University of Wisconsin Community Action Technicians Alumni Association Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 4 (b), including information related to staff, members, and alumni.
Handwritten correspondence from Septima P. Clark to Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company regarding a May 1968 article on Southern Bell construction.
Correspondence from Margaret Brown to Oliver Woodruff, Dean of Students at Emerson College, regarding a charge against the Emerson College Health Department Staff by student, Millicent Brown.
Western Union Telegram sent by members of the Kentucky Conference on the War and the Draft relating the shared struggle of the Freedom Movement and the Anti-war movement. The Kentucky Conference was planned to occur on February 11, 1968 and was expected to attract as many as 500 people.
Large straw bag made of dark colored straw and decorated with shells. Lined with brown cloth. The straw was woven in Long Bay Cays and sold to craftswomen in Nassau. Originally purchased in the straw market of Nassau, Bahamas.
Typescript essay by J. Herman Blake entitled, "Rosa Brisbane on Slavery Time" consisting of an interview with Rosa Brisbane, Daufuskie Island native whose parents were slave.
A manuscript about the Junior Federation's Father's Day and Mother's Day activities, their work beautifying Charleston, and their status as the largest junior chapter in the Southeast. It also mentions holding the 1969 convention in Charleston at the Jack Tar Hotel, now the Francis Marion Hotel.
Center for African and African-American Studies (CAAS) "Occasional Paper No. 7" entitled, "Negritude: Philosophy of Culture," written by Richard A. Long, Director for the CAAS at Atlanta University.
A fact sheet released by Atlanta University relating the events of the Orangeburg Massacre and advocating dressing in black on February 15th, 1968 to commemorate the lives of the three men slain on the day of their funerals.
A press release from the national office of the W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of America describing the events of the Orangeburg Massacre and its misrepresentation in the media. This release was to be distributed to local chapters of the DuBois Clubs to educate its members on the events of the Orangeburg Massacre, to suggest ways for them to get involved in promoting awareness, and to advocate for mass mobilization against racial repression.
School photograph of Sharon Peters. She is wearing a blue vest and a paisley scarf and eyeglasses with dark frames. Inscription reads “1968 Sharon Peters”
Clutch purse made from light and dark colored straw. The straw was woven in Long Bay Cays and sold to craftswomen in Nassau. Originally purchased in the straw market of Nassau, Bahamas.
Straw purse with handle and turquoise linen lining. The straw was woven in Long Bay Cays and sold to craftswomen in Nassau. Originally purchased in the straw market of Nassau, Bahamas.
Clutch purse made from light and dark colored straw and decorated with shells. Lined with brown silk. The straw was woven in Long Bay Cays and sold to craftswomen in Nassau. Originally purchased in the straw market of Nassau, Bahamas.
