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Congress of Racial Equality

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

I Too Sing America Oral History Project Records

 Collection
Identifier: A3076
Scope and Contents The collection spans from 1949 to 1994 and is arranged alphabetically by interviewee name. It is comprised primarily of project documentation: tape information sheets and tape indexes. The bulk of the collection dates from 1987. Additional materials include a few obituaries, clippings about the interviewees, and only two transcripts (M. Oldham, Williams). The first folder contains a brochure about the exhibition and related programs and clippings about the exhibit. ...
Dates: 1949-1994; Majority of material found within 1987-1988

Charles and Marian Oldham Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A3186
Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials relating to the civic and personal lives of Charles and Marian Oldham and their families. The collection is divided into five series: Family, Civil Rights, University of Missouri, Marian Oldham Scholarship Fund, and The Oaks. The collection spans from circa 1900 to 2006 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1989 to 2006....
Dates: 1900-2006; Majority of material found within 1989-2006

Yvonne A. Rosen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A3162
Scope and Contents The collection contains materials related to Rosen’s work on Victory Without Violence: The First Ten Years of the St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality, a history of the St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality (CORE). The papers also include a small number of Yvonne “Bonnie” Rosen’s academic papers and her master’s thesis in the areas of social work and anthropology. The papers are divided into two series: the CORE Series dates...
Dates: 1951-2001; Majority of material found within 1994-1996

Strong Seed Planted Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3072
Scope and Contents The collection is arranged alphabetically by interviewee name and dates from 1963 to 1994. It is comprised of project documentation such as tape information sheets and indexes to the taped interviews, background clippings relating to the interviewees and their civil rights activities, a few obituaries, a program brochure, and letters from Missouri Historical Society staff regarding the project. There are some partial transcripts and 15 full transcripts for the 23 interviews included in...
Dates: 1958-1994; Majority of material found within 1988-1990

Billie Ames Teneau CORE Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A3165
Scope and Contents The collection contains primarily oral history interview transcripts, memoirs, and various planning and research materials related to Victory Without Violence: The First Ten Years of the St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality, a history of the St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality (CORE). There are also materials relating to Teneau’s involvement in national CORE, several publications relating to segregation in St. Louis, and to events about civil...
Dates: 1947-2006

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Segregation -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 4
Jefferson Bank Demonstration, Saint Louis, Mo., 1963. 3
Civil rights demonstrations 2
Discrimination in employment -- Missouri -- St. Louis 2
Race Relations -- Missouri -- St. Louis 2