7 collections related to Civil rights

The Negro in America Pamphlet consists of a 7.5 inches by 3.5 inches staplebound, 22 page pamphlet titled "The Negro in America: How We Treat Them and How We Should" addressing racial inequality and the imperative for democratic reforms in the United States. Issued at the height of World War II, the work outlines the systemic discrimination faced by African Americans in employment, education, housing, and public life.The Council for Democracy was a New York-based organization headed by Raymond Gram Swing and comprised of intellectuals such as journalists, lawyers, writers, and professors. Less

The Cyrus B. King Papers contain correspondence, political campaign materials, newsletters from a variety of local and national organizations, flyers, clippings, membership rosters, fundraising information, invitations, precinct maps, journal articles, newspaper editorials, and reports and resolutions on political issues. The majority of the material was generated through Cyrus King's work to promote civil rights and racial justice and his work on political campaigns. Correspondence includes letters to and from political figures. There are also documents that relate to his time as a librarian at North Carolina State University and a small amount of personal correspondence. Materials range in date from 1932 to 2014, with the majority dated after 1980. Cyrus Baldwin King (1922-2014), worked in the North Carolina State University Libraries for over twenty years and was active in a wide variety of efforts to promote civil rights and social justice. He was hired by N.C. State as an acquisitions librarian in 1963 and retired in 1984 as Assistant Director for Collection Management and Development. He was very politically active, writing tirelessly in support of the causes that he has adopted, most notably racial justice, campaigns to promote peace and non-violence, and other civil rights causes. Less

The Jason Miller Papers include research, finished digital projects, publications, and media coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr, writer Langston Hughes, musician Nina Simone, and Nebraska poet Don Welch. It features audio files, digital files for a comprehensive website, short films, and the full official transcript of MLK’s first ever “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered in Rocky Mount, NC nine months before the March on Washington. The collection also includes archival research surrounding MLK’s visit to NC State on July 31, 1966. Less

The Let's Be Honest About Democracy Booklet (1939), published by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), argues that democracy requires civil rights for all citizens. The NAACP asserts that while democratic nations fight anti-democratic regimes abroad, they must also uphold democracy at home.The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), founded in 1909, is a civil rights organization advocating for the political, social, economic, and educational rights of Black Americans. Less

The Luther Russell Herman Jr. Papers, 1966-1978, contain anti-war memorabilia from Herman's years as an undergraduate at North Carolina State University. The collection includes flyers, newspaper articles, bumper stickers, and armbands related to anti-war organizations such as the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (New Mobe) and the Progressive Action Commune (PAC), as well as information about the anti-war marches in Washington, D.C. in November 1969 and April 1971. The collection also includes information about other social issues of the late 1960s and early 1970s, such as women's and civil rights. A small series from Luther Russell Herman Sr., a professor in N.C. State's Electrical Engineering Department, is also included with this collection. Luther Russell Herman Jr. received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Multi-Disciplinary Studies from North Carolina State University in 1975. After graduating from NC State University, Herman received his Master of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1980. He served as assistant systems librarian at N.C. State from 1981 to 1984. He was the head of publications and a consulting editor at the University Computing Center from 1987 to 1994. In 2001, Herman lead a workshop entitled Active Listening: A Powerful Tool in Direct Actions at a SURGE conference at UNC in 2001. In 2002, he trained marshals for a state-wide peace rally in Raleigh, and taught a workshop on civil disobedience in 2003. Less

This collection contains interviews from NC State faculty and Chancellor Randy Woodson conducted in 2023 and 2024. It also contains videos from Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1966 visit to Raleigh and the Ku Klux Klan parade protesting it. The materials in this collection include video files, document files, and audio files. These materials were utilized for the short documentary film and digital installation "When MLK Met the KKK in Raleigh." Less