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In October 2014, ProQuest published its latest module in ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2. This module is highlighted by the records of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), records of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Africa-related papers of Claude Barnett, and the Robert F. Williams Papers. Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2 is the 9th module on ProQuest History Vault focusing on the 20th century fight for civil rights. It joins 2 earlier modules in the Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century Series, as well as 6 modules of the NAACP Papers. With the publication of Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2, ProQuest History Vault now includes major collections on SNCC, CORE, NAACP, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), arguably the four most important civil rights organizations of the 1960s. The following slides show images from the collections in Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2TRANSCRIPT
ProQuest History VaultBlack Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century:Organizational Records and Personal Papers
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ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
In October 2014, ProQuest published its latest module in ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2.
This module is highlighted by the records of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), records of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Africa-related papers of Claude Barnett, and the Robert F. Williams Papers.
Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2 is the 9th module on ProQuest History Vault focusing on the 20th century fight for civil rights. It joins 2 earlier modules in the Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century Series, as well as 6 modules of the NAACP Papers. With the publication of Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2, ProQuest History Vault now includes major collections on SNCC, CORE, NAACP, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), arguably the four most important civil rights organizations of the 1960s.
The following slides show images from the collections in Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
For more information on this module, see the press release and the Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century brochure.
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
Spring 1964 issue of The Student Voice, newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Source: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Papers, © Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
SNCC leaflet for voter registration in North Carolina. SNCC organizers worked to register voters throughout the South, most famously during Mississippi Freedom Summer in 1964.
Source: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Papers, © Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
Page from SNCC leaflet regarding the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project.
Source: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Papers, © Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
Pages from SNCC pamphlet by Howard Zinn regarding the Freedom Schools established by SNCC as part of the Mississippi Summer Project.
Source: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Papers, © Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
Page from Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) pamphlet regarding the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation. During the Journey of Reconciliation, CORE members tested discrimination in interstate travel. During the Journey, four participants in the Journey of Reconciliation were arrested. In many ways, the Journey of Reconciliation served as a test run for the dramatic Freedom Rides of 1961.
Source: Congress of Racial Equality Papers, © Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
CORE press release announcing plans for the 1961 Freedom Rides. In the press release, CORE National Director, James Farmer stated: “The ride will begin in Washington, D.C., on May 2nd and end in New Orleans on May 17. Participants will challenge every form of segregation met by the bus passenger: in the buses themselves, in restaurants and in rest rooms.”
Source: Congress of Racial Equality Papers, © Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
CORE leaflet regarding the 1962 Freedom Highways project. CORE started the Freedom Highways project after the Freedom Rides in an effort to desegregate hotels and motels. As a result of the project, Howard Johnson and Holiday Inn opened their facilities to African Americans.
Source: Congress of Racial Equality Papers,
© Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
February 1965 newsletter of the Vallejo, California, CORE branch.
CORE established a Western Regional Office in San Francisco in 1962. By 1965, the Western Regional Office oversaw the activities of about 40 local CORE chapters in the Western states. The Western Regional office concentrated on three main issues: de facto school segregation, equal employment opportunities, and open housing.
Source: Congress of Racial Equality Papers, © Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
January 19, 1965 Field Report by Ronnie M. Moore regarding CORE activities in Louisiana from September 1964-January 1965.
CORE launched a summer project in Louisiana in 1963 to promote voter registration and desegregation. The files of CORE’s Southern Regional Office document CORE’s efforts in Louisiana and throughout the South. In 1964, CORE joined with SNCC, SCLC, and the NAACP to form the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)
Source: Congress of Racial Equality Papers, © Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
November 21, 1959 issue of The Crusader newsletter published by Robert F. Williams. Williams and his wife Mabel, together with other Union County NAACP members, began publishing The Crusader in June 1959. The Crusader was Williams’s primary mouthpiece for expressing his views on Black Freedom.
Source: Robert F. Williams Papers. Bentley Library, University of Michigan. © Mabel Williams.
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
Cover page of the May-June 1964 issue of The Crusader newsletter published by Robert F. Williams. Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2 contains a complete run of The Crusader from 1959-1969 and 1980-1982. The Crusader is an excellent source for tracing the evolution of Robert F. Williams’s views on Black Freedom.
Source: Robert F. Williams Papers. Bentley Library, University of Michigan. © Mabel Williams.
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
Excerpt from typescript of Robert F. Williams “Radio Free Dixie” broadcasts. “Radio Free Dixie” aired from Havana, Cuba, between 1962 and 1966 and was beamed to the United States in an effort to promote Williams’s philosophy in America during his exile.
Source: Robert F. Williams Papers. Bentley Library, University of Michigan. © Mabel Williams.
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
Correspondence of Congressman Arthur W. Mitchell regarding anti-lynching legislation. On November 6, 1934, Mitchell was elected as the first Black American Democrat in the U.S. Congress. In Congress, Mitchell became an important champion of President Roosevelt's New Deal. Another important issue for Mitchell was anti-lynching legislation. Early in his term, Mitchell proposed anti-lynching legislation--legislation that was criticized as weak and ineffective by the NAACP.
In History Vault, Mitchell’s Papers can be searched alongside the NAACP Papers as well as Department of Justice records regarding anti-lynching legislation.
Source: Arthur W. Mitchell Papers, © Chicago History Museum.
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
In 1937, Arthur W. Mitchell filed a complaint against the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company after he was kicked out of a first class railroad car in Arkansas. The Arthur W. Mitchell Papers contain numerous documents pertaining to the case as well as more general information about segregation on the railroads in the South.
Researchers interested in the issue of discrimination in transportation will find relevant records in the Congress of Racial Equality Papers, especially the documents relating to the Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides. Additional material can also be found in Interstate Commerce Commission records in a related History Vault module, Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Federal Government Records.
Source: Arthur W. Mitchell Papers, © Chicago History Museum.
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
December 19, 1958, letter from Claude A. Barnett to then Vice President Richard M. Nixon, regarding a cable Nixon sent to Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah about the All-African People’s Conference held in Accra.
This letter comes from the Africa-related Papers of Claude A. Barnett. Two other series of Barnett’s Papers, the Associated Negro Press Records and Barnett’s subject files are included in Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century, Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 1.
Source: Claude A. Barnett Papers, 1918-1967, © Chicago History Museum.