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1. (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A62

Description

1. 490 items (.7 cu. ft., 4 boxes); 29 x 22 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Photographs recording the activities, causes and individuals connected with the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) during the period of its existence, 1946-1955 as well as a few posters, fact sheets and photo album.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subject

1. Patterson, William L. 1890-1980
2. Davis, Benjamin J. 1903-1964
3. Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
4. Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)
5. Civil rights -- United States -- Societies, etc
6. Civil rights demonstrations -- United States
7. Political activists -- United States
8. Public speaking -- United States -- 1940-1959
9. Meetings -- United States -- 1940-1959
10. Audiences -- United States -- 1940-1959
11. Communists -- United States

Genre/Form

1. Photograph albums – 1950-1959.
2. Posters – 1950-1959.
3. Snapshots – 1940-1959.
4. Portrait photographs – 1940-1959.
5. Group portraits – 1940-1959.
6. Postcards – 1940-1959.
7. Contact sheets – 1940-1959.
8. Photomechanical prints – 1940-1959.
9. Silver gelatin photoprints – 1930-1959.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Some photographs are duplicates; some bear written descriptive information.

Biography (note)

1. National organization established in 1946 to among other things, "combat all forms of discrimination against ... labor, the Negro people and the Jewish people, and racial, political, religious, and national minorities." The organization folded in 1955 under pressure from the United States Attorney General and the House Un-American Activities Committee, which accused the organization of being subversive.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Civil Rights Congress Records.

Author

1. Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)

Title

1. Civil Rights Congress photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. 1935?-1955?

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Civil Rights Congress Records.

Biography

1. National organization established in 1946 to among other things, "combat all forms of discrimination against ... labor, the Negro people and the Jewish people, and racial, political, religious, and national minorities." The organization folded in 1955 under pressure from the United States Attorney General and the House Un-American Activities Committee, which accused the organization of being subversive.

Local note

1. SC MG7.

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2. NYPL Digital Collections

Found in:

1. (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A62

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection