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Description: The National Negro Congress was established, in 1936, to "secure the right of the Negro people to be free from Jim Crowism, segregation, discrimination, lynching, and mob violence" and "to promote the spirit of unity and cooperation between Negro and white people." This collection includes the files of executive secretaries John P. Davis, Edward Strong, and Revels Cayton, as well as financial records.
Names: National Negro Congress (U.S.) (Creator)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1933 - 1947
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division; Shelf locator: Sc Micro R-1182
Topics: Cayton, Susie Revels, 1870-1943; Collins, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1944-; Davis, John P. (John Preston), 1905-1973; Strong, Edward; Weston, M. Moran, 1910-2002; Joint Committee on National Recovery; Negro Industrial League; Negro Labor Victory Committee (New York, N.Y.); African American labor union members; African Americans -- Civil rights; African Americans -- Discrimination; African Americans -- Economic conditions; African Americans -- Employment; African Americans -- Political activity; African Americans -- Segregation; Civil rights -- United States; Labor movement -- United States. Congress -- Political activity; Labor unions -- United States -- Political activity; New Deal, 1933-1939; Race discrimination; United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945; United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945
Genres: Documents; Correspondence; Ephemera
Notes: Biographical/historical: The National Negro Congress was established, in 1936, to "secure the right of the Negro people to be free from Jim Crowism, segregation, discrimination, lynching, and mob violence" and "to promote the spirit of unity and cooperation between Negro and white people." It was conceived as a national coalition of church, labor, and civil rights organizations that would coordinate protest action in the face of deteriorating economic conditions for Blacks. Executive secretaries were John P. Davis, 1935-1942; Edward Strong, 1943; and Revels Cayton, 1945-1947. The Negro Labor Victory Committee, founded in 1942, was an organization of Black and white trade union officials from the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and the Railroad Brotherhoods. It was organized to encourage Black workers to fight for equality within organized labor, government, and the Armed Forces.; Content: This collection consists of the files of John P. Davis, Edward Strong, and Revels Cayton, as well as financial records and pubications. Also included are Davis's files from the Negro Industrial League, 1933, of which he had been executive secretary; Davis's files from the Joint Committee on National Recovery, 1933-1935, an ad-hoc lobby to protect black interests in the federal government; and his subject/reference files on different aspects of the "Negro question". Finally, the records of the Negro Labor Victory Committee, 1942-1945, contain files of Charles A. Collins, executive secretary, and M. Moran Weston, field secretary; they include correspondence, subject/organization files, and printed matter.; Content: Reels were originally numbered according to parts as in part 1, r. 1, etc. The parts somewhat correspond to the series. Here they are numbered as 1.1, 1.2-4.1, etc., although parts 1 and 2 overlap and do not correspond exactly to their corresponding series.
Physical Description: Extent: 94 reels 5.88 linear feet
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: Other local Identifier: Sc Micro R-1182; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11613582; MSS Unit ID: 20648; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2a204ba0-8d92-013d-0323-0242ac110002

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