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The Birth Control Outlook: A National Magazine
This magazine consists of controversial advertising, letters to the editor, and other articles on the subject of birth control in the 1930s. The medical ads included in file images depict material considered "obscene" by laws at that time.
Correspondence Between Mr. Alexander Lindey and Mrs. Stella Hanau
A letter from Stella Hanau, Publications Director of the American Birth Control League, details the scandal of the illegitimate publication known as "The Birth Control Outlook." She writes to a law firm in New York City (Greenbaum, Wolff, and Ernst)…
NOW Guidelines for Feminist Consciousness-Raising
This booklet contains topics and questions to guide discussions. The topics include "do women like/trust women?", "roles and stereotyping", "lesbianism and feminism", "rape and violence", and "double discrimination: race and sex".
Initial Correspondence Regarding Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room"
The letter is sent to Mrs. Blanche Knopf (editor at Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) from Helen Strauss, James Baldwin's agent, as introductory correspondence in the process of Knopf ultimately reviewing and publishing the manuscript attached to the letter.
Rejection Letter of James Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room" from Knopf Publishing Co.
The correspondence letter notifies Baldwin and his agent that selected reviewers and editors at Knopf Publishing Co. have decided to reject Baldwin's manuscript for "Giovanni's Room," and outlines the reasoning for their decision.
Photograph of Police with Body of Missing Civil Rights Worker
The image is a photograph clipping that was published in the New York Journal-American covering the disappearance of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. The photo depicts four white men carrying a black trash bag with a body later found to be…
Photograph of Burned Car of Missing Civil Rights Workers
This image was published in the New York Journal-American covering the disappearance of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. The image depicts the car of the workers being towed, which was found burned in a ditch.
The caption reads: "(JX4)…
The caption reads: "(JX4)…
Correspondence Regarding Juanita Craft's New NAACP Charter
A letter from Mark Rosenman to Juanita Craft regarding the charter for a new branch of the NAACP.
Correspondence Regarding Year-Long Membership Effort
A letter written by Helen L. Wright to Juanita Jewel Craft providing the goals for the Youth Council's national membership expansion effort.
Congratulatory Letter to Dallas Youth Council Leadership Team
A letter from Kivie Kaplan to Anthony West and other leadership members of the Dallas Youth Council congratulating them their efforts and success in the Dallas chapter of the NAACP's Youth Council.