African American civil rights workers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
James E. Campbell papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1113
Abstract
James E. Campbell (1925-2021) was an African American educator, human rights activist, and Pan-African Marxist who held membership in multiple Communist parties including the Communist Party of USA and later the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism.self-identified Marxist. He worked as a teacher in Baltimore, Maryland; New York, New York; and Tanzania and became an administrator with the New York City public school system. Campbell served as contributing editor for W. E....
Dates:
1930-2009
Steve Estes papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1055
Abstract
The collection consists of primary and secondary sources used by Steve Estes to write his master’s thesis drawing comparison from the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike of 1968 and Charleston Hospital workers’ strike of 1969. Estes interviewed people who were closely associated with these movements and also consists of an analysis of newspaper clippings that capture these movements.
Dates:
1967-1996