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Found in 277 Collections and/or Records:

Memos to Barbara A. Mikulski (BAM), 1993 October

 File — Box 1039: [Barcode: 31151034378194], Folder: 25
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

Dates: 1993 October

Mikulski - Chavez: GAO Report and related on Chavez's tenure at the Civil Rights Commission, 1986 September

 File — Box 690: [Barcode: 31151034474571], Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains material related to Mikulski's political campaigns for the Baltimore City Council, U. S. House of Representatives, and U. S. Senate, as well as materials related to her service to Democratic party organizations such as the Democratic National Committee.

Dates: 1986 September

Mikulski - Chavez: Gay Rights (Mikulski), 1986 July 07

 File — Box 691: [Barcode: 31151034474589], Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains material related to Mikulski's political campaigns for the Baltimore City Council, U. S. House of Representatives, and U. S. Senate, as well as materials related to her service to Democratic party organizations such as the Democratic National Committee.

Dates: 1986 July 07

Military Freedom of Religion, 2012 July 11

 File — Box 670: [Barcode: 31151034474779], Folder: 63
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains correspondence, scheduling materials and meeting notes for Mikulski and her staff, travel records, political planning materials, and administrative files associated with Mikulski's office operations in Washington, DC and state offices. Examples of material that may be found in this subseries include staff manuals, "NAV" folders prepared to brief Mikulski for events and meetings, staff memos, form letters, and constituent correspondence.

Dates: 2012 July 11

Miscellaneous Labor, 2004: Workplace Religious Freedom Act, 2004

 File — Box 292: [Barcode: 31151034361067], Folder: 27
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

Dates: 2004

MLK Award Presentation Taping for Anne Arundel County MLK Award Dinner - Morris H. Blum Humanitarian Award, 2014 January 07

 File — Box 653: [Barcode: 31151034475305], Folder: 43
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains drafts of speeches and talking points, op-eds, press releases and newsletters produced by Mikulski and her press office, as well as newspaper clippings that mention her work.

Dates: 2014 January 07

MLK speech - Anne Arundel Community College, 1998 January 19

 File — Box 1067: [Barcode: 31151034378475], Folder: 90
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains audiovisual media in a variety of formats on a variety of topics from across Mikulski's career. The bulk of materials are recordings of speeches, interviews, and campaign ads.

Dates: 1998 January 19

NAACP 50th anniversary Founders' Observance program, 1959-02-12

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034443782], Folder: 28
Scope and Contents An event program for the NAACP's Fiftieth Anniversary Founders' Observance celebration. It was held at the Community Church of New York on the afternoon of February 12, 1959. Speakers included NAACP founders W. E. B. DuBois and John Haynes Holmes. Other speakers included Roy Wilkins, Robert C. Weaver, Lloyd K. Garrison, and Arthur B. Spingarn. The program also describes the founding of the NAACP, beginning with the Springfield race riot of 1908 and a list of the 53 signers of a call for...
Dates: 1959-02-12

NAACP buttons, 1948 - 1965

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034443782], Folder: 29
Scope and Contents

Four NAACP buttons from 1948, 1952, 1958, and 1965 indicating membership in the civil rights organization.

Dates: 1948 - 1965

NAACP conference - Maryland summit, 1995

 File — Box 1005: [Barcode: 31151034377253], Folder: 59
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

Dates: 1995

NAACP demonstration memo, 1963-05-13

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034443782], Folder: 26
Scope and Contents

A memo from George Sellers, coordinator of the direct action committee of the NAACP, to the organization's officers, executive board members, direct action committee members, and freedom supporters of the NAACP. Sellers makes a "freedom sacrifice appeal" for participation in a demonstration on May 15, 1963 planned by the Philadelphia Branch of the NAACP, which was protesting over racial discrimination against Black workers by labor unions engaged in the construction of Reyburn Plaza.

Dates: 1963-05-13

NAACP fundraising letters, 1961-1968 and undated

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034443782], Folder: 24
Scope and Contents

Three "Dear Friend" letters from the NAACP to supporters, soliciting financial donations to support their activities. These letters supported fundraising campaigns for the 1961 Holiday Seal campaign, the Special Contribution Fund, and the Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

Dates: 1961-1968 and undated

NAACP pamphlets, 1954-1963 and undated

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034443782], Folder: 20
Scope and Contents

Pamphlets produced by the NAACP providing information and statements on notable NAACP supporters, a statement by lawyers on segregationist attacks on the Supreme Court following Brown v. Board of Education, the history of the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, federal aid to schools, and an attempt by Mississippi White Citizens Councils to stoke anti-miscegenation hatred using a falsified speech from a fictitious NAACP member.

Dates: 1954-1963 and undated

NAACP press clippings, 1957-02-23 - 1957-06-27

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034443782], Folder: 27
Scope and Contents Religious press mentions of the NAACP; one is volume XXXVI, no. 8 of a newsletter titled "Information Service," published by the Bureau of Research and Survey, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, which gives an overview of the NAACP, its goals, and its history. The other item is an article from The Michigan Catholic, titled "NAACP 'In Calm Deliberation,'" which favorably discusses the NAACP's convention in...
Dates: 1957-02-23 - 1957-06-27

NAACP report, 1960

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034443782], Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

A report produced by the NAACP detailing its activities and the status of the civil rights movement at the end of 1960. Topics include student sit-in demonstrations, voting rights, employment opportunities, housing discrimination, and public opinion on civil rights.

Dates: 1960

NAACP State Conference of the Indiana Branches, Youth Councils and College Chapters program, 1959-10-23 - 1959-10-25

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034443782], Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

A conference program from the NAACP's 1959 State Conference of the Indiana Branches, Youth Councils and College Chapters, held in Gary, IN. The schedule of events includes various workshops on leadership training and planning youth programs, as well as social events.

Dates: 1959-10-23 - 1959-10-25

NAACP summit, 1987

 File — Box 1005: [Barcode: 31151034377253], Folder: 56
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

Dates: 1987

NAACP summit II, 1995 October 27

 File — Box 1005: [Barcode: 31151034377253], Folder: 60
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

Dates: 1995 October 27

NAACP Target for 1963 pamphlet, 1961-04

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034443782], Folder: 22
Scope and Contents A pamphlet produced by the NAACP describing the goals of their Fight for Freedom Campaign, with a target date of 1963 to reach these goals. Goals include expanding job opportunities for Black workers, expanding voter registration and abolishing the poll tax, abolishing the filibuster as a method of preventing civil rights legislation, and ending segregation in housing, schools, transportation, public accommodations (e.g., hotels, restaurants, entertainment businesses, parks), hospitals and...
Dates: 1961-04

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Report Card, 1990

 File — Box 523: [Barcode: 31151034473599], Folder: 24
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains drafts of speeches and talking points, op-eds, press releases and newsletters produced by Mikulski and her press office, as well as newspaper clippings that mention her work.

Dates: 1990

National Reproductive Rights Rights Action League (NARAL) Pro-Choice America 2009 Legislative Briefing (CD-R), undated

 File — Box 464: [Barcode: 31151034473003], Folder: 34
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

Dates: undated

NCISS, PIs for Privacy and Responsible Legislation, 2009 September 23

 File — Box 464: [Barcode: 31151034473003], Folder: 46
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

Dates: 2009 September 23

New Maryland Mail: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Religious Harassment, 1994

 File — Box 918: [Barcode: 31151034477582], Folder: 48
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

Dates: 1994

Parental rights, 1996

 File — Box 1015: [Barcode: 31151034377352], Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

Dates: 1996

"People with Strength" pamphlet on the Monroe Defendants, circa 1962

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034443782], Folder: 32
Scope and Contents A pamphlet describing the violence, fabricated police charges, and legal injustices the Black residents of Monroe, NC experienced between 1961 and 1962, beginning with the police brutality at the Monroe Non-Violent Action Committee's August 17, 1961 picketing of the Monroe Courthouse. At the time of publication, those arrested on these fabricated charges had ongoing cases and the Committee to Aid the Monroe Defendants was raising money for their defense. Much of the pamphlet focuses on the...
Dates: circa 1962