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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Filer Compton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-012
Abstract

This collection consists of approximately 25 magazines and newspaper titles, as well as newspaper clippings and ballots. The collection predominantly focuses on African American social and political news, civil rights issues, and cultural and entertainment news. A large portion of the collection consists of Jet magazines but almost equally as large is the collection of Ebony magazines. Some of the titles also included are The Crisis, Los Angeles Times, The Bulletin and more.

Dates: 1957-2020; Majority of material found within 1960-1990

Carolee Gardner Trefts Pasadena School Board Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-013
Abstract This collection is comprised of various research items compiled by Carolee Gardner Trefts, including her own writings. It mainly documents the history of the Pasadena, California School Board's controversy regarding desegregation and busing effecting the minority students and the internal turmoil within the school board itself between members and school parents. The research also includes a manuscript by Harry Tyler from the 1950s and 1960s, which provides background information for some of...
Dates: 1963-1979, 1981, 1983, 1999, 2004; Majority of material found within 1970-1979

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African American periodicals 1
African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles 1
Busing for school integration 1
Compton (Calif.) 1
Desegregation 1