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Civil rights

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections / American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Collection

Nelson Blackstock papers

 Collection
Identifier: HLL-2019-016
Abstract This collection comprises the papers of Nelson Blackstock, a former Civil Rights activist who as involved with the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and various other student-led political organizations in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. He was also a journalist and editor who was at one time a managing editor of The Militant. The collection includes newspaper...
Dates: 1963-2006, undated
Found in: Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills / Nelson Blackstock papers

"California Eagle"

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30550014953622]
Identifier: SPC-2021-002
Scope and Contents This collection contains Vol. 21, issues 10-29 of the "California Eagle"(June 5, 1950-October 19, 1950), one of the oldest black-owned and operated newspapers in the United States during its run from 1979-1964. In its early days, the newspaper provided housing and job information for Black settlers transitioning to life on the West Coast. After Charlotta Bass took over the newspaper in 1912, she started directing the newspaper toward reporting on issues affecting Black and minortiy...
Dates: June 5, 1950-October 19, 1950
Found in: California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections / "California Eagle"

Civil Rights Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-009
Scope and Contents The Civil Rights Collection (1913-1994; undated) contains four 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; undated
Found in: California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections / Civil Rights Collection

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) San Francisco Chapter Papers

 Collection
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
Found in: California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections / Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) San Francisco Chapter Papers

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
Found in: California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections / Filer Compton Collection

Holt Labor Library pamphlet and subject file collection

 Collection
Identifier: HLL-2019-001
Abstract

This collection contains pamphlets, manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera related to labor movements and issues, Anarchism, Communism, Marxism, Socialism, Trotskyism, civil rights, anti-war and peace movements, the Soviet Union and the Russian Revolution, and related subjects in the arts, sciences, religion, sports, economics, education, and government.

Dates: 1902-2016; Majority of material found within 1930-1970
Found in: Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills / Holt Labor Library pamphlet and subject file collection

Arthur Kunkin / Los Angeles Free Press Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-145
Abstract This collection documents Art Kunkin’s career as a newspaper publisher, journalist, political activist, New Age advocate, esotericist, and alchemist. This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, research notes, pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, programs, mailers, and other documents from his time as editor and publisher of the Los Angeles Free Press along with his other editorial work, his labor organizing, and his spiritual and esoteric practices and...
Dates: 1919-2020; Undated; Majority of material found within 1946-2010
Found in: California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections / Arthur Kunkin / Los Angeles Free Press Collection

Berta Green Langston papers

 Collection
Identifier: HLL-2019-002
Abstract

This collection includes the personal and professional papers of Berta Green Langston, an active member of the Socialist Workers Party and Socialist Action who was involved in various protest movements during the 20th century. It includes newsletters, newspaper articles, miscellaneous writings, and correspondence with James Baldwin, Robert F. Williams, Albert Perry, Dave Dellinger, William Worthy, Pete Seeger, and Noam Chomsky, among others.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1958-2005
Found in: Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills / Berta Green Langston papers

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
Found in: California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections / Los Angeles Tribune (1941-1960)

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