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Curtis Powell papers
- Title
- Curtis Powell papers, 1935-2002 (bulk 1968-2002).
- Author
- Powell, Curtis, 1935-2002.
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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 877 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 877 box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- .8 lin. ft. (2 boxes)
- Summary
- The Curtis Powell Papers contain letters, research data, scientific reports (most in several drafts), published articles, presentations, and patent documentation for his vaccine, as well as copies of Black Panther Party documents and publications, including organization and planning documents for the BPP's 25th Anniversary Celebration.
- Subjects
- African Americans > Civil rights
- African Americans in the professions > Research
- Drug development
- Black Panther Party History
- United States > Race relations > History
- African Americans > Politics and government
- African American scientists
- Black power > United States
- Powell, Curtis, 1935-2002
- African Americans > Social conditions
- Black Panthers Trial, New York, N.Y., 1970-1971
- Civil rights movements > United States
- Vaccines > Research
- Black author
- Drugs > Research
- African Americans in medicine
- African trypanosomiasis > Prevention
- Social movements > United States
- Patent medicines > United States
- Note
- Black Panther Party Harlem Branch Files 1969-1970 (Sc MG 80)
- Black Panther Party FBI File (Sc MG 81)
- Source (note)
- Susan Powell
- Biography (note)
- Curtis Powell, African-American scientist and Black Panther Party member, was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1935, and died in Queens, New York in 2002. After serving in the military, he studied Chemistry, first at Seton Hall University, then abroad before receiving his PhD from the University of Stockholm in 1968. Upon his return to New York, Powell joined the Black Panther Party (BPP). A year later, despite limited evidence, Powell and twenty other BPP members (eventually known as the "Panthers 21") were jailed for over two years before being acquitted. Following his release, Powell moved to Africa and developed a vaccine for Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). He returned to the United States in 1994 to try to bring his vaccine into production.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Available in repository
- Call Number
- Sc MG 877
- OCLC
- 853276980
- Author
- Powell, Curtis, 1935-2002.
- Title
- Curtis Powell papers, 1935-2002 (bulk 1968-2002).
- Biography
- Curtis Powell, African-American scientist and Black Panther Party member, was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1935, and died in Queens, New York in 2002. After serving in the military, he studied Chemistry, first at Seton Hall University, then abroad before receiving his PhD from the University of Stockholm in 1968. Upon his return to New York, Powell joined the Black Panther Party (BPP). A year later, despite limited evidence, Powell and twenty other BPP members (eventually known as the "Panthers 21") were jailed for over two years before being acquitted. Following his release, Powell moved to Africa and developed a vaccine for Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). He returned to the United States in 1994 to try to bring his vaccine into production.
- Indexes
- Available in repository
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 877