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Collection
Black trailblazers, leaders, activists, and intellectuals in Cleveland

Description:
Black Trailblazers, Leaders, Activists, and Intellectuals in Cleveland contains approximately 2000 images of 500 individuals selected from the photographs in the Cleveland Press Collection. The photographs in the collection generally date from the 1920s on, with most of them from 1960 to 1982 and are arranged alphabetically by the individual's last name. To be included in the collection, an individual had to be either born or raised in the greater Cleveland area or have lived a significant part of his/her life in the region.
Date of Original:
1912/1990
Contributing Institution:
Michael Schwartz Library

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Collection
Modjeska Monteith Simkins Papers, 1909-1992

Description:
Activist Modjeska Simkins of Columbia, S.C. served as the South Carolina State Secretary for the NAACP, 1941-1957; as Campaign Director for the renovation of Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital, 1944-1950; as Public Relations Director for the Richland County Citizens Committee, 1956-1988; and as President of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, 1972-1974.
Date of Original:
1909/1992
Contributing Institution:
South Caroliniana Library
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

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Collection
Civil rights

Description:
Civil rights clippings from the Florence, Alabama area.
Date of Original:
1900/1971
Contributing Institution:
Shoals Black History

19.
Collection
Board of trustees

Description:
Since its beginnings in 1888, the Clemson University Board of Trustees is the main governing body for the university. As defined in Thomas Green Clemson’s will, the Board of Trustees consists of seven Trustees who select their successors and six Trustees who are appointed by the State Legislature. The Board’s main responsibility is to govern through establishment of policies that ensure academic quality and freedom, protect the University’s financial security, and ensure efficient and effective administration through the Board’s selected president and its executive officers.
Date of Original:
1890/1994
Contributing Institution:
South Carolina Digital Library

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Collection
African American lives

Description:
This digital collection consists of materials related to African American lives, emphasizing matters of education, politics, and labor.
Date of Original:
1882/2003
Contributing Institution:
William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library
Sensitive Content:
Material contained in The University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections may negatively depict race, gender, religious beliefs, ethnicities, and class. The University of Alabama Libraries does not endorse the views expressed in these materials. We present our collections as they were originally created to promote scholarly research and analysis.

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Collection
Emory University Desegregation Collection

Description:
Records documenting the process of desegregation and other events relating to racial issues at Emory including documents summarizing the process of integration; copies of various statements issued by Emory faculty and students; a copy of the Petition for Declaratory Judgment and Injunction to the Superior Court of DeKalb County; accounts of activities surrounding campus racial protests that occurred in 1969 (print and audio); and information concerning more recent events that took place in the 1990s.
Date of Original:
1877/1995
Contributing Institution:
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library