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Race discrimination

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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

"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

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; undated

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

Melvin House Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-030
Abstract

This collection contains material belonging to Melvin House, an African American electrician and high school gymnast living in Los Angeles, California. Included in this collection are documents, photographs, ephemera, articles, booklets, pamphlets, and other material relating to House's education, career, friends and family; as well as his interests in spirituality, politics, religion, and the Nation of Islam.

Dates: 1929-1971; undated

Earl Ofari Hutchinson Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2024-030
Scope and Contents The Earl Ofari Hutchinson Manuscript Collection (2016, 2018, 2023, 2024) contains both published and manuscript copies of six books by Earl Ofari Hutchinson, an author and political analyst. Included in this collection are: 50 Years Later: Why the Murder of Dr. King Still Matters Middle Passage Press [printed book], 2018; Kamala! Middle Passage Press [printed book], 2024; The Myth of Black Capitalism Middle...
Dates: 2016, 2018, 2023, 2024

I.F. Stone's Weekly Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-021
Abstract

Various issues of political newsletter, "I.F. Stone's Weekly", Vol. 1-19.

Dates: 1954-1966