African Americans
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland Records
Collection
Identifier: R0002-ACLU
Abstract
This collection documents the history and work of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland between 1919 and 2019 and includes case files, correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and programs. Notably the collection contains materials related to the nonprofit’s work regarding discrimination, housing, education, employment, gender, and other issues in Maryland.
Dates:
1919-2019
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Black History Month Event - Women in the Civil Rights Movement, 2018-03-14
File
Identifier: 9
Scope and Contents
Judy Richardson and Betty Garman Robinson, two prominent veterans of the civil rights movement and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), spoke about their histories in the civil rights movement and connect it to today's ongoing struggles for equality in America, at the University of Baltimore. Joshua Clark Davis, assistant professor of history in the University of Baltimore's Division of Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies,talked with these veteran civil rights activists...
Dates:
2018-03-14
East Baltimore Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: R0038-EBOH
Scope and Contents Note
This collection includes 13 audio interviews on cassette tape, and 13 text interview transcripts, and indices to interviews. (Please note: Some interview transcripts are partial or incomplete.) The interviews document the personal histories of longtime East Baltimore community activists and residents. Subjects of note include the Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition (HEBCAC) and other neighborhood improvement organizations, Middle-East Community organization, Bethlehem Steel,...
Dates:
1997
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Eva Anderson's Baltimore Dance Theater Collection
Collection
Identifier: R0163-BDT
Abstract
Eva Anderson was the artistic director of the Baltimore Dance Theater, which later became Eva Anderson Dancers, Ltd. Anderson’s choreography aimed to perpetuate American dance with a special emphasis African-American dance forms. The Dance Theater performed primarily in Baltimore and the Maryland area, but also traveled around the U.S. and the world. One of Anderson’s dances, “The Elephant,” was originally performed at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. This...
Dates:
circa 1970-2016
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Jo Ann Robinson Research Files
Collection
Identifier: R0050-GW
Scope and Contents Note
Jo Ann Robinson, Professor of History at Morgan State University, collected the materials in this collection while active as a parent volunteer at Barclay Elementary-Middle School. A major portion of the material informed oral interviews conducted by Robinson with Gertrude Williams and Williams’ associates, resulting in the book, "Education As My Agenda: Gertrude Williams, Race and the Baltimore Public Schools" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005). This collection consists of reports,...
Dates:
1970-2009
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
John "Kinderman" Taylor Papers
Collection
Identifier: R0165-JKT
Abstract
John Taylor, or “The Kinderman,” was an educator, singer, dancer, and children’s television star based in Maryland. His work focused on bringing song, dance, and art to children through his television shows “It’s Kindertime” and “The Kinderman Show,” and through community events and workshops around the Maryland region. This collection consists of a portion of John “Kinderman” Taylor’s educational materials, awards, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other records relating to his career...
Dates:
circa 1970-2018
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Kurt L. Schmoke Mayoral Artifacts Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: R0170-SMA
Abstract
Kurt L. Schmoke served as the 46th Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland from 1987-1999. This collection contains artifacts and memorabilia from his time as mayor and it documents several projects and accomplishments
Dates:
1987-1999
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Kurt L. Schmoke Photographs
Collection
Identifier: R0057-KLS
Scope and Contents
The Kurt L. Schmoke Photographs collection contains photographs taken by Robert Breck Chapman showing Kurt L. Schmoke during his time as Mayor of Baltimore City. The photographs document Schmoke's public engagements and outreach to Baltimore's neighborhoods and communities in the 1990s during the middle of his 12-year term as Mayor of the City of Baltimore. Portions of the collection have been digitized and can be viewed in the digital exhibit.
Dates:
1990-1997
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Linda Shopes Papers
Collection
Identifier: R0191-LSP
Content Description
The collection includes a box of personal papers; a box of research materials for the article on Fells Point in The Baltimore Book; notes from tours; copies of talks Shopes gave on The Baltimore Book; research materials for unfinished dissertation; six file card boxes with handwritten census data; one long file with notecards of census data on women in Fells Point, 1880-1910; and eight boxes of other research materials, including government documents on canneries. Among the topics in the...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1970s - 1990s
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Mitchell Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: R0155-MFC
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three pamphlets documenting various programs, memorials, and events dated between 1979 and 1984 for members of the Mitchell family, a prominant Baltimore family of NAACP leaders, civil rights activists, and public officials and lawyers. The three programs are:
One memorial program for Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., 1984
One "101st U.S. Senator," Sixty-eight birthday dinner program, 1979
One program honoring the life of...
Dates:
1979-1984
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives