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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
"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
"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
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
A group of individuals involved in several integration efforts in St. Augustine, Florida (for which they were arrested) are shown posing for a photo at Logan Airport soon after their arrival from Florida. Individuals in the photo include, from left to right, attorney James R. Purdy, Charles H. Bonner, Bishop Campbell, Mrs. Campbell, the Campbell's daughter (behind them), Mrs. Malcolm Peabody holding a baby, Malcolm Peabody, Jr., Esther J. Burgess, Mary Peabody, Malcolm Peabody (hidden behind Endicott Peabody, Jr.), Endicott Peabody, Jr., Barbara Peabody, and the Campbell's other daughter.
Back of photograph containing handwritten description of the people in the photo.
A second copy of the photograph's backing which contains handwritten information about the people featured in the photo.
Protesters are shown in a group photo at Logan Airport upon their return from Florida where several of them, including Mary Peabody, were arrested and jailed for their sit-in efforts. Written on verso: Copy for use of Dr. King.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend John M. Burgess, Barbara Peabody (the wife of Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody), her son Endicott Peabody, Jr. and Charles H. Bonner, a director of the Afro News Bureau, pose for a photo at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. Written on verso: Copy for use of Dr. King.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
"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
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Audiovisual Series
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.
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