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Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles, 1905
A document declaring the principles of the Niagara Movement conference
July 18, 2022
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A letter written from Jo Ann Robinson to Mayor W.A. Gayle of Montgomery, Alabama, dated May 21, 1954
WPC President Jo Ann Robinson wrote to the mayor of Montgomery asking for fair treatment of Black people on public transportation.
July 18, 2022
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Letter from Randa Jo Downs to the Voices of Civil Rights Project
This letter from Randa Jo Downs to the Voices of Civil Rights Project describes her father’s work investigating Title VI civil rights complaints in hospitals.
June 22, 2022
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A Letter to My Nephew
In this letter, James Baldwin expresses his love for his nephew and describes the hardships of life as a Black man in the United States.
June 22, 2022
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The Ground on Which I Stand
Playwright August Wilson delivered this speech on June 26, 1996, at the 11th biennial Theatre Communications Group national conference at Princeton University.
June 22, 2022
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The Crusader Monthly Newsletter, Volume 6, No. 2, October Special Edition 1964
In this October 1964 special edition of Robert F. Williams’ Crusader newsletter, Williams provides a platform for Chinese leaders to call for an end to the discrimination of Black people in the United States.
June 22, 2022
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The Crusader Monthly Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 1, June-July 1962
The text is an issue of a monthly newsletter written by militant activist Robert F. Williams while exiled in Cuba.
June 22, 2022
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The War in Vietnam
After a classmate died in Vietnam, a group of Black community members wrote and distributed this leaflet encouraging “Negro boys” to avoid the draft.
July 18, 2022
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The Fiery Cross
A Ku Klux Klan newspaper from February 1923 published in Indianapolis, Indiana.
July 18, 2022
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Underwriting Manual: Underwriting and Valuation Procedure under Title II of the National Housing Act
This text contains sections of the Federal Housing Administration’s underwriting manual that detail valuations of property based on racial factors.
July 18, 2022