Reports)
  • Race relations and equal education opportunities at Proviso West High School (Reports)
• Indianapolis recorder (Indiana Historical Society)
  • Chicago Mayor Harold Washington and Singer Lou Rawls (Black-and-white photographs)
• Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003 (University of South Carolina)
  • Paper containing excerpts on social and economic matters dealt with at a meeting at the First Methodist Church and the North Shore Hotel, Evanston, Illinois, February 1-4, 1955 (Text)
  • Speech, On the "growing pains" of the US (Text)
• John J. Herrera Papers (University of North Texas. Libraries)
  • [Advertisement for José E. Chapa's radio programs -1953] (Texts)
  • [Envelope from Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Vasquez to Mr. and Mrs. John J. Herrera - 1962-12-22] (Letters (correspondence))
  • [Letter from Celia F. Martinez to LULAC members - 1964-12-07] (Letters (correspondence))
  • [Letter from David Cerda to John J. Herrera - 1965-03-12] (Letters (correspondence))
  • [Letter from Frank M. Valdez to John J. Herrera - 1964-12-10] (Letters (correspondence))
  • [Letter from John Delgado to John J. Herrera - 1964-12-28] (Letters (correspondence))
  • [Letter from John J. Herrera to Frank M. Valdez - 1964-12-11] (Letters (correspondence))
  • [Letter from John J. Herrera to Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Vasquez - 1963-05-30] (Letters (correspondence))
  • [Letter from John J. Herrera to William D. Bonilla - 1965-03-10] (Letters (correspondence))
  • [Letter from Marcus Lujan to John J. Herrera - 1964-11-21] (Letters (correspondence))
  • [Letter from Rudy Perales to Robert J. Alaniz - 1965-03-02] (Letters (correspondence))
• March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project (Golda Meir Library (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries))
  • 1-1 Constitution and By-Laws of the Milwaukee Chapter of CORE (Documents)
  • 1-1 Kenneth Crooms letter, side 1 (Documents)
  • 1-1 National Action Council Meeting (Documents)
  • 1 Richard McLeod letter, 1963 October 5 (Documents)
  • 10-1 Norman Adelman letter, 1964 February 1 (Documents)
  • 11 Harold W Story letter, 1964 February 3 (Documents)
  • 12 Richard McLeod letter, 1964 February 4 (Documents)
  • 13-1 James Farmer letter, 1964 February 21 (Documents)
• Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000 (University of South Carolina)
  • Letter, 1955 Oct. 30, (Chicago, I.L.), Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Jackson, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., (New York, N.Y.) (Letters (correspondence))
• Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress)
  • [Four identical portraits of Rosa Parks, taken when she received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Columbia College, Chicago, 1973] [graphic]. (Photographic prints1970-2000.gmgpc)
  • Lloyd McCauley (deceased), Chicago, Ill., uncle of Rosa Parks [graphic]. (Photographic prints1950-1960.gmgpc)
  • [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 1994] [graphic]. (Photographic printsColor1990-2000.gmgpc)
  • [Rev. J.A. Abraham and Rosa Parks with family in Chicago, Ill., 1973] [graphic]. (Photographic printsColor1970-1980.gmgpc)
  • Rev. J.A. Abraham & Rosa Parks with family in Chicago, Ill. [graphic]. (Photographic printsColor1970-1980.gmgpc)
  • Rosa Parks, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Columbia College, Chicago, June 8, 1973 [graphic]. (Photographic prints1970-1980.gmgpc)
  • Uncle Lloyd McCauley [graphic]. (Photographic prints1950-1960.gmgpc)
• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Folders (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • Dr. W.D. McCain (Addresses)
  • Staughton Lynd (Articles)
  • Youth International Party, Y.I.P. (Yippies) (Articles)
• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • Letter: to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shomer, Chicago, Illinois, 1962 March 3 (Letters (correspondence))
  • Letter: to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shomer, Chicago, Illinois, 1962 March 3 (Letters (correspondence))
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Dr. T. R. M. Howard dressed in a bowtie and sitting behind three microphones, Chicago, Illinois, 1950s (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Leroy Jackson pinned to a piece of paper that lists his name and reads "[Mayor of Bronzeville]-Jackson", 1950s (black-and-white photographs)
• Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection (University of Washington's Libraries)
  • Bring the War Home! (Pamphlets)
• Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006 (Atlanta History Center)
  • Clinton Warner, M.D. interview (MovingImage)
  • Clinton Warner, M.D. interview (Part 2 of 2) (MovingImage)
• Voices of Freedom (Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries)
  • Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Bradley, head-and-shoulders portrait (Black-and-white photographs)
• W.W. Law Photograph Collection (City of Savannah Municipal Archives)
  • NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund and Awards Dinner (Photographs)
• Wisconsin Historical Images (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • Herbert March speaking at rally (Black-and-white photographs)
• WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
  • Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about the work of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Chicago as well as current political parties, Atlanta, Georgia, 1965 June (Moving images)
  • Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Florida Governor LeRoy Collins calling for the improvement of Negroes' economic situation as key to desegregation, Sea Island, Georgia, 1957 September 23 (news)
  • WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Hosea Williams speaking about the possibility of violence in the Civil Rights movement, 1966 July (moving images)
  • WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Jesse Jackson talking about the civil rights movement's change in tactics, West Hunter Street Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1973 March 4 (moving images)

Educator Resources

• American Experience (Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.))
  • The murder of Emmett Till (Instructional materials)
• Teaching with Historic Places (National Park Service)
  • Chicago's black metropolis : understanding history through a historic place (Instructional materials)