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Dr. and Mrs. Wyatt Tee Walker collection 50 Linear Feet

Walker, Wyatt Tee
This collection includes material related to and collected by the Reverend Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker and his wife, Theresa Ann Edwards Walkers. Materials include personal papers and administrative files of Dr. and Mrs. Walker, audio recordings of Dr. Walker's church services, honors and awards given to Dr. and Mrs. Walker, photographs and slides taken by or depicting Dr. Walker, Dr. Walker's published works and unpublished manuscripts, and other memorabilia and ephemera. Also included is an oral history performed with Dr. and Mrs. Walker.
  1. University of Richmond

Hallelujah, Baby! Playscript 0.03 Linear Feet

Styne, Jule, 1905-1994

Hallelujah Baby Musical in 2 Acts, Prologue and 6 scenes: Book by Arthur Laurents: Music by Jules Styne: Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green

  1. College of William and Mary

Mississippi Freedom Summer collection 0.04 Cubic Feet One legal-sized file folder

Tomberg Rare Books

This collection contains printed items pertaining to the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964, a landmark campaign in the Civil Rights Movement aimed at challenging systemic racism and voter suppression in Mississippi. Organized by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and other groups under the umbrella of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), the Freedom Summer mobilized over 1,000 volunteers, including many college students, to join Black Mississippians in a massive effort to register African American voters, establish Freedom Schools, and create the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). The associated content is all dated from 1964 and includes brochures, internal "COFO Publications," a "Memo to Accepted Applicants" for the Mississippi Summer Project, a "Security Handbook," internal memoranda, press releases, a pamphlet titled "Genocide in Mississippi," a pamphlet titled "Mississippi: Subversion of the Right to Vote," correspondence between organizers and movement members, "Freedom School Assingments," teaching frameworks for Freedom Schools, reports on bombings in Pike and McComb County, case studies on non-violent movements and demonstrations, a circular published by the Bay Area Friends of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the "Basis for the Development of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party." Of special interest is a June 22, 1964 internal report discussing the "disappearance of three summer project workers in Neshoba County." On June 21, 1964, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner disappeared near Philadelphia, Mississippi, while working to register Black voters and investigate the bombing of a local church. Their disappearance triggered a massive federal response, led by the FBI under the code name "Mississippi Burning." After weeks of searching, their bodies were discovered buried in an earthen dam. The investigation revealed that members of the Ku Klux Klan, with assistance from local law enforcement, had abducted and murdered the men.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Photojournalism Collection ? Linear Feet 5 boxes.

The collection documents various photographs from World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Civil Rights Era. Although there are many photographers involved in this collection, most notable are Paul Almasy, Leonard Freed, Dmitri Baltermants, and Horst Tappe. The focus of this collection is on what life looked like around the world during this period and the various hardships that were endured during wartime.
  1. University of Richmond

Printed Materials Related to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project 0.1 Linear Feet One legal sized folder. UA 7.093 Box 1, Folder 3

Promotional materials and programs relating to the Washington DC Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Project Foundation and dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on August 28, 2011. One letter from Foundation President and CEO Harry E. Johnson, Sr. urges Kasrai to join as a Founding Sponsor. Among these documents is a 2008 Annual Convention Report prepared by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. This report details fundraising achievements, provides a timeline for the year in review, and cites contributors and respective donation amounts.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Bobak Kasrai collection of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Kappa Pi Chapter) materials

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