Found 3 collections related to Race discrimination

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." This collection includes the files of executive secretaries John P. Davis, Edward Strong, and Revels Cayton, as well as financial records. less

The D.C. Area Nonviolent Action Group (NAG) was a student organization at Howard University active in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s. NAG members participated in the Freedom Rides from Washington to Mississippi; contributed clothing, food, and medicine to Tennessee sharecroppers who had been forced off their land for voting in 1961; initiated and/or participated in civil rights demonstrations in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Maryland; and maintained working relationships with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.). NAG's membership included civil rights figures Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin). This collection (27 items) consists mainly of correspondence and minutes pertaining to the D.C. Area Nonviolent Action Group's (NAG) civil rights-related activities. Authors of letters include William Mahoney, NAG president; members Anne C. Wooten, Bernard Z. "Butch" Conn, and James Forman; and Julian Bond and Charles F. McDew of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. less

Cleveland G. Allen was a newspaper journalist, music historian, and music lecturer for the Board of Education. Born in South Carolina, Allen moved to New York around 1902. He wrote for such publications as The New York Herald Tribune, Musical America, and Christian Science Monitor. He also worked for Booker T. Washington as one of his publicity staff members. Allen also was a civil rights activist; he organized an annual pilgrimage to see the bust of Harriet Beecher Stowe in the Hall of Fame at New York University. He advocated for a bust of Booker T. Washington to be added as well, and he lived to see its dedication. This collection consists of letters regarding two annual events organized by Allen, the celebration of the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and a pilgrimage to the New York University Hall of Fame to honor Harriet Beecher Stowe and Booker T. Washington. Also included is a statement issued by New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey concerning elimination of discrimination in the state. less