Marian Bruce Logan collection of civil rights activism, 1945-1989
Collection documenting the civil rights activism of Marian Bruce Logan.
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Creator
Logan, Marian B., 1920-1993
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Young, Andrew J., 1932-
Jones, Patricia
King, Coretta Scott
New York Urban League
Ami, Ben
Lenoir, Henry
Becker, R. D. C.
Lowery, Joseph E.
Contributor to Resource
University of South Carolina. Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Date of Original
1945/1989
Subject
Civil rights movements
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Black Hebrews
New York Urban League. Forty Acres and a Mule
Education
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Christmas
Infant health services
New York (State). Department of Financial Services
Nobel Prizes
Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality
United Negro College Fund
Birthdays
Chock Full O'Nuts
Condolence notes
Easter
Father's Day
Grief
Jazz
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
National School Volunteer Program
New York (N.Y.)
New York City Housing Authority
New York Civil Liberties Union
Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund (New York, N.Y.)
Students--Education
Travel agents
United States. Department of the Army
World Series (Baseball)
People
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Hooks, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lawson), 1925-2010
Ashe, Arthur
Beame, Abraham D., 1906-2001
Hall, Adelaide
Louis, Joe, 1914-1981
Matos, Huber, 1918-2014
Nina Simone, 1933-2003
Poitier, Sidney
Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987
Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994
Young, Whitney M.
Location
Israel, Jerusalem, 31.76904, 35.21633
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
Medium
manuscripts (documents)
correspondence
images (object genre)
documents (object genre)
speeches (compositions)
newspapers
leaflets (printed works)
transcripts
financial records
Type
StillImage, Text
Description
Marian Bruce Logan was a cabaret singer who performed in clubs in New York, London, and Paris. She recorded a single album, Halfway to Dawn, before marrying Dr. Arthur C. Logan, personal physician to Duke Ellington, and subsequently retiring from the stage. Logan later worked with Jackie Robinson and the Student Emergency Fund, which helped African-American students make their tuition payments.
Logan came to the attention of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who asked for her assistance in raising funds for the non-violent protests organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. She was the first Northern member of the board and remained with the organization until 1969. In 1977 she was appointed the Human Rights Commissioner of New York City by the mayor, Abraham Beame.
While serving as Human Rights Commissioner, Logan was invited to join B.A.S.I.C. (Black Americans to Support Israel Committee) on a tour of Israel to evaluate human rights concerns regarding a community of Black Hebrews living in Dimona, Israel. She went to Israel twice: first in 1977 and again in 1981.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
South Caroliniana Library
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