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1. Johnson, Oakley C., 1890-

Description

1. 4 lin ft.

Summary

1. Case files from the Louisiana Civil Rights Congress including pamphlets, legal transcripts and briefs, press releases, news clippings, and correspondence which documents the legal activities of the Congress, particularly its attempt to secure justice for Paul Washington and Ocie Jugger, both sentenced to death on rape charges. Material from Johnson's hearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee, 1957; and manuscripts and materials from his research for several writing projects, including "Marxism and the Negro," "Mask of Justice," and a "Glossary of Twenty-five Historic Civil Rights Cases." Also, notes, source materials, and manuscripts of his extensive writings on civil liberties and segregation, together with material concerning a trip through the South in 1957.

Subject

1. African Americans > Civil rights
2. Trials (Rape) > United States
3. United States > Congress > House > Committee on Un-American Activities
4. United States > Social conditions > 1945-
5. Civil rights > United States
6. Washington, Paul
7. Louisiana > Social conditions
8. Jugger, Ocie
9. Segregation > United States
10. Civil Rights Congress of Louisiana
11. Southern States > Description and travel
12. Civil rights > Louisiana
13. Southern States > Social conditions
14. African Americans > Societies, etc
15. Civil rights workers
16. United States > Politics and government > 1953-1961
17. African Americans > Political activity
18. African Americans > Segregation
19. Socialism > United States
20. Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
21. Johnson, Oakley C., 1890-

Call number

1. Sc Micro R-972

Note

1. Guide : Shelved as: Sc F-95-444

Access (note)

1. Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.

Additional formats (note)

1. Collection available on microfilm;

Reproduction (note)

1. Microfilm.

Source (note)

1. Johnson, Oakley C.

Biography (note)

1. English professor, civil liberties advocate.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. "Manuscript Collections from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: Guide to the Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition." Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1995.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Processed
3. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Johnson, Oakley C., 1890-

Title

1. Oakley C. Johnson papers, 1946-1957.

Access

1. Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.

Additional formats

1. Collection available on microfilm; Scholarly Resources, Inc.; call number Sc Micro R-972.

Reproduction

1. Microfilm. New York, N.Y. : New York Public Library, marketed by Scholarly Resources Inc., 1969. 5 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (MN *ZZ-7408)

Biography

1. English professor, civil liberties advocate. Johnson served as executive secretary of the Louisiana chapter of the Civil Rights Congress, 1949-1951.

Indexes

1. "Manuscript Collections from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: Guide to the Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition." Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1995.

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1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Civil rights workers.

Added author

1. Johnson, Oakley C., 1890-

Research call number

1. Sc Micro R-972