Box OSL.06

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The Joe Louis folders of the morgue span his public life and career, covering significant bouts, family life, military service, as well as posthumous honors and works. The majority of material are in the form of clippings and photographs. Press releases, programs, magazine features, and unpublished textual documents are also found.

Scope and Contents Lynching files contain reporting, research, and other documentation of lynching, primarily in the United States. Reporting on specific incidents contemporary to the time is found between 1926 and 1960, mainly in the form of clippings, full newspaper pages, and photographs. Some writings, notes, and correspondence pertaining to specific cases are also found. Files on lynching cases contain coverage of the incidents and their aftermath, such as investigations, trials, and public debate....

Scope and Contents Group contains coverage of specific lynching and attempted lynching cases, including the incidents themselves, investigations and trials of participants, and editorials regarding specific cases. Most coverage is contemporary to the incident; where coverage references past incidents it is noted in the scope and content note for the folder. Lynching victims have been listed for each location, along with the specific location and year of the incident. Locations typically were transcribed from...

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Coverage of the quadruple lynching of Roger and Dorothy Dorsey Malcolm and George and Mae Murray Dorsey. Folder 3 contains photographs of lynching victims and scene, among others. Folder 4 contains a report on the incident by the Federation to Fight Fascism. Oversize material includes full pages of Philadelphia Afro-American from August 3, 1946 and likely the National edition of the Afro-American from August 10, 1946.

Scope and Contents Full newspaper pages containing coverage of the lynchings of Matthew Williams (Salisbury, 1931) and George Armwood (Princess Anne, 1933) from a variety of Baltimore newspapers regarding the cases of Euel Lee, Matthew Williams, and George Armwood between 1931 and 1934. Included are Baltimore Sunday Sun, 1931 Dec. 6; Baltimore Afro-American, 1931 Dec. 12; Baltimore Sun, 1931 Dec. 30; Baltimore News, 1932 Jan. 18 and 1932 Jan. 19; Baltimore Post, 1933 Oct. 19; Baltimore Evening Sun, 1933 Oct....

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Contains mainly documentation of bill number S. 24, also known as the Costigan Wagner bill, and clippings referring to the many bills introduced during the 74th congress.

Scope and Contents Includes a 1937 telegram from Representative Hamilton Fish of New York to Carl Murphy with Murphy's response. Also contains advocacy letters circulated by the NAACP, letters to the editor of the AFRO, and letters from members of Congress including Emanuel Celler of New York, Representatives T. Alan Goldsborough (First District of Maryland), Stephen W. Gambrill (Fifth District of Maryland), William P. Cole, Jr. (Second District of Maryland), and Ambrose J. Kennedy (Fourth District of...