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Civil rights movement -- United States.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

African American civil rights and literary sound recordings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8488
Scope and content

Sound recordings on vinyl relating to the African-American narrative in the United States, with a focus on the Civil Rights movement. Recordings include those by Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Louis Farrakhan, Langston Hughes, Huey P. Newton, James Baldwin, and many more.

Dates: circa 1960s-circa 1980s.

James Baldwin ephemera

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8882
Content Description

Programs, flyers, posters, and playbills associated with the production of Baldwin's plays; a complete set of bookstore promotional materials by Dial Press advertising the publication of The Fire Next Time and reissue of his backlist, and two recordings on vinyl. Also included are ephemera related to Baldwin's participation in the Civil Rights Movement.

Dates: 1954 - 1967