The Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) calling a mass meeting in response to Senate Bill 291, included a message from K. L. Buford, a local minister and activist in Tuskegee, and speeches of support by Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph David Abernathy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) meeting, featuring an appearance by Jackie Robinson, took place on the second anniversary of start of the TCA’s Crusade for Citizenship. The crusade was a voter registration and civil rights campaign that started in 1957 to fight Senate Bill 291.
The Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) met to discuss the ongoing struggle for racial equality and justice while highlighting the significance of education and intellectual pursuits.
Charles Gomillion discussed the importance of understanding human behavior and race relations in the South and the need for legal regulation regarding voting.
A letter from the Secretary of the Tuskegee Civic Association William P. Mitchell to a coworker to be ready for a general meeting at 7pm on 02/18/1955.
A letter from Charles G. Gomillion to Mrs. Dorothy Tilly explaining the itinerary of her visit and stating that someone will be at the bus station to meet and pick her up.
A letter for the Tuskegee Civic Association secretary William P. Mitchell requesting the presence of each member which is needed for an important upcoming TCA meeting.
The Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) held its 50th mass meeting to discuss first class citizenship, noting the lack of Negro representation in local government and the impact of political gerrymandering.
The Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) special guest, Rev. Newman, emphasized the importance of living a righteous life by doing justly, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God.
Tonight's speaker is Reverend R.B. Ford of the Baptist Association. He spoke on the subject of "charity or love suffer long and this kind charity envies not charity vaunted".
The meeting was being held at the Greenwood Missionary Baptist church, with special guest Reverend S.T. Martin. The message was the reaction of the Tuskegee City Council to the TC petition and the responsibility of Negro citizens.
The Reverend KLB spoke on the subject of “The reaction of the Tuskegee City Council” and responsibility of Negro citizens and Mr. Emily Field, Director of the Fellowship of the reconciliation New York City.
The Tuskegee Civic Association's meeting emphasized the importance of human relations and democratic action, with a focus on improving conditions for African Americans.
Series of mass meetings sponsored by the Tuskegee Civic Association. The meeting was held at the Greenwood missionary Baptist church. The speaker for the occasion is Reverend S.T. Martin.
The Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) is celebrating its 6th Anniversity for the Crusade for Citizenship. The message by Mr. John Dor, assistant to the assistant Attorney General Civil Rights Division, the United States Department of Justice.
The 5th Anniversary of the Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) guest speaker was Mrs. Amelia M. Tucker from Kentucky legislature and her topic foused on racism.
Attorney Frank De Reeves, Board of Commissioners member in the District of Columbia, discussed the importance of direct community action and legal action in the courts to ensure full participation of American citizens in a democratic society, particularly for southern negros.
Obey's senior notebook includes her written philosophy of art, photographs of the artist’s works and her process, and a copy of her senior exhibition brochure. As a part of the Texas Southern art curriculum under Dr. John T. Biggers and Professor Carroll Harris Simms, students would create these notebooks to explain their artistry and showcase the works they created as students.
This is a brochure for Obey’s senior art exhibition. The culmination of the Texas Southern art curriculum is a senior exhibition where students showcase artwork created over the course of their undergraduate studies. The brochure features a photo of Obey, a brief biography, a catalog of the artwork featured in the exhibition, a photo of her terracotta sculpture, a photo of one of her drawings, and a photo of one of her paintings. Dr. Biggers remembered Obey as one of his favorite students.
Obey’s print is a self-portrait. Under the direction of Dr. Biggers and Professor Simms, students would paint and draw self-portraits and sometimes sculpt self-portraits of their busts. This print depicts Obey in her bra; she also painted a self-portrait in a similar style. Biggers once referred to Obey as "one of our finest painters.”
A newspaper article from The News Tribune about the testimony of State Police Detective James Challender describing what he saw at the emergency room where Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) and wounded state trooper Werner Foerster were taken after he was fatally shot. Shakur was on trial for the 1973 murder of Foerster.
A newspaper from the New Jersey Afro-American about discrepancies in the testimony of trooper James Harper in the trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. In cross-examination, it was revealed that Harper had not seen Shakur fire the shot that had wounded him even though he had claimed that earlier.
