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Alfred and Bernice Ligon Aquarian Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2015-001
Abstract
This collection contains archival materials and rare books related to Alfred and Bernice Ligon as the proprietors and founders of The Aquarian Book Shop and Aquarian Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, CA; their interests in African American history and culture; and studies and teaching of metaphysics, occultism and black gnostic studies. The archival collection concentrates on the operations and events of the Book Shop, curriculum of the Spiritual Center, and African American culture. The rare...
Dates:
Late 1800s - 2014; Bulk 1941-1996
American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-042
Scope and Contents
The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Collection (1939-1944, 1946-1948, 1950, 1955, circa 1959) contains one box and .21 linear feet of mailers; flyers; pamphlets; conference programs and proceedings; press releases; discussion outlines; brochures; and other documents generated by the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, an organization founded in 1933 to defend the rights of foreign born individuals. This collection is organized chronologically.
Dates:
1939-1944, 1946-1948, 1950, 1955, circa 1959
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- Bailey, Alice, 1880-1949 1
- Ben-Jochannan, Yosef 1
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- DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
- Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 1
- Gayle, Addison, Jr., 1932-1991 1
- Giovanni, Nikki 1
- Greenfield, Eloise 1
- Gregory, Dick 1
- Guy, Rosa 1
- Haley, Alex 1
- Hall, Manly P. (Manly Palmer), 1901-1990 1
- Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963 1
- Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 1
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
- Hurston, Zora Neale 1
- Jackson, John G. 1
- Jordan, June, 1936-2002 1
- Kgositsile, Keorapetse 1
- Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987 1
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
- King, Richard D. 1
- Lester, Julius 1
- Ligon, Alfred, 1906-2002 1
- Ligon, Bernice, 1912-2000 1
- Lorde, Audre 1
- Marshall, Paule, 1929-2019 1
- Meeds, Virgil A. 1
- Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Perry, Armagene Hasani 1
- Rogers, J.A. (Joel Augustus), 1880-1966 1
- Sanyika, Dadisi 1
- Shields, Raymond 1
- Soyinka, Wole 1
- Thurman, Howard, 1915-1998 1
- Walker, Alice, 1944- 1
- Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998 1
- Weatherwax, John M. (John Martin), 1900-1984 1
- Winston, Henry, 1911-1986 1
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