Conference Papers, Speeches and Lectures

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{"value"=>"<p>The Conference Papers, Speeches and Lectures, subseries, 1945-1995 (1.4 lin. ft.) includes addresses and papers Meier, occasionally with Rudwick, presented at professional meetings, universities and other research institutions and before community groups. The topics span the entire gamut of his research interests and include Booker T. Washington, Meier's 1962 debate with Malcolm X, the history of the African-American protest movement including non-violent direct action, civil rights, NAACP, CORE, and research themes based upon his and Meier's book, <span class=\"title\">Black Detroit and the Rise of the UAW</span>. Of significance are Meier's comments referring to a paper read by Louis R. Harlan entitled, \"The Problem of Interpreting Booker T. Washington, A Biographical Perspective.\" The speeches have been arranged chronologically.</p>"}

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1. 1944-1946
2. 1947
3. 1948
4. 1949
5. 1951-1953
6. Booker T. Washington Speeches
7. 1958-1961
8. 1962-1964
9. Debate with Malcolm X - Morgan State College
10. "The Black Muslims in America," Address - Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland
11. "Origins of Civil Rights Revolution" State University of New York at Buffalo
12. "Booker T. Washington," Lecture - New School for Social Research
13. Origins of Civil Rights Revolution
14. 1964-1965
15. 1965-1967
16. "The Roots of Nonviolent Direct Action," Conference Paper - Society for Social Research, University of Chicago
17. "Who Are the True Believers"? -- A Tentative Typology of the Motivations of Civil Rights Activists," Paper - American Orthopsychiatric Association
18. "African Consciousness Among Nineteenth Century Negroes," Speech - Amistad Society, Chicago
19. "The Age of Booker T. Washington," Speech - Peace Corps
20. 1965
21. 1966-1967
22. "Negro Protest Movement in the Twentieth Century: Origins of the Civil Rights Revolution,"
23. 1968
24. List of Speaking Engagements by Date
25. Correspondence re: Speeches
26. "The Problem of Interpreting Booker T. Washington: A Biographical Perspective," Louis R. Harlan, Commentary by Meier - Southern Historical Association
27. "A Survey of Black Nationalism in America," Speech - Canisius College, Buffalo, N.Y.
28. Organization of American Historians - Commentary - Session on Civil Rights and Presidential Politics
29. "Black Violence in the Twentieth Century: A Study in Rhetoric and Retaliation," Paper - Memphis State University
30. "Origins of Nonviolent Direct Action in Negro Protest," Speech - Ohio Wesleyan University
31. "On Writing 'Negro Thought in America'," Outline
32. "The Nationalism of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois," Speech - Southeast American Studies Association, Durham, North Carolina
33. "Main Themes in Black History," Address - Central Michigan University
34. "New Directions in Black History," Speech - Drew University
35. "Attorneys Black and White: A Case Study of Race Relations within the NAACP" with Elliott Rudwick, Conference Paper - Southern Historical Association, Commentary by William M. Tuttle, Jr.
36. Organization of American Historians - Commentary - Session on Afro-American Social Structure in the 19th Century,"
37. Southern Historical Association - Comments for Session on the "Psycho-Sexual Origins of Racism Revisited,"
38. "Along the Color Line," Conference Paper - American Historical Association
39. Afro-American History in the Age of the Civil Rights Revolution," Conference Paper - American Historical Association [2/1]
40. "Frederick Douglass--Fighter for Human Freedom," Address - Union Baptist Church, Ravenna, Ohio
41. "Negro Thought in America: A Study in Historiography," Lecture - Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio
42. "From Reconstruction to Renaissance: Currents in Afro-American Culture from 1875 to 1920," Commentary on Session, University of Iowa
43. "Historiography of Slavery in the Age of the Civil Rights Revolution," Paper - Northeastern Oklahoma University
44. "The New Negro History," Speech - Northeastern Oklahoma University
45. "The Meaning of the Declaration of Independence for Afro-Americans," Speech - Texas A & M State University
46. "Decline of Black/White Caste in the United States," with Elliott Rudwick, Seminar - Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
47. "Black Detroit and the Rise of the UAW, 1933-1943," with Elliott Rudwick, Outline - University of California, Berkeley
48. "Conflict, Consensus, and American Values: Changes in Patterns of Race Relations, 1925-1975" with Elliott Rudwick, Conference Paper - Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Santa Barbara, CA
49. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Service, Outline - Kent State University
50. "The UAW, the Federal Bureaucracy, and the Packard 'Hate' Strike of 1943: A Study in Race Relations" by Meier and Elliott Rudwick - American Historical Association
51. "Black Detroit and Henry Ford: A Study in Industrial Paternalism, 1917- 1943"
52. Speech - University of Kentucky
53. Conference Paper
54. "Benjamin Quarles and the Central Theme in American History," Conference Paper - Organization of American Historians
55. "The History of Negro History," Lecture Outline - Kent State University
56. Booker T. Washington Symposium - Commentary, Ferrum College, Va.
57. "Slave Community and Culture: The Creation of a Historical Paradigm?" Organization of American Historians
58. "Booker T. Washington and Hofstadter, Stampp and Elkins; An Inquiry into Scholarly Interaction," Lectures - Carter T. Woodson Institute, University of Virginia
59. University of California, Irvine
60. "The Contours of Afro-American Historiography, 1915-1980" with Elliott Rudwick, Conference Paper - American Historical Associatien
61. "New Directions on Civil Rights Studies," Commentaries, University of Virginia
62. "NAACP and Organized Labor, 1910-1964" with John Bracey, Seminar - Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
63. "Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Negro Thought in America," Commentary, Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History
64. "The NAACP and the Labor Movement, 1910-1964," Lecture - Middle Tennessee State University
65. "The NAACP, A. Philip Randolph and the 1941 March on Washington" with John H. Bracey, Jr., Conference Paper - Organization of American Historians
66. "The NAACP and the Labor Movement, 1910-1964," Lecture - George Meany Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland
67. Private Action and Social Policy, Commentary - Case Western Reserve University
68. "Black History and the Historical Profession" - Critiques and Responses
69. "The NAACP, A. Philip Randolph and the 1941 March on Washington," Speech - Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
70. "Toward a Sythesis of Historical Research on the Civil Rights Movement," Conference Paper - Carter G. Woodson Institute
71. "The NAACP and the Labor Movement, 1910-1964" with John H. Bracey, Jr., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
72. "White Southerner as Historian of the Black Experience" by Louis Harlan, Commentary by Meier - University of Maryland Conference, "The Age of Booker T. Washington,"
73. Southern Labor History Conference, Commentary
74. "Jews and Blacks in American History: The Interrelationships Between Minorities in Historiographical Perspective," Outline - Kent State University
75. "Erasing the Color Line in the North: Non-Violent Protest and Civil Rights, 1942-1965," Commentator
76. "Conflict, Consensus, and American Values: Changes in Patterns of Race Relations, 1925-1975" with Elliott Rudwick
77. "The NAACP as a Reform Movement, 1909-1965 'To Reach the Conscience of America'" - Seminar with John H. Bracey, Jr. - University of Virginia
78. "Recollections of Non-Violent Direct Action - The Mid-1950s-1960s' Civil Rights Movement in Maryland. Where Do We Go From Here?," Speech - Douglas Memorial Community Church, Baltimore
79. "Exploring the History of Black America," Speech - Tougaloo College
80. "A Study in Black Leadership: The NAACP, A. Philip Randolph and the Struggle for Economic Justice" Indiana University and Purdue Univeristy, Indianapolis
81. Correspondence re: Speeches
82. Tribute to Meier and Elliott Rudwick by Harvard Sitkoff with Response by Meier and Rudwick - Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History