Civil rights

Abstract The collection consists of two boxes of miscellaneous print ephemera that documents African American civic, political, and religious life in twentieth-century Maryland. This material is organized thematically. The majority of items are publications from Baltimore churches, institutions, schools and colleges, and civic organizations and programs from the funerals of prominent African Americans, including Clarence M. Mitchell and Justice Thurgood Marshall. The political material primarily...

Abstract Paul Henderson (1899-1988) was a photojournalist for the Afro-American newspapers and as a freelance photographer. The Paul Henderson Photograph Collection (1933-1962) contains photographic negatives and some photographic prints that document the Civil Rights Era in Maryland, with particular focus on activities, people, and groups in the city of Baltimore. Subjects consist mostly of unidentified people, but also include sports, education, Civil Rights activities, politicians, entertainers,...

Abstract Theodore R. McKeldin was Governor of Maryland, 1951-1959. Prior to his election as governor, he served as Mayor of Baltimore, 1943-1947, and then again from 1963-1967. In this interview, he discusses: Family and early life, education, and first jobs; compares Republican and Democratic parties in Maryland, governorship and mayoralty, and his early and later campaigns; characterizes Mayor William Broening, President Dwight Eisenhower, President Lyndon Johnson, and Judge Simon Sobeloff;...