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African Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Robert D. Jacobus Research Notes

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-012
Dates: 2007-2013
Scope and Contents

The Robert D. Jacobus Research Notes collection consists of 12 legal pads of notes used for research for his book, "Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century." The notebooks are arranged by Jacobus's original numbering system and primarily contain notes from interviews with notable figures in UH sports conducted between 2007 and 2013.

SCLC Poor People's Campaign poster, Herman Bailey, 1968

 Item — Drawer Y2, Folder: 2
Dates: 1968
Scope and Contents

Poster for Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Poor People’s Campaign, 1968. The poster features a lithograph rendering of SCLC members, including Martin Luther King Jr., who served as its president.

Top Ladies of Distinction Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-015
Dates: 1964-2003
Scope and Contents This collection contains administrative and publicity materials from the Top Ladies of Distinction, a Houston-based service organization incorporated in 1964. Materials include minutes, budgets, programs, scrapbooks, and issues of the organization's annual publication, "The Crown." The collection also contains materials on the Top Teens of America, a program sponsored by the Top Ladies of Distinction to further serve young people. These materials include a brochure, two annual...