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Los Angeles Tribune (1941-1960)

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-029
Scope and Contents

This collection contains seven issues of the Los Angeles Tribune; a newspaper published in Los Angeles by civil rights activist, Almena Lomax. The newspaper ran from 1941-1960 and was published for African American residents of Los Angeles.

Dates: October 12, 1941; August 24, 1942; October 19, 1942; November 30, 1945; December 14, 1942; March 26, 1945

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

Dadisi Sanyika Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2015-002
Abstract

This collection contains archival material and rare books related to Dadisi Sanyika and his interests in African American history and culture, African drumming and dance, and the study of astrology, metaphysics, occultism, black gnostic studies, and PermaCulture. Included in the collection are published books and periodicals, pamphlets, yearbooks, handwritten notes, study materials, lesson plans, astrology charts, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and VHS tapes.

Dates: 1940s-2005; 1970-2005

Ernest C. Smith Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-019
Abstract This collection contains material belonging to Ernest C. Smith and his family. The majority of the collection contains documents regarding Ernest's life as a sheet metal contractor; teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District; educator; politician; and African American civil rights activist. This collection includes: articles, reports, certificates, correspondence, event programs, photographs, ephemera, and other material. Also included in this collection are items that belonged to...
Dates: 1930-2011; undated

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

Civil Rights Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-009
Scope and Contents The Civil Rights Collection (1913-1994; undated) contains three boxes of flyers, leaflets, broadsides, magazines, and other documents related to civil rights activism. Included are flyers regarding activist Angelo Herndon; an event aimed at Los Angeles' Latinx voters; Delegates National Assembly for Peace, Washington D.C. April 1, 1952; a reprint of the address Rev. Edward D. McGowan of the National Committee to Defend Negro Leadership delivered before the National Fraternal Council of...
Dates: 1913-1994; undatee

Holt Labor Library Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: HLL-2019-034
Abstract

The collection comprises buttons, keychains, flags, banners, and black-and-white and color photographs, negatives and contact sheets related to various labor strikes, commemorative events, political party and labor union election campaigns, women's rights causes, anti-war activism and demonstrations, and socialist political causes.

Dates: 1948-2005, undated; Majority of material found within 1970-2000, undated

Effie Robinson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-037
Abstract This collection contains one scrapbook, photographs, an obituary, master’s thesis, copies of a speech, and excerpts of an oral history regarding Effie Robinson, a San Francisco based social worker who was a pioneer for championing minority children in need of adoption, and educational leadership programs for minority youths. A majority of the scrapbook contains clippings regarding her work with MARCH! Adoption program, Junior Leaders Program at Benjamin Franklin Junior High School, and...
Dates: circa 1930s; 1942; circa 1950s; 1952-1985, 2001, 2003; undated

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) San Francisco Chapter Papers

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Identifier: SPC-2023-004
Scope and Contents The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) San Francisco Chapter Papers (1964-1965, 1969; circa 1960s; undated) contains documents mostly related to activities of the San Francisco Chapter of CORE. A majority of the documents are in regards to an agreement between Community Dry Goods Relation Association and CORE, and CORE's belief that the terms of the agreement were not met due to discriminatory hiring practices; pickets, demonstrations, and marches protesting East Bay Restaurant Association,...
Dates: 1964-1969; circa 1960s; undated

Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-001
Abstract This collection is comprised of materials generated by Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC). The Watts Labor Community Action Committee formed in 1965 prior to the Los Angeles (Watts) Riots of 1965 in an effort spearheaded by Ted Watkins, Sr. and supported by local labor unions, most notably, the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). Their purpose was to create and provide programs and services that serve the needs of the under-served,...
Dates: 1947, 1964-1983, 1985-1988, 1990-1999, 2001-2003, 2005, 2007-2009, 2011, 2014-2015; Majority of material found within 1965-1999

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Aquarian Spiritual Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) 2
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Hall, Manly P. (Manly Palmer), 1901-1990 2
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Adelante 1
Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons (Organization) 1
After Dark 1
Aid for AIDS 1
American Civil Liberties Union 1
American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born 1
Angelou, Maya 1
Armour, Alaine 1
Bay Area Reporter 1
Being Alive (Organization) 1
Ben-Jochannan, Yosef 1
Besant, Annie, 1847-1933 1
Budge, E. A. Wallis, Sir (Ernest Alfred Wallis), 1857-1934 1
Buttigieg, Pete, 1982- 1
Caffe Cino 1
California Teachers Association 1
Capital District Gay and Lesbian Community Council (Albany, N.Y.) 1
Christopher Street (Magazine) 1
Churchward, Albert 1
Civil Rights Congress (U.S.) 1
Clymer, R. Swinburne (Reuben Swinburne), 1878-1966 1
Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training 1
Congress of Racial Equality 1
Cooper, J. California 1
Crane-Gartz, Kate 1
Curtiss, Harriette Augusta, 1856?-1932 1
Cybersocket 1
DNA (Magazine) 1
Dallas Voice 1
Daughters of Bilitis 1
Dignity/Los Angeles 1
Dignity/USA 1
DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 1
Ebony Magazine 1
Echo (Magazine) 1
Edge (Magazine) 1
Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986 1
Fag Rag (Newspaper) 1
Fortune, Dion 1
Frontiers Magazine 1
Gadalla, Moustafa, 1944 1
Gallagher, Leo 1
Gauquelin, Michel, 1928-1991 1
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation 1
Gay (Newspaper) 1
Gay Community News 1
Gay Games 1
Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc. 1
Gay Sunshine (Newspaper) 1
Gay and Lesbian Times 1
Gayle, Addison, Jr., 1932-1991 1
Genre (Magazine) 1
Ghose, Aurobindo, 1872-1950 1
Giovanni, Nikki 1
Golden State Gay Rodeo Association. Greater Los Angeles Chapter 1
Greenfield, Eloise 1
Gregory, Dick 1
Guy, Rosa 1
Hahn, Harlan, 1939-2008 1
Haley, Alex 1
Hartmann, Franz, 1838-1912 1
Heline, Corinne, 1882- 1
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963 1
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 1
Hodson, Geoffrey, 1886-1983 1
Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
Human Rights Campaign (U.S.) 1
Hurston, Zora Neale 1
In Magazine 1
Instinct (Magazine) 1
International Male (Company) 1
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 1
Jet Magazine 1
John Henry and Mary Louisa Dunn Foundation 1
Jones, Marc Edmund, 1888-1980 1
Jones, Michelle 1
Jordan, June, 1936-2002 1
Jung, C.G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961 1
Kgositsile, Keorapetse 1
Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
King, Richard D. 1
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center 1
L.A. weekly 1
LN - Lesbian News 1
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund 1
Lester, Julius 1
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