Primary source database drawn from the records of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1909 to 1970. The files included are internal memos, legal briefings, and organizational records related to various topics, including anti-lynching campaigns, civil rights actions, desegregation, discrimination in the military, the criminal justice system, employment, housing, and legislative initiatives.
This primary source collection details the extensive work of African Americans to abolish slavery in the United States prior to the Civil War. Covering the period 1830-1865, the collection presents the international impact of African American activism against slavery, in the writings of the activists themselves.