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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06135.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents related to the NAACP |
| Title | 20th annual report of the NAACP for the year 1929 |
| Date | 1 January 1930 |
| Author | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Contains a list of NAACP officers for 1929. Foreword states "Uncompromising insistence upon full participation by the Negro in all phases of life is coming more and more to be the attitude of thinking and intelligent white and colored people." Contains reports on African Americans and the vote, residential segregation, African American federal prisoners, discrimination in athletics and church, anti-intermarriage bills, President Herbert Hoover's crime commission, and lynching, among other topics. Provides updates on the NAACP's legal defense related to particular cases, such as the Bell-Swain case and the Ben Bess case, which were described in more detail in the previous year's report (see GLC06135.04). Also discusses other legal cases, such as that of Ralph Baker, a young black university student who was shot by an off-duty policeman on a New York City train platform. Includes a financial summary. Closes with a report from the Department of Publications and Research. |
| Subjects | African American Author African American History Civil Rights Reform Movement Government and Civics President Crime Lynching Death Penalty Injury or Wound Election Suffrage Jim Crow Prisoner Sports and Games Religion Marriage Women's History Law |
| People | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | African Americans; Government & Politics; Religion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |