Eunice Liberty National Council of Negro Women records
Item
Title
Eunice Liberty National Council of Negro Women records
Description
This collecton consists of the records of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) Greater Miami Section, collected by Eunice Liberty from 1961 to 1991 while working for the organization. It consists of flyers, certificates, correspondence, pamphlets, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, programs, reports, directories, and newspaper and magazine clippings. The collection contains an extensive news clippings file, predominantly from Ebony magazine and black owned newspaper, The Miami Times, documenting events impacting civil rights in South Florida and throughout the United States in the 1970s. The collection also documents the activities of the NCNW's Youth Program, such as the Mary McLeod Bethune essay contest, which attracted students from throughout the Miami Dade Public School system, and the Woman of the Year contest. Of note, the collection contains photographs of Sidney Poitier and many studio quality, formal portraits of the selectees for the Woman of the Year contest. It also contains correspondence to Ms. Liberty from Dorothy Height, an American Administrator, Educator, Social Activist, president of the NCNW for forty years, and honored at her funeral by an eulogy from United States President Barack Obama.
Identifier
BAF MS_00170
Alternative Title
National Council of Negro Women, Eunice Liberty records
Date Valid
1961-1991
Date Created
1964
Date
1976
Creator
Emily Gibson, assisted by Robert Wilkerson and Ashley Davis
Extent
9.00
Is Part Of
4
Abstract
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Conforms To
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Type
0
Has Part
9 boxes
Access Rights
There are no access restrictions on this material.
Rights
Finding Aid (c) 2011 The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Director of The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation, Inc. An image license agreement must be signed prior to recording or copying images.
Source
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Accrual Method
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Date Accepted
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Spatial Coverage
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Provenance
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Relation
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References
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Accrual Policy
Original Order was maintained where possible. Series 4: Debtor's Anonymous Program, Series 5: Harambe Brunch, Series 13: Selectees for Man and Woman of the Year, and Series 15: Subject Files are in the original order that Eunice Liberty arranged them in.
Date Copyrighted
20111214
Language
0
Bibliographic Citation
Emily Gibson, assisted by Robert Wilkerson