The Dallas Youth Council Scrapbook (1957-1958)
Title
The Dallas Youth Council Scrapbook (1957-1958)
Subject
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Youth Council
Racism
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Dallas Branch
Police brutality
Civil Rights--United States
Discrimination
Youth Activism
1950s
Racism
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Dallas Branch
Police brutality
Civil Rights--United States
Discrimination
Youth Activism
1950s
Description
The Dallas NAACP Youth Council constructed a scrapbook consisting of newspaper clippings and important correspondence. The contents of the scrapbook highlight different initiatives the NAACP Youth Council took to fight for equal rights. In this collection specifically, the youth council documents an effort to raise awareness regarding an incident of police brutality against a student named Essein Essein. In the scrapbook, they included press coverage of the incident, as well as responses from organizations they hoped to engage in protest against the incident itself, such as the Southern Regional Council and the Highland Park Methodist Church.
Creator
Dallas Youth Council, NAACP
Source
“Dallas Youth Council Scrapbook, 1957-1958”, Box D22a, Volume 2.325, Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft Collection, 1939-1972. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Date
1957-1958
Language
English
Collection Items
Dallas Youth Council NAACP Scrapbook- Newspaper Clippings
The Dallas Youth Council included a newspaper clipping discussing an incident regarding police brutality and discrimination inflicted on "Essien Essien," a student from Africa.
Next to the clipping, a member wrote the following: "The NAACP Youth…
Next to the clipping, a member wrote the following: "The NAACP Youth…
Response from Southern Regional Council To Dallas NAACP
A letter from Paul Anthony, an Administrative Assistant at the Southern Regional Council, to the Dallas NAACP Youth Council. The letter is in a response to newspaper clippings that the Council sent to the Council, in order to raise awareness of…
Response from Highland Park Methodist Church to Dallas NAACP
The response from the Highland Park Methodist Church regarding newspaper clippings sent by the Dallas Youth Council NAACP
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