Sort by
The New Negro Movement
1918 Anti-Lynching Bill
Congressman L.C. Dyer to John R. Shillady concerning an anti-lynching bill, April 6, 1918. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (047.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0047]
A Federal law against Lynchings
Federal law against Lynchings, Speech of Hon. L.C. Dyer of Missouri in the House of Representatives, May 7, 1918. Pamphlet. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (048.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0048p1-na0048p5]
African American Soldiers in World War I
Robert Edmund Jones. Soldiers. Cover of The Crisis, June 1918. New York: NAACP, 1918. General Collections, Library of Congress (049.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0049]
NAACP Women Aid the American Expeditionary Forces
Addie W. Hunton and Kathryn M. Johnson. Two Colored Women with the American Expeditionary Forces. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Eagle Press, 1920. General Collections, Library of Congress (059.00.00)
[Digital ID # na0059]
James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson, between 1900 and 1920. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (050.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # cph.3a43308]
Walter White
Photograph of Walter Francis White, between 1920 and 1940. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (051.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # cph.3c07019]
Director of Branches Robert W. Bagnall
Robert W. Bagnall, between 1915 and 1925. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (061.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # ppmsca.23835]
Field Secretary William Pickens
William Pickens, between 1910 and 1920. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (058.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # ppmsca.23834]
The NAACP Flag
Lynching flag flying at NAACP headquarters, ca. 1938. Gelatin silver print. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (046.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # ppmsca-09705
U.S. Occupation in Haiti, 1915
James Weldon Johnson to Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes concerning the occupation of Haiti by United States Armed Forces, March 28, 1921. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (054.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0054]
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey, August 5, 1924. Photograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (056.00.00)
[Digital ID # cph.3a03567]
Interference with the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Marcus Garvey to James Weldon Johnson concerning the NAACP’s alleged interference with the Universal Negro Improvement Association, January 21, 1922. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (055.00.00) Courtesy of Dr. Juilus W. Garvey
[Digital ID # na0055]
The Arkansas Cases
The Arkansas Cases. New York: NAACP, July 1922. Pamphlet. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (51.02.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0051_02, na0051_02p1-na0051_02p6]
The Crisis Magazine
The Crisis, April 1923. New York: NAACP, 1923. General Collections, Library of Congress (052.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0052p1-na0052p2]
Writer Jessie Fauset
Jessie Redmon Fauset, n.d. Photograph. Harmon Foundation Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (065.00.00)
[Digital ID # na0065]
Investigation of a Lynching
Walter White’s field notes and report concerning the lynching of Sammie Smith in Nashville, Tennessee, [1924]. Typescript and autograph manuscript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (053.00.00–53.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0053p1 – na0053p10, na0053_01p5
NAACP Defends Soldiers of the 24th Infantry
Walter Burkett, 24th Infantry, to NAACP Assistant Secretary Walter White thanking the NAACP for defending soldiers of the 24th Infantry, February 8, 1924. Autograph letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (057.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0057]
Fire in the Flint
Walter White to Jacob Billikop, Director of the Federation of Jewish Charities, concerning his novel Fire in the Flint, September 26, 1924. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (053.02.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0053_02, na0053_02p1]
Langston Hughes Requests NAACP Assistance
Langston Hughes to Walter White, October 29, 1925. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (062.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0062
Key:
- Audio
- Video
- Interactive
- Multiple images/pages
- Discovery Facts for Kids