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Microform Collections of Primary Sources in Women's Studies: American in the Vassar College Library National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.) RECORDS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN'S CLUBS, 1895-1992. RECORDS OF THE WOMEN'S BUREAU OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, 1918-1965. artlibrary.vassar.edu /vcl/information/womens_microfilm.html

Microform Sources for United States History National Association for the Advancement of Colored People/School integration -- Southern States/Afro-Americans -- Civil rights-- United States/African-American studies. National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.) -- Archives/Afro-American women -- Societies and clubs -- Archives/Afro-American women -- History -- Sources/Women -- Societies and clubs -- Archives/African-American studies/Women's studies. Major collections include that of Illinois suffrage movement, esp. papers of Catharine Waugh McCulloch, which also document her activities to reform higher education and family law in Illinois and end bias against women in the Chicago bar. www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/su/hist/usmf/node7.html   (1570 words)

Congress for Kids Who helped to found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909? She served as president of the National American Women Suffrage Association from 1904 to 1915. In 1907, she formed the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women, the first American suffrage group that included working-class women. www.congressforkids.net /games/amendments/suffragemovement-3.htm   (1570 words)

Youth Vote Coalition - Members National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Youth & College) The National Youth Rights Association is America's largest and most successful youth rights organization. NYRA supports empowerment and rights for all youth including such issues as lowering the drinking age, lowering the voting age, repealing curfews, and combating age discrimination. www.youthvote.org /members/member-detail.cfm?orgid=64   (181 words)

National News NEW ORLEANS (FinalCall.com) - The spirits were high in the city of New Orleans as over 3,000 journeyed to take part in a march led by the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). DENVER, Colo. - Dr. Malachi York, founder of the United Nuwaubian Nation (UNN) was convicted in 2004 of child molestation and racketeering stemming from acts alleged to have taken place in Eatonton, Ga., where the UNN was headquartered on 476 acres of land they owned and seemingly operated as a sovereign state. Themed “The Right to Return, Vote and Rebuild,” the historic gathering on April 1 would re-flood the Crescent City with passionate survivors demanding justice instead of the waters that took the lives of their love ones. www.finalcall.com /artman/publish/cat_index_2.shtml   (746 words)

UGA African American Studies In 1923 Carver won the Spingarn award, the highest annual prize given by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He is perhaps best known for his work in founding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909 and helping it to become the country's single most influential organization for African Americans. In 1896, Harriet Jacobs was present at the organizing meetings of the National Association of Colored Women. www.uga.edu /~iaas/History.html   (746 words)

Truman Library - Truman Papers: President's Personal File (M-Z) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 393 National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, lnc., 3270 National Guard Association of the United States, 2602 www.trumanlibrary.org /hstpaper/hstppf2.htm   (746 words)

Index National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality www.freeglossary.com /i41j19.html   (746 words)

1909 The NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) first conference was held in United Charities Building in NYC at May 31. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) held its first conference at the United Charities It was funded by the Aerial Experiment Association, founded by www.geocities.com /ushistorytimeline/index12.htm   (133 words)

colored - Definition of colored by Webster's Online Dictionary Despite the negative connotations it may have today, colored was a term that was widely used in the black community, even among civil rights leaders, and it came to be used as part of the name of the NAACP—the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Colored and person of color (or people of color in the plural sense) are terms that were commonly used to describe people who do not have white skin or a Caucasian appearance. "Person of color" or "people of color" remain widely accepted terms for people who are not white, and (especially in the United States and Canada) members of a minority group or peoples of Third World origin. www.webster-dictionary.org /definition/Colored   (133 words)

African and African American Studies NAACP - The official page of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, includes current updates, calendar of events and text of speeches by president Kweisi Mfume. National Association of Black Journalists - The site of the "largest media organization for people of color in the world." Frederick Douglass National Historic Site - This website "provides access to information about the life of Frederick Douglass, as well as the material and document holdings of the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site." www.asu.edu /clas/aframstu/Links.htm   (133 words)

EPIC Protestor Privacy Page Alabama, the Supreme Court held that compelling disclosure of membership lists of the of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People of Alabama would violate members' First Amendment freedom of association rights.357 U.S. The Court recognized the direct link between associational privacy and the preservation of the freedom of association. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution preserves free expression and "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." These rights are necessary to ensure the effective functioning of democracy. The New York Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights have filed a lawsuit to protect the rights of protesters of the Republican National Convention in New York City. www.epic.org /privacy/protest   (133 words)

SENATE JOURNAL - www.scstatehouse.net - LPITS Whereas, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has called for a national boycott of the tourism industry of South Carolina commencing on January 1, 2000, to require removal of the Confederate flag from atop the State House; and Nobody said, "Arthur, what did you say?" or "Why did you say that?" or "How come you said, 'the National Association for Retarded People?'" None of the press who were there, nobody said anything to me about it. This composite was given to the Associated Press by Senator DARRELL JACKSON of Columbia." Now, there it is. There's that Klansman who is not standing in front of the State House. www.scstatehouse.net /sess113_1999-2000/sj00/20000111.htm   (12697 words)

Minority or Women Professional, Non-Profit, Community, Fraternity, Sorority Organizations Networking African-American Hispanic Latino Asian National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs National Association of African American Studies and Affiliates www.minorityprofessionalnetwork.com /organization.htm   (12697 words)

African/African American Sites: Ethnic and Minority Studies: Subject Guides: MIT Libraries NAACP Online (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) - online publication of the NAACP, it contains it's own newsletter, related news, and information on the organization. National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) - contains information about the organization, membership, chapters, how to join, and news information. An archaeological and historical site in Brazoria, Texas, the major focus of the site is to discuss how people (many of whom were born in Africa) used African beliefs and ways of using material culture to deal with the oppression of slavery and its aftermath, tenancy. libraries.mit.edu /guides/subjects/ethnic/afamsites.html   (545 words)

The History of Jim Crow Among the founding members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909, she also worked in advocacy of women's rights, becoming president of the National American Women's Suffrage Association (1911-14) and chairperson of the Women's Peace Party (1915). After teaching for a period in her hometown of Grand Island, Nebraska, Grace Abbott arrived in Chicago in 1907 to begin doctoral studies in political science and constitutional history at the University of Chicago. The mansion, Hall House, became her home for the rest of her life and the center of a grand experiment in social action and research--a model for the settlement house movement in American. www.jimcrowhistory.org /scripts/jimcrow/glossary.cgi   (545 words)

[No title] National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) www.rubricon.com /americana_ann/americana_ann_N.asp   (207 words)

Berkeley Daily Planet Ten years ago: Undeclared presidential hopeful Ross Perot, addressing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People convention in Nashville, Tenn., startled and offended his listeners by referring to the predominantly black audience as “you people.” Fifty years ago, on July 11, 1952, the Republican national convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and Richard M. Nixon for vice president. Five years ago: President Clinton was cheered by tens of thousands of people in Bucharest, Romania, where he raised hopes for NATO membership. www.berkeleydaily.org /article.cfm?archiveDate=07-11-02&storyID=13400   (289 words)

Tucson Weekly : Currents : Local Heroes She is in a two-year volunteer appointment on an AARP board and is a regional official for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. There's also the Ironwood Forest National Monument, roughly 129,000 acres of mostly unspoiled Sonoran desert given protection by the Clinton Administration in 2000. The Rev. John Fife laughs when he is asked to be in the local heroes issue: "This is a joke, right?" But the longtime pastor of Southside Presbyterian Church, co-founder of the Sanctuary movement, influential voice in the national Presbyterian Church, habitué of shows like 60 Minutes--and, of course, convicted felon--makes time to talk. www.tucsonweekly.com /gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid:52256   (5009 words)

FindLaw: U.S. Constitution: First Amendment: Annotations pg. 12 of 21 Freedom of association as a concept thus grew out of a series of cases in the 1950's and 1960's in which certain States were attempting to curb the activities of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. ''It is beyond debate that freedom to engage in association for the advancement of beliefs and ideas is an inseparable aspect of the 'liberty' assured by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which embraces freedom of speech. 221 In New York City, the Court noted that ''opportunities for individual associations to contest the constitutionality of the Law as it may be applied against them are adequate to assure that any overbreadth. caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /data/constitution/amendment01/12.html   (3771 words)

A421 List of People Kelley, a suffragist, was also a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1909) and an organizer of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (1919). American founder of the Blessed Sacrament Sisters for Indians and Colored People (now Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament), a congregation of missionary nuns dedicated to the welfare of American Indians and blacks. Owen was defeated for a third term in Congress and went back to Indiana, where he advocated property rights for married women and liberalization of divorce laws. www.iupui.edu /~history/www/spring00/a421list.htm   (10736 words)

The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Endorsers National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Kansas City, Kansas Branch National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians, Local 53 www.iwfr.org /endorsement.asp   (10736 words)

Kelley, Florence Kelley was a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909, and for several years she served as vice president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Her efforts contributed greatly to the creation of the U.S. Children's Bureau in 1912. To further the prosecution of violators, Kelley enrolled in the law school of Northwestern University; she graduated in 1894 and was subsequently admitted to the bar. search.eb.com /women/articles/Kelley_Florence.html   (10736 words)

The History of Jim Crow Among the founding members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909, she also worked in advocacy of women's rights, becoming president of the National American Women's Suffrage Association (1911-14) and chairperson of the Women's Peace Party (1915). One of the nation's most outspoken opponents of America's entry into WWI, Adams was vilified for her peace activities. Typically, most black churches cared for the poor amongst their members with special charity drives and "after collections." African-American church members expected ministers and deacons to complement their spiritual leadership with community and often, political leadership, thus explaining the significant number of ministers among the African-American leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. www.jimcrowhistory.org /scripts/jimcrow/glossary.cgi   (10736 words)

A421 List of People Kelley, a suffragist, was also a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1909) and an organizer of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (1919). American founder of the Blessed Sacrament Sisters for Indians and Colored People (now Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament), a congregation of missionary nuns dedicated to the welfare of American Indians and blacks. Through the four years of the war, Hoover and his other American volunteers in CRB fed eleven million people and collected more than 1 billion dollars. www.iupui.edu /~history/www/spring00/a421list.htm   (10736 words)

UGA African American Studies He is perhaps best known for his work in founding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909 and helping it to become the country's single most influential organization for African Americans. The Depression served as the context for the 1934 publication of her first poem, and the beginning of her association with the WPA Writer's Project, where her experience was enriched by her contact with other writers and artists. Later she served as a counselor for the National Freedman's Relief Association, retiring in 1875 to Battle Creek, Michigan. www.uga.edu /~iaas/History.html   (10736 words)

MSN Encarta - Search View - George Bush Among his travels was a high-profile visit to the convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He appointed Colin Powell, the former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as secretary of state; Condoleezza Rice, a Stanford University political science professor, as national security adviser; and Rod Paige, superintendent of the Houston, Texas, school district, as secretary of education. He was best known for being head cheerleader and commissioner of an intramural stickball league. encarta.msn.com /text_761581479__1/George_Bush.html   (10736 words)

The Great Big List - NYS Sup Ct Law Lib. New York Divorce and Family Law, the definitive site about divorce, child support and custody. NAACP.org National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Links to national and international criminal justice organizations and state and city police associations, as well as related groups like D.A.R.E. and M.A.D.D. Law Enforcement Sites on the Web Links to various sheriffs' offices and police departments in the U.S. and abroad. LawForKids.org Even though this web site is a product of the Arizona Bar Association targeted to the youth of that state, you may care to inspect this snappy looking, kid friendly approach to such topics as drivers' licenses, underage drinking, tobacco possession, truancy, curfews, and other aspects of juvenile justice. www.nysdivorce.com /Links/the_great_big_list_nys_sup_ct_law_lib.htm   (10736 words)

Black Alumni/ae of MIT (BAMIT) > Home Gordon took the helm as president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 2005. During his tenure at MIT, Martin truly embraced his mantra of “Technology, the Internet, Education and Leadership,” through numerous activities including African Student Association where he served as social chair and then president, the International Host Office, the Friendship Partner Program and the Gospel Choir of which he also became President. She is the 46th member of the MIT faculty and staff to receive this designation since the Institute began participating in the YMCA program in 1979. www.bamit.org   (944 words)

NRA-ILA :: Fact Sheets National Association for the Advancement of Colored People The following listing includes the most prominent national corporations that have lent their corporate support to gun control initiatives or taken position supporting gun control. The editorial policies of some of the media sources listed portray firearms in a negative manner in an attempt to generate public support for restrictions on firearms ownership. www.nraila.org /Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=15   (377 words)

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