- unitid
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{"value"=>"24786", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 719", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b16549597", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1987-2000", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1987/2000"}
{"value"=>"1998-2000", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1998/2000"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Aundrie Robinson papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.42 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Aundrie Dee Robinson (1961-2000) was a community activist in Vermont during the mid-1990s and was involved in efforts to address racial and ethnic discrimination in this state. In 1997, she founded, and was the first executive director of the Round Table of Unity (RTU), in Brattleboro, Vermont. The bulk of the Aundrie Robinson papers reflect Robinson's commitment to fighting racism."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Robinson, Aundrie", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Aundrie Dee Robinson (1961-2000) was a community activist in Vermont during the mid-1990s and was involved in efforts to address racial and ethnic discrimination in this state. In 1997, she founded and was the first executive director of the Round Table of Unity (RTU), in Brattleboro, Vermont. A nonprofit organization, RTU's purpose is to promote cooperative relationships by collaborating with local businesses, non-profit and grassroots organizations, and the community at large, offering educational, social, and cultural activities in an integrated environment in southern Vermont. Among the projects sponsored by RTU are the \"Clothes Closet\", associated with the Dress to Express Project that provides professional attire for women returning to the workplace; the annual \"Run for Racial Harmony\"; the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Breakfast; and the Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Middle Passage. Robinson worked in collaboration with the community and various organizations to develop special programs to combat racism, including \"Diversity Training: Mandatory in the Healing of Racism in Vermont Public Schools\". Robinson also organized films, speakers, and poetry readings for Black History Month in Brattleboro, as well as panel discussions on racism, in addition to coordinating research for a curriculum on the Underground Railroad project for the public schools. Robinson was also a member of the Coalition for Unlearning/Uprooting Racism through Education. She wrote poetry and founded two children's poetry and writing groups, Pint Size Poets and Rainbow Posse Spoken World Artists. Robinson died at age 39 in October 2000 of breast cancer.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the Aundrie Robinson papers reflect Robinson's commitment to fighting racism. Many of the files provide general information about the RTU; other files detail specific projects of this organization, particularly a project to combat racial harassment in Brattleboro Public High School, and the implementation of Vermont's Equal Education Opportunity Act of 1997. This effort was associated with the Vermont Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in conjunction with civil rights enforcement in Vermont (1987). Robinson also worked with the United Way of Windham County to provide funding for its member organizations. As an activist in both Vermont and Massachusetts, Robinson collected printed material about African American and women's activities. A grouping of Boston-based gay and lesbian newspapers and clippings can also be found here.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of the Robinson Family, 2003.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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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>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Janice Quinter, March 2007.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 June 24"}
- date_start
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1987
- keydate
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1987
- date_end
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2000
- date_inclusive_start
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1987
- date_inclusive_end
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2000
- date_bulk_start
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1998
- date_bulk_end
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2000
- extent_statement
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1.42 linear feet (2 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Aundrie Robinson papers, Sc MG 719, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}