Civil Rights
Abstract
This chapter follows the Civil Rights Movement from its tipping point with the murder of Emmet Till and the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, the rise of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s, the emergence of the Black Power and Black Arts Movements of the 1960s and 1970s, to the protests against apartheid in the 1980s.
Description
This chapter follows the Civil Rights Movement from its tipping point with the murder of Emmet Till and the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, the rise of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s, the emergence of the Black Power and Black Arts Movements of the 1960s and 1970s, to the protests against apartheid in the 1980s. Collections represented in this exhibit include:
Jan Waggoner Suter Papers, 1954-1985 [DIGITAL COLLECTION]
Toledo City Papers, Board of Community Relations, 1890s-1960s
The Toledo Fair Housing Center Records, 1957-2018
Casey Jones Papers, 1970-1994 [FINDING AID]
Collegian, 1970s [DIGITAL COLLECTION, 1919-1934]
Ella P. Stewart Papers, 1922-1987 [DIGITAL COLLECTION]
Etheridge Knight Papers, 1964-1995 [DIGITAL COLLECTION]
Black Student Union Organization Files, 1970s
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Keywords
Philosophy and Religion, African-Americans, University of Toledo, Social Welfare, University of Toledo -- Students, Crime and Criminals, Civic Interests, Medicine and Health, Municipal Government, War, Soldiers, and Veterans, Gender and Sexuality