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NAACP World War II membership brochure

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS983f

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a brochure published by the NAACP encouraging recipients to donate and become a member. It includes two excerpts of letters written by soldiers that assert the importance of the organization and urge others to donate. It also contains an inventory of funds the United States Army and Navy contributed to the NAACP, as well as a list of it's achievements.

Dates

  • approximately 1942

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.

Biographical / Historical

W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963), Ida B. Wells (1862-1931), and Mary White Ovington (1865-1951) founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 to advocate for equal rights and to eliminate racial prejudice in the United States, particularly against African Americans. The organization played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement by campaigning to overturn disenfranchisement and racial segregation legislation. Specifically, it brought cases to the Supreme Court, including Brown v. Board of Education, and lobbied for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The NAACP also helped coordinate, and provided legal support for, peaceful protests such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955-1956 and the 1963 March on Washington. In later years the organization has focused on the criminal justice system and job inequality.

Extent

1 folder(s)

Language

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, 2002

Bias in Description Note

As archivists, we acknowledge our role as stewards of information. We choose how individuals and organizations are represented and described in our archives. We are not neutral, and bias is reflected in our descriptions, which may not accurately convey the racist or offensive aspects of collection materials. Archivists make mistakes and might use poor judgment. In working with this collection, we often re-use language used by the former owners of the material. This language provides context but often includes bias and prejudices reflective of the time in which it was created. The Kenan Research Center’s work is ongoing to implement reparative language where Library of Congress subject terms are inaccurate and obsolete.

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Title
NAACP World War II membership brochure
Subtitle
ahc.MSS983f
Author
Charlsie Wemple
Date
July 2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

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