African Americans -- Civil rights
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Congress of Racial Equality Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Congress of Racial Equality
Overview
The Congress of Racial Equality was organized circa 1942 by an interracial group of University of Chicago students and theological seminary students, together with members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.). The purpose of the organization was to eliminate all racial segregation and discrimination by means of interracial, direct nonviolent action. By 1966, CORE's official policy shifted to Black power and Black separatism while rejecting the former principles of non-violence. This...
Dates:
1942-1972
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Friends Committee on National Legislation Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-047
Abstract
A Quaker lobbying group established in 1943 to bring conscience and spiritual values to the political process in Washington; it grew out of the work of the Friends War Problems Committee in 1940.
Dates:
1943-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Martin Luther King, Jr. Collected Papers
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-King Jr., Martin Luther
Abstract
Pamphlets, articles, reprints, photocopies of works by and about Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1956-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Committee on Race Relations and its predecessors (1919-1970)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/800
Identifier: QM-Phy-800
Overview
Records, 1921-1969, of the Race Relations Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and its predecessors, the Anti-Lynching Committee (1919-1921), Committee on the Interests of the Colored Race (1921-1929) Committee on Race Relations (1921-1929), and the Joint Committee on Race Relations(1929-1955).
Dates:
1921-1969
