Found 3 collections related to African American civic leaders -- New York (State) -- New York

Benjamin F. McLaurin (1906-1989) was a Black labor leader and civic worker who held leadership positions within the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) during the 1920s and 1930s. He worked with A. Philip Randolph throughout the Civil Rights Movement, and later advocated for job equality and increased educational opportunities for minority communities while serving on New York City board committees. The collection, dated 1936 to 1989, showcases McLaurin's lifelong labor, civic, and political work through correspondence, project reports, meeting minutes, Senate committee statements and testimonies, convention and conference reports, and newspaper clippings. less

Howard Bennett (1911-1981) was a civil rights activist and a Harlem community leader who founded the National Citizens Committee for a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The collection consists of one audio recording of a birthday tribute to King in 1972. less

Gordon Davis is an American lawyer who served as the New York City Commissioner of Parks and Recreation from 1978 to 1983 and as president of Lincoln Center in 2001. The Gordon Davis papers (1974-2022) contain his professional and personal files and includes calendars, press files, and promotional materials. There is also significant content related to Davis' father, the anthropologist, Dr. W. Allison Davis. less