National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Organization
Biography
The NAACP is nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization, created in 1909 to empower and protect African Americans under the Constitution through principles of equal justice under the law.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Lorna Marple collection on the Democratic Party of Oregon
Collection
Identifier: Mss 6042
Abstract
Unprocessed collection of materials relating to the Democratic Party of Oregon, the Clackamas County Democratic Party, the League of Women Voters, and the NAACP.
Dates:
circa 1950-1991
Scrapbooks for 69th NAACP Annual Convention
Collection
Identifier: Coll816
Abstract
Three-volume set of scrapbooks produced to commemorate the 69th Annual Convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which was held in Portland, Oregon, from July 3-7, 1978.
Dates:
1978 July
Stella Maris House collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1585
Abstract
The collection consists of printed material, correspondence, and administrative, financial, and legal records created and collected by the Stella Maris House, a Portland, Oregon-based social justice group, during the course of its work. The collection demonstrates the local evolution of issues key to the history of the United States during the 1960s. Over a third of the collection is dedicated to Oregon's migrant labor rights movement; it also features materials documenting the area's civil...
Dates:
1940-1973; Majority of material found within 1960-1972