Typewritten essay by Septima P. Clark describing specific incidents that made the decade of 1955 to 1968 fabulous, including Rosa Park's education at the Highlander Folk School, Dr. Martin Luther King's influence in Selma, Alabama, and issues regarding social psychology of the American power structure.
Typescript of a script to a theatrical work written by Eugene C. Hunt entitled, "A Journey In Faith and Courage. The Story of the Coming Street Y.W.C.A." The story takes place in Charleston, South Carolina around 1910.
National Council of Negro Women publication containing information and pictures of its members and their activities. This hardback "Souvenir Year Book" was published in the organization's sixteenth anniversary year.
Correspondence from Samuel B. Ethridge of the National Education Association (NEA) to Bernice Robinson with enclosed speech transcripts and articles relating to 1967 NEA conference, themed: "Equality of Educational Opportunity as Affected by the Treatment of Minorities in Textbooks and Other Teaching Materials."
North Carolina Fund document entitled, "The North Carolina Fund's Survey of Low-Income Families in North Carolina; Report No. 1: Background and Design of the Study," including a background for the study, sample and method, analysis of data, interview schedules broken down by household and individuals.
VISTA Program Review Board including information on project goals, map of area, Charleston County Area Description, Williamsburg County Area Description, Dorchester County Area Description, Sumter County Area Description, summary of job descriptions, and job descriptions.
VISTA Resource Development and Training Branch containing resource information on health, education-manpower, economic development, housing, community planning, and social services.
Document prepared for presentation to Rural Community Action Training Program entitled, "Public Welfare Programs That Can Be Coordinated and Implemented in Conjunction with OEO Programs," written by Kenneth Duckert.
Pamphlet reprinted from the Encyclopedia Americana entitled, "Poverty," written by Sargent Shriver, Director of the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity.
"Written by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Andrew J. Young, requesting leadership training for Black ministers of thirty urban areas and citizenship training for neighborhood leaders of five major cities; and catalog regarding Ford Foundation travel and study grants."
Correspondence from Aimee I. Horton to Bernice Robinson regarding potential conference talk. Attached chapter of dissertation on the Highlander School.
Correspondence from Brian Beun to Bernice Robinson regarding copies of covering letters to Hahn, Garrison, Polier, Lewis, Blackwell, Parks, Barry, Young, and Rustin.
Notecards written by Bernice Robinson for a leadership course, including introduction to session, leadership measurement, dynamics of a group, and leadership styles.
Typescript copy of J. Herman Blake's report to the Emil Schwarzhaupt Foundation entitled, "Citizen Participation. Democracy and Social Change," regarding community development in Johns Island, South Carolina and the Woodlawn Area on the south side of Chicago.
Essay entitled, "An Experiment in Individualizing Instruction in Reading in a Sixth Grade Class" presented by Septima Poinsette Clark, Bachelor of the Arts, Benedict College, 1942; Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts at Hampton Institute, 1946.
Revised By-Laws of the South Carolina Commission for Farm Workers, Inc., including articles on the corporation, governing board membership, functions of the governing board, advisory council, officers, board of directors, and committees, meetings, elections, quorum and voting, and staff.
Southern Association on Children Under Six publication entitled, "Registration Form For The 23rd Annual Conference," held on March 23 through 25, 1972 in Richmond, Virginia, themed, "Developing Human Potential."
Paper entitled, "Middle Aged and Aging Black Women: Preliminary Selected Findings of a Survey Research in an Urban Setting" presented at the National Caucus on Black Aging in Washington D.C. on April 14, 1975.
Handwritten essay "regarding the need to address inequalities shared by all disadvantaged Americans, white and black. There is an audio tape of Clark giving this talk at Antioch College in 1000-15-10."
Photocopy of memorandum from Lawrence B. Glick, Acting General Councel, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to I. T. Creswell, Assistant Staff Director, OFO, U.S. Commission on Civil rights regarding the Federal Advisory Committee ACT (FACA) and State Advisory Committee (SAC) Meetings.
Memorandum from Courtney Siceloff, Equal Opportunity Specialist for the Southern Regional Office of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to South Carolina SAC Members with attached draft of the report entitled, "A Case Study of School Desegregation: Williamsburg School District, South Carolina."
Letter from Jerome D. Franson, Georgia College Assistant Professor of Education, to Bernice Robinson regarding his research on the Highlander Folk Schools' Sea Islands citizens projects. Enclosed dissertation proposal.
Large packet of documents entitled, "Menominee Community Action Program, Governor's Copy," wherein a variety of correspondence, press releases, grant application materials, and other forms relating to potential grants pursuant to Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 for the purpose of "attacking the causes of poverty" in Wisconsin.
Ohio's Mahoning Valley Vocational School pamphlet highlighting their history and curriculum, "pioneering in vocational training for Disadvantaged Ohio Boys."
Scrapbook pages made of pink construction paper with a decorative vine theme, leaves made of green construction paper. Media types include photographs, newspaper clippings, typescript pages, correspondence, and invitations. All dated material generated in the 1970s.
Typescript copy of essay entitled, "Syrup and Hyssop. On T. Thomas Fortune" by J. Herman Blake about Timothy Thomas Fortune, a man born a slave in Florida in 1856 who wrote famed "Black and White" which was published in 1884.
