African Americans -- Civil Rights
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Carl Van Vechten Collection of African-American Arts & Letters, 1853-2004
Series
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
Photographs, sheet music, playbills, prints, publications, sound recordings, programs, souvenir books, correspondence, drawings, broadsides, articles, ephemera, manuscripts, and journal issues relating to the theater, music, dance, and literature. The photographic portion of the collection consists primarily of Carl Van Vechten's portraits of influential actors, writers, and artists of the New York stage. Amongst the photographic prints are rare portraits of notable African American authors,...
Dates:
1853-2004
Carl Van Vechten memorial collection of arts and letters
Collection
Identifier: MS-91
Scope and Contents
Photographs, sheet music, playbills, prints, publications, sound recordings, programs, souvenir books, correspondence, drawings, broadsides, articles, ephemera, manuscripts, and journal issues relating to the theater, music, dance, and literature. Although not limited to materials related to African American artists and their works, the collection includes a large number of materials documenting African American artistic endeavors during the early and mid-twentieth century. The collection...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1880-; Other: Date acquired: 04/09/1986
Carmen De Lavallade and Leo Holder, 26 December 1958
File — Box 3: Series Series 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: 03_19_1958
Scope and Contents
1 8x10 photograph of the dancer and her son.
Dates:
26 December 1958
LeRoi Jones, 3 January 1962
File — Box 3: Series Series 1, Folder: 42
Identifier: 03_42_1962
Scope and Contents
1 8x10 photograph of the poet, playwright and political activist.
Dates:
3 January 1962
Roy Wilkins, [27 May] 1958
File — Box 3: Series Series 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03_08_1958
Scope and Contents
2 3x5 postcards of the civil rights activist. On the back of one is written: "NAACP"
Dates:
[27 May] 1958
Scottsboro Ltd., [1932]
File — Box 4: Series Series 1, Folder: 36
Identifier: 04_36_1932
Scope and Contents
2 5x7 prints of drawing, courtesy of Prentiss Taylor.
Dates:
[1932]
Silent Protest Parade, 28 July 1917
File — Box 4: Series Series 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: 04_04_1917
Scope and Contents
2 5x7 photographs. On the back of one is written: "Silent Protest Parade, 1917 (Courtesy The Crisis)
Dates:
28 July 1917