Civil rights
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on citizens' rights as established by law and protected by constitution. Works on the rights of persons regardless of their legal, socioeconomic or cultural status and as recognized by the international community are entered under [Human rights.]
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Frankie Muse Freeman Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0965
Scope and Contents
The Frankie Muse Freeman Collection contains 165 photographs documenting the career and personal life of Frankie Muse Freeman. Photographs documenting her career show her involvement in a wide range of civil rights activities and community organizations, most notably the United States Commission on Civil Rights and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Additional organizations represented in the collection include the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, St. Louis Housing Authority, National Council on...
Dates:
ca. 1940-2016
Frankie Muse Freeman Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3023
Scope and Contents
The papers date from 1947 to 2018 and are arranged alphabetically by topic. The papers contain awards, speeches, small amounts of correspondence and law office documents, and a scrapbook prepared to celebrate Mrs. Freeman’s 80th birthday.
Freeman’s appointments were national and local. She served on the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District Board beginning in 1994. There are three certificates of appointment to national positions: Civil Rights Commission in 1964...
Dates:
1947-2018
Graves Gladney Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3230
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of a bound memorial service program for Graves Gladney; an issue of Illustration magazine; newspaper clippings; and a small number of letters, documents, photographs, and membership cards. Materials range in date from 1932 to 2009 with a large gap between 1977 and 2008. The twenty-seven diaries written by Graves Gladney comprise the bulk of the collection and date from January 1961 to April 1973. The first box is arranged...
Dates:
1932-2009; Majority of material found within 1961-1973
Brenda L. Jones Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3145
Scope and Contents
The papers contain correspondence, memos, newspaper clippings, brochures, and speeches relating to the career of Brenda Jones and some family information. The materials date from 1975-2017, with the bulk of the papers dating 1991-2012. Gaps in the papers include: 1976-1987, 1989-1990, and 2014-2016. The papers are arranged alphabetically by topic/type of document.
Items relating to Brenda Jones’ family include an autobiography that she wrote while answering questions for the...
Dates:
1975-2017; Majority of material found within 1991-2012
News-Telegraph Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0893
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, advertising files, internal memos and management documents, copy files of materials published in issues (final and raw copy), some photographs, and various ephemeral resources collected by staff and/or sent to the News-Telegraph. The collection is divided into four series: News Resources, Jim Thomas, Administration, and Production. The...
Dates:
1965-2000; Majority of material found within 1982-1997
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