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Anti-lynching movements

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

John Wallace Malone letter to Senators Harry F. Byrd and Walter F. George

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS963f
Scope and Contents This collection contains a letter that John Wallace Malone wrote to United States senators Harry F. Byrd (1887-1966) of Virginia, and Walter F. George (1878-1957) of Georgia. Both Democratic senators supported racial segregation. In the letter, Malone uses racist rhetoric to argue that "Southern people do not hate Negroes" and that the Federal government should allow states to make decisions regarding race relations. To support his argument, he references instances of supposed racial harmony...
Dates: 1948 March 1

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