Found 2 collections related to Social%20service%20--%20African%20Americans

Preston Wilcox (1923-2006) was a Black educator, sociologist, and community organizer. Wilcox was at the forefront of the community control movement in the mid-1960s, and founded AFRAM Associates, a public service agency in Harlem, in 1968. The Preston Wilcox photographs, dated from the 1960s to 2003, showcase his personal life and AFRAM Associates' community work via photographic prints, slides, and negatives. less

The Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority was founded in 1922, the first sorority of Black women on a predominantly white campus, Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Northeast Regional Conference collection includes programs and brochures for events sponsored by the regional conference and the national organization, 1980-1983, 1990s; a newsletter of the Boulé A'Rama; minutes and an update for the 39th annual Northeast Regional Conference, 1981; financial reports, 1973-1974, and 1982; and a workbook for an alumni workshop, 1982. less