Civil rights workers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Joyce Best Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3033
Scope and Contents
The papers are comprised of materials relating to the Greater St. Louis Committee for Freedom of Residence and programs and certificates relating to the posthumous awarding of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Spirit Award to Margaret “Maggie” Dagen by the University City Board of Education. The papers are arranged alphabetically by topic and date from 1961 to 2006 with date gaps from 1967 to 1995 and from 1998 to 2005.
Items documenting the Greater St....
Dates:
1961-2006; Majority of material found within 1962-1966
David M. Grant Memorial Resolution
Collection
Identifier: A3164
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Resolution Number 74 commemorating a moment of silence in memory of Grant during a City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen meeting on August 16, 1985. The resolution is signed by Jacolyn L. Rolf, clerk, and by Thomas E. Zuch, president.
Dates:
1985
Charles and Marian Oldham Family Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0948
Scope and Contents
The Charles and Marian Oldham Family Photograph Collection documents the personal and public lives of Charles and Marian (O’Fallon) Oldham. Photographs show a variety of family members and friends, including their daughter, Lisa Oldham. However, many photographs are unidentified.Photographs of the couple’s public life show CORE protests, dinners, meetings, a strike at the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, and promotion of a school bond issue. Many of the groups in these...
Dates:
1903-2003
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
Unknown Soldiers / Unsung Heroes: Youth Activism in the St. Louis Civil Rights Movement Oral History Project Transcripts
Collection
Identifier: A3175
Scope and Contents
The collection contains oral history interview transcripts, interview summaries and context synopses, topics indexes, biographical information and family history forms, and other documentation relating to the Unknown Soldiers/Unsung Heroes Oral History Project. Additionally, there are items such as leaflets and yearbook pages provided by some interviewees to help tell their stories. Gwen Moore, historian at the Missouri Historical Society, conducted all 17 interviews in 2004...
Dates:
2004-2005