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Letter to local NAACP members from Barbara Marx, Supervisor, Seventh District, Virginia State Conference, NAACP, informing them of the coming meeting on June 9, 1956. Letter gives location and agenda for meeting, and is dated May 31, 1956.

Two newspaper clippings from the Journal and Guide, dated February 25, 1956. The first article describes a new bond issue in Loudon County, VA, that would improve schools but keep them segregated. The second is a political cartoon and editorial about…

Newsletter of the Stewart-Tuckahoe Elementary School newsletter, the Stewart-Tuckahoe Spotlight, for November 1955. Newsletter documents the activities and subjects the students were currently studying.

Journal and Guide newspaper clipping dated February 18, 1956. Clipping has photograph of presentation of NAACP Lifetime Membership to Mrs. Beatrice Washington with caption.

Undated membership recruitment form letter from James E. Browne, President, Arlington Branch NAACP, to unnamed people. Describes the NAACP and the work the Arlington Branch performs, along with names and addresses of Area Captains to address…

Multi-page program for the Alexandria Branch, NAACP, Freedom Fund Rally, July 29, 1956. Rally was held at Parker Gray High School. Includes names of committee members, program of events, and advertisements from local businesses. 8 pages.

Letter to unknown recipient from Charles J. Waller, MD. Concerns arrival and activities for a visit to Staunton, VA.

On recto: flyer "The Facts About Facilities" promoting Ivan Booker for election to Arlington County Board in 1954 by describing how the School Board has done well constructing and improving county schools, but the County Board has not done well with…

Letter for Barbara Marx as Chair of the Political Action Committee of the Virginia State Conference, NAACP, from Charles J. Walter, MD, President, Staunton Branch, NAACP, dated September 6, 1956. Letter is a request to Marx to come speak to the…

Letter to Charles J. Waller from Barbara Marx, dated September 9, 1956. Letter details Marx's travel plans for a trip to Staunton, VA, at the end of September 1956, and talks about publicity material the Staunton Branch, NAACP, can copy for their…

Program of speakers for Suffrage Day event sponsored by the Staunton Branch, NAACP, September 30, 1956. Central address was given by Barbara Marx.

Undated membership recruitment form letter from James E. Browne, President, Arlington Branch NAACP, to unnamed people. Describes the NAACP and the work the Arlington Branch performs, along with names and addresses of Area Captains to address…

Handwritten notes by Barbara Marx, unknown date. Various subjects, including formal/legal language regarding discrimination, inclusiveness, public records, boundaries, and publicity. 6 pages

Flyer advertising a speech by Charles C. Diggs, Jr., Congressman from Michigan, at Langston School on May 17, 1956. Event sponsored by the Arlington and Fairfax County Branches, NAACP

Excerpts from and address by Congressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr. Anniversary Observance of the Supreme Court School Decision at John Langston School, Arlington, Virginia. Sponsored by the Arlington and Fairfax County Branches of the NAACP, Thursday,…

Flyer advertising the 21st Annual Virginia State NAACP Conference on October 5, 6, and 7, 1956, in Petersburg, Virginia. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Thurgood Marshall were scheduled to speak.

Letter to Barbara Marx from Charles J. Waller, MD, part of the Staunton Branch, NAACP, dated September 17, 1956. Letter talks about local membership in the NAACP, both African-American and white, and gives details on Marx's upcoming speech to…

Handout for voters with instructions on how to operate the voting machine and gives an overview of Arlington candidates and their stance on desegregation of schools and who should receive the votes of pro-desegregation citizens.

Newsletter "Notes from COPE, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education," dated October 26, 1956. Content is exclusively on Congressman Adam Clayton Powell's endorsement of Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1956 Presidential Election. Includes short history…

Newsletter "Notes from COPE, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education," dated October 26, 1956. Content is exclusively on Congressman Adam Clayton Powell's endorsement of Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1956 Presidential Election. Includes short history…