Civil rights -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Dwain Alford Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MC 2511
Content Description
Six signed photographic prints by Dwain Alford documenting civil rights history, including the 30th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the 20th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery March, and the 1976 pardon of Clarence Norris, who had been unjustly convicted and sentenced to death as part of the "Scottsboro Boys" case. In addition to Norris, those pictured include Rosa Parks, Johnnie Carr, Jesse Jackson, Joseph Lowery, and Alvin Holmes. Also included is a biographical sketch of...
Dates:
1976-2015
James David Bales Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1256
Scope and Content Note
The collection includes materials related to Bales and his family; his career as a teacher, writer, and polemicist; and research files. Series I-IV pertain to his personal life, writings, correspondence, and career at Harding College. Also included are materials related to Harding College president George S. Benson and the National Education Program. Series V-XIII consist of topical research files created by Bales, the contents of which were used to write books, articles, and class lectures....
Dates:
1914-1995; 1940-1995
Arthur Brann Caldwell Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS C127 209 209A-F
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, memoranda, addresses, reports, photographs, printed materials, and other records created, received, or collected by Caldwell. Most items are dated in the period 1950-1970, Specific areas to which materials pertain include: University of Arkansas Glee Club, 1927-1928; Arkansas and national political affairs, ca. 1917-1974; Japanese-Americans in the U.S. armed forces and the U.S. War Relocation Authority relocation centers in World War II; civil rights legislation...
Dates:
1912-1975
Thelma Mothershed Wair Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1868
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains correspondence between the Little Rock Nine Scholarship Fund and individuals who worked to support the fund and correspondence between the Little Rock Nine Scholarship Fund and universities attended by the Little Rock Nine. The checkbook and check receipts included in Box 2 of the collection provide supplementary documentation of how the funds were distributed to the different academic institutions attended by the Little Rock Nine. The Thelma Mothershed Wair Papers...
Dates:
1958-2005