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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 2 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