Research Catalog
Louis E. Burnham newspaper collection
- Title
- Louis E. Burnham newspaper collection, 1938-1960.
- Author
- Burnham, Louis E.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 292 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 292 Box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Description
- .4 lin. ft.
- Summary
- The Louis Burnham Collection reflects Burnham's socialist interests and consists of a complete run of "Freedom," a monthly newspaper published by Paul Robeson from 1950-1955 and edited by Burnham, in addition to newsclippings of articles Burnham wrote for the "National Guardian" (1958-1960).
- Uniform Title
- National Guardian (New York, N.Y.)
- Freedom (New York, N.Y. : 1951)
- Subjects
- Additional Formats (note)
- Researchers are required to use either the microfilmed versions of "Freedom" or the photocopied versions in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Source (note)
- Burnham, Dorothy Challenor
- Biography (note)
- Louis E. Burnham was the Editor of "Freedom," the newpaper Paul Robeson founded, Associate Editor of the "National Guardian" in the 1950's and a well known lecturer on African-American affairs.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Sc MG 292
- OCLC
- NYPW93-A146
- Author
- Burnham, Louis E.
- Title
- Louis E. Burnham newspaper collection, 1938-1960.
- Additional Formats
- Researchers are required to use either the microfilmed versions of "Freedom" or the photocopied versions in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Biography
- Louis E. Burnham was the Editor of "Freedom," the newpaper Paul Robeson founded, Associate Editor of the "National Guardian" in the 1950's and a well known lecturer on African-American affairs.Born in 1915 and educated in Harlem, New York, Burnham attended City College of the City University of New York. As a college student, he became interested in the Civil Rights Movement and joined the American Student Movement and the Young Communist League. He later travelled around the country and organized the first chapters of the American Student Union on black college campuses and was the Youth Secretary of the National Negro Congress. He served as Executive Secretary of the Southern Negro Youth Congress and was editor of its newspaper and its right to vote campaigns. Burnham also helped organize the sharecroppers movement and was active in many campaigns to end segregation in the south. Burnham died in 1960.
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- Added Title
- National Guardian (New York, N.Y.)Freedom (New York, N.Y. : 1951)
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 292