Civil Rights

In this section, you will find highlights related to Civil Rights from our collections.

Bunzel (John H.) papers: Speeches and writings, correspondence, minutes, grant proposals, memoranda, reports, studies, hearing transcripts, printed matter, and photographs related to student radicalism at San Francisco State University, and activities of the Civil Rights Commission in monitoring the status of civil rights in the United States, such as investigating allegations of race or sex discrimination in voting, employment, or housing and considering affirmative action and comparable worth concepts.

Chang (Chen Fu-mei) collection: (1984-1994) Contains election campaign literature, and bulletins relating to elections, political conditions, and civil rights in Taiwan.

Firing Line broadcast records: Videotape film and transcripts of television series hosted by William F. Buckley and produced by the Southern Educational Communications Association, relating to conservative thought, especially in the United States, and to American foreign and domestic policy. Includes background research file, sound recordings, and still photographs.

See: Program 130 (Muhammad Ali), Program S0019 (Jesse Jackson), Program S0080 (Huey Newton), Program S0129 (Julian Bond & John Lewis)

Jordan (David Starr) papers: Correspondence, writings, pamphlets, leaflets, clippings, and photographs, relating to pacifism and the movement for world peace, disarmament, international relations, American neutrality in World War I, American foreign and domestic policy, civil liberties in the United States, problems of minorities in the United States, Stanford University, and personal and family matters. 

Litvinov (Pavel Mikhailovich) papers: Correspondence, memoirs and other writings, notes, printed matter, and photographs relating to political prisoners, civil rights and dissent in the Soviet Union, and to Russian émigré affairs.

New Left collection: Largely relates to radical movements for political and social change in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. It is the largest resource in the archives devoted to this turbulent period in American history. Organized alphabetically by subject file, the collection consists of serial issues and other printed matter, and includes a great deal of ephemera, especially leaflets and flyers. Topics covered in the collection include the movement against the Vietnam War; student radicalism; the civil rights movement and black militancy; revolutionary organizations; the women's liberation movement; and the counterculture.