Civil rights
Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Ayako "A. Mori" Costantino papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0905
Abstract
Japanese American activist who, after being interned in a War Relocation Center during World War II, travelled extensively and was heavily involved in human and civil rights campaigns in Iowa City and beyond.
Dates:
1944-2012; Other: Date acquired: 2012-12-06
Ben F. Jensen Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0147
Abstract
U.S. Representative from Iowa. Correspondence, subject files, legislative records, and speeches relating to his career in the Congress.
Dates:
1939-1964
Ernest Rodriguez papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0784
Abstract
Davenport civil rights and Chicano activist, born in the predominantly Mexican settlement of Holy City in Bettendorf, Iowa.
Dates:
1910-2014
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Ernest Rodriguez papers
FBI Investigation of the Lemuel A. Penn Murder Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0507
Abstract
Obtained from the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act in 1999, these papers document the FBI's investigation into the murder of Lemuel A. Penn. Ku Klux Klan members who murdered him were the first persons convicted under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Dates:
1964-1967
Harry Harper Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0365
Abstract
Physician and civil rights leader in Fort Madison, IA. Correspondence, speeches, biographical and autobiographical materials, and subject files document both his career and his Civil Rights activism.
Dates:
1946-1985
James Bromwell Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0441
Abstract
Lawyer and U.S. Congressman, 1961-1965. Political and campaign related papers.
Dates:
1959 -1969
Jean and John L. Schneiders papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0783
Abstract
Davenport community and civil rights activists during the 1960s.
Dates:
1962-1971
Jean Shoots papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0308
Abstract
Writer, performer, volunteer, and nurse in Iowa City.
Dates:
1990-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Jean Shoots papers
Lucy and Henry Vargas papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0886
Abstract
Mexican American activists from Davenport, Iowa.
Dates:
1930-2013
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Lucy and Henry Vargas papers
Maria Rundquist papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0544
Abstract
Sioux City business owner and political activist who emigrated to the United States from Mexico in 1978.
Dates:
1959-2016
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Maria Rundquist papers
Martha Nash papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0235
Abstract
Civil rights activist, community and religious leader, she was executive director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Education and Vocational Training in Waterloo.
Dates:
1939-2000
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Martha Nash papers
Mary Louise Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0027
Abstract
First woman to chair the Republican National Committee, serving from 1974 to 1977. Co-founder of the Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives.
Dates:
1925-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Mary Louise Smith papers
Maude Esther White papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0196
Abstract
Founder of the Des Moines Tutoring Center, and Iowa's first Affirmative Action administrator from 1973 to 1978.
Dates:
1957-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Maude Esther White papers
Muscatine Migrant Committee records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0745
Abstract
Migrant agency that advocated for agricultural laborers employed temporarily on eastern Iowa farms.
Dates:
1962-2005
Polly Ely papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0829
Abstract
Peace and civil rights activist who was a longtime member of Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist in Cedar Rapids.
Dates:
1937-2008; Other: Date acquired: 2010-07-01
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Polly Ely papers
Ruth Scharnau papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0224
Abstract
Teacher and community activist who was a founding member of the Dubuque National Organization for Women.
Dates:
1970-2013
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Ruth Scharnau papers
Shirley M. Sandage papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0318
Abstract
Mason City, Iowa-born civil rights activist, United States field representative for the Christian Children's Fund and director of program development for the National Organization on Disability.
Dates:
1927-2012; 1964-2012
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Shirley M. Sandage papers