- Collection:
- Maxine A. Smith NAACP Collection
- Title:
- NAACP Report of Executive Secretary, March 7th thru April 3rd, 1962
- Creator:
- Smith, Maxine Atkins
- Publisher:
- Maxine A. Smith NAACP Collection, Box 1, Folder 2, Memphis Public Library, Memphis, Tennessee
- Date of Original:
- 1962-03-07/1962-04-03
- Subject:
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Memphis Branch
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
African American civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations
Race relations
Segregation--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Segregation--Tennessee--Memphis
Race discrimination--Tennessee--Memphis
Social integration--Tennessee--Memphis
Voting--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Education--Tennessee--Memphis
Police brutality--Tennessee--Memphis
Discrimination in employment--Tennessee--Memphis - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Report from the executive secretary of the Memphis, Tennessee branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for March 7 through April 3, 1962. The report details local civil rights work, including the NAACP membership campaign, the state board meeting, protest over the segregated Shrine circus, response to the protest of police brutality, letter to the superintendent of city schools, legal redress, voter registration, African American employment in federal agencies and federal appointments, and the county school petition.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A6998
- Rights Holder:
- For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Contributing Institution:
- Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room
- Rights:
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