African Americans -- New Jersey

Abstract

This collection consists of documents collected by Dr. Flagg related to her work as an educator, and includes publications of the Newark Board of Education, and the New Jersey State Department of Education. The documents include curriculum materials and handbooks, annual and monthly reports, surveys and meeting minutes, as well as agendas, correspondence and mixed publications relating to Dr. Flagg’s other interests, including African-American history.

Abstract

These are papers of the Garden State Association of Black Journalists.

Scope and Contents Box #1. New Jersey Historical Society, Committee on Afro-American Contribution, meetings 1969-74, Mrs. Vera McMillon speech transcripts, (1969), Moslems (photocopies of newspaper clippings, 1935-ca.1947), Prominent Negroes (Biographical information compiled by South Side H.S. students, 1965: lists, letters, index cards, photocopies of newspaper articles), Misc. (N.A.A.C.P. Montclair 50th Anniversary brochure, NJ Urban League invitation to hear the guest speaker, Charles A....

Scope and Contents The bulk of the material in the collection relates to Norris's work for the New Jersey Urban League, including his advocacy in the fields of race relations, employment opportunities for minorities, fair employment standards, vocational workshops, job training, etc. Contents include his resume (ca. 1949); lists, created by his wife, of material in the collection (1987); addresses by Norris regarding his work for the Urban League, including "The Negro Worker in the White Collar Fields," "The...