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  • Decade = 1960-1969
  • Subjects = African Americans--Education
  • Subjects = African American civil rights workers
Letter asking members to take action in education and the community to prevent school drop-outs. 2 pages.
"First Days in a New School" article on Mary McLeod Bethune and the opening of The Daytona Literary and Industrial School for Training Negro Girls. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Violence Still Evident, Mrs. L. C. Bates Says" article on the president of the Arkansas Chapter of the NAACP speaks on violence still evident at Central High School integration. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
Philadelphia Cotillion Society article on presenting Mrs. Daisy Bates with the Diamond Cross of Malta. 2 pages.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"JFK to Inquire Into Freeway Near DC Bethune Statue" article on President Kennedy speaking on building a freeway near the memorial of Mary McLeod Bethune. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"First of Race To Be So Honored....Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy to Launch Drive for Monument Honoring Late Negro Woman Educator" article on Mrs. Kennedy honoring Dr. Bethune. 1 page.
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial announcement of the memorial being built in Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Daughter of Slaves, Founder of College" article on the life of Mary McLeod Bethune. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Eleanor Roosevelt Plaudits for Mrs. Bethune" editorial from Eleanor Roosevelt on Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
Joseph E. Lowery shown studying with other men in a stadium.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Citizenship Education Program newsletter created by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the American Missionary Association, highlighting voting concerns, civil rights workers, updates from members of the Citizenship Education Program, and statewide news. 9 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Various documents created and used by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Citizenship Education Program. 15 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
A brochure advertising the purpose, programs, and application process for the Citizenship Education Program (CEP). 2 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Two pamphlets for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's SCOPE (Summer Community Organization and Political Education Project) program. 16 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Dorothy Cotton poses for a photo while sitting at a desk.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dorothy Cotton speaking at an a conference on education. Written on verso: Education Conference.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dorothy Cotton speaking at a podium during an unknown event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Gloria Richardson and Lawrence Cundirr are shown speaking in a courtroom while court attendees listen. Written on front: CAMBRIDGE, MD., MAY 13 -- NEGRO LEADER IN COURTROOM -- Mrs. Gloria Richardson stands in courtroom talking with Lawrence Cundirr, executive advisor of committee for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. She was charged with disorderly conduct for her part in Monday night's demonstrations. Mrs. Richardson was released on $100 bail when she requested a jury trial. 1964.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Civil rights leaders are shown gathered at an court arraignment hearing after their participation in a demonstration against alleged defacto school integration in Chester, Pennsylvania. Written on front: Chester, PA., April 2 - LEADERS ARRAIGNED AFTER DEMONSTRATION - Negro leaders in the continuing demonstrations against alleged defacto school segregation in Chester, Pa., face a magistrate early today after their arrest last night. Stanley E. Branche, executive director of the Committee For Freedom Now, is at extreme left, with Mrs. Gloria Richardson, civil rights leader from Cambridge, Md., in center. Next to Mrs. Richardson is Philip Savage, NAACP tri-state secretary. 1964.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Bayard Rustin is shown alongside an unidentified man listening to a speaker at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Summer Community Organization and Political Education Project orientation at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia.