Box OSL.08

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Includes drawings depicting the path of the bullet that killed Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Coverage of the indictments of Dr. Barnette Milton Rhetta Jr. for performing abortion services in Baltimore.

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Stories documented in the racial prejudice files describe the way Jim Crow racial segregation was enforced, imposed, and fought in specific instances and varying contexts. Types of documents include photographs, legal documents, reports, letters, press releases, publications, draft articles, clippings, transcripts and writings. The majority of material in this group of folders dates from the 1920s through the 1940s.

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Note on original folder reads "See also: Education; Colleges (in College Drawer)"; includes a report of the 1935-1937 session of a Pennsylvania state legislative committee regarding University of Pittsburgh;

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Baltimore Sun, November 4, 1964 announcing LBJ's election win

Scope and Contents Includes clippings, transcripts, and newspaper articles related to Mordecai Johnson, primarily regarding actions and statements as president of Howard University from 1926 to 1960; includes notes and correspondence from Carl Murphy, president of the Afro-American Newspaper, about Mordecai Johnson; includes a publication from the General Alumni Association of Howard University voicing dissatisfaction with Mordecai Johnson's work as president of Howard University; includes a large number of...