Personal Papers
Interested in a particular Civil Rights leader and their relationship to music? Search for the names of the individuals below along with keywords like music or songs. Please note the links to the Bethune, Barnett, Randolph, and Rustin papers will take you to a general database search for the History Vault search link. To search individual collections, go to "Browse," and go to Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational and Personal Papers, Part 1 and 2. Note: searching these collections can be very overwhelming. If you would like help, please contact Erica!
- Mary McLeod Bethune Papers, 1914-1955
Online, Part of History Vault (Proquest)*
Educator and activist, served as president of the National Association of Colored Women and founding member of the National Council of Negro Women. Please note the above link will take you to the general history vault search page. - Claude A. Barnett Papers, 1918-1967
Online, Part of History Vault (Proquest)
Entrepreneur and founder of the Associated Negro Press. - A Philip Randolph Papers, 1920-1979
Online, Part of History Vault (Proquest)
Civil rights leader and labor union official. - Bayard Rustin Papers, 1942-1987
Online, Part of History Vault (Proquest)
Leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. - Amiri Baraka Papers, 1913-1998
Online, Part of Archives Unbound (Gale)
Dramatist, novelist and poet. - Fanny Lou Hamer Papers
Online, Part of Archives Unbound (Gale)
Voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement. - W.E.B. DuBois Papers, 1877-1963
Microfilm 3188
Sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor.
