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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

Black History Pamphlets Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-064
Abstract

This collection contains pamphlets, ephemera, booklets, joutrnals, comic books, and other materials related to Black history in the last 200 years. Subjects include slavery, economics, Black/White relations, as well as noted Black figures, including Rev. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Anglea Davis, Huey Newton, Paul Robeson, C.L.R. James, and Amanda Smith. Publications include Black journals, zines, and comic books introducing Black superheroes.

Dates: ca. 1890-2018

Gidra Magazine Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-1900-009
Scope and Contents This collection contains issues of Gidra, an monthly magazine published by Japanese-American students at UCLA between 1969 and 1974. Gidra covered issues such as racism; the anti-war movement; and other social justice issues in regards to the Asian American community around the UCLA campus and greater Los Angeles.Gidra also included art and poetry. Sixty issues of ...
Dates: 1969-1974

National Association of Black and White Men Together

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-013
Scope and Contents

This collection contains meeting minutes; by-laws; strategic plan; chapter development manual; correspondence; memorandums; finanical statements; resources lists; and newsletter issues of the National Association of Black and White Men Together: A gay multi-racial organization for all people.

Dates: 1982-2006

Terminal Island Personal Histories Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-036
Abstract

The Terminal Island Personal Histories Collection features one transcribed oral history, one autobiography, and one possible rough draft edition of a book entitled, "Terminal Island: An Island in Time, Collection of Personal Histories of Former Islanders 1994-1995". All of the materials in this are available online.

Dates: 1994-1995

The Black Panther Newspapers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-044
Abstract

This collection contains over 400 newspaper issues from 1967 to 1980, organized by the Black Panther Party(BPP). The newspaper covers a variety of topics, from community to global events. It was also used to distribute information of the BPP’s ideologies and their support for different groups fighting oppression.

Dates: 1967-1980

Turning the Tide: L.A. Anti-Racism Newsletter

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-006
Scope and Contents

This collection contains issues of the "Turning the Tide" newsletter, published by People Against Racist Terror (PART). Topics include: social justice, racism, colonialism, incarceration, political and social movements, anti-fascism, anti-war, and other related topics.

Dates: December 1994-August 2017

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