Research Catalog

Title

Marilyn Clement papers, 1967-2005.

Author

Clement, Marilyn.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

3 lin. ft. (7 a.b.)

Summary

The Marilyn Clement papers, 1967-2005, consist primarily of printed material, which document her activities as an activist with the organizations where she was either employed or worked as a volunteer. The collection is arranged chronologically and then by organization. Writings by Clement are filed throughout the collection. Included among the printed materials are an interview given by Clement and essays about the first women's delegation of U.S. civilians that traveled in Vietnam after the war (Clement was a member of the delegation), 1977-1978, and campaign items from Jesse Jackson's bid for the United States presidency in 1988. Also represented is the "National Conference in Support of the African National Congress and other Democratic Forces for a New South Africa," held at the Riverside Church in New York City, and her work as a fund raising consultant for Americans for Aristide. Of note are the items relating to the Health Care Now campaign launched (as "Healthcare-We Gotta Have It") in 1992 and revived in 2004. Other materials are from Clement's involvement in various campaigns during her tenure at the United Methodist Women's Division.

Subjects

• Community organization > United States
• Minorities > Civil rights
• Clement, Marilyn
• African American women political activists
• Women in missionary work
• African American women civil rights workers
• Woods, James T
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
• Church work with minorities
• African American Methodists
• Church work with migrant labor
• Farm Labor Organizing Committee
• African Americans > Civil rights
• Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, N.Y.)
• Black author
• Civil rights workers > United States
• Women in church work
• Americans for Aristide
• African American women
• Church work with African Americans
• Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (U.S.)

Note

• 5 VHS and 3 DVD transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
• 28 booklets transferred to General Research and Reference Division.

Source (note)

• Marilyn Clement

Biography (note)

• Marilyn Clement was an activist and a professional organizer in the social justice movement. She worked as a researcher for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Atlanta (1966-1968), and was an organizer and later the associate director for the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organizations in New York City. In 1976, she went to work for the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) as the executive director. While at CCR the creation of programs was a priority and Clement was instrumental in the creation of the Instituto para Derechos Civiles in Puerto Rico, the Mississippi Voting Rights Project, the Movement Support Network, and the National Anti-Klan Network renamed now the Center for Democratic Renewal and the Ella Baker Legal Intern Program.

Call Number

Sc MG 772

OCLC

244205260

Author

Clement, Marilyn.

Title

Marilyn Clement papers, 1967-2005.

Biography

Marilyn Clement was an activist and a professional organizer in the social justice movement. She worked as a researcher for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Atlanta (1966-1968), and was an organizer and later the associate director for the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organizations in New York City. In 1976, she went to work for the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) as the executive director. While at CCR the creation of programs was a priority and Clement was instrumental in the creation of the Instituto para Derechos Civiles in Puerto Rico, the Mississippi Voting Rights Project, the Movement Support Network, and the National Anti-Klan Network renamed now the Center for Democratic Renewal and the Ella Baker Legal Intern Program.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 772