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 (born 1925), an African-American educator and civil rights activist, worked as a teacher in Baltimore, Maryland; New York, New York; and Tanzania. He later became an administrator with the New York City public school system. Campbell also served as contributing editor for the journal Freedomways. Relocating after retirement, he became a community activist in Charleston, South Carolina and continued his involvement with educational...
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