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Letter to Arlington Branch, NAACP, members from Thomas Monroe, President, dated December 10, 1956. Letter announces date and agenda for the next meeting of the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Verso has postmark, stamp, and Barbara Marx address. 2 pages.

January 1957 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, lists officers for 1957, gives small biography of the new branch president, William R. Minor, reports on legal battles for Arlington school desegregation and seating in…

March 1957 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, promotes membership drive and payment of poll taxes, and advertises a speech by Jackie Robinson for the Virginia NAACP on March 31, 1957.

April 1957 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, reminds members to pay dues, and gives information on how to pay poll taxes. Advertises Freedom Day meeting for the Arlington and Fairfax Branches, NAACP, with a speech by…

September 1957 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, promotes the Virginia State Conference, NAACP, and lists new precinct voting registrars.

November 1957 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, promotes membership and dues payment, with reminder that NAACP membership lists with not be released to state investigators. Also gives short history of the NAACP.

January 1958 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, lists 1958 branch officers and gives short biography of Carl W. Ferguson, 1958 president of the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Advertises a "brotherhood meeting" at the…

February 1958 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, promotes membership drive and voter registration in the face of additional limits placed on African-American voter registration. Reports on "anti-NAACP" laws being ruled…

April 1958 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, contains report of membership chairman, reminders readers to pay poll taxes and to celebrate the 32nd anniversary of the Nauck Citizen's Association. Advertises a…

September 1958 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, advertises barbeque fundraiser and Virginia State NAACP Conference. Gives instruction on how to register to vote with new "blank paper" registration law in effect.

September 1958 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, advertises barbeque fundraiser and Virginia State NAACP Conference. Gives instruction on how to register to vote with new "blank paper" registration law in effect.

October 1958 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, updates on Freedom Fund fundraising and the Virginia State NAACP Conference. Advertises NAACP Christmas Seals and gives advice on voting in upcoming state and local…

December 1958 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, lists upcoming 1959 officers and members of the executive committee. Reports of sales of NAACP Christmas Seals. Newsletter has handwritten notations on officer lists and…

January 1959 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, lists 1959 branch officers with short biography on each one, gives a history of the founding of the NAACP in advance of its 50th anniversary on February 12.

February 1959 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, mentions new membership campaign, and comments of the desegregation of Stratford Junior High School. Verso has postmark, stamp, and Barbara Marx address. 2 pages.

Page 12 of a multi-page document on the process of school desegregation in Virginia; other pages of document missing. This page contains portions of speeches made by Governor Stanley on August 27, 1956, and unnamed segregationist lawmaker in…

Memorandum to "NAACP Personnel" from the Executive Secretary, 1960. Text breaks down unnamed Langston Hughes poem with themes and statistics from the effort to desegregate schools and promote civil rights. Then promotes voter registration to further…

March 1959 "Special Edition" newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Promotes official Membership Drive and the branch's first youth chapter of the NAACP. Reminds readers to pay poll taxes and register to vote ahead of a probable state or local…

April 1958 newsletter for the Arlington Branch, NAACP. Previews next meeting, has notes on voter registration and the membership drives. Contains short statements congratulating children desegregating schools in Front Royal and assuring federal…

NAACP press release dated April 20, 1959, entitled "26,000 Young People Demonstrate for Integrated Public Education." Reports on the second Youth march for Integrated Schools in Washington DC, where 26,000 college and high school students marched for…