Box 8

This series contains reports; journal issues and articles; clippings; essays; fact sheets; flyers; and other material related to education, race, civil rights, activism, and poverty. Some topics covered in this series include African Americans and politics; Hurricane Katrina and the reconstruction of New Orleans; immigration; and other related subjects. Material in this series is organized chronologically.

This sub-series contains material belonging to Ernest's relatives. Material belonging to his daughters Lynetta and Cheryl are comrprised of wedding invitations and other related documents; correspondence; and commencement programs and invitations. Also included in this sub-series are a disseration and curriculum vitae belonging to Foraker Ulysses Smith, and a family reunion t-shirt.