Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Federal anti-lynching legislation letters of support referencing case of Willie Earle in South Carolina, including correspondence with NAACP., 1947
Tag Archives: NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 62pp.
Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: NAACP civil rights correspondence with Committee, including issues of employment, lynching, voting rights, violence, and conditions in Southern states., 1946-1947
OF 10-B: Justice Department, FBI Survey of Racial Conditions in the U.S., Section 1 (Folder 2).
Federal Bureau of Investigation survey of U.S. racial conditions, 1939-1945
Michigan [1942-1945].
National Archive Records: Race relations in Michigan, 1942-1945, 1942-1945
OF 10-B: Justice Department, FBI Survey of Racial Conditions in the U.S., Section 1 (Folder 1).
Records from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: Federal Bureau of Investigation survey of U.S. racial conditions, 1939-1945
Subject Files: Council Members’ Recommendations for Participation. 137pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library folder on White House Conference on Civil Rights council members’ lists of suggested invitees, 1966
Negro March on Washington–Movement, D-R-2, File-57
National Archives Folder: March on Washington Movement and plans to deploy federal troops, 1941-1943
Casefile 50-18-12. 1936-1939. 112pp.
National Archives Folder: Peonage casefile involving turpentine workers, including NAACP, Workers Defense League, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and American Federation of Labor interest in case, 1936-1939, 1936-1939
May-July 1926. 106pp.
Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters correspondence, May-July 1926, including meetings, dispensation for new members and NAACP endorsement of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 1926
1940. 196pp.
Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 1940, including memberships drives, elections, convention proceedings, and factionalism and internal politics, 1940
OF 10-B: Justice Department, FBI Survey of Racial Conditions in the U.S., Section 2 (Folder 2).
From the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: Federal Bureau of Investigation survey of U.S. racial conditions, 1939-1945
Casefile 202600–States, Subsection 33, Number 4, Special Section Bureau Papers Only. New York. 1921
Department of Justice Files: Communist Party of the U.S.A. casefile 202600: New York, 1921
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 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
The Negro Is Organizing
News article on the tenth annual NAACP conference, 1919
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
From the Articles of Incorporation
News article: Articles of Incorporation for the NAACP, 1911
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
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
Punishment for the Crime of Lynching. Part 1
Senate hearing on lynching. NAACP called as witness., 1934
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
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
Civil Rights Proposals
Senate Hearing on Civil Rights Proposals. NAACP called as witness., 1956
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
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