Civil rights
Subject
Subject Source: 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
James Bromwell Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0441
Abstract
Lawyer and U.S. Congressman, 1961-1965. Political and campaign related papers.
Jean and John L. Schneiders papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0783
Abstract
Davenport community and civil rights activists during the 1960s.
Jean Shoots papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0308
Abstract
Writer, performer, volunteer, and nurse in Iowa City.
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.
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.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Maria Rundquist papers