African American civil rights workers
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Beatrice Morrow Cannady draft speech for NAACP convention
Handwritten draft of a speech that Beatrice Morrow Cannady (1889-1974) delivered at the 1928 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) convention in Los Angeles, California. The draft is written in pencil. Cannady, a Black journalist and activist who lived in Portland, Oregon, from 1912 to 1938, edited the newspaper The Advocate, was a founding member of the Portland chapter of the NAACP, and advocated for Black Oregonians' civil rights.
Oral history interview with LeRoy Haynes, Jr.
Oral history interview with the Rev. Dr. LeRoy Haynes, Jr., conducted by Jan Dilg from October 8 to December 5, 2018. In the interview, Haynes discusses his civil rights activism and his work as a Methodist Episcopal pastor in Texas and in Portland, Oregon.
Scrapbooks for 69th NAACP Annual Convention
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.