African Americans
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
University of California, Riverside, African Student Programs records
Collection
Identifier: UA-388
Abstract
This collection contains photographs, press clippings, fliers, audio-visual material, posters, realia and other material documenting the African American student experience at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) and the subsequent role of UCR African Student Programs. Includes fliers, photographs, and programs of events held at UCR featuring notable individuals such as Martin Luther King III, Rita Marley, and Oscar Brown Jr. News clippings regarding the controversy surrounding the...
Dates:
1960-2018, undated; Majority of material found within 1970-2010
Found in:
University Archives
William B. Ellis papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-347
Abstract
This collection is comprised of both print and visual materials from Tuskegee Airman William B. Ellis, including documents, photographs, correspondence, books, newspaper clippings, audiovisual material, and realia. The bulk of materials within this collection relate to the military service and history of the Tuskegee Airmen, as well as to activities of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. at both the local (Los Angeles chapter) and national level. Additional items regarding Ellis’s personal life, aviation...
Dates:
1942-2009, undated; Majority of material found within 1975-2005
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Emanuel AME Church Shooting Tweets
Collection
Identifier: MS-391
Collection Scope and Contents
On June 17, 2015 a mass shooting took place at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Soon afterward the #charleston and #charlestonshooting hashtags were used on Twitter to spread news of the event. On June 18th Bergis Jules of UC Riverside and Ed Summers of University of Maryland began collecting #charleston and #charlestonshooting tweets as both a historical search and a stream. Both files are included here, and comprise 3,099,173 tweets from June 10th...
Dates:
2015
Found in:
Manuscript Collections