5 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) African American newspapers.
Louis Martin papers, 1931-1998
4,525 items ; 13 containers ; 5.2 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Civil rights activist, political adviser, newspaper columnist, and newspaper publisher. Correspondence, memoranda, subject files, speeches, and writings relating to Martin's civil rights activities, his journalism career, and his role as an adviser to presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter.
James Forman papers, 1848-2005
79,000 items ; 255 containers plus 2 oversize and electronic files ; 100.2 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, journalist, and civil rights activist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, subject files, speeches and writings, family papers, appointment books and calendars, and other papers relating primarily to Forman's activities as executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and president of the Unemployment and Poverty Action Committee.
Ethel L. Payne papers, 1857-1991
15,500 items ; 45 containers plus 1 classifed ; 18 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalist and social activist. Correspondence, articles, syndicated columns, transcripts of radio broadcasts, speeches, reports, notes, biographical subject file, printed material, clippings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Payne's career as a foreign correspondent, syndicated columnist for two African-American newspaper chains, Afro-American Newspapers and Sengstacke...
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Roy Wilkins papers, 1901-1980
28,200 items ; 76 containers ; 30.7 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Civil rights leader and journalist. Correspondence, memoranda, diary, manuscripts of speeches, newspaper columns, and articles, subject files, reports, minutes, committee, board, and administrative material, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Wilkins's career with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in various positions between 1931 and...
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Frederick Douglass papers, 1841-1967
7,400 items ; 53 containers plus 1 oversize ; 19.4 linear feet ; 34 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Abolitionist, diplomat, journalist, and orator. Correspondence, diary, speeches and writings, financial and legal records, and a subject file pertaining to the career of Frederick Douglass.