St. Louis Civil Rights History Guide

Describes several collections of former mayors, aldermen, and other officials.

The papers of the Urban League of St. Louis is quite a large collection of material. It includes 10 sections (series) that are linked on the above mentioned page.

A collection of papers documenting the Washington University chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). This collection also includes many civil rights publications recently donated to the archives, including a number of rare St. Louis independent press publications.

Student Committee for the Admission of Negroes (SCAN) scrapbook detail the activities of SCAN as they sought to persuade the Washington University administration to allow African American students admission to undergraduate studies.

Documents of the Association of Black Students (ABS) outlining the areas they urgently felt needed improvement, including black student enrollment, treatment of blacks on campus, and the introduction of a Black Studies program to the curriculum. These points were expanded in the Black Manifesto of 1968.

The paper's of Professor Bolef (a former WU physicist and social activist) include one section (Series 05) focused on civil rights, and including folders related to Percy Green.

The personal papers of a local activist chiefly involved with labor organizing and worker rights. Sentner also advocated for racial equality and human rights.

The ACLU of Missouri has placed their archives at Washington University. In numerous cases the ACLU-MO worked on topics related to religion and civil rights. *Some materials in this collection are restricted, and Archive staff can help you with this if there are materials you would want to see.*

Black Americans for Democracy (BAD), a student organization founded in the late 1960s was active at the University of Arkansas. All issues available online.

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