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{"value"=>"1936-2005", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1936/2005"}
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{"value"=>"Nathan Wright papers and additions"}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
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{"value"=>"The Rev. Dr. Nathan Wright, Jr., an Episcopal minister and scholar, was an early and prominent advocate of Black power. The Nathan Wright papers reflect his numerous interests and endeavors in the fields of religion, Black power, education, and race relations."}
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{"value"=>"Wright, Nathan", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Rev. Dr. Nathan Wright, Jr., an Episcopal minister and scholar, was an early and prominent advocate of black power. Born in 1923 in Louisiana, and raised in Cincinnati, he earned five college degrees, including a bachelor's degree from the University of Cincinnati, a master's degree from the Episcopal Theological School, and a doctorate of education from Harvard University. Having been ordained a deacon and priest in 1950, he served the Episcopal Church in a variety of roles in Boston, Newark, and Harlem, among other locations. He was also the director of \"Greater Things\" Ministries.</p> <p>An early civil rights advocate, Wright participated in one of the first Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) freedom rides in 1947. Wright's most influential role in black politics, however, came in 1967, as chairman of the National Conference on Black Power in Newark. This conference symbolized a major shift in black politics.</p> <p>Wright authored eighteen books, many dealing with race in America, among them <span class=\"title\">Black Power and Urban Unrest: Creative Possibilities</span>, <span class=\"title\">Let's Face Racism</span>, <span class=\"title\">Let's Work Together</span>, <span class=\"title\">Race, Circumstance and Higher Education</span>, <span class=\"title\">Ready to Riot</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Urban Issues Facing the Churches.</span> He also wrote poetry, and published a book of sermons and a volume on Christian philosophy. Several of his book-length manuscripts remain unpublished. As a theologian, he wrote scores of articles published in theological and popular journals. In addition, Wright was a columnist for the <span class=\"title\">Star-Ledger</span>, a newspaper in Newark; his articles were syndicated in one hundred newspapers around the country.</p> <p>An urbanist and educator, Wright served as professor of urban affairs at the State University of New York at Albany from 1969-1981, and was the founding chairman of its Department of African and Afro-American Studies. He became the communications director at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1981. Wright maintained a busy schedule of lecturing at colleges, universities, and other venues throughout the nation. The recipient of a number of honorary degrees and awards, Wright died in 2005, at the age of 81.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Nathan Wright papers reflect his numerous interests and endeavors in the fields of religion, Black power, education, and race relations. Materials include personal papers; professional files related to the ministry and social issues; speeches and papers delivered at conferences; and writing, both published and unpublished. Additions mostly include professional files and writing.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Nathan Wright papers and additions are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25611#c1594505'>Personal papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Personal papers series includes Wright's lengthy CVs; printed information about him; a dissertation written about Wright's ideas about black education (1973); and papers regarding his ordination in 1950. Files pertaining to his education include papers he wrote as a college student, most concerning religious issues, as well as his 1964 Ph.D. dissertation entitled \"The Life and Educational Thought of Bernard Iddings Bell (1886-1958)\". Also contained in this series are genealogical files, his obituaries, papers regarding his funeral service, and biographical information written by Wright's children.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25611#c1594530'>Religious and professional activities</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1950-1995</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Religious and professional activities series contains many of Wright's sermons; information regarding his stewardships; and materials on his ministry, which he called the \"Greater Things Ministries\". There are also files regarding the \"Assault-on-Illiteracy-Program\" (1981-1982) of which Wright served as national chairman. This program strove to rectify the devastating effects of a \"functional illiteracy\" rate of 44% among Black youth nationwide. Included in this series are statements Wright prepared for a 1969 Senate investigation, particularly concerning economic and other changes that affected Black people.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25611#c1594535'>Speeches, addresses, and papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1995</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series covers drafts and final versions of papers which Wright presented, some of which express his views on Black power and race relations. Includes \"Racism, Marginality and Educational Renewal Today\", 1995.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25611#c1594536'>Writing</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1937-1995</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Wright's drafts for published articles, many concerning Black power, are in this series. Included are semi-monthly summaries; legislative alerts; articles regarding Black empowerment; his column \"Peace and Power\"; and papers which were published in such journals as <span class=\"title\">Laity Exchange Magazine</span> and <span class=\"title\">Media Review and Viewpoint</span>. Also included are his newspaper columns \"Black Empowerment\" and \"Toward Empowerment\".</p> <p>A significant part of the collection is the Unpublished subseries. There are numerous drafts of Wright's autobiography, \"Patrician Poor - Reflections on a Black Upbringing\"; what appears to be a complete version of his manuscript \"God's History and Other Verse\"; \"Semitic Wisdom: Judaic Insights for Human Liberation\"; and \"Let Zion Sing! Poetic Reflections on the Psalms\". There are also manuscripts for \"Urban Issues Facing the Churches\" and \"We've All Been Tricked (A Study of Black Power and Family Planning)\".</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into 4 series: (1) Personal papers; (2) Religious and professional activities; (3) Speeches, addresses, and papers; and (4) Writing.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>Although physically arranged in separate boxes (7-8), additions have been organized into their appropriate series in this finding aid.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of the Wright Family, June 2005 and September 2009.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p> Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: audio and moving image materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.</p> <p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Janice Quinter in October 2006 and January 2010.</p>"}
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1936
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1936
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2005
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1936
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2005
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1950
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1990
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{"value"=>"[Item], Nathan Wright papers and additions, Sc MG 754, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}