Blacks -- Segregation
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Camp Atterbury World War II photograph collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P003
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 291 black and white, 3 x 5-inch photographic prints depicting life at Camp Atterbury, Indiana in the midst of World War II. Three of the images have copies. The photographs were taken by William J. Moriarty, Sr., a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, as part of his duties for the U.S. Signal Corps while he was stationed there in 1943. The images demonstrate the daily activities of camp life and training, as well as social events, and depict racial...
Dates:
1943
Faburn E. DeFrantz "To Kathy and David" memoir and photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1006
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of a typed 152 page memoir by Faburn E. DeFrantz circa 1952. Written for his first two grandchildren, Kathy and David, he relates his early life in Topeka, Kansas and his many experiences while working for the Senate Avenue YMCA in Indianapolis, Indiana. DeFrantz also discusses his stand against the Ku Klux Klan, his opposition to segregation in public schools, segregated housing at state universities, the 'policycrats', and his retirement.
Dates:
circa 1952
Indianapolis Public Library Hilton U. Brown Branch oral history transcripts
Collection
Identifier: OH008
Scope and Contents
This collection contains transcripts of oral history interviews with residents of Irvington, once a town in Marion County, and now a neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1978 to 1987. The interviews were conducted primarily by Lois Leamon and others for Indianapolis Public Library, Hilton U. Brown Branch's Irvington Oral History Project. The transcripts include historical information about the town-cum-neighborhood and the people who lived there.
Dates:
1978-1987
Marion County Coordinators of Integrated Education records
Collection
Identifier: L453
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the meeting minutes, publications, by-laws, and annual reports for the Marion County Coordinators of Integrated Education and the Community Desegregation Advisory Council in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1971 to 1999. It also includes newspaper clippings, court cases involving desegregation, and videotapes involving "African Centered Education."
Dates:
1971-1999
Robert H. Wyatt collection
Collection
Identifier: L484
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, speeches, periodicals, pamphlets, other publications, reports, photographs, clippings, and other papers from Robert H. Wyatt in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1869 to 1972 (bulk 1948-1972) and undated regarding his career in education and work with professional organizations such as the Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA), the National Education Association (NEA), and Future Teachers of America. There is also information about teachers' strikes...
Dates:
1869-1972, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert H. Wyatt collection
Vincennes Public Library scrapbook
Collection — Folder SP121
Identifier: SP121
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a scrapbook containing photographs, clippings, and postcards from the Vincennes Public Library in Vincennes, Indiana ranging from 1928 to 1930 regarding local and library events, displays, parade floats, and library programs such as book week and summer reading.One of the photographs shows one of two little girls wearing blackface. They are dressed up as the characters Topsy and Eva from the titular vaudeville play and 1927 film, based loosely on Harriet...
Dates:
1928-1930
