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"Mrs. Ruth Williams Is First Governor's Aide" article describing Mrs. Ruth Williams serving as the private secretary of Massachusetts Gov. Paul Dever. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Mrs. Ruth Williams is First Governor's Aide" Article, June 23, 1951
Date Created
1951-06-23
Description
"Mrs. Ruth Williams Is First Governor's Aide" article describing Mrs. Ruth Williams serving as the private secretary of Massachusetts Gov. Paul Dever. 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers, African American press
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Fight for Ingrams" article on Mary Terrell's rally for the release of a Black woman and her sons accused of killing a White sharecropper in Atlanta. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Fight for Ingrams", May 1, 1954
Date Created
1954-05-01
Description
"Fight for Ingrams" article on Mary Terrell's rally for the release of a Black woman and her sons accused of killing a White sharecropper in Atlanta. 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Portrait Exhibit Honors Group of Talented Negroes" article on "Portraits of Outstanding Americans" photo exhibit featuring Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune and George Washington Carver. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Portrait Exhibit Honors Group of Talented Negroes" Article, May 26, 1946
Date Created
1946-05-26
Description
"Portrait Exhibit Honors Group of Talented Negroes" article on "Portraits of Outstanding Americans" photo exhibit featuring Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune and George Washington Carver. 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers, African American universities and colleges, African Americans--Education, Women--Societies and clubs, African American arts
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
Correspondence between Del Brook E. Binns and Harold L. Vaughan on Daisy Bates visit to Boston along with her itinerary. 2 pages.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
Correspondence Between Del Brook E. Binns and Harold L. Vaughan, May 19, 1958
Date Created
1958-05-19
Description
Correspondence between Del Brook E. Binns and Harold L. Vaughan on Daisy Bates visit to Boston along with her itinerary. 2 pages.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women social reformers, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
A letter to John Brown from Franklin B. Sanborn, requesting a visit because of a legislature hearing. 3 pages.
John Brown Collection
Correspondence, Franklin B. Sanborn to John Brown, January 28, 1857
Date Created
1857-01-28
Author
Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917
Description
A letter to John Brown from Franklin B. Sanborn, requesting a visit because of a legislature hearing. 3 pages.
Subject
Abolitionists, Political science
Collection
John Brown Collection
A letter to John Brown from Franklin B. Sanborn, about travel to Boston and Springfield, Massachusetts. 3 pages.
John Brown Collection
Correspondence, Franklin B. Sanborn to John Brown, March 21, 1857
Date Created
1857-03-21
Author
Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917
Description
A letter to John Brown from Franklin B. Sanborn, about travel to Boston and Springfield, Massachusetts. 3 pages.
Subject
Abolitionists, Travel
Collection
John Brown Collection
A letter to John Brown from Franklin B. Sanborn, regarding fundraising and the state of affairs in Kansas. 4 pages.
John Brown Collection
Correspondence, Franklin B. Sanborn to John Brown, August 28, 1857
Date Created
1857-08-28
Author
Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917
Description
A letter to John Brown from Franklin B. Sanborn, regarding fundraising and the state of affairs in Kansas. 4 pages.
Subject
Abolitionists
Collection
John Brown Collection
A letter to John Brown from Franklin B. Sanborn, regarding fundraising. 3 pages.
John Brown Collection
Correspondence, Franklin B. Sanborn to John Brown, September 19, 1857
Date Created
1857-09-19
Author
Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917
Description
A letter to John Brown from Franklin B. Sanborn, regarding fundraising. 3 pages.
Subject
Abolitionists
Collection
John Brown Collection
"Black Vote in Boston Rises, Slowly" article on the increase of the Black vote in Boston and the rest of the US.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Black Vote in Boston Rises, Slowly", May 23, 1971
Date Created
1971-05-23
Description
"Black Vote in Boston Rises, Slowly" article on the increase of the Black vote in Boston and the rest of the US.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Political participation, Voting
Collection
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping describing an United Government Employees project to train domestic workers.
Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers
"Mrs. McDuffie is Speaker in Boston", circa 1938
Date Created
1933/1943
Description
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping describing an United Government Employees project to train domestic workers.
Subject
Household employees, African American women, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers
Report on the "Great Equalizer" campaign, conducted by the Voter Education Project, was a successful public service media effort aimed at encouraging voter registration and participation in the 1976 elections, with high acceptance and usage rates among broadcast stations, reaching millions of viewers and listeners, and potentially contributing to increased voter turnout in the South, as indicated by higher registration figures compared to previous years. 13 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"An Evaluation of the Voter Education Projects Great Equalizer Campaign", 1976
Date Created
1976
Description
Report on the "Great Equalizer" campaign, conducted by the Voter Education Project, was a successful public service media effort aimed at encouraging voter registration and participation in the 1976 elections, with high acceptance and usage rates among broadcast stations, reaching millions of viewers and listeners, and potentially contributing to increased voter turnout in the South, as indicated by higher registration figures compared to previous years. 13 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Black-voter registration and turnout has increased dramatically in the past year, with some of the highest increases occurring in the South, and while Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's presidential candidacy is often credited with this phenomenon, analysts argue that the Reagan Administration's policies, particularly its effort to weaken the Voting Rights Act, played a significant role in spurring voter registration drives and increasing Black voter turnout. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Registration Drive Preceded Jackson's", May 6, 1984
Date Created
1984-05-06
Description
Black-voter registration and turnout has increased dramatically in the past year, with some of the highest increases occurring in the South, and while Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's presidential candidacy is often credited with this phenomenon, analysts argue that the Reagan Administration's policies, particularly its effort to weaken the Voting Rights Act, played a significant role in spurring voter registration drives and increasing Black voter turnout. 1 page.
Subject
Voter registration, Voting, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A speech by Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Ralph D. Abernathy delivered at the Urban Equity and Restoration Exposition in Boston, Massachusetts. 6 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Speech by Ralph D. Abernathy at the Urban Equity and Restoration Exposition, May 8, 1972
Date Created
1972-05-08
Description
A speech by Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Ralph D. Abernathy delivered at the Urban Equity and Restoration Exposition in Boston, Massachusetts. 6 pages.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African Americans--Civil rights, Speeches, Community development, City planning
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records