Found 6 collections related to Civil rights

Marilyn Clement (June 30, 1935 - August 3, 2009) was a civil rights activist, an organizer for racial and social justice, and the executive director for the Center for Constitutional Rights from 1976 to 1989. The collection contains eight short videos about Clement's work as an activist and the organizations with which she worked, dating from 1986 to 2006. less

The Bureau of Social Science Research (1950-1986) was a nonprofit research agency that studied social issues. The collection contains sixteen audio recordings, including interviews conducted in 1967 with key figures who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and media coverage of the march. less

Andrew Goodman (November 23, 1943- June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. The collection consists of ten audio and twenty-five moving image recordings related to the 1964 murders of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner, including commemorations, documentary films, news segments, and music. less

Gerald Horne (1949-) is an African American historian, professor, radio host, political commentator, a 1992 California Senate candidate, and the author of Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s (1995), as well as over thirty other books. He is the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. The collection contains 112 audio recordings and eleven videos relating to Horne's career, including interviews about his scholarship; interviews he conducted as a radio host as well as research for his books; appearances he made as a Senate candidate; and appearances at academic conferences, dating from 1970 to 2003. less

Civic leader Lester Aglar Walton (April 20, 1882 - October 19, 1965) promoted human rights through songwriting, journalism, and international diplomacy. The collection consists of four 10-inch records and one 12-inch record likely all recorded by Lester A. Walton, dating from circa 1940-1965. less