Mitchell, Clarence M., Jr. (Clarence Maurice), 1911-1984
Person
Dates
- Existence: 19110308 - 19840318
Biographical / Historical
Indiviual was a Spingarn Medal awardee (1969) and a Medal of Freedom awardee (1980).
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., 1976 July 29
File
Identifier: OH 8154
Abstract
Clarence Maurice Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984) served as the chief lobbyist to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for nearly 30 years after earlier positions as NAACP Labor Secretary and Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau. In this oral history interview, Mitchell descusses his childhood and the Mitchell family; his marriage to Juanita Jackson; the Young People's Forum; Carl Murphy; leaders before Lillie May Carroll Jackson and her work with the NAACP;...
Dates:
1976 July 29
Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., 1977 February 12
File
Identifier: OH 8209
Abstract
Clarence Maurice Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984) served as the chief lobbyist to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for nearly 30 years after earlier positions as NAACP Labor Secretary and Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau. Mitchell begins his oral history interview with a discussion about consciousness of racial discrimination in his youth and recollections about his early education in Baltimore, Maryland. Mitchell describes his post-college work as a...
Dates:
1977 February 12
Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., 1977 February 26
File
Identifier: OH 8198
Abstract
Clarence Maurice Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984) served as the chief lobbyist to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for nearly 30 years after earlier positions as NAACP Labor Secretary and Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau. In this oral history interview, Mitchell discusses Lillie May Carroll Jackson's personal life, motivations, family, strengths, and weaknesses; and provides his opinions on Theodore R. McKeldin in regards to human rights, civil rights,...
Dates:
1977 February 26
McKeldin-Jackson Project Colloquium Proceedings, 1976 November 16
File
Identifier: OH 8182
Abstract
Proceedings and speeches of a public meeting held at the Maryland Historical Society to mark the conclusion of the Governor Theodore R. McKeldin - Dr. Lillie May Jackson Project on Civil Rights in Maryland, 1935-1970. Speakers include Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., Dr. Pearl Brackett, and Leon Sachs, with L. Charles Wagandt serving as a moderator. There are also questions and remarks by members of the audience.
Dates:
1976 November 16