Box LGL.04
Container
Contains 81 Results:
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano - Death and Funeral, 1945
File — Multiple Containers
Dates:
1945
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
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R
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R - part 2
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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Riots, 1923-1977
Sub-Group — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Riot files mostly contain reporting and documentation on riots related to race in the United States between the 1930’s-1970’s. Reporting is on specific events like the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, as well as general incidents that are state and city specific. Files mainly contain reporting in the form of clippings,writings and photographs depicting the aftermath of riots. Some reporting on incidents like prison and military base riots contains documentation in the form of legal...
Dates:
1923-1977
Riots - Illinois, 1943-1945, 1951-1952
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Chicago and Cicero. Coverage of the legal case that occurred after the Cicero riots that happened in response to a black couple moving into a white neighborhood. Includes correspondence with the NAACP.
Dates:
1943-1945; 1951-1952
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
/
R
/
R - part 2
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Riots
Riots - Location Unidentified, 1943, 1969-1970
File — Multiple Containers
Dates:
1943; 1969-1970
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
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R
/
R - part 2
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Riots
Riots - Michigan, 1943-1946
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Detroit. Includes a clipping titled "Racism is the seed of Fascism."
Dates:
1943-1946
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
/
R
/
R - part 2
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Riots
Riots - New Jersey, 1944, 1967-1968, 1977
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Clippings mention the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disobedience
Dates:
1944; 1967-1968; 1977
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
/
AFRO Morgue Files
/
General File
/
R
/
R - part 2
/
Riots