William Strickland research files

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unitid

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unitdate

{"value"=>"1950-2008", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1950/2008"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"William Strickland research files"}

physdesc

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repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Strickland, William, 1937-", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Bill Strickland is a scholar, activist, and professor emeritus of the Department of Afro-American Studies at University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. A native of Boston, Strickland graduated from Boston Latin School and Harvard University. After serving in the Marine Corps, he became active in civil rights and Black liberation work, serving as Executive Director of the Northern Student Movement; working in Mississippi for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; and serving as the Northern Coordinator of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's Congressional Challenge. He was a founding member of Malcolm X's Organization of Afro-American Unity in 1964, and in 1969, he also was a founding member of the Institute of the Black World in Atlanta. Strickland was a key member of the faculty in Afro-American Studies at UMass Amherst, teaching history and politics, and serving as Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Papers. Strickland consulted on various documentaries including <span class=\"title\">Eyes on the Prize</span> (1987), about the civil rights movement; <span class=\"title\">Malcolm X: Make It Plain</span> (1994), for which he also wrote the companion book, also published in 1994; and <span class=\"title\">W. E. B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices</span> (1996). He retired in 2013.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>This collection consists of the research files of William Strickland on various topics. These topics include the documentary <span class=\"title\">Eyes on the Prize</span>, for which Strickland served as a consultant, and Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow/Push Coalition (now the National Rainbow Coalition); Strickland worked on Jackson's presidential campaign in 1988. Other topics include the Black Panther Party, Black Radical Congress, Arna Bontemps, H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), Benjamin Chavis and the NAACP, civil rights leaders and movements, Katherine Dunham, Maulana Karanga, racism, and <span class=\"title\">Roots</span> (television program). Most of the files include notes and some writing by Strickland, but the majority of the files consist of printed matter (clippings, articles, mailings, conference materials), correspondence, and writing by some of the previously mentioned individuals. Additionally, there is one folder of correspondence to and from Strickland, mostly unrelated to the research files.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>Arranged alphabetically by research topic.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of William Strickland, 2008.</p>"}

separatedmaterial

{"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

{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Lauren Stark, September 2022.</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>William Strickland Papers, FS 159, Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries</p>"}

date_start

1950

keydate

1950

date_end

2008

date_inclusive_start

1950

date_inclusive_end

2008

extent_statement

1.87 linear feet (5 boxes)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], William Strickland research files, Sc MG 806, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Bill Strickland is a scholar, activist, and professor emeritus of the Department of Afro-American Studies at University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. A native of Boston, Strickland graduated from Boston Latin School and Harvard University. After serving in the Marine Corps, he became active in civil rights and Black liberation work, serving as Executive Director of the Northern Student Movement; working in Mississippi for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; and serving as the Northern Coordinator of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's Congressional Challenge. He was a founding member of Malcolm X's Organization of Afro-American Unity in 1964, and in 1969, he also was a founding member of the Institute of the Black World in Atlanta. Strickland was a key member of the faculty in Afro-American Studies at UMass Amherst, teaching history and politics, and serving as Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Papers. Strickland consulted on various documentaries including <span class=\"title\">Eyes on the Prize</span> (1987), about the civil rights movement; <span class=\"title\">Malcolm X: Make It Plain</span> (1994), for which he also wrote the companion book, also published in 1994; and <span class=\"title\">W. E. B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices</span> (1996). He retired in 2013. This collection consists of the research files of William Strickland on various topics. These topics include the documentary <span class=\"title\">Eyes on the Prize</span>, for which Strickland served as a consultant, and Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow/Push Coalition (now the National Rainbow Coalition); Strickland worked on Jackson's presidential campaign in 1988. Other topics include the Black Panther Party, Black Radical Congress, Arna Bontemps, H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), Benjamin Chavis and the NAACP, civil rights leaders and movements, Katherine Dunham, Maulana Karanga, racism, and <span class=\"title\">Roots</span> (television program). Most of the files include notes and some writing by Strickland, but the majority of the files consist of printed matter (clippings, articles, mailings, conference materials), correspondence, and writing by some of the previously mentioned individuals. Additionally, there is one folder of correspondence to and from Strickland, mostly unrelated to the research files.", "generated"=>true}

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1. Correspondence
2. Black Panther Party
3. Black Radical Congress
4. Bontemps, Arna. "A Summer Tragedy," Best Short Stories by Negro Writers, ed. by Langston Hughes (photocopy)
5. Brown, H. Rap (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin)
6. Carmichael, Stokely (Kwame Ture)
7. Chavis, Ben and the NAACP ("State of the Race")
8. Civil rights leaders and movements [4/1]
9. Dunham, Katherine [3/1]
10. Eyes on the Prize [4/1]
11. Jackson, Jesse [2/1]
12. Karenga, Maulana [2/1]
13. Racism
14. Roots [2/1]