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Letter to Barbara Marx from Lester Banks, Executive Secretary Virginia State Conference NAACP, October 21, 1958 regarding giving the "infant plaintiffs a Youth NAACP Life Membership."

Letter from W. Lester Banks, Virginia State Conference NAACP, to W. J. Kennedy, Jr, President, North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company asking that his company help underwrite youth memberships in the NAACP for the children who will be…

Letter from W. Lester Banks, Virginia State Conference NAACP, to young people who will be special guests at the 23rd NAACP State Convention in Virginia.

Newspaper article regarding Lester Banks being held for "trespass" in Lynchburg. Newspaper clipping about meeting of the Negro American labor council on, November 10. Newspaper clipping about session of the Second District Laymen's Organization. 2…

Handwritten note listing names of what appears to be students. No context.

Letter to members of the NAACP regarding 32nd Annual Seal Campaign. November 1958.

Brochure by the Virginia Citizens Conference entitled "Especially for You and Your House," 1957. Gives instruction on how African-Americans can register to vote, and what poll taxes they need to pay and information they need to memorize. 2 pages.

Program for "New Year Banquet and Installation of Officers of Alexandria Branch, NAACP" for January 26, 1959. Gives program of speakers and lists officers and executive committee members of Alexandria Branch, NAACP, for 1959. Includes song lyrics for…

Program of service for Mt. Salvation Baptist Church, Arlington, for March 1, 1959. Includes order of service, upcoming church events, and names of sick parishioners for visiting. 4 pages.

Sheet outlining the 50th Anniversary Membership Campaign for the Arlington Branch, NAACP, for March and April 1959. States campaign goals, structure, and special events.

Meeting agenda for the March 12, 1960, meeting of the Seventh District, Virginia NAACP. Includes handwritten notes by Barbara Marx at top and bottom. Agenda includes reports on school desegregation and from individual branches.

Program of service for the NAACP "Freedom Sunday" Worship Service at First Baptist Church, Manassas, Virginia, on May 17, 1959. Service was sponsored by the Arlington, Fairfax, and Prince William Branches of the NAACP. Barbara Marx gives a talk…

Letter to the Editor of the Virginian-Pilot from Roy Wilkins, NAACP, dated February 26, 1959. Letter is response to an editorial about Wilkins' call for black students to apply for transfers to white schools; Wilkens is supporting his position.

Letter to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from William West, Secretary, Seventh District, Virginia NAACP, dated September 16, 1959. Protests closing of public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, providing makeshift schools for only white…

April 1959 newsletter of the Fairfax County Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, promotes voter registration and membership in the Fairfax-Falls Church Committee for Public Schools. Gives news from Vienna, Virginia, on library development and…

Meeting agenda for the March 14, 1959, meeting of the Seventh District, Virginia NAACP. Includes handwritten notes by Barbara Marx.

Meeting agenda for the June 13, 1959, meeting of the Seventh District, Virginia NAACP. Includes handwritten notes by Barbara Marx. Includes map to meeting location, Mt. Nebo Baptist Church, Happy Creek, Virginia, on verso. 2 pages

Handwritten notes taken by Barbara Marx at the September 12, 1959, meeting of the Seventh District, Virginia NAACP. Numbered to match issues as listed on agenda. 2 pages.

Handwritten notes taken by Barbara Marx at the June 13, 1959, meeting of the Seventh District, Virginia NAACP. Numbered to match issues as listed on agenda. 3 pages.

Handwritten notes taken by Barbara Marx at the December 5, 1959, meeting of the Seventh District, Virginia NAACP. Numbered to match issues as listed on agenda. 3 pages.