Black Freedom Struggle in the United States:

  • Amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965

  • Congressional Hearings: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights on bills to either extend or amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965; NAACP called as a witness, 1969-1970


  • Casefile 10218-139: W.E.B. Du Bois, The Crisis, New York City, Investigation of Incitement and Disloyalty, Correspondence with Soldiers, 1918

  • National Archive Folders: Casefile on The Crisis and W. E. B. Du Bois regarding the federal surveillance of Black Americans, 1918


  • Casefile 800.9-181: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Anti-Lynching Circular, Arkansas, U.S. Department of State, 1921

  • National Archive Folders: Casefile on the NAACP regarding the federal surveillance of Black Americans, 1921


  • Civil Rights

  • Senate hearing on civil rights. NAACP called as witness., 1949


  • Civil Rights Bills

  • Congressional Hearings: Continuation of hearings before the Subcom No. 5 to review civil rights protection and enforcement issues and related proposals, including education and employment discrimination issues, and to examine laws and actions of certain States impacting civil rights. NAACP called as witness., 1958


  • Civil Rights Proposals

  • Senate Hearing on Civil Rights Proposals. NAACP called as witness., 1956


  • Crime of Lynching

  • Senate hearing on lynching. NAACP called as witness., 1940


  • Crime of Lynching

  • Senate hearing on lynching. NAACP called as witness., 1948


  • Equal Employment Opportunities Enforcement Act

  • Hearings before the Subcommittee on Labor on: S. 2453, the Equal Employment Opportunities Enforcement Act, to allow the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to issue judicially enforceable cease and desist orders upon complaint of discriminatory practices (text, p. 1-27); and S. 2806, the Administration proposal, to give EEOC the right to sue through familiar court procedures (text, p. 28-32). NAACP called as a witness., 1969


  • Equal Employment Opportunities Enforcement Act

  • Congressional Hearing: Considers S. 2453, to grant added decisionmaking and enforcement authority to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Focuses on viewpoints of various minority groups. NAACP called as witness., 1969


  • Equal Employment Opportunity

  • Congressional Hearing: Considers legislation to prohibit discrimination in employment. Focuses on discrimination in employment opportunities in D.C. Apr. 22 hearing was held at Fairleigh-Dickinson University. Includes “Employment in Washington, D.C.,” report by the D.C. Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (June 1963, p. 355-421). NAACP called as witness., 1963


  • Equal Employment Opportunity

  • Congressional Hearing: Considers S. 1308 and similar S. 1667, to prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. NAACP called as witness., 1967


  • Equal Employment Opportunity Enforcement Procedures

  • Congressional Hearings: Considers H.R. 6228, the Equal Employment Opportunity Enforcement Act, and related H.R. 13517, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to empower the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to litigate or seek litigation through the Department of Justice on behalf of those claiming discrimination in employment. NAACP called as witness., 1969-1970


  • From the Articles of Incorporation

  • News article: Articles of Incorporation for the NAACP, 1911


  • Hearing on Impediments to Voter Enfranchisement

  • Congressional Hearings: Hearing in Philadelphia, Pa., to examine impediments to voter participation, focusing on problems associated with voter registration and election procedures. NAACP called as witness., 2007


  • Hearings on H.R. 4000, the Civil Rights Act of 1990, Vol. 1

  • Congressional Hearings: Joint hearings with the House Judiciary Committee Subcom on Civil and Constitutional Rights to consider H.R. 4000 (text, p. 2-17), the Civil Rights Act of 1990, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination in employment based on race, religion, sex, or national origin. Includes provisions to: Require employers to bear the burden of proof that business necessity requires employment practices having a disparate impact on minorities and women; Clarify that any prejudicial motivation in employment decisions is illegal; Restrict litigation challenging court orders in job discrimination suits; Extend the statute of limitation in employment discrimination cases from 180 days to two years; Grant victims of intentional discrimination the right to recover compensatory and punitive damages; Clarify the right of employment discrimination victims to recover attorney fees; Restore the prohibition against all race discrimination in the making and enforcement of contracts. NAACP called as witness., 1990


  • Papers of the NAACP, Part 07: The Anti-Lynching Campaign, 1912-1955, Series B: Anti-Lynching Legislative and Publicity Files, 1916-1955

  • Library of Congress Folders: NAACP anti-lynching fundraising campaign, 1919-1920


  • Part I, Segregation. Part II, Anti-Lynching

  • Congressional Hearings: African Americans; Civil rights; Due process of law; Federal state relations; Murders & murder attempts; Racial discrimination; Riots. NAACP called as witness., 1920


  • Punishment for the Crime of Lynching. Part 1

  • Senate hearing on lynching. NAACP called as witness., 1934


  • Racial Profiling and the Use of Suspect Classifications in Law Enforcement Policy

  • Congressional Hearings: Hearing before the Subcom on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties to examine concerns about use of racial profiling and suspect classifications by law enforcement agents and agencies that target minority groups for routine traffic stops and subject them to inappropriate questioning and searches. NAACP called as witness., 2010


  • The Negro Is Organizing

  • News article on the tenth annual NAACP conference, 1919


  • The Voting Rights Amendment Act, S. 1945: Updating the Voting Rights Act in Response to Shelby County v. Holder

  • Congressional Hearings: Hearing to consider S. 1945, the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014, to amend the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 to revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to Federal preclearance, based on their histories of voter discrimination, before implementing any changes to their voting laws or practices, and to require States and political subdivisions to provide public notice when making changes in any prerequisite or procedure affecting voting in Federal elections. NAACP called as witness., 2014


  • To Establish a National Commission on Negro History and Culture

  • Congressional Hearings: Considers H.R. 12962, to establish a Commission on Negro History and Culture to coordinate and recommend a program to create better understanding of Negro historical and cultural contributions to society. NAACP called as witness., 1968