National Negro Congress records (additions)

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unitid

{"value"=>"21096", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 654", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b22255275", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1940-1947", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1940/1947"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"National Negro Congress records (additions)"}

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"=>"National Negro Congress (U.S.)", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The National Negro Congress was established in 1936 to \"secure the right of the Negro people to be free from Jim Crowism, segregation, discrimination, lynching, and mob violence\" and \"to promote the spirit of unity and cooperation between Negro and white people\". It was conceived as a national coalition of church, labor, and civil rights organizations that would coordinate protest action in the face of deteriorating economic conditions for blacks. Executive secretaries were John P. Davis, 1935-1942; Edward Strong, 1943; and Revels Cayton, 1945-1947.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>This folder contains a National Negro Congress (NNC) constitution; a proclamation of the \"Negro History Week in Chicago\"; a memo; and general correspondence to delegates and constituents. Letter writers include NNC President Max Yergan and Edward E. Strong.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>Arranged chronologically.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Unknown provenance; received November 1998.</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Steven G. Fullwood, January 1999.</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>National Negro Congress records, Sc MG 1, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</p>"}

date_start

1940

keydate

1940

date_end

1947

date_inclusive_start

1940

date_inclusive_end

1947

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], National Negro Congress records (additions), Sc MG 654, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The National Negro Congress was established in 1936 to \"secure the right of the Negro people to be free from Jim Crowism, segregation, discrimination, lynching, and mob violence\" and \"to promote the spirit of unity and cooperation between Negro and white people\". It was conceived as a national coalition of church, labor, and civil rights organizations that would coordinate protest action in the face of deteriorating economic conditions for blacks. Executive secretaries were John P. Davis, 1935-1942; Edward Strong, 1943; and Revels Cayton, 1945-1947. This folder contains a National Negro Congress (NNC) constitution; a proclamation of the \"Negro History Week in Chicago\"; a memo; and general correspondence to delegates and constituents. Letter writers include NNC President Max Yergan and Edward E. Strong.", "generated"=>true}

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