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Civil Rights Congress photograph collection

Title
Civil Rights Congress photograph collection [graphic].
Author
Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)
Publication
1935?-1955?

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box 1Still imageUse in library Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection box 1Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
box 2Still imageUse in library Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection box 2Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
box 3Still imageUse in library Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection box 3Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
box 4Still imageUse in library Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection box 4Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Found In
(CstRLIN)NYPW89-A62
Description
  • 490 items (.7 cu. ft., 4 boxes); 29 x 22 cm. or smaller.
  • 4 broadsides ;
  • 4 drawings : b&w ;
  • 1 photoprint : col. ;
  • 17 photomechanical prints : b&w ;
  • 464 photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
Summary
Photographs recording the activities, causes and individuals connected with the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) during the period of its existence, 1946-1955 as well as a few posters, fact sheets and photo album.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Photograph albums – 1950-1959.
  • Posters – 1950-1959.
  • Snapshots – 1940-1959.
  • Portrait photographs – 1940-1959.
  • Group portraits – 1940-1959.
  • Postcards – 1940-1959.
  • Contact sheets – 1940-1959.
  • Photomechanical prints – 1940-1959.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints – 1930-1959.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Some photographs are duplicates; some bear written descriptive information.
Biography (note)
  • National organization established in 1946 to among other things, "combat all forms of discrimination against ... labor, the Negro people and the Jewish people, and racial, political, religious, and national minorities." The organization folded in 1955 under pressure from the United States Attorney General and the House Un-American Activities Committee, which accused the organization of being subversive.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Civil Rights Congress Records.
Call Number
Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection
OCLC
NYPG087000330-F
Author
Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)
Title
Civil Rights Congress photograph collection [graphic].
Imprint
1935?-1955?
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Civil Rights Congress Records.
Biography
National organization established in 1946 to among other things, "combat all forms of discrimination against ... labor, the Negro people and the Jewish people, and racial, political, religious, and national minorities." The organization folded in 1955 under pressure from the United States Attorney General and the House Un-American Activities Committee, which accused the organization of being subversive.
Local Note
SC MG7.
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Found In:
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Research Call Number
Sc Photo Civil Rights Congress Collection
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